These albums are fifty years old! The TEN GREATEST ALBUMS of 1975 | RANKED

[@Aaron628318]

Minstrel in the Gallery is probably my most treasured album from 1975

[@mchmch6185]

I don't really listen to music much anymore, and when I do, I don't get the buzz that I used to (as is common with age). But what I love about you, Andy, is that you really trigger my nostalgia and take me back to my teen years in the late 70s and early 80s when I discovered and was really blown away by (what I've come to realise is a fairly limited selection of) prog rock and some other related rock music. Ah, happy days! I only ever got into jazz in a VERY limited way later, and I've never listened to more than 1 or 2 jazz rock albums. And I must say that "Physical Graffiti" is the only album I know from your selection here. But, as ever, your enthusiasm is infectious and I love it! Keep up the good work!!

[@seekah1]

INPO: Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac Minstrel in the Gallery - Jethro Tull Fly by Night - Rush Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan Physical Graffitti - Led Zeppelin Dressed to Kill - Kiss Abba - Abba Alive - Kiss Caress of Steel - Rush Fish out of Water - Chris Squire The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell Live! - Bob Marley and the Wailers

[@Ron-yd3fn]

Got some good ones for sure

[@jimmyfranklin3862]

Blood on the tracks is my number 1 for 75' I think Born to Run needs to be on the list as well

[@antoniodias4718]

A very good list Andy!! Not too rocker more jazzy or fusion but I like it. "Visions of The Emerald Beyound" is not Mahavishnu Orhestra favorite among the most of their fans (I think it is "Birds Of Fire") but actually it is a very good album. "Nightingales & Bombers" By Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Minstrel In The Gallery" by Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" , "Black Sabbath's "Sabotage" are really good too. Good show Andy!!

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

1.Blood On The Tracks - Dylan 2.Beethoven 5th Symphony - Carlos Kleiber 3.Horses Patti Smith 4.Born To Run - Springsteen 5.Wish You Were Here - Floyd 6.Pieces Of The Sky - Emmylou Harris 7.Atlantic Crossing - Rod Stewart 8.Still Caught Up - Millie Jackson 9.The Who By Numbers 10.Straight Shooter - Bad Company

[@charlesandrews2360]

I saw Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer in Chicago 1976 when they open for Aerosmith at Comiskey Park. The stadium caught fire that day while Jeff Beck was on stage

[@petercicco4360]

Ray Gomez on "Mating Drive" completely rips my head off and still kills me after all this time. What a guitar player. Thanks for spotlighting him.

[@gaggalari]

Ten Years Gone is among my 10 all time favourite songs.

[@joegillam1497]

Absolutely exquisite .

[@Skycladatdusk78]

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Black Sabbath - Sabotage Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Rush - Fly By Night Foghat - Fool For The City Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time Scorpions - In Trance Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent ZZ Top - Fandango!

[@mikekeeler6362]

What no Nazareth hair of the dog Pink Floyd's wish you were here Bachman-Turner overdrive 4 wheel drive

[@mikekeeler6362]

And of course UFO force it Robin trower for earth below

[@mikekeeler6362]

And of course bad company straight shooter styx's equinox

[@arthurlaurey4232]

Great list Andy, thanks. Homework👍 My top 10 1975: 1. Miles Davis: Agharta 2. Jeff Beck: Blow by blow 3. The Gil Evans Orchestra plays the music of Jimi Hendrix 4. Deep Purple: Come taste the band 5. David Bowie: Young Americans 6. Lou Reed: Lou Reed Live 7. Bill Evans & Tony Benett: The BE & TB Album 8. Jan Hammer: The first Seven days 9. Mahavishnu Orchestra: Visions of the emerald beyond 10. Toots Thielemans: Live vol. 2

[@CaptainGoldenhind]

Great to have Gentle Giant, but Chris Squire's reunion with Bill Bruford sadly missed in "Fish out of Water". That's a magnificent album of 1975 with brilliant orchestration.

[@Alanb_69]

My list of 11 (no particular order with one extra as an honorable mention) Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water Supertramp - Crisis What Crisis Earth Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World Rufus - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte Kansas - Song for America Queen - A Night at the Opera ELO - Face the Music Paul McCartney and Wings - Venus and Mars Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafitti Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond

[@7BobbyGaylor7]

Great video! Fly By Night is killer! I was lucky enough to see Rush on the Moving Pictures Tour! My top albums for 1975 would include SABOTAGE - WISH YOU WERE HERE - HAIR OF THE DOG - HORSES - THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS - FLY BY NIGHT - PHYSICAL GRAFITTI ... just to name a few. Cheers

[@b2tall239]

Andy, by having "Fly By Night" on this list, I hereby absolve you of all previous transgressions from your videos. You now have a clean slate with me 😁. Thanks.

