I mean to be fair, I Believe In You, See The Sky About To Rain, and Thrasher are all time favorite songs.

Bolan I think wasn’t as interested in change. He knew what he was good at and stuck to it. I think he still made great stuff until the end. The title track on his final album is one of my favorites and a fitting last statement. Also I was just never that big on Young Americans.

Yeah I know that's why it's weird to hear you say that you're not a big Neil guy. Just sounds like you agreed with Neil that he didn't really have to release that album in 1974.

Yeah I respect how Bolan stuck to his guns.

I'm not crazy about the album Young Americans either but the title track is a contender for Song Of The Life

psych prog/space rock jam, bass line f***s

always liked this rendition of Hey Joe, that guitar is screaming

real

great album and band

Scorpions first great album. also arguably their first in a long tradition of bizarre album covers

KISS debut is comfy and remained a top 3 album from them at least

best Blue Oyster Cult album. Patti Smith wrote lyrics on Career of Evil since she was dating Allen Lanier at the time

one of my all time secret gem bands, Truth and Janey simply some gnarly heavy psych-leaning underground power trio hard rock. this is only a live archival release from 1974

wouldnt drop their near-masterpiece studio album til 1976 though

I think it’s pretty solid, but there’s a lot of fluff in the middle. I was really impressed with Paul Stanley’s solo album, it’s really clear he was the talent. That’s just a really consistent record.

yeah Kissin Time is horrifying

Paul Stanley solo album is solid. almost as good as the Ace Frehley one imo but the Ace one doesnt sound as much like Kiss and is kinda just like the lead guitarist happened to make a cool album even though thats clearly not where the catchy songwriting came from

Paul Stanley as a voice and presence is really important to the direction of hard rock in the 2nd half of the decade and moreso the 80s

It’s funny you single that one out, cause I honestly thought that one was pretty alright. It was at least memorable. I was more thinking of the generic “we’re rockin out” songs.

most of the middle songs like Cold Gin are pretty good for me, its just more that they are vastly improved on the 'live' album that came pretty soon after

sometimes they feel like theyre just a skeleton version thats missing something somehow

Yeah Astronomy strong contender for third best Oyster song (after Screams and Beautiful As A Foot)

had such a good drive to this yesterday classic

eno had a nice run in 74, this def the stand out track of both albums that came out that year

Calm the f*** down

This is nice

Yeah I was gonna say

I had a transcendent experience listening to this album once while mowing my lawn on a super windy day

I’m gonna try that Frehley album. The opening track is good. I still assume the power pop songwriting style of Stanley’s record will overall be more my speed, but I’m curious about this one.

I guess enough time has passed for me to declare it

@KNEES this is Eno's opus of the year and probably overall S.O.T.Y.

Great choice. I’m pretty sure they play that in Velvet Goldmine too. But On Some Faraway Beach is the one for me. That’s transcendent.