The 100 Greatest Songs of 1976 #1. Foreplay/Long Time (4 Viewers)

[timschochet]

51. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” (from Fly Like An Eagle)

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One of my favorite Steve Miller songs. Love the opening guitar riff, as derivative as it is. Love the lyrics, as derivative as they are. Love the whole derivative tune. Great stuff.

 

[timschochet]

50. Heatwave “Always And Forever” (from Too Hot To Handle)

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More Rod Temperton here. This one is a slow ballad classic of the era, played at a lot of proms and weddings. Sweet but not sickening.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

51. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” (from Fly Like An Eagle)

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One of my favorite Steve Miller songs. Love the opening guitar riff, as derivative as it is. Love the lyrics, as derivative as they are. Love the whole derivative tune. Great stuff.

If younger folk ask what AOR is, play them this.

 

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50. Heatwave “Always And Forever” (from Too Hot To Handle)

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More Rod Temperton here. This one is a slow ballad classic of the era, played at a lot of proms and weddings. Sweet but not sickening.

Great song but I like their other one from this countdown even better.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

51. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” (from Fly Like An Eagle)

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One of my favorite Steve Miller songs. Love the opening guitar riff, as derivative as it is. Love the lyrics, as derivative as they are. Love the whole derivative tune. Great stuff.

If younger folk ask what AOR is, play them this.

If younger folk ask why AOR died, play them this.

 

[zamboni]

50. Heatwave “Always And Forever” (from Too Hot To Handle)

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More Rod Temperton here. This one is a slow ballad classic of the era, played at a lot of proms and weddings. Sweet but not sickening.

This is a nice song - always have liked it.

 

[rockaction]

I’m starting to feel like this countdown is . . . awry. It is nice that “Pretty Maids All In A Row” made it. I don’t hate the songs, but I don’t love a lot of them. ’76 has been called a seminal punk moment and disco/dance was all over the airwaves.

Not sure these songs are up to snuff.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

51. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” (from Fly Like An Eagle)

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One of my favorite Steve Miller songs. Love the opening guitar riff, as derivative as it is. Love the lyrics, as derivative as they are. Love the whole derivative tune. Great stuff.

If younger folk ask what AOR is, play them this.

If younger folk ask why AOR died, play them this.

Nah, I would play them Billy Joel.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I’m starting to feel like this countdown is . . . awry. It is nice that “Pretty Maids All In A Row” made it. I don’t hate the songs, but I don’t love a lot of them. ’76 has been called a seminal punk moment and disco/dance was all over the airwaves.

Not sure these songs are up to snuff.

We’ve already established that Tim doesn’t know much about punk.

 

[zamboni]

I’m starting to feel like this countdown is . . . awry. It is nice that “Pretty Maids All In A Row” made it. I don’t hate the songs, but I don’t love a lot of them. ’76 has been called a seminal punk moment and disco/dance was all over the airwaves.

Not sure these songs are up to snuff.

We’ve already established that Tim doesn’t know much about punk.

He’s a huge Clash fan though, to be fair.

 

[Doug B]

50. Heatwave “Always And Forever” (from Too Hot To Handle)

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More Rod Temperton here. This one is a slow ballad classic of the era, played at a lot of proms and weddings. Sweet but not sickening.

The slow dance scene in House Party

 

[rockaction]

I’m starting to feel like this countdown is . . . awry. It is nice that “Pretty Maids All In A Row” made it. I don’t hate the songs, but I don’t love a lot of them. ’76 has been called a seminal punk moment and disco/dance was all over the airwaves.

Not sure these songs are up to snuff.

We’ve already established that Tim doesn’t know much about punk.

He likes the Dickies, who made the rockaction punk hundred with “Give It Back."

 

[northern exposure]

51. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” (from Fly Like An Eagle)

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One of my favorite Steve Miller songs. Love the opening guitar riff, as derivative as it is. Love the lyrics, as derivative as they are. Love the whole derivative tune. Great stuff.

If younger folk ask what AOR is, play them this.

If younger folk ask why AOR died, play them this.

Nah, I would play them Billy Joel.

There's a Battle Royale of "Suckiness" Billy Joel vs Steve Miller. Too tough to pick a winner (loser?).

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I’m starting to feel like this countdown is . . . awry. It is nice that “Pretty Maids All In A Row” made it. I don’t hate the songs, but I don’t love a lot of them. ’76 has been called a seminal punk moment and disco/dance was all over the airwaves.