[@goport]

but ... By-Tor and the SNOWMAN????? 😆

[@montaguewithnail6372]

Don't absolve him. You'll only encourage him to put even more shite on his next list.

[@PseudoIntellectual2.0]

How many women like Rush? And how many of those would you date? Overrated for that reason.

[@bassfan41]

@@PseudoIntellectual2.0 who cares what women like

[@PseudoIntellectual2.0]

@@bassfan41 So you must not be straight.

[@wesleymidgley4699]

Really struggled leaving some off, so in the end went with a top 20. 20. Ambrosia - ambrosia 19. Fighting - thin Lizzy 18. Fire on the bayou - the meters 17. High voltage - AC/DC 16. Visions of the emerald beyond - Mahavishnu orchestra 15. Radio-activity - Kraftwerk 14. Go girl crazy - the dictators 13. On your feet or on your knees - blue oyster cult 12. Blow by blow - Jeff beck 11. Fly by night - rush 10. Chocolate city - parliament 9. Fleetwood Mac - fleetwood Mac 8. One size fits all - Frank Zappa 7. The hissing of summer lawns - Joni Mitchell 6. Sabotage - black sabbath 5. Slow dazzle - John cale 4. Wish you were here - pink Floyd 3. Born to run - Bruce Springsteen 2. Physical graffiti - Led zeppelin 1. Horses - Patti Smith

[@erikbartlam7377]

Between this list, perusing the 1975 albums, and finishing up Michael Walker’s Laurel Canyon…covering all that airbrushed eagles, singer songwriter stuff…all I can say is thank God for the punk rock. I do enjoy listening to someone speak passionately and intelligently about things they love…you accomplished that.

[@wallac11]

Great selection. Take a shot every time Andy says”For me”.

[@nkkado]

Or "my favorite..." (We love you, Andy ...)

[@jwa725]

I had 4 of the albums on your list back in the 70's. I get your point about Physical Graffiti but I listened to it back then without the knowledge that some of the songs were outtakes from other sessions, so it's still my favorite Zeppelin album. It was the first album of theirs that I was waiting for as a fan. I also loved Blow by Blow, which I picked up while it still was on the charts. One Size Fits All was a later purchase, since there were so many Zappa records that I needed to catch up on. I owned Visions of the Emerald Beyond but I hated it and never revisited John McLaughlin. Oddly, I became a huge fan of Jean-Luc Ponty later on, without ever making the connection that he was on that album. My interest in Jazz Fusion was just getting started in 1975 as a 14/15 year old. I funded my music habit back then with my paper route. I rode my bike 10 miles to the closest record store.

[@justicelovingskunk9910]

Prediction: 1) Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond 2) Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All 3) The New Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It 4) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 5) Brian Eno - Another Green World 6) Parliament - Mothership Connection 7) Black Sabbath - Sabotage 8) John Abercrombie - Timeless 9) Herbie Hancock - Man-Child 10) KC and the Sunshine Band - KC and the Sunshine Band

[@guitatronik-lab]

Close! Also - I think I like your list even more

[@GeofHolmes]

Of course Physical Graffiti and Wish you were Here, plus, Zuma (Neil Young) Fleetwood Mac Another Green World (Eno) Katy Lied (Steely Dan) Nuthin' Fancy (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Siren (Roxy Music) Malpractice (Dr. Feelgood) Marcus Garvey (Burning Spear) Natty Dread (Bob Marley and the Wailers) Landed (Can) and 'One of These Nights (Eagles) They were good with Bernie Leaden.

[@frankpentangeli7945]

I love Natty Dread, but I think it might have been released in 1974.

[@GeofHolmes]

@@frankpentangeli7945 You're right, October 74. Possibly their best album. The Live album came out in 75. Another brilliant album. And I can't believe I forgot 'Fly By Night.

[@preservedmoose]

First Seven Days is phenomenal. One of the great musical windows that you opened for us on the channel was to Jan Hammer.

[@charlesdbruce]

I'm glad you like those early Rush albums but you mixed up the tracks a little... 😆 I did something similar. I heard 2112... was blown away... and ran out and bought Archives and A Farewell To Kings (which had just recently came out at the time). As you know, back in those days, you didn't know when albums came out. I didn't know that Hemispheres came out until I heard Circumstances on the radio. Of course, I ran out and bought it as soon as I could. I was on top of things from that point on. Never missed a release after that.

