Favorite pop-rock albums of the early 70's?

I thought it'd be an interesting thread... and reading about your favorites would give me ideas to get new albums!

My definition of pop-rock in this case is anything that's not hard-rock, metal, progressive, but don't be affraid to put weird albums as long as they're based in pop music... it can also be glam-rock, which I personally consider to be a form of pop music... You could even put the first Brian Eno albums, cause even if they're a bit experimental they're still pop in form.

So you get it?
I'll give a list of my favorites when I have enough time to think about it.

 

bob dylan - blood on the tracks
leonard cohen - songs of love and hate
nick drake - pink moon
syd barrett - barrett

 

Certainly T-Rex would be on there, as well as Bowie.

 

Eno's first two albums are at the top for me.....

1)Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) - Eno (1974)
2)Here Come the Warm Jets - Eno (1973)
3)Stranded - Roxy Music (1973)
4)Fear - John Cale (1974)
5)Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)
6)For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music (1973)
7)Paris 1919 - John Cale (1972)
8)Vintage Violence - John Cale (1970)
9)Whatevershebringswesing - Kevin Ayers (1971)
10)Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)

I tried to keep all mostly to song-structured, pop-format music.

 

Skelter, only 4 or 5 of the albums you mentioned actually fit in the list!!!!

I love your list Matt! Okay, here is mine (in no particular order!):

* Loaded - The Velvet Underground (70)
* Imagine - John Lennon (71) (I'm not sure Plastic Ono Band would fit in this list... maybe?)
* Band On The Run - Wings (72)
* Hunky Dory - David Bowie (71)
* Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie (72)
* Transformer - Lou Reed (72)
* Something?/Anything? - Todd Rundgren (72)
* After The Goldrush - Neil Young (72)
* Roxy Music - Roxy Music (72)
* For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music (73)
* Ringo - Ringo Starr (73)

Might have forgotten some stuff, but then, I'll add it later!

 

By the way, I forgot to say that I'd put the first 2 Eno albums if I had heard them entirely but I only heard a few songs which make me think that I'd love the albums, but, since I never heard the whole thing I'm not putting them in my list!

 

Elton John - Elton John
Honky Chateau - Elton John
Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
Ram - Paul McCartney

These are the only 'Pop/Rock' type albums I can think of that I own at present... I'll report back if I think of any more.. lol

 

Oh I really love early Elton John, but I never heard more than 2 songs (Your Song and Tiny Dancer) I should get myself his first album...

 

Yeah, early Elton is great... I don't think you can go wrong with any of his albums upto, and including, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ..

I'm having trouble with trying to decide what is 'Pop/Rock' in my messed up lil' head lol ... I was thinking of maybe putting some Van Morrison and maybe a CSN in there... but then I thought I might be venturing into Singer/Songwriter/Folk type situations... Seeing as though you've added a Neil Young album though, my theory has been shattered! :O lol

 

Heheh It's allright, just put whatever YOU think would be good in the list... And yeah, I consider After The Goldrush to be kind-of pop-folk... God there are so many genres and sub-genres in music it's just crazy!

Thanks for the Elton John advice, by the way

 

Check out the first Raspberries album, or Straight Up by Badfinger!

 

Oh, thanks! I've never heard about these bands but I'll go read about them on AMG.

 

My first 2 thoughts were Steely Dan "Can't Buy a Thrill" and David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust."

 

Ahh... Ziggy Stardust is such a great album, isn't it? I love it so much... and it also has sentimental value to me.

 

I was thinking of putting Steely Dan's Can't Buy A Thrill in my original post...

 

I thought of Honky Chateau too but it had already been mentioned.

 

carol king - tapestry
melanie - leftover wine
billy joel - piano man
grahnm nash - songs for a beginner
joan baez - diamonds & rust
csn&y - deja vu
cat steavens - tea for the tillerman
lou reed - transformer
van morrison - moondance
janis ian - between the lines
nick drake - pink moon
james taylor - sweet baby james
stevie wonder - innervissions
john lennon - mind games
arlo guthrie - hobo's lullaby

 

OOh, yes, I forgot about Carol King Tapestry, I listened to that forever around that time (1970 ish?). and Neil Young Harvest too. and I remember having the album Sweet Baby James but don't remember the music on it as much.

Itsamagicallife, thanks for jogging my memory....a lot of those ring bells for me, thanks. Lou Reed, Cat Stevens, CSNY, lots of good memories. It seems like yesterday, that music colored my world so much as a youth.

 

You're lucky to have experienced that

 

Fully Qualified Survivor [1970] by Michael Chapman is one of my all time favourites.

Open tuning acoustic guitar songs and instrumentals
combined with Paul buckmaster's string arrangements and Mick Ronson guesting on lead
Produced by Gus dudgeon
A real bittersweet blend, especially the voice lol !!!

His open tuning sound, slide playing and timing are to die for
Sounds as good to me today as it did then.

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