Not sure these songs are up to snuff.

I think Tim sticks to the radio play lists, the stuff that appears on Billboard and the like. I posted earlier that this was my senior year of HS and most the AM/popular FM station stuff was pure dreck ...really awful. I am enjoying it for reminiscing but there was such strong album oriented stuff released that year ...I'm not saying I like all of the stuff below, I was lazy and just copy/pasted a list. And certainly not a comprehensive list - I mean it doesn't have Todd's "Faithful" on here dammit!!

1. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
2. Hotel California - The Eagles
3. The Ramones - The Ramones
4. Boston - Boston
5. Car Wash - Rose Royce
6. Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
7. Spirit - Earth, Wind & Fire
8. Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
9. I Want You - Marvin Gaye
10. The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas
11. Night Moves - Bob Seger
12. Station To Station - David Bowie
13. Harvest For The World - The Isley Brothers
14. Dreamboat Annie - Heart
15. Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer
16. Ain't That A ***** - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
17. Legalize It - Peter Tosh
18. Rocks - Aerosmith
19. Rastaman Vibration - Bob Marley
20. The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein - Parliament
21. A Day At The Races - Queen
22. Destroyer - Kiss
23. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
24. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
25. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
26. Desire - Bob Dylan
27. A Night On The Town - Rod Stewart
28. Contradiction - Ohio Players
29. The Runaways - The Runaways
30. 2112 - Rush
31. Takin' It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
32. Hardcore Jollies - Funkadelic
33. The Pretender - Jackson Browne
34. Full Of Fire - Al Green
35. Sad Wings Of Destiny - Judas Priest
36. Hot On The Tracks - The Commodores
37. Disco Inferno - The Trammps
38. Wired - Jeff Beck
39. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
40. Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
41. Arrival - ABBA
42. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
43. Super Ape - The Upsetters
44. Blondie - Blondie
45. Presence - Led Zeppelin
46. Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy's Rubber Band
47. Rising - Rainbow
48. Sky High - Tavares
49. War Ina Babylon - Max Romeo & The Upsetters
50. Hejira - Joni Mitchell
51. Sparkle - Aretha Franklin
52. Turnstiles - Billy Joel
53. Agents Of Fortune - Blue Öyster Cult
54. Message In The Music - The O'Jays
55. 15 Big Ones - The Beach Boys
56. Black And Blue - The Rolling Stones
57. Live Bullet - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
58. Open Sesame - Kool & The Gang
59. Right Time - The Mighty Diamonds
60. Chicken Skin Music - Ry Cooder
61. Any Way You Like It - Thelma Houston
62. Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Wings
63. Satta Massagana - The Abyssinians
64. A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra
65. Diana Ross - Diana Ross
66. Howlin' Wind - Graham Parker
67. Let The Music Play - Barry White
68. Bigger Than Both Of Us - Daryl Hall & John Oates
69. Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa
70. Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith Group
71. The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
72. Take The Heat Off Me - Boney M.
73. Blue Moves - Elton John
74. Soul Searching - Average White Band
75. Children Of The World - The Bee Gees
76. One More From The Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
77. Look Out For #1 - The Brothers Johnson
78. Part Three - KC & The Sunshine Band
79. Happiness Is Being With The Spinners - The Spinners
80. Wings Over America - Wings
81. Amigos - Santana
82. Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic - Funkadelic
83. Small Change - Tom Waits
84. A Trick Of The Tail - Genesis
85. Shake Some Action - The Flamin' Groovies
86. Blow Your Face Out - J. Geils Band
87. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
88. Crisus Time - I-Roy
89. Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown
90. Total Explosion - Syl Johnson
91. I Don't Want To Go Home - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
92. Night Food - The Heptones
93. The Manhattans - The Manhattans
94. Junco Partner - James Booker
95. Still Life - Van der Graff Generator
96. Teenage Depression - Eddie & The Hot Rods
97. Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
98. Alice Cooper Goes To Hell - Alice Cooper
99. Too Hot To Stop - The Bar Kays
100. Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

 

[Don Quixote]

I’m starting to feel like this countdown is . . . awry. It is nice that “Pretty Maids All In A Row” made it. I don’t hate the songs, but I don’t love a lot of them. ’76 has been called a seminal punk moment and disco/dance was all over the airwaves.

Not sure these songs are up to snuff.