[@guitarlaurence]

The suspense is killing me as your slugging that sugar. Great list of classic albums!

[@seekah1]

Slugging that sugar..note to self, great album title!

[@tor5457]

Very cool. I've got a great list now of albums to listen (and re-listen) to. Awesome picks! I got to see Gentle Giant in the early seventies at the German rockfests (yes, I'm older than you, lol). They always stood out. They played so cleanly and efficiently with tons of musicality. I'm in guitar heaven with Venusian Summer, so thanks for that!

[@TheeRobertPhoenix]

My top ten for 1975 in no particular order: Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell, Force it - UFO, Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators - Lou Reed Live - Lou Reed, The Tubes - The Tubes, Initiation - Todd Rundgren, Blow By Blow - Jeff Beck, No Mystery - RTF, Fandango - ZZ Top, Teaser - Tommy Bolin, Physical Graffiti - LZ

[@OKuusava]

It was strange that Lou Reed divided the rr Animal and LIve.

[@LeeJMac]

The Hissing of Sumer Lawns is my top choice too, along with Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn and (especially) Vangelis' Heaven and Hell.

[@mbrownie22]

Good choice with Teaser, what an eclectic superb album

[@auroraromano7404]

Yes teaser... Great stuff! Would be interesting to see what tommy bolin had come up with if he had lived. I heard that Tommy's work with Billy Cobham in the early seventies influenced Jeff beck to move in a more fusion like way

[@auroraromano7404]

I am also really liking toys in the attic. Good Rocking 1975 album

[@stevelamonica2297]

Chris Squire's 'Fish Out Of Water' is pretty badass, and I agree OSFA is Zappa's best album but I'm surprised you didn't mention my favorite track ANDY!

[@frankpentangeli7945]

'Andy' is my favourite Zappa track too. Or maybe tied with 'Muffin Man'.

[@brentlwhite]

I purchased a used LP copy of “Visions of the Emerald Beyond” recently because of your earlier praise of the album. Thank you. Wonderful. Still exploring it. On the more prog-oriented side, I might have included “Minstrel in the Gallery,” maybe my favorite Tull album. Who knows?

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Mental Notes by Split Enz. Prog. Its mental, alright. If you like the Cardiacs, this is the album that may have well started it. Another eccentric New Zealand 70's band was Mother Goose. Highly accomplished musicians. Their big hit was Baked Beans.

[@pmatti01]

Good call! Go the ENZ!

[@lupcokotevski2907]

@pmatti01 Cheers, mate.

[@markblahwoof789]

mother goose was never taken seriously because of their costumes and silly antics-- nappy and dummy?? etc later they did 'straight' music and failed. good band but pigeon holed themselves

[@lupcokotevski2907]

@markblahwoof789 Yep, it's too bad. They were excellent musicians.

[@jimsalman7257]

The other great thing about One Size Fits All that I think needs to be mentioned is - the recording and mix sound absolutely amazing! And the instruments and voices sound luscious.

[@wahid-lg1kk]

Nearly impossible to get a good digital copy of it

[@CorkDave1]

The album Spectrum was a central to Jeff Beck’s inspiration for Blow by Blow, he played it in his car (where he listened to most of his music), he also hated the string arrangement on the brilliant Diamond Dust (surprisingly) on first hearing it, so he said. (Really miss JB) PS Rory Gallagher, Philo or Gary Moore are the kings of Ireland 🇮🇪 not Van Misery Morrison Great and interesting list 🎸👍

[@domb8448]

Did you catch the Christie's Jeff Beck guitar auction this afternoon?

[@ronfeenstra3659]

On a roll! Good insights. Love the enthusiasm.

[@marcsullivan7987]

Physical Graffiti is my favorite Zeppelin album. (I’m generally a fan of the “sprawling patchwork double album”. The White Album. And, Andy, you’re wrong about Exile on Main St ;)

[@CineSolutions]

Thanks!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Love you

[@bikergeek1963]

I kinda grinned when this list started. By the time you wrapped up, showcasing so many albums that I've spent countless hours enjoying, I was broadly smiling! Admittedly, there are a few albums that I've never heard at all - but I'm in the process of rectifying that omission. Thank you Andy!

