1977 - The Best Year in Music w/Dave Lubin

Dave Lubin joins Grant and they talk about our favorite albums from 1977.
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[@utvf68]

1. A Farewell To Kings - Rush 2. The Stranger - Billy Joel 3. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 4. Saturday Night Fever - The Bee Gees 5. Street Survivors - Lynyrd Skynyrd 6. News Of The World - Queen 7. In Color - Cheap Trick 8. The Grand Illusion - Styx 9. Animals - Pink Floyd 10. Foreigner HM Point Of Know Return - Kansas Out Of The Blue - ELO Aja - Steely Dan Love Gun - Kiss Slowhand - Eric Clapton

[@tylerpatterson4787]

1977 great year 1. Aerosmith- Draw the Line 2. AC/DC- Let there be rock 3. Pink Floyd- Animals 4. Styx- Grand Illusion 5. Rush- A farewell to Kings 6. Steely Dan- Aja 7. Lynyrd Skynyrd- Street Survivors 8. Billy Joel- The Stranger 9. Steve Miller Band- Book of Dreams 10. Kiss- Love Gun Honorable mentions: Foreigner- Foreigner Kansas- Point of Know Return Yes- Going for the one BOC- Spectres ELO- Out of the blue Cheap Trick- Cheap Trick & In Color Fleetwood Mac- Rumours

[@zanezeiter]

My My top 3 are: 1. Kiss Love Gun 2. Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell 3. Fleetwood Mac Rumours I agree with Grant that Silver Springs is a great song, my favorite Fleetwood Mac song.

[@ericrobertson2024]

Adding that track would've made it perfect but I Don't Wanna Know was a good replacement.

[@merikblackmore]

Good picks, some of my unmentioned favs from 1977 ACDC - Let There Be Rock Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood Motorhead debut Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation Sandy Denny - Rendezvous Peter Gabriel debut CSN - the boat album Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix Stranglers - No More Heroes Hon mentions Outlaws - Hurry Sundown Neil Young - Decade

[@ericrobertson2024]

Rumours is my favorite pop album ever made. In 77 we had 1 and 1/2 new Kiss albums. Ronstadt, Judas Priest, Abba , Nazareth , Ramones , Blondie also had strong releases.

[@carlwmpylu]

Enjoyable show. My ten '77 faves: . Crosby, Stills & Nash - CSN . Fairport Convention - The Bonny Bunch Of Roses . Dan Fogelberg - Nether Lands . Dean Friedman - S/T . Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood . Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell . The Outlaws - Hurry Sundown . Pablo Cruise - A Place In The Sun . Renaissance - Novella . Styx - The Grand Illusion Honourable mentions: . American Tears - Powerhouse . Chris de Burgh - At The End Of A Perfect Day . Firefall - Lunar Sea . Kansas - Point Of Know Return . Poco - Indian Summer

[@justinhavu]

My favorites (In no particular order) Alan Parsons Project - I Robot Peter Gabriel debut (Car) Kansas - Point Of Know Return Foreigner debut Weather Report - Heavy Weather REO Speedwagon - Live: You Get What You Play For Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home Steve Miller Band - Book Of Dreams Steve Winwood solo debut James Taylor - JT The Doobie Brothers - Livin' On The Fault Line Billy Joel - The Stranger Chicago XI ELO - Out Of The Blue Boz Scaggs - Down Two Then Left Pat Metnehy - Watercolors

[@georgemathie8123]

What a fantastic year for music and so many great albums here are my top ten steely Dan Aja, hawkwind quark, strangeness and charm, Joni Mitchell Don Juan's reckless daughter, blue oyster cult spectres, Chicago xi, yes going for the one, the baby's broken heart, Fleetwood Mac rumors, America harbor and Barclay James harvest gone to earth honorable mentions Reo Speedwagon live you get what you play for, electric light orchestra out of the blue and Leo Sayer thunder in my heart

[@michaelvandiver2475]

Great show Grant and Dave! 1977 had a tonna great records. I agree with all releases you guys showed except the April Wine...blah. Others you may have considered - Aja - Steely Dan (maybe I missed it?) Little Queen - Heart The Stranger - Billy Joel I Robot - APP Going for the One - Yes Off the Record - Sweet Kansas - Point of Know Return Carolina Dreams - Marshall Tucker Band Stranger in Town - Seger Commodores - s/t All in All - EWF JT - James Taylor Book of Dreams - Steve Miller Band CSN - Crosby, Stills & Nash Spectres - BOC Love Gun - KISS Draw the Line - Aerosmith Let There Be Rock - AC/DC Oops! Wrong Planet - Utopia Time Loves a Hero - Little Feat Songs from the Wood - Tull Webb in ATL - would love to join you guys on the Warehaus for your 1976 show. Just sayin...

[@wolf1977]

Time Loves A Hero is epic IMO. Aja is the 'perfect album'. I like/love most of the rest on your list (not Kiss, BOC is just OK)

[@ericrobertson2024]

Kiss had 1 and 1/2 great albums in 77,2 great full albums in 76. Greatest first decade of any band in history, remarkable consistency really through till 1985.. Stranger In Town was on my 78 list.