We’ve already established that Tim doesn’t know much about punk.

He likes the Dickies, who made the rockaction punk hundred with “Give It Back."

Did you see the post where he complained that he was disappointed when he saw The Ramones live because they were too loud and he could not make out the lyrics?

 

[timschochet]

Regarding my appreciation of punk, here is a list of my favorite artists from that genre:

The Clash
X
The Buzzcocks
The Undertones
The Ramones
The Dickies
Dead Kennedys
The Damned
The Vandals
Stiff Little Fingers
Patti Smith
Crass
Billy Bragg
The Pogues
Flogging Molly
Sex Pistols
Black Flag
Social Distortion
The Germs
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

I’ve lived most of my life in Huntington Beach so a lot of this list has a local flavor to it. I would also say that I like punk with a folky pop edge, with good lyrics and melodies, the same way I like the rest of my music.

I’ve been around punk rock my entire life but I can’t call myself any kind of expert.

 

[timschochet]

I’m starting to feel like this countdown is . . . awry. It is nice that “Pretty Maids All In A Row” made it. I don’t hate the songs, but I don’t love a lot of them. ’76 has been called a seminal punk moment and disco/dance was all over the airwaves.

Not sure these songs are up to snuff.

We’ve already established that Tim doesn’t know much about punk.

He likes the Dickies, who made the rockaction punk hundred with “Give It Back."

Did you see the post where he complained that he was disappointed when he saw The Ramones live because they were too loud and he could not make out the lyrics?

Not mostly too loud- too fast and the guitar and bass were louder than the vocals. And again I heard some other bands that very same night (including the Circle Jerks I think) that did not have that problem.

 

[rockaction]

Regarding my appreciation of punk, here is a list of my favorite artists from that genre:

The Clash
X
The Buzzcocks
The Undertones
The Ramones
The Dickies
Dead Kennedys
The Damned
The Vandals
Stiff Little Fingers
Patti Smith
Crass
Billy Bragg
The Pogues
Flogging Molly
Sex Pistols
Black Flag
Social Distortion
The Germs
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Great list.

Mind if I alter it to show who I also like with you?

Pretty much every one of them except for the ones that were completely politically orthodox and in whose music it showed.

Art before orthodoxy!

I mean, I like the Pistols and the Kennedys, so it’s not a left/right thing, either. It’s an art thing. Those buzzards wouldn’t understand. They’re fronts and will admit it if you press them hard enough.

 

[rockaction]

Not mostly too loud- too fast and the guitar and bass were louder than the vocals. And again I heard some other bands that very same night (including the Circle Jerks I think) that did not have that problem.

I saw your dismay over the Ramones show. Before I had seen them live, I had Loco Live, so I knew the drill. But it was a change listening to it and I absolutely agree with you that it can be a shock to hear Joey sort of behind the beat while Johnny and Dee Dee play very specifically and fast. Too fast for Joey, anyway.

Johnny insisted on downstrokes only in the music. It led to some rhythm issues when you try and get the human body to go that fast, even if it’s just a flick of the wrist. The guitars were low-slung and difficult to get to chords, etc., etc. Dee Dee was a wild card. CJ later tightened it all up, but who could replace Dee Dee? But all those things were the Ramones in their glory.

 

[timschochet]

Not mostly too loud- too fast and the guitar and bass were louder than the vocals. And again I heard some other bands that very same night (including the Circle Jerks I think) that did not have that problem.

I saw your dismay over the Ramones show. Before I had seen them live, I had Loco Live, so I knew the drill. But it was a change listening to it and I absolutely agree with you that it can be a shock to hear Joey sort of behind the beat while Johnny and Dee Dee play very specifically and fast. Too fast for Joey, anyway.

Johnny insisted on downstrokes only in the music. It led to some rhythm issues when you try and get the human body to go that fast, even if it’s just a flick of the wrist. The guitars were low-slung and difficult to get to chords, etc., etc. Dee Dee was a wild card. CJ later tightened it all up, but who could replace Dee Dee? But all those things were the Ramones in their glory.

Thats fine, just wasn’t entertaining to me live. Love them as a studio band.

 

[rockaction]

Not mostly too loud- too fast and the guitar and bass were louder than the vocals. And again I heard some other bands that very same night (including the Circle Jerks I think) that did not have that problem.