[@adnilrummut105]

01. bob marley & the wailers-live 02. gentle giant-free hands 03. mahavishnu orchestra-visions of the emerald beyond 04. john abercrombie-timeless 05. herbie hancock-flood 06. curtis mayfield-there's no place like america today 07. led zeppelin-physical graffiti 08. pink floyd-wish you were here 09. jeff beck-blow by blow 10. deep purple-come taste the band 11. lenny white-venusian summer 12. joni mitchell-the hissing of the summer lawns 13. wayne shorter-native dancer 14. weather report-tale spinnin' 15. return to forever-no mystery 16. pat metheny-bright size life 17. stanley clarke-journey to love 18. neu!-'75 19. patti smith-horses 20. robert wyatt-ruth is stranger than robet 21. al green-is love 22. tom waits-nighthawks at the diner 23. parliament-chocolate city 24. frank zappa-one size fits all 25. jethro tull-minstrel in the gallery 26. thin lizzy-fighting 27. ac/dc-high voltage 28. roy ayers ubiquity - mystic voyage 29. alphonse mouzon-mind transplant 30. supertramp-crisis? what crisis? 31. rush-caress of steel 32. tommy bolin-teaser the ranking isn't possible for me here! but bob marley might be the main act in '75 due to the impact reggae has had since!!!

[@ashfromlondon7008]

This was my ten faves of '75 at the time... I never do retro versions...no particular order.. Warrior of the Edge of Time - Hawkwind Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield Sabotage - Black Sabbath Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell Bundles - Soft Machine HQ - Roy Harper Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

[@styrmugnsell4560]

Haven't seen the whole video yet, but: By-tor and the Snowman?? And you mix Fly by night with Carress of steel a lot... Love your channel and videos🙂

[@timbates6309]

Andy, half of the songs you mentioned for Fly By Night are actually from Caress Of Steel. (Both albums from 1975 so you get a pass)

[@OKuusava]

My list is only 8: Horses - Patti Smith Down by the Jetty - Dr. Feelgood Malpractice - Dr. Feelgood Physical Graffiti -Led Zeppelin Lou Reed Live (+RR Animal) - Lou Reed HQ - Roy Harper Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen Zuma -Neil Young & Crazy Horse Bonus: Abba because the Legs!

[@richardgale5369]

Andy, I think is a very fair list. Perhaps not Rush and Gentle Giant for me. I largely departed from the rock and prog world by then and my tastes became more arcane and esoteric. I would have included Jarrett's The Koln Concert released in '75; and with that I would challenge you on your earlier removal of that album from your most influential jazz album episode. I was introduced to Jarrett in 1974 with his solo Lucerne-Bremen ECM release, which I prefer to Koln. Nevertheless, both of those albums. especially Koln, were an enormous influential entry point for me as well as many in my generation to the world of ECM artists, especially in the US. I really think you underestimate Koln's importance. Consider ECM's releases in '75 alone: Abercrombie's Timeless, Bill Connors' Theme to the Guardian, Kuhn's Ecstasy and Trance, Towner's Solstice, Weber's Yellow Fields, Rypdal's Odyssey, Burton Quintet's Dreams So Real, and Jarretts' other Arbour Zena (a personal favorite) and Luminessence. A stellar year for ECM and each exploring new directions and venues in jazz, some without earlier precedents.

[@jurgenkoslowski2097]

Great stuff, very inspiring! Some more candidates not mentioned so far: Alphonse Mouzon - Mind Transplant, Terje Rypdal - Odyssey, Tommy Bolin - Teaser, Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, Joachim Kühn - Hip Elegy. By the way, how does the teaser photo relate to the list (also for the other years)?

[@ChuckCarlise]

Futurama by Be Bop Delux (1975) epic. What an amazing year!!

[@DerekPugh-uj4yd]

Andy with the backwards ball cap and guzzling pepsi gave me 80's flashbacks. LOL. 😁

[@thepagecollective]

There were a whole ten?! Oh, wait, I forgot, right, it was 1975, not 2024.

[@stevesmith3990]

By tor and the snowman 😅! You mixed up the tracks of Fly by night and Caress of Steel! We had a Makro card too, I clearly remember getting Topo Oceans for a bargain price there, happy days.😊

[@DwainDwight]

I'm a guitar player, but first time I heard you #1 it was the drumming that blew me away. unbelievable

[@Strimbles]

By-Tor and the Snowman ⛄ Andy 4 of those songs are not on Fly By Night! It's one of your favorite albums???!?!?!

[@billphelps5611]

It sounds like Caress Of Steel is one of his favorite albums!

[@Strimbles]

@@billphelps5611 Hahaha yep

[@pjc825]

Andy, please do a video about Be Bop Deluxe, they are such and underrated band and Bill Nelson is amazing guitarist and musician 🙏

[@geoffadolph8450]

I just listened to your comment of your #10 of 1975 Free Hand, I'm wondering when will we find an interview here with John Weathers, it's just about time ..

[@BanalayerPete1972]

Yes, he's a nice bloke!