[@michaelvandiver2475]

@@ericrobertson2024 Oops, yep SIT is '78...Night Moves was late 76 and was popular all through 1977.

[@louderthanlife]

What a great year for rock and roll. AC/DC "Let There Be Rock" Brownsville Station "Brownsville Station" Cheap Trick "In Color" City Boy "Young Men Gone West" Electric Light Orchestra "Out Of The Blue" Foreigner "Foreigner" Head East "Gettin' Lucky" Kiss "Love Gun" Queen "News Of The World" Styx "The Grand Illusion"

[@christianhaynes1954]

I only own rumors , love Christie's voice 🙂

[@terryking2217]

Songs From The Wood, Jethro Tull. UFO Lights Out.

[@wolf1977]

Love SFTW!

[@barelymanilow7079]

Year I was born

[@inmyhouse11]

Let There Be Rock- AC/DC In Color- Cheap Trick Sin After Sin- Judas Priest Spectres- BOC Lights Out- UFO Foreigner- S/T Love Gun- Kiss Draw The Line- Aerosmith Never Mind The Bollocks- Sex Pistols Rocket To Russia- Ramones

[@Matias-music-71]

Priest Sin After Sin , Rush Farewell to Kings , AC/DC Let there Be Rock , Motorhead Motorhead , Heart Little Queen ..,

[@jimekberg]

1. AC/DC: Let there be rock 2. Judas Priest: Sin after sin 3. UFO: Lights Out 4. Scorpions: Taken by force 5. Sex Pistols: Never mind the bollocks 6. Sweet: Off the record 7. Ted Nugent: Cat scratch fever 8. Ramones: Leave home 9. Legs Diamond: Legs Diamond 10. Aerosmith: Draw the line

[@barelymanilow7079]

Wire- Pink Flag, The Damned - Damned Damned Damned, The Boys - S/T, The Ramones- Rocket to Russia, The Saints - I'm STRANDED, Motorhead- S/T, The Stranglers- Rattus Norvegicus Cheap Trick- S/T, Johnny Thunders - LAMF, Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bollocks, Dead Boys- Young, Loud, and Snotty

[@michaelvandiver2475]

Dave, great show with Grant...hey, you're from Canada, right?...gotta say I've never heard someone pronounce southern = "sow (like cow) - thern"...not being critical, just wondering if that's a dialect from your area in Canada. Will say it's odd that the "ou" sound in south changes to 'uh' when you add 'ern' for the adjective. Again, not making fun, just curious. Obviously many words are pronounced differently depending on the region you were raised or live in. Language dialects fascinate me. Being from the southern US, we have some different pronunciations of our own too. Webb in Atlanta, GA

[@thelonestranger4226]

A 7 from '77 list if I may... Rumours-Fleetwood Mac ( an album very close to my heart) Radios Appear-Radio Birdman ( Australian version) Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols-The Sex Pistols (some versions have God Save The Queen closing side 1, others have Problems the side 1 closer..Here, I'm not fazed. Works either way) New Boots And Panties- Ian Dury Talking Heads:77-Talking Heads Let There Be Rock-AC/DC (Australian version) Self-titled-The Clash (U.K. version) Cheers!

[@wolf1977]

Talking Heads 77 is great - easily my top pick from your list

[@wolf1977]

1977, a wonderful year for rock. I do like the FM album Rumours quite a bit but it's not my fave Mac period (that would be the Bob Welch era 1971-1974 with Mystery To Me my #1)...A 'sampler' of just A-C (there are obviously MANY more)... More well-known great albums: Aerosmith/Draw The Line - not quite as good as the preceding albums but still... Al Stewart/Time Passages Ambrosia/Life Beyond LA America/Live Barclay James Harvest/Gone To Earth Be Bop Deluxe/Live In The Air Age (quite simply one of the best live albums ever) Billy Joel/The Stranger Bob Marley & The Wailers/Exodus Brand X/Moroccan Roll Camel/Rain Dances Captain Beyond/Dawn Explosion Charlie/No Second Chance Cheap Trick/In Color (maybe the best power pop album of the 70's, or ever) & s/t Colosseum II/Electric Savage (Gary Moore!) Crosby, Stills & Nash/CSN ************************************************************************************ Lesser-known great albums: Alphonso Johnson/Spellbound Andy Bown/Come Back Romance, All Is Forgiven Arden House/Coming Home (this is really Jasper Wrath) Baby Grand - s/t Bad Boy/The Band That Milwaukee Made Famous (connections to Cheap Trick) A Band Called "O"/The Knife (really underrated band IMO) Beaverteeth - s/t Benoit Widemann/Stress Billy Cobham/Magic Birth Control/Increase (wonderful prog band) Blue/Another Night Time Flight The Bob Meighan Band/(Me'hun) Boxer/Absolutely Buddy Miles/Roadrunner Burt Compton & Steve Mele/Rock & Roll Genius Cain/Stringer Carsten Bohn's Bandstand/Humor Rumor The Chicago Triangle/Emergence Circus (South Africa)/In The Arena City Boy/Young Men Gone West Crystal Haze - s/t

[@ericrobertson2024]

Yep, those 1970-74 Mac albums are loaded with gems, they should've been rereleased after the 2 big selling releases.