I saw your dismay over the Ramones show. Before I had seen them live, I had Loco Live, so I knew the drill. But it was a change listening to it and I absolutely agree with you that it can be a shock to hear Joey sort of behind the beat while Johnny and Dee Dee play very specifically and fast. Too fast for Joey, anyway.

Johnny insisted on downstrokes only in the music. It led to some rhythm issues when you try and get the human body to go that fast, even if it’s just a flick of the wrist. The guitars were low-slung and difficult to get to chords, etc., etc. Dee Dee was a wild card. CJ later tightened it all up, but who could replace Dee Dee? But all those things were the Ramones in their glory.

Thats fine, just wasn’t entertaining to me live. Love them as a studio band.

Yeah. I was being empathetic, tim, because I got what you were saying.

 

[rockaction]

Did you see the post where he complained that he was disappointed when he saw The Ramones live because they were too loud and he could not make out the lyrics?

Yes, I did. I just posted the tail end of what appears to be his response to you, but I had missed your comment on this page. Yeah, I saw tim’s complaint. I don’t fully disagree with his aesthetic (aural) perspective. Personal preference and all that rot.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I’m starting to feel like this countdown is . . . awry. It is nice that “Pretty Maids All In A Row” made it. I don’t hate the songs, but I don’t love a lot of them. ’76 has been called a seminal punk moment and disco/dance was all over the airwaves.

Not sure these songs are up to snuff.

I think Tim sticks to the radio play lists, the stuff that appears on Billboard and the like. I posted earlier that this was my senior year of HS and most the AM/popular FM station stuff was pure dreck ...really awful. I am enjoying it for reminiscing but there was such strong album oriented stuff released that year ...I'm not saying I like all of the stuff below, I was lazy and just copy/pasted a list. And certainly not a comprehensive list - I mean it doesn't have Todd's "Faithful" on here dammit!!

1. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
2. Hotel California - The Eagles
3. The Ramones - The Ramones
4. Boston - Boston
5. Car Wash - Rose Royce
6. Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
7. Spirit - Earth, Wind & Fire
8. Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
9. I Want You - Marvin Gaye
10. The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas
11. Night Moves - Bob Seger
12. Station To Station - David Bowie
13. Harvest For The World - The Isley Brothers
14. Dreamboat Annie - Heart
15. Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer
16. Ain't That A ***** - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
17. Legalize It - Peter Tosh
18. Rocks - Aerosmith
19. Rastaman Vibration - Bob Marley
20. The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein - Parliament
21. A Day At The Races - Queen
22. Destroyer - Kiss
23. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
24. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
25. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
26. Desire - Bob Dylan
27. A Night On The Town - Rod Stewart
28. Contradiction - Ohio Players
29. The Runaways - The Runaways
30. 2112 - Rush
31. Takin' It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
32. Hardcore Jollies - Funkadelic
33. The Pretender - Jackson Browne
34. Full Of Fire - Al Green
35. Sad Wings Of Destiny - Judas Priest
36. Hot On The Tracks - The Commodores
37. Disco Inferno - The Trammps
38. Wired - Jeff Beck
39. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
40. Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
41. Arrival - ABBA
42. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
43. Super Ape - The Upsetters
44. Blondie - Blondie
45. Presence - Led Zeppelin
46. Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy's Rubber Band
47. Rising - Rainbow
48. Sky High - Tavares
49. War Ina Babylon - Max Romeo & The Upsetters
50. Hejira - Joni Mitchell
51. Sparkle - Aretha Franklin
52. Turnstiles - Billy Joel
53. Agents Of Fortune - Blue Öyster Cult
54. Message In The Music - The O'Jays
55. 15 Big Ones - The Beach Boys
56. Black And Blue - The Rolling Stones
57. Live Bullet - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
58. Open Sesame - Kool & The Gang
59. Right Time - The Mighty Diamonds
60. Chicken Skin Music - Ry Cooder
61. Any Way You Like It - Thelma Houston
62. Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Wings
63. Satta Massagana - The Abyssinians
64. A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra
65. Diana Ross - Diana Ross
66. Howlin' Wind - Graham Parker
67. Let The Music Play - Barry White
68. Bigger Than Both Of Us - Daryl Hall & John Oates
69. Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa
70. Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith Group
71. The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
72. Take The Heat Off Me - Boney M.
73. Blue Moves - Elton John
74. Soul Searching - Average White Band
75. Children Of The World - The Bee Gees
76. One More From The Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
77. Look Out For #1 - The Brothers Johnson
78. Part Three - KC & The Sunshine Band
79. Happiness Is Being With The Spinners - The Spinners
80. Wings Over America - Wings
81. Amigos - Santana
82. Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic - Funkadelic
83. Small Change - Tom Waits
84. A Trick Of The Tail - Genesis
85. Shake Some Action - The Flamin' Groovies
86. Blow Your Face Out - J. Geils Band
87. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
88. Crisus Time - I-Roy
89. Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown
90. Total Explosion - Syl Johnson
91. I Don't Want To Go Home - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
92. Night Food - The Heptones
93. The Manhattans - The Manhattans
94. Junco Partner - James Booker
95. Still Life - Van der Graff Generator
96. Teenage Depression - Eddie & The Hot Rods
97. Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
98. Alice Cooper Goes To Hell - Alice Cooper
99. Too Hot To Stop - The Bar Kays
100. Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