[@keithbeck2300]

Great list! The Who By Numbers is an underrated classic.

[@user-mad7max11dystopia]

Caress of Steel has Bastille Day, I Think I’m Going Bald, Lakeside Park, The Necromancer, and The Fountain of Lamneth. I think it’s my favorite Rush album, but it’s tricky because I love side one of 2112 so much. Rush adapted and caved a little and went a little commercial in some later albums but the purity of the band was on display in this one. (And 2112 side one)

[@eleanorchristiansen6125]

Bytor and the Snowman! Priceless! Andy, you're the Count Arthur Strong of Prog and Jazz. (And don't ever change!)

[@stevesmith3990]

@@eleanorchristiansen6125 omg, you are right 😀

[@roberttower8059]

Ha ha ha, I caught that one too! Bytor and the Snowman sounds like it came from the Rush Christmas record!

[@chrisdunn1155]

It's that the one that goes... "I'm walking in the air..."?

[@crado.v1]

You couldn't make it up...

[@monsieurlehigh4912]

No particular order: Tull - Minstrel; Renaissance - Scheherazade; Chris Squire - Fish; Supertramp - Crisis?; Pink Floyd - WYWH; Camel - Snow Goose; Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn; Magma Live ; Harmonium - Les cinq saisons; Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte; VdGG - Godbluff

[@tomroot7961]

Thanks for reminding me about Believe It. I paused this and went and listened to the whole thing on KZbin. It's unbelievably good. I hadn't heard it since the 1970s. I had to repeat "Fred." Now I'm back to your countdown.

[@NaughtyVampire-zf8pd]

1. Queen - A Night at the Opera 2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 3. Patti Smith - Horses 4. Be-Bop Deluxe - Futurama 5. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 6. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack 7. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Best Years of Our Lives 8. Roxy Music - Siren 9. Fleetwood Mac - s/t 10. Al Stewart - Modern Times HM: ABBA - s/t

[@patfixsen7884]

Is there a difference between Jazz Rock and Jazz Fusion?

[@mikekain3735]

Probably, but who cares ? 😋

[@marcsullivan7987]

Yes

[@sashaames9952]

Maybe... Jazz could be fused with Rhythm+Blues or Funk without most elements of rock music... but hard to avoid rock music elements in practice

[@mikekeeler6362]

It's called jazz confusion

[@robertzm]

I was a teenager in the 1970's so I know that era well. Thanks for the tip on the Lenny White LP. I will check it out. Loved his work with RTF who are one of my favorite all-time bands. Don't care for Mahavishnu Orchestra even though I appreciate the immense talent. I tried many times to get on board, but too far out there and overly dissonant like "Bitches Brew". I much prefer other Miles Davis LP's including "Silent Way" which preceded "Bitches Brew" which was in a similar vein, but more melodic and rhythmic. I have many McLaughlin LP's and saw him live once, but I don't own any MO and probably never will. Glad you had Jeff Beck's "Blow By Blow" on the list, which is a brilliant masterpiece LP by arguably the #1 all-time rock guitarist. Rush's "Fly By Night" featuring Anthem and By Tor and the Snow Dog was a strong pick. Plus this was the first Rush LP with Neil Peart which made it a very important historical document and a significant transition for the band which you pointed out.

[@robertlewis8024]

Thanks for giving kudos to Max Middleton!

[@JohnMilller]

Return to Forever is my favourite band name ever and one of my favourite groups

[@bertkarlsson1421]

Jethro Tull is the greatest band of all time!

[@2wayplebney]

I adore One Size Fits All. It is absolutely the place to begin for anyone interested in Frank's music. But even after you've heard all of Frank's stuff this album stands out as a timeless classic.

[@wagstaff6135]

Nice. Ray Gomez spent the first fifteen years of his life in Morocco, I believe; then moved to Spain. I love your brief rant/tribute to him! And indeed, it is impossible to cut this down to 10 albums, so there's absolutely no way I could criticize. (I was going to joke about you having mistakenly overlooped Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", but then nuances of irony are too easily flattened in social media postst).

[@h.m.7218]

Todd Rundgren-Initiation : definitely one of his most misunderstood albums. Too musically ambitious for most people. Steely Dan-Katy Lied : not their best by any standard but 70s Steely Dan could do no wrong. Very good. The Tubes-The Tubes : the first album of a band that should have been huge. Smart and talented guys. Maybe too smart for their own good. Love them. Queen-Night at the Opera : not my favourite Queen album but they put a lot of work into it in order to make it something special. And special it is. Magma-Live / Hhai : I'm not into the so called Magma "classics". This live is when they started to become very listenable.