[@scotterrebo995]

I would have had Bob Welc’s French Kiss, The Stranglers debut and Blue Oyster Cult’s Spectres. Others Foreigner, ELO, ELP Works 2, Heart Little Queen, Kansas Point of Know Return, Eddie and the Hot Rods Lifevon the Line and Grateful Dead Terrapin Station.

[@wolf1977]

Terrapin Station is terrific, maybe their most 'ambitious' album

[@drocker4729]

GREAT Year For Music: Pink Floyd-"Animals" Foreigner-"S/T" Dave Mason-"Let It Flow" UFO-"Lights Out" Steve Miller Band-"Book Of Dreams" Ted Nugent-"Cat Scratch Fever" The Alan Parsons Project-"I Robot" Styx-"The Grand Illusion" Foghat-"Foghat Live" Steely Dan-"Aja" Meat Loaf-"Bat Out Of Hell" Starcastle-"Citadel" Fleetwood Mac-"Rumours" Genesis-"Seconds Out"

[@drocker4729]

Can't forget Bob Welch-"French Kiss"

[@wolf1977]

@@drocker4729 Aja is always my pick for 'perfect album'...Seconds Out was probably my entry point into my all time fave prog band - stunning live album...Book Of Dreams was a 70's listening staple for me & my friends back in the day (even on 8-track in the car)... Some different picks for '77: Sea Level/Cats On The Coast Ruphus/Inner Voice Rose/Judgement Day & A Taste Of Nptune Rockicks/Inside Derringer/Sweet Evil & Live (man I love that album) Random Element/Afternoon In Milan Racing Cars/Weekend Rendezvous Rabbitt/A Croak And A Grunt In The Night (Trevor Rabin) PSI/Horizonte Prism (fusion) - s/t PFM/Jet Lag The Pop - s/t Point Blank/Second Season Pilot/Two's A Crowd Pat Travers/Putting It Straight Pacific Eardrum - s/t No Dice - s/t Musica Orbis/To The Listeners Moxy/Moxy II The Movies/Double "A" Mosaik/No. 1 Mirage/Now You See It Metro - s/t Michael Stanley Band/Stagepass Marmalade/The Only Light On My Horizon Now Madrigal/School Of Time Living Force - s/t The Leopards/Kansas City Slickers Lenny White/Big City Krazy Kat/Troubled Air Little Feat's Time Loves A Hero is a GREAT album. Legs Diamond, The Kinks, Kayak, Journey, Mellencamp, Tull, Jeff Beck (Live w/Jan Hammer), JL Ponty, The Jam, Jackson Browne, Ian Gillan, Hummingbird, Horslips, Heart and so on...1977 ALMOST gives my all time fave year (1975) a run for its money!

[@drocker4729]

​@@wolf1977 Nice list of different picks, I have MSB, Moxy ,Travers, Legs Diamond, The Kinks, Journey,, Mellencamp, Ponty, Heart and Jackson Browne and I know of Pilot, Derringer, Prism and Point Blank, It will be fun to check out a bunch of them. Thanks Wolf.

[@drocker4729]

@@wolf1977 Hey Wolf a couple more I forgot about-Riot-"Rock City", Budgie-"Impeckable" and Ashra-"Blackouts".

[@drocker4729]

@@wolf1977 How on earth did I miss Starz-"Violation" and Robin Trower-"In City Dreams"?

[@stephanevillatte5970]

Well...''Rumours''...might be my 1977 favorite...not many of my 70's favorites come from this year honestly...a lot more from 70' to 73'...and 79'.

[@barelymanilow7079]

The year Punk broke in the UK

[@wolf1977]

For 1977 Punk (not really my thing) I only have The Jam's This Is The Modern World - great album & got me into this band, not really 'punk' as such. Mix of punkish attitude with rock & mod revival. Also In The City...And some selected individual tracks from The Ramones & The New Hearts. I just never connected with the attitude-over-music approach (plus a lot of punk vocals are just below par - at least for me)

[@barelymanilow7079]

@wolf1977 Yeah, it's not for everyone, I love it, probably like post-punk better, though. A little more creative.

[@lance98541]

Amazing year in music, Rush, Heart, Priest, Rainbow etc. The only thing that sucked was the punk, new wave and disco nonsense.

[@wolf1977]

Punk & especially Disco definitely. There was some quality New Wave: Talking Heads 77, Deaf School/Don't Stop The World, Elvis Costello/My Aim Is True

[@barelymanilow7079]

Never Mind the Bollocks is solid