Where does this list come from and what exactly is it ranking? And should I be interpreting it as Stevie best and Al worst or vice versa?

 

[northern exposure]

Regarding my appreciation of punk, here is a list of my favorite artists from that genre:

The Clash
X
The Buzzcocks
The Undertones
The Ramones
The Dickies
Dead Kennedys
The Damned
The Vandals
Stiff Little Fingers
Patti Smith
Crass
Billy Bragg
The Pogues
Flogging Molly
Sex Pistols
Black Flag
Social Distortion
The Germs
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

I’ve lived most of my life in Huntington Beach so a lot of this list has a local flavor to it. I would also say that I like punk with a folky pop edge, with good lyrics and melodies, the same way I like the rest of my music.

I’ve been around punk rock my entire life but I can’t call myself any kind of expert.

Good list. I would add Bad Religion and D.O.A. to it.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

50. Heatwave “Always And Forever” (from Too Hot To Handle)

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More Rod Temperton here. This one is a slow ballad classic of the era, played at a lot of proms and weddings. Sweet but not sickening.

I think what makes the record is that the singer's vocal is slightly off-key. Like you or I would be!

As I mentioned when "Boogie Nights" was posted, this is a really solid album. Even the non-hits are good. The LP is basically the R&B equivalent of Boston.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

51. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” (from Fly Like An Eagle)

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One of my favorite Steve Miller songs. Love the opening guitar riff, as derivative as it is. Love the lyrics, as derivative as they are. Love the whole derivative tune. Great stuff.

If younger folk ask what AOR is, play them this.

If younger folk ask why AOR died, play them this.

Nah, I would play them Billy Joel.

True. "Allentown" getting played on DC101 was the death knell I knew was coming for that format.

Like most white kids in the '70s, I had Miller's Greatest Hits '74-78. First on 8-track, then vinyl, then cassette, and finally on CD (no freaking way was I downloading or Napster-ing it in this century - my bad taste only goes so far).

It was like you HAD to own it - a reflex reaction. Sorta like Marley's Legend LP later on, except Legend actually has good music on it.

These days, I can only stand some of his '60s hippie stuff, "Fly Like An Eagle", and (I have no idea why, either) "Abracadabra". The rest - like "Rock'n Me" - are like nails on a blackboard and are the closest thing to Billy Joel in the "worst pop music ever" category.

 

[massraider]

We’ve already established that Tim doesn’t know much about punk.

Hey, it's not his fault more punk doesn't have a FOLKY POP EDGE

 

[Leroy Hoard]

We’ve already established that Tim doesn’t know much about punk.

Hey, it's not his fault more punk doesn't have a FOLKY POP EDGE

Maybe a rockabilly edge would work?

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[New Binky the Doormat]

I’m starting to feel like this countdown is . . . awry. It is nice that “Pretty Maids All In A Row” made it. I don’t hate the songs, but I don’t love a lot of them. ’76 has been called a seminal punk moment and disco/dance was all over the airwaves.

Not sure these songs are up to snuff.

I think Tim sticks to the radio play lists, the stuff that appears on Billboard and the like. I posted earlier that this was my senior year of HS and most the AM/popular FM station stuff was pure dreck ...really awful. I am enjoying it for reminiscing but there was such strong album oriented stuff released that year ...I'm not saying I like all of the stuff below, I was lazy and just copy/pasted a list. And certainly not a comprehensive list - I mean it doesn't have Todd's "Faithful" on here dammit!!

1. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
2. Hotel California - The Eagles
3. The Ramones - The Ramones
4. Boston - Boston
5. Car Wash - Rose Royce
6. Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
7. Spirit - Earth, Wind & Fire
8. Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
9. I Want You - Marvin Gaye
10. The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas
11. Night Moves - Bob Seger
12. Station To Station - David Bowie
13. Harvest For The World - The Isley Brothers
14. Dreamboat Annie - Heart
15. Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer
16. Ain't That A ***** - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
17. Legalize It - Peter Tosh
18. Rocks - Aerosmith
19. Rastaman Vibration - Bob Marley
20. The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein - Parliament
21. A Day At The Races - Queen
22. Destroyer - Kiss
23. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
24. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
25. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
26. Desire - Bob Dylan
27. A Night On The Town - Rod Stewart
28. Contradiction - Ohio Players
29. The Runaways - The Runaways
30. 2112 - Rush
31. Takin' It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
32. Hardcore Jollies - Funkadelic
33. The Pretender - Jackson Browne
34. Full Of Fire - Al Green
35. Sad Wings Of Destiny - Judas Priest
36. Hot On The Tracks - The Commodores
37. Disco Inferno - The Trammps
38. Wired - Jeff Beck
39. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
40. Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
41. Arrival - ABBA
42. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
43. Super Ape - The Upsetters
44. Blondie - Blondie
45. Presence - Led Zeppelin
46. Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy's Rubber Band
47. Rising - Rainbow
48. Sky High - Tavares
49. War Ina Babylon - Max Romeo & The Upsetters
50. Hejira - Joni Mitchell
51. Sparkle - Aretha Franklin
52. Turnstiles - Billy Joel
53. Agents Of Fortune - Blue Öyster Cult
54. Message In The Music - The O'Jays
55. 15 Big Ones - The Beach Boys
56. Black And Blue - The Rolling Stones
57. Live Bullet - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
58. Open Sesame - Kool & The Gang
59. Right Time - The Mighty Diamonds
60. Chicken Skin Music - Ry Cooder
61. Any Way You Like It - Thelma Houston
62. Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Wings
63. Satta Massagana - The Abyssinians
64. A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra
65. Diana Ross - Diana Ross
66. Howlin' Wind - Graham Parker
67. Let The Music Play - Barry White
68. Bigger Than Both Of Us - Daryl Hall & John Oates
69. Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa
70. Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith Group
71. The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
72. Take The Heat Off Me - Boney M.
73. Blue Moves - Elton John
74. Soul Searching - Average White Band
75. Children Of The World - The Bee Gees
76. One More From The Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
77. Look Out For #1 - The Brothers Johnson
78. Part Three - KC & The Sunshine Band
79. Happiness Is Being With The Spinners - The Spinners
80. Wings Over America - Wings
81. Amigos - Santana
82. Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic - Funkadelic
83. Small Change - Tom Waits
84. A Trick Of The Tail - Genesis
85. Shake Some Action - The Flamin' Groovies
86. Blow Your Face Out - J. Geils Band
87. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
88. Crisus Time - I-Roy
89. Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown
90. Total Explosion - Syl Johnson
91. I Don't Want To Go Home - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
92. Night Food - The Heptones
93. The Manhattans - The Manhattans
94. Junco Partner - James Booker
95. Still Life - Van der Graff Generator
96. Teenage Depression - Eddie & The Hot Rods
97. Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
98. Alice Cooper Goes To Hell - Alice Cooper
99. Too Hot To Stop - The Bar Kays
100. Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

Where does this list come from and what exactly is it ranking? And should I be interpreting it as Stevie best and Al worst or vice versa?

yeah, I don't think it was ranked, but didn't pay attention - was just looking for more than the typical list of top 25 or 50 - but yeah, good point, if it were rankings it's a trainwreck

btw, I went back and looked ...

Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'.

 

[northern exposure]

51. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” (from Fly Like An Eagle)

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One of my favorite Steve Miller songs. Love the opening guitar riff, as derivative as it is. Love the lyrics, as derivative as they are. Love the whole derivative tune. Great stuff.

If younger folk ask what AOR is, play them this.

If younger folk ask why AOR died, play them this.

Nah, I would play them Billy Joel.

True. "Allentown" getting played on DC101 was the death knell I knew was coming for that format.