[@49TheWall]

Great list but you might want to review the track lists before you press record ;-) And Ten Years Gone is one of the best Zeppelin songs. So beautiful, so underrated. The album it comes from is my clear no. 1 in '75

[@markperry9427]

Great video Andy, I love your enthusiasm. I have 6/10, in fact two of them I bought last year on your recommendation, Tony Williams Lifetime and The Mahavishnu Orchestra, both great albums and I thank you for the recommendation 👍 You've given me your others to now check out.

[@c.j.saxamamamia2828]

Herbie Hancock "Man-Child"? Was no.6 on US R&B charts 1975. Definitely agree with your no 1 however. I walked into a record store (ahhh the days..) and they were playing such a wild tune, turns out it was the last track off the album (tk13 "On the Way Home..."), totally blown away, was teleported to space instantly, walked up to counter and just said I'll buy it not knowing who it was. Got home played it very loud, as "Cosmic Strut" plays my older non musician brother walks in "what's this, I love it" It was then he converted to fusion.

[@simonvaughan6017]

You keep using the word "obtuse". I do not think it means what you think it means.

[@jbvinyl]

Inconceivable

[@frankpentangeli7945]

My top 10 list of 1975 contains 21 albums. They are: 1. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here 2. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: One Size Fits All 3. Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis? 4. Electric Light Orchestra: Face the Music 5. Bad Company: Straight Shooter 6. Murray Head: Say It Ain't So 7. Jethro Tull: Minstrel in the Gallery 8. Rainbow: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow 9. Elton John: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 10. Wings: Venus and Mars 11. Harmonium: Si On Avait Besoin d'Une Cinquième Saison 12. Strawbs: Nomadness 13. Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow 14. David Bowie: Young Americans 15. Zappa/Beefheart/Mothers: Bongo Fury 16. Gary Wright: The Dream Weaver 17. Hawkwind: Warrior on the Edge of Time 18. Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac 19. Roxy Music: Siren 20. Heart: Dreamboat Annie 21. Rush: Fly By Night Rock! 🤘

[@angusdesire]

1. Nazareth: Hair of the Dog 2. Status Quo: On the level 3. Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffitti 4: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Live 5. The Who: By numbers 6. Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow 7. Black Sabbath: Sabotage 8. Golden Earring: Switch 9. Deep Purple: Come Taste the Band 10. UFO: Force

[@Billfish57]

I saw Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer, fantastic, Tommy Bolin opened for them in Miami that night and unfortunately went to his hotel after the show and died. What a night. Those were the days when music was so great, and all the time, something new every month from someone. Cheers.

[@winstonsmith8240]

Does someone have to die for you to have a good night out?

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a great day as always happy Wednesday Andy from Canada ❤😊

[@fredhinckley8630]

Andy - Your last two videos have given me an inspiration that might result in your top viewed video ever. You always say that the videos where you list the things you "hate" get the most views. This kind of plays on that. Do a video called TEN ALBUMS I LOVE THAT EVERYONE ELSE BLOODY HATES! It can't lose! Let me help you get started: Anything by Kraftwerk. Go for it!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

That's a great idea...thanks

[@guitatronik-lab]

Everyone hates Kraftwerk?

[@ANationalAcrobat-qj2dl]

Black Sabbath's fabulous album 'Sabotage' was by far my favourite album of 1975 & still tom this day one of my favourite albums of all time. Anyone who hasn't heard it needs to hear it BUT the last 2 tracks on the album are the best tracks on the album so I would suggest you start with "The Writ" & "Meglomania" if you do listen to it.

[@bobparr4723]

Hey up Andy. My favourite 10 are: Renaissance - Scheherazade & other stories. Hawkwind - Warrior in the edge of time Camel - The Snow Goose Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte Supertramp - Crisis! What crisis? Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Gentle Giant - Freehand Dr. Feelgood - Down by the Jetty Steely Dan - Katy Lied

[@reshhaverstahm7729]

Renaissance never gets the attention they so richly deserve. Choosing a favorite is for me difficult. If pushed I'd probably pick Turn of the Cards. Great list, BTW.

[@bobparr4723]

@reshhaverstahm7729 Cheers pal. Turn of the cards is my favourite also. 👍

[@mikemonahan1211]

Andy knows his stuff.

[@frankthorne11]

If Aliens kidnap me and ask me to show something that proves that humanity is worth its existence; I will hand them Lather.

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

I've just bought Visions of the Emerald Beyond for £6:08 (post free) from ebay.

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

Fester's Lucky 13 1. Brian Eno - Another Green World (EG) | UK 2. Black Sabbath - Sabotage (WB) | UK 3. Patti Smith - Horses (Arista) | USA 4. Neu! - Neu! 75 (Brain) | Germany 5. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (Columbia) | USA 6. Thin Lizzy - Fighting (Vertigo) | UK 7. Max Romeo & the Upsetters - Revelation Time (Trojan) | Jamaica 8. Curtis Mayfield - There’s No Place Like America Today (Curtom) | USA 9. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Capitol) | UK 10. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (Mango) | Jamaica 11. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (Atlantic) | UK 12. Queen - A Night At The Opera (Elektra) | UK 13. Rush - Fly By Night (Mercury) | Canada Glad to hear your critical analysis of Physical Graffiti. Sometimes it feels like I don't know anyone who had the issues that I had with it. I'd be happy with just the six best tracks. I did my full-on summary with genre breakdowns on my site, so here's the Prog 13: 1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Capitol) | UK 2. Peter Hammill - Nadir’s Big Chance (Blue Plate) | UK 3. Angel - Angel (Casablanca) | USA 4. Crack The Sky - Crack The Sky (Lifesong) | USA 5. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (Charisma) | UK 6. Hatfield And The North - The Rotters’ Club (Virgin) | UK 7. Strawbs - Ghosts (A&M) | UK 8. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (Virgin) | UK 9. Gentle Giant - Free Hand (Chrysalis) | UK 10. Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water (Altantic) | UK 11. Robert Wyatt - Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (Virgin) | UK 12. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising (Virgin) | UK 13. Camel - The Snow Goose (Deram) | UK Jazz & Fusion 1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (Asylum) | Canada 2. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond (Columbia) | USA 3. Miles Davis - Agharta (Columbia) | USA 4. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert (ECM) | USA 5. Don Cherry - Brown Rice (EMI/Horizon) | USA 6. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow (Epic) | UK 7. Charles Mingus - Mingus at Carnegie Hall (Atlantic) | USA 8. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Visions Of A New World (Flying Dutchman) | USA 9. McCoy Tyner - Trident (Milestone) | USA 10. Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces (Blue Note) | USA 11. Lenny White - Venusian Summer (Nemporer) | USA 12. Herbie Hancock - Flood (CBS) | USA 13. Jade Warrior - Waves (Island) | UK More: McCoy Tyner - Atlantis Cecil Taylor - Silent Tongues

[@NaughtyVampire-zf8pd]

Nice. We probably discussed this on Christian's channel . . . 😆 Interesting that you included the countries. For the following year (76) I noticed a UK to US shift . .

[@dmk7700-u4t]

Visions of the Emerald Beyond / Mahavishnu Orchestra Crosswinds / Billy Cobham Mind Transplant / Alphonse Mouzon Another Green World / Brian Eno Slow Dazzle / John Cale Diamond Head / Phil Manzanera Upon the Wings of Music / Jean-Luc Ponty Cross-Collateral / Passport Blow By Blow / Jeff Beck Landed / CAN

[@StratsRUs]

The way Jimmy moves around the timing of his 'fills' on Houses Of The Holy is joyous...and that's just one song that hardly gets a mention cos it's commercial.

[@heneverreturnasahorse9773]

To paraphrase McGlothlin from 35 years ago, "I have no idea how Allan is doing what he does, but if I could figure it out I would absolutely steal it from him!" Enough said.

[@peterwilliams6114]

I do enjoy your videos , Andy , I really do ...and you've widened my knowledge of music ....but ....there's always a but.....this isn't a true reflection of the Best Albums of 1975 is it , it's just your opinion from your favourite genre . Where is Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks , Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here , Neil Young's Zuma , Parliament's Mothership Connection or Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger ?

[@willyupshaw]

10. Katy Lied 9. Ricochet 8. Scheherazade and Other Tales 7. Bob James 2 6. One Size Fits All 5. Stepping into Tomorrow 4. Wish You Were Here 3. Warrior on the Edge of Time 2. Sabotage 1. Free Hand

[@mutant_blues]

(Random Order) 01. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales and Bombers 02. Jean-Luc Ponty - Upon the Wings of Music 03. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club 04. John Cale - Slow Dazzle 05. Larry Young - Fuel 06. Neu! 75 07. Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning 08. Sonny Rollins - Nucleus 09. Brian Eno - Another Green World 10. Henry Mancini - Symphonic Soul

[@michaeltischuk7972]

Blinded by the Light, great song, the Boss absolutely destroyed that one though...

[@mutant_blues]

@michaeltischuk7972 Great song, wrong album...

[@mojobag01]

You're weird.

