Nolo's 100 All Time Favourite Albums from the 70s

[Sox]

^^^ My favourite all time track is off that one Nolo "Since I've Been Loving You" ... awesome album IMO.

 

[electric funeral]

A good album I agree. Don't play it much. Must be something with third releases. Don't play Black Sabbath's third release much as well.

Always liked Gallows Pole and Out on the Tiles a lot. Immigrant Song must be one of the best rock songs around.

 

[Nololob]

All tracks are excellent, the ones I posted are in my opinion absolute outstanding. Immigrant Song is one of the song I can come back to and listen few times in a row.

 

[Nololob]

Jon Lord - Sarabande (1976)

A1 Fantasia 3:30
A2 Sarabande 7:20
A3 Aria 3:42
A4 Gigue 11:06
B1 Bouree 11:00
B2 Pavane 7:35
B3 Caprice 3:12
B4 Finale 2:03

After Lord's rework of Mozart's 'Kroenungsmesse' to double 12 bar blues in 3/4 I became more interested on his solo work. It is a fusion of classical and rock and I've already been familiar with classical music, so I thought I'll give it a shot, especially after reading it is regarded as his one of his best works. After first listen I couldn't believe myself what I heard! Such an astonishing piece of artwork. The more I listened to it, the more I was touched about the fact he's not with us anymore. Is it a real shame. At times sounds like some bits were taken from Concerto For Group And Orchestra as well as were used from this album in later compositions. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

Favourite tracks: Gigue and Bouree

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[Nololob]

Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards (1972)

A1 The Wizard 2:59
A2 Traveller in Time 3:26
A3 Easy Livin' 2:37
A4 Poet's Justice 4:14
A5 Circle of Hands 6:27
B1 Rainbow Demon 4:30
B2 All My Life 2:46
B3 Paradise / The Spell 12:41

Uriah Heep's 4th album 'Demons And Wizards' gave the band a space in fame and great success. On their finest hour they showed what a great musicianship and songwriting is, bringing this time more fantasy to the music. I have that slight feeling it's not as exciting as their previous album, but still a great album and keep coming back to it from time to time. Just listen to 'Circle of Hands' and that beautiful sound of Hammond organ. Wonderful!

Favourite tracks: Traveller In Time, Easy Livin', Circle of Hands and Rainbow Demon

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[Nololob]

Groundhogs - Split (1971)

A1 Split - Part One 4:25
A2 Split - Part Two 5:10
A3 Split - Part Three 5:25
A4 Split - Part Four 5:38
B1 Cherry Red 5:40
B2 A Year in the Life 3:07
B3 Junkman 4:52
B4 Ground Hog 5:35

For a band, that came out of original blues roots with guitarist, who played with traditional blues singers from the States, Split delivers a quite heavy mixture of blues and heaviness. In other words - it is quite heavy. It's an absolute shame they became one of those successful, but forgotten bands later. If you like Hendrix and Cream, Groundhogs will fit in your taste quite well.

Favourite tracks: Split - Part One, Split-Part Three and Cherry Red

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[Nololob]

Budgie - Budgie (1971)

A1 Guts 4:20
A2 Everything in My Heart 1:00
A3 The Author 6:25
A4 Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman 8:30
B1 Rape of the Locks 6:10
B2 All Night Petrol 6:00
B3 You and I 1:45
B4 Homicidal Suicidal 6:30

I keep coming back to this album with a thought 'wow, what a heavy beast!' It is considered as one of the first doom rock albums and couple of track are slow and have heavy bass that mainly follows the guitar. A good starter for someone, who wants to give this band a first listen.

Favourite tracks: Guts, The Author, Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman and Homicidal Suicidal

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[Nololob]

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)

A1 Sinner 6:46
A2 Diamonds and Rust 3:28
A3 Starbreaker 4:52
A4 Last Rose of Summer 5:40
B1 Let Us Prey 6:14
B2 Call for the Priest / Raw Deal 7:11
B3 Here Come the Tears 3:37
B4 Dissident Aggressor 2:56

'Sin After Sin' has got to be one of my Judas Priest albums, first time I bought it on CD and listened to it I was something my ears were asking for in years. Yes, it was produced by Roger Glover and that's partly the reason why I think it's a brilliant LP, but mainly it is a good transition from their early hard rocking material to pounding metal riffs.

Favourite tracks: Diamonds and Rust, Starbreaker, Raw Deal and Dissident Aggressor

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[Nololob]

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)

A1 ...And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps 3:13
A2 Acres Wild 3:25
A3 No Lullaby 7:55
A4 Moths 3:27
A5 Journeyman 3:57
B1 Rover 4:16
B2 One Brown Mouse 3:23
B3 Heavy Horses 8:59
B4 Weathercock 4:02

Out of the folk trilogy, Heavy Horses is the album I enjoy the most. It has an interesting vibe of the countryside I spent the holiday once back in the day at my great grandparents. Countryside with stables, forest and farming. Oh, those days. It used to be at the top list of faves, however now it still keeps the podium.

Favourite tracks: Moths, Rover and Heavy Horses

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[Nololob]

Journey - Look Into The Future (1976)

A1 On a Saturday Nite 4:00
A2 It's All Too Much 4:06
A3 Anyway 4:12
A4 She Makes Me (Feel Alright) 3:12
A5 You're on Your Own 5:55
B1 Look Into the Future 8:12
B2 Midnight Dreamer 5:13
B3 I'm Gonna Leave You 7:00

'Journey? Oh, yeah I know Journey, they were huge in the 80s. What? Wait, they were active in the 70s? Interesting, let me have a look. *plays Look Into The Future* Whaaat? Is this Journey? Nooo, it can't be, they sound too different...' - my thought on this album at first. But in a positive way, I was very surprised to hear what I heard on this album. Heavy, groovy with prog touches. Tasty!

Favourite tracks: On A Saturday Nite, She Makes Me (Feel Alright) and I'm Gonna Leave You

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