Like most white kids in the '70s, I had Miller's Greatest Hits '74-78. First on 8-track, then vinyl, then cassette, and finally on CD (no freaking way was I downloading or Napster-ing it in this century - my bad taste only goes so far).

It was like you HAD to own it - a reflex reaction. Sorta like Marley's Legend LP later on, except Legend actually has good music on it.

These days, I can only stand some of his '60s hippie stuff, "Fly Like An Eagle", and (I have no idea why, either) "Abracadabra". The rest - like "Rock'n Me" - are like nails on a blackboard and are the closest thing to Billy Joel in the "worst pop music ever" category.

It must be the amazing lyrics of "Abracadabra"
Abra abracadabra
I wanna reach out and grab ya
Abra abracadabra
Abracadabra

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

It must be the amazing lyrics of "Abracadabra"
Abra abracadabra
I wanna reach out and grab ya
Abra abracadabra
Abracadabra

yeah, even though his music got more and more popular - for me things started to go downhill for Steve Miller Band stuff starting in '73 with the "Joker" - some good stuff in there through '77's "Book of Dreams" ...but after that was pretty much unlistenable for me.

If you want the highlights of all the good stuff, grab "Anthology" - his hits up through '72. Really bluesy yet still spacey.

Anthology - Steve Miller Band

 

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51. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” (from Fly Like An Eagle)

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One of my favorite Steve Miller songs. Love the opening guitar riff, as derivative as it is. Love the lyrics, as derivative as they are. Love the whole derivative tune. Great stuff.

If younger folk ask what AOR is, play them this.

If younger folk ask why AOR died, play them this.

Nah, I would play them Billy Joel.

True. "Allentown" getting played on DC101 was the death knell I knew was coming for that format.

Like most white kids in the '70s, I had Miller's Greatest Hits '74-78. First on 8-track, then vinyl, then cassette, and finally on CD (no freaking way was I downloading or Napster-ing it in this century - my bad taste only goes so far).

It was like you HAD to own it - a reflex reaction. Sorta like Marley's Legend LP later on, except Legend actually has good music on it.

These days, I can only stand some of his '60s hippie stuff, "Fly Like An Eagle", and (I have no idea why, either) "Abracadabra". The rest - like "Rock'n Me" - are like nails on a blackboard and are the closest thing to Billy Joel in the "worst pop music ever" category.

Much of the '60s hippie stuff is great. I particularly like the Sailor, Brave New World and Number 5 albums.

I saw Miller in 1994 and the show far exceeded my expectations. Many of the songs, including some of the '70s AOR ones, were stretched out and trippy.

And yes, the two albums most commonly played when I was at parties at college in the early '90s were SMB Greatest Hits '74-'78 and Legend. Third was probably Appetite for Destruction. By senior year, Nevermind and Ten were becoming more common in those settings. My school was late to Phish and DMB, but I suspect their records were popular at parties a few years after I graduated.

 

[timschochet]

49. Billy Joel “Say Goodbye To Hollywood” (from Turnstiles)

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There seems to be a few Billy Joel haters around here. Thankfully I’m not one of them. This song has always been one of his standards and I really like it, always have.

 

[zamboni]

Say goodbye to Uruk's happy Monday.

 

[timschochet]

48. Warren Zevon “Carmelita” (from Warren Zevon)

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One of Zevon’s greatest compositions, it’s described on Wikipedia as a “country song”. It’s far more than that. I regard it as one of the best and most tragic tunes about drug use I’ve ever heard, right up there with Lou Reed’s “Heroin” and “I’m Waiting for The Man”. A masterpiece.

 

[timschochet]

47. Rod Stewart “The First Cut is the Deepest” (from A Night On the Town)

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This song has a long history. It was written by Cat Stevens in 1965, years before he became a famous singer-songwriter. It was then recorded in the late 60s by the legendary soul artist PP Arnold, who scored a minor hit. Then Stevens did his own version in 1975, followed by Stewart in 1976. Rod’s version has become the definitive one, which is still played on soft rock stations. It’s a gorgeous ballad.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

47. Rod Stewart “The First Cut is the Deepest” (from A Night On the Town)

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This song has a long history. It was written by Cat Stevens in 1965, years before he became a famous singer-songwriter. It was then recorded in the late 60s by the legendary soul artist PP Arnold, who scored a minor hit. Then Stevens did his own version in 1975, followed by Stewart in 1976. Rod’s version has become the definitive one, which is still played on soft rock stations. It’s a gorgeous ballad.

What’s this now? Seems pole worthy

 

[zamboni]

47. Rod Stewart “The First Cut is the Deepest” (from A Night On the Town)

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This song has a long history. It was written by Cat Stevens in 1965, years before he became a famous singer-songwriter. It was then recorded in the late 60s by the legendary soul artist PP Arnold, who scored a minor hit. Then Stevens did his own version in 1975, followed by Stewart in 1976. Rod’s version has become the definitive one, which is still played on soft rock stations. It’s a gorgeous ballad.

What’s this now? Seems pole worthy

No need to crow about it.

 

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47. Rod Stewart “The First Cut is the Deepest” (from A Night On the Town)

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This song has a long history. It was written by Cat Stevens in 1965, years before he became a famous singer-songwriter. It was then recorded in the late 60s by the legendary soul artist PP Arnold, who scored a minor hit. Then Stevens did his own version in 1975, followed by Stewart in 1976. Rod’s version has become the definitive one, which is still played on soft rock stations. It’s a gorgeous ballad.

Us GenXers are also familiar with Sheryl Crow's version.

This is one of the few mid-70s and later Rod songs that could have fit in with his (much superior) early 70s work.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This is one of the few mid-70s and later Rod songs that could have fit in with his (much superior) early 70s work.

It's hard to believe this was on the same album as "Tonight's The Night".

Speaking of Rod, the first edition of Rolling Stone's Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll had Stewart with his own chapter. The second edition (sometime in the late 80s, I think) got rid of it and lumped him in a catch-all chapter with about 25 other acts

 

[timschochet]

46. AC/DC “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” (from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap)

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As a kid I always thought it was “Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Cheeks”, not that that made any sense. Over the years this has come to sound a little dated to me but it’s still a classic hard rock song. And I love the quality of Scott’s vocals.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

46. AC/DC “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” (from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap)

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As a kid I always thought it was “Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Cheeks”, not that that made any sense. Over the years this has come to sound a little dated to me but it’s still a classic hard rock song. And I love the quality of Scott’s vocals.

I would have had this way higher, but I'm glad you found a spot for it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

This is one of the few mid-70s and later Rod songs that could have fit in with his (much superior) early 70s work.

It's hard to believe this was on the same album as "Tonight's The Night".

Speaking of Rod, the first edition of Rolling Stone's Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll had Stewart with his own chapter. The second edition (sometime in the late 80s, I think) got rid of it and lumped him in a catch-all chapter with about 25 other acts

Rod was one of the titans of rock and roll ... until he wasn't.

 

[zamboni]

Speaking of Rod, the first edition of Rolling Stone's Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll had Stewart with his own chapter. The second edition (sometime in the late 80s, I think) got rid of it and lumped him in a catch-all chapter with about 25 other acts

That must have been hard for him to stomach. #urbanlegend

 

[timschochet]

45. Eagles “Life In The Fast Lane” (from Hotel California)

Life in the Fast Lane (2013 Remaster)

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One of Joe Walsh’s best opening guitar riffs. Always really loved this song even though I know a lot of people don’t. But I regard it as classic 70s AOR rock.

 

[Gr00vus]

Speaking of Rod, the first edition of Rolling Stone's Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll had Stewart with his own chapter. The second edition (sometime in the late 80s, I think) got rid of it and lumped him in a catch-all chapter with about 25 other acts

That must have been hard for him to stomach. #urbanlegend

Some guys have all the luck.

 

[timschochet]

44. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Breakdown” (from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)

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One of the bluesiest Petty songs ever. The combination of Mike Campbell’s guitar and Stan Lynch’s steady drums is superb. The first single off the first album.

 

[UncleZen]

48. Warren Zevon “Carmelita” (from Warren Zevon)

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One of Zevon’s greatest compositions, it’s described on Wikipedia as a “country song”. It’s far more than that. I regard it as one of the best and most tragic tunes about drug use I’ve ever heard, right up there with Lou Reed’s “Heroin” and “I’m Waiting for The Man”. A masterpiece.

Have you ever listed to Alice In Chains' "Dirt" album? That album was enough for me to say I never wanted to try heroin. Super powerful lyrics and haunting guitar.

 

[UncleZen]

I am officially filing a grievance on this thread for the criminally low ranking of "Car Wash."

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I am officially filing a grievance on this thread for the criminally low ranking of "Car Wash."

duly noted.