[@axelclaussen5580]

@@michaeltischuk7972 Without the Boss the song wouldn't exist, because he wrote it.

[@michaeltischuk7972]

@ that’s the only song I know from Manfred Mann ‘revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night’ are the coolest lyrics I heard in my childhood, the way the boss sang it made it seem like an entirely different song

[@winstonsmith8240]

So when people tell me 'I'm out with the fairies' they're comparing me to Gentle Giant? I'll take it.

[@LeeMoran-oz3er]

Great selection, honorable mentions: War, can't we be friends and Jethro Tull, Minstrel in the gallery

[@jimbelton]

I have a very different top 10 list in order worst to best: Fleetwood Mac, Toys in the Attic, Fandango!, Equinox, One of These Nights, Dreamboat Annie, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Wish You Were Here, Night at the Opera, Face the Music

[@VIDSTORAGE]

A couple from 1975 Black Oak Arkansas /Ain't Life Grand has some amazing songs on that one...The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer very good production on that with a good line up of songs from three of the members and different styles .Edgar was a great saxophone player as well and still is I reckon

[@wayneblanchard97]

Re: Zappa's injury. It happened at London's Rainbow Theatre, when a 'fan', apparently upset that his girlfriend fancied Frank, pushed him off the stage and into the orchestra pit. This from Far Out UK Magazine. In The Real Frank Zappa Book, Zappa said, “The band thought I was dead…My head was over on my shoulder, and my neck was bent like it was broken. I had a gash in my chin, a hole in the back of my head, a broken rib, and a fractured leg. One arm was paralyzed.” The 15-foot fall also crushed Zappa’s larynx which affected his vocal range making him transform into a low and husky style. The attacker was jailed for 12 months.

[@Ron-yd3fn]

Great read

[@wayneblanchard97]

@@Ron-yd3fn Thank you for taking the time to read it.

[@of6594]

Have to disagree a bit with Andy here. Side 3 of "Physical Graffiti" is probably the best they ever made if you ask me, with "In the light", *Bron Yr Aur", "Down by the seaside " and "Ten years gone". Some say there are some fillers on side 4, well that's how it might seem becase side 3 is so awesome 😊.

[@davestephens6421]

Clickbait thumbnail...but very nice 😂

[@AABB-bm9kk]

These albums are getting very attractive ✌️

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Is that Linda Carter? My boyhood crush...she came third in Miss Universe 1972.....Third!!

[@garyjedlicka5394]

It is Lynda Carter.

[@georgeedward1226]

Makes one wonder what woman came in first.

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Geez!🙄

[@Andrew-q8k]

Difficult to narrow it down and of course my personal favourites not necessarily the actual 10 best of that year...Wish You Were Here,Pink Floyd. Sabotage, Black Sabbath. Hissing Of Summer Lawns, Joni Mitchell. Blow By Blow, Jeff Beck. Agharta, Miles Davis. Timeless, John Abercrombie. Venusian Summer, Lenny White. Bundles, Soft Machine. Believe It,Tony Williams Lifetime. Come Taste The Band, Deep Purple

[@GrantTregellas]

By-Tor and the Snow Man is my favourite Rush song

[@Jellybeantiger]

Billy Corgan loves it also.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Snow dog

[@kevinkliegl9315]

The year I graduated from high school. Great year.

[@arnaudb.7669]

The MVP player on Lenny White Venusian Summer is David Sancious. His 1975 Forest of Feelings produced by Billy Cobham is a progfusion masterpiece.

[@jublaim]

Great list! Ray Gomez play on Roy Buchanan album Loading Zone which I think includes a track named Fly By Night.

[@nazaholicable]

Top 10 in 1975 1. Mother Focus - Focus 2. Short cut draw blood Jim Capaldi 3. Wish you were here Pink Floyd 4. Switch - Golden Earring 5. Four wheel drive - BTO 6. Hair of the dog Nazareth 7. Reach for the sky Sutherland Brothers & Quiver 8. Why can't we be friends War 9. Minstrel in the gallery Jethro Tull 10. Suicide Sal Maggie Bell I wonder whether Andy will pick any of these (other than Floyd).

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

none of them :(

[@nazaholicable]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer I mistakenly thought that Visions of the emerald beyond was 1974, otherwise, I'd have included it in a heartbeat. I love that you love John McLaughlin, and 'Lilah's Dance' and 'Earth Ship' are as good as it gets. So that means, I 'd take out BTO from my list.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Mother Focus is a great chill out album with only one vocal song about going to the bathroom..

[@Ron-yd3fn]

Bto four wheel drive. