best thing about this being that I finally get to dive deeper into soul music (I really love Al Green's Call Me for this year.)
Country for me
Ngl all the country chicks hitting way harder that the outlaw dudes for me this year
that's my top list for 73. tons of s*** missing (The Who, Genesis etc.) but I failed to keep track of it so here's a Top 64
1. Mike Oldfield β Tubular Bells Part 1
2. Aerosmith β Dream On
3. Bob Dylan β Knockin On Heavenβs Door
4. Tangerine Dream β Atem
5. Faust - Krautrock
6. Dobie Gray β Drift Away
7. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
8. ZZ Top β La Grange
9. Ike & Tina Turner β Nutbush City Limits
10. John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers
11. Pink Floyd β Time
12. Stevie Wonder β Living For The City
13. Slade β Come On Feel The Noize
14. Roxy Music β A Song for Europe
15. Roxy Music β The Bogus Man
16. Mike Oldfield β Tubular Bells Part 2
17. David Bowie β Aladdin Sane
18. John Martyn β Outside In
19. Klaus Schulze - Neuronengesang
20. Can β Bel Air
21. Al Green β Call Me
22. John Martyn - May You Never
23. Kraftwerk - Ananas Symphonie
24. NEU! - FΓΌr Immer
25. John Martyn β Solid Air
26. Golden Earring - Radar Love
27. New York Dolls β Personality Crisis
28. Paul Kantner & Grace Slick β Sketches Of China
29. The Stooges β Search and Destroy
30. Stevie Wonder - Jesus Children of Suburbia
31. Lou Reed β Sad Song
32. Stevie Wonder - Donβt You Worry βBout A Thing
33. Eumir Deodato β Also Sprach Zarathustra
34. Faust - Picnic On A Frozen River
35. Lou Reed β Men Of Good Fortune
36. Roxy Music β Street Life
37. The Wailers - Burnin' & Lootin'
38. Rolling Stones β Angie
39. Klaus Schulze - SynphΓ€ra
40. Al Green β Have You Been Making Out OK?
41. Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
42. Faust - Jennifer
43. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
44. Faust - The Sad Skinhead
45. Bruce Springsteen β Rosalita
46. James Brown β The Payback
47. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
48. David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul
49. John Martyn - Fine Lines
50. Pink Floyd - Us & Them
51. Tom Waits β Martha
52. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
53. Faust β Flashback Caruso
54. NEU! - Super 16
55. James Brown - Mind Bomb
56. Al Green - Here I Am
57. Can - Mother Sky
58. Terry Callier - Lean On Me
59. John Martyn - Make No Mistake
60. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
61. Billy Joel - Piano Man
62. David Bowie β Time
63. Mott The Hopple β That one song that is very good but not All The Young Dudes
64. Jackson Browne β Take It Easy
etc... great year
John Martyn basically damn near famcore atp
best thing about this being that I finally get to dive deeper into soul music (I really love Al Green's Call Me for this year.)
im planning to do a big soul deep dive within a few months
currently stuck with a ton of albums that i listened to only a few times and now trying to marathon them all to clear up my plate i put too much dip on my chip with first listening to too many new albums
Just looked it up and there's one 1973 song on my full top 250 I'm def not very deep in this decade
im planning to do a big soul deep dive within a few months
currently stuck with a ton of albums that i listened to only a few times and now trying to marathon them all to clear up my plate i put too much dip on my chip with first listening to too many new albums
You should do the Galaxy method
Country for me
Ngl all the country chicks hitting way harder that the outlaw dudes for me this year
what would be your picks for 73?
You should do the Galaxy method
which is
John Martyn basically damn near famcore atp
he's like that artist than anyone should have loved considering our taste but it took a while to get around to him and it's fully worth it. Guy had so much soul in his music.
i know im just saying im finding it most useful to go in with that kind of open mind. instead of trying to hopelessly compare everything i like to compare the smaller pockets instead
you know that if i made some massive top songs or albums list it would be massively skewed towards older music too
(told you we'd riot if we didnt move to 1974 )
It's funny that you guys are telling me to be more nostalgic to the era where I was in my prime young person record buying era
I obviously love a ton of music from this last two decades but I don't feel like even the absolute goats of my heydey are up to snuff when compared to the og's.
Like when was the last time somebody did a Gates Of Eden or It's Alright Ma? Trick question cause I know the answer is never
which is
Listen to one random album by an artist and forget about moving on for years
im planning to do a big soul deep dive within a few months
currently stuck with a ton of albums that i listened to only a few times and now trying to marathon them all to clear up my plate i put too much dip on my chip with first listening to too many new albums
David Ruffin low-key had one of the best soul albums this year @Aruji
I'm obsessed with it
It's funny that you guys are telling me to be more nostalgic to the era where I was in my prime young person record buying era
I obviously love a ton of music from this last two decades but I don't feel like even the absolute goats of my heydey are up to snuff when compared to the og's.
Like when was the last time somebody did a Gates Of Eden or It's Alright Ma? Trick question cause I know the answer is never
im not even saying that (especially for that era since 00s is my least listened to era)
idk maybe i just like lying to myself to pretend that all eras will be equally great and hopefully some of it sticks
im planning to do a big soul deep dive within a few months
currently stuck with a ton of albums that i listened to only a few times and now trying to marathon them all to clear up my plate i put too much dip on my chip with first listening to too many new albums
that sounds way too stressful (but I'd do the same). at least soul music isn't.
what would be your picks for 73?
15 year old Tanya Tucker was running laps on these geezers
Listen to one random album by an artist and forget about moving on for years
Example: Village Green Preservation Society only Kinks album I've listened to more than once
that sounds way too stressful (but I'd do the same). at least soul music isn't.
also strongly recommend the huge various artists soul comp What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves. pretty stunning collection with a ton of artists that seem very unknown to me
been digging through it gradually and trying to post the appropriate songs per year in this thread when i remember
Example: Village Green Preservation Society only Kinks album I've listened to more than once
arthur is great too. Victoria is such an uplifting opener.
arthur is great too. Victoria is such an uplifting opener.
I might have listened once (do not remember)
im planning to do a big soul deep dive within a few months
currently stuck with a ton of albums that i listened to only a few times and now trying to marathon them all to clear up my plate i put too much dip on my chip with first listening to too many new albums
This is what I did over the weekend to clear up all the '73 albums I had on my Spotify. Didn't feel good.
Listen to one random album by an artist and forget about moving on for years
yeah thats awful
i think i got a pretty good method going even if its a bit too methodical but the only problem is albums sitting eternally in my "Rate on next listen" pile which is now at like 400 albums. a problem which has developed for 2+ years
Example: Village Green Preservation Society only Kinks album I've listened to more than once
:rdjeyeroll:
also strongly recommend the huge various artists soul comp What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves. pretty stunning collection with a ton of artists that seem very unknown to me
been digging through it gradually and trying to post the appropriate songs per year in this thread when i remember
thank you. found it on spotify. looks great.
Its a goodun though
That's their best album but their strongest year was '66. Changed the face of British rock forever, single-handedly (because they had been kicked out of America and decided to anglicize their music)