Five Favorite Albums Of Each Year

[Magic]

1976
This is a very very good year for music and almost impossible to choose 5, but I’ll get ‘er done!
Aerosmith ~ Rocks
Judas Priest ~ Sad Wings of Destiny
Rainbow ~ Rising
Boston ~ Boston
Z Z Top ~ Tejas

 

[Magic]

1977
Heart ~ Little Queen
Rush ~ A Farewell to Kings
Styx ~ The Grand Illusion
Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ Street Survivors
Judas Priest ~ Sin After Sin

 

[Magic]

1978
The Cars ~ The Cars
Van Halen ~ Van Halen
Foreigner ~ Double Vision
Judas Priest ~ Stained Class
Boston ~ Don’t Look Back

 

[Magic]

1979
Z Z Top ~ Deguello
Bad Company ~ Desolation Angels
Blackfoot ~ Strikes
Billy Thorpe ~ Children of the Sun
AC/DC ~ Highway to Hell

 

[TACdtf]

1979
Blackfoot ~ Strikes

I love Blackfoot. Siogo made my 1983 list! What a great band, and Strikes is an awesome album. I considered it but it just missed the cut.

1978
The Cars ~ The Cars

For a brief period in the mid 90's, I worked with David Robinson's brother.

 

[Magic]

1979 proved to be a difficult year for me. There was soooo much stuff I listened to that year, but a lot has not stood the test of time.

I tossed a coin on Billy Thorpe & Molly Hatchet. I know, Thorpe is a strange choice for me, but that album is really good. I just got done listening to it.

@TACdtf I see you chose Night in the Ruts for 1979. Aerosmith is my favorite band, but they began loosing me after Draw the Line, but I have all their albums.

 

[Magic]

1980
Ozzy Osbourne ~ Blizzard of Oz
AC/DC ~ Back in Black
Black Sabbath ~ Heaven and Hell
Iron Maiden ~ Iron Maiden
Judas Priest ~ British Steel

 

[TACdtf]

@TACdtf I see you chose Night in the Ruts for 1979. Aerosmith is my favorite band, but they began loosing me after Draw the Line, but I have all their albums.

Night In The Ruts is by far my favorite Aerosmith album. First off, it's easily their heaviest album. There's just something...ferocious about it. It's really loose and it just oozes cool. IMO of course. The instrumental part in Think About It crushes me every time.

In fact, in an interview, Neil Carter cites Chiquita as the impetus for what UFO was going for on Mechanix, specifically on The Writer.

After that, my next favorite album is probably Done With Mirrors and/or Rocks. I'm also "that guy" that loves Rock In A Hard Place.

 

[Magic]

Review - Aerosmith - Done With Mirrors (1985)

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Review - Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts (1979)

Aerosmith Night in the Ruts Released in 1979 by Columbia Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Personnel: • Steven Tyler - Lead Vocals , Harmonica, Piano, Production • Joe Perry - Guitar, Backing Vocals • Brad Whitford - Guitar • Tom Hamilton - Bass • Joey Kramer - Drums, Percussion With: •...

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[TACdtf]

Review - Aerosmith - Done With Mirrors (1985)

Aerosmith ~ Done With Mirrors Released in 1985 by Geffen Records Rock / Hard Rock Personnel: • Steven Tyler - Lead Vocals, Percussion • Joe Perry - Guitar, Backing Vocals • Brad Whitford - Guitar • Tom Hamilton - Bass • Joey Kramer - Drums • Ted Templeman – Production :tl...

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Review - Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts (1979)

Aerosmith Night in the Ruts Released in 1979 by Columbia Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Personnel: • Steven Tyler - Lead Vocals , Harmonica, Piano, Production • Joe Perry - Guitar, Backing Vocals • Brad Whitford - Guitar • Tom Hamilton - Bass • Joey Kramer - Drums, Percussion With: •...

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My reviews

Cool! I'll check them out!