Best Songs Of Each Year (discussing 1974)

Elric

Jan 23

finally a solo album from my goat Ronnie Lane who always co-wrote the best Small Faces and Faces songs

RASIE 🦦

Jan 23

Elric

2mo

actually Rock Bottom one of the best recs I ever got as well @RASIE already knew Soft Machine but might have taken forever to get to RB

I remember you posted a YouTube link of Sea Song at me and I got halfway through before I turned it off because I knew I needed to cop the physical and take my first listen much more seriously lol.

9 years ago

God tier

RASIE 🦦

Jan 23

rvi

2mo

Genesis dropped a mystic masterpiece that took me years to sink in,went from a 6 to almost a 10/10. Gabriel's best performance with them and the compositions work in a much different way to anything they did before. Even though its still insanely proggy it partially points the way toward both further Genesis and Peter solo while still being totally unique. also one of the most esoteric concepts, still have no idea what its about

!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1pIzq3PQI!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X57rw5cw3M!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH24Ms4NyTY!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBuVlOVJUYI

even with Steve Hackett being significantly less prominent now than previous albums, every other band member is at their top level

Man i love Gabriel's solo stuff but never seriously dove into Genesis tbh. Might have to start checking them out cause this is dope

Fella

Jan 23

Elric

2mo

yeah ive had that album for a couple years its pretty good.

I think my favourite is the last bit of Pleasure Man where it sounds alot like Franz Ferdinand

Music Is Lethal and the Love Me Tender cover are the other big highlights for me.

knees

Jan 23

rvi

2mo

more prog. still some spanish language ones to post later

!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twhnmiF9BdQ!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOUdghTbRgk!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDLqUcUls6s!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq3acFWY6po!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTEnaE1U9_0!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_oPTaKCjcY

Nice to see Hatfield and The North, great album

knees

Jan 23

Aruji

2mo

!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhQpXD2Z9WQ!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0y6oOBZ7Mk

Snowboy

Jan 23

rvi

2mo

had to get it in before OP posted just the edited version of the Soon part

well since we already cracked the seal open, here's probably Yes' magnum opus

I dont think they topped this one

Fella

Jan 23

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Lennon pushed Nilsson so hard that in the process he permanently damaged his vocals and never sounded the same again. You can hear all that pain and passion in this recording.

@Aruji

Elric

Jan 23

Beefheart slays me when he plays it straight

Elric

Jan 23

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Whitfield produced Ruffins album this year @twinkletoez

Fella

Jan 23

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Big year for prog I guess. Wish I liked it.

Elric

Jan 23

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Fella

2mo

Big year for prog I guess. Wish I liked it.

im kinda with you can only actively listen to so many 20 minute songs per week. totally understand why punk happened.

as a massive Yes hater even I gotta admit they nailed this tho. must've taken tremendous restraint for them to not f***ing ruin it with a bunch of fancy bullshit.

beflygelt

Jan 23

Elric

2mo

6 years later and I still havent heard another reggae album thats so rootsy it achieves transcendence for the entire runtime @beflygelt one of the best recs ive ever got tbh. its like the astral weeks of reggae.

!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Kb8YGhXCw

happy to hear this resonated so much need to revisit

Aruji

Jan 24

while not as good as Tubular Bells this is still a great album full of Oldfield-like melodies and amazing instrumental parts. As a whole probably a bit more ethereal. I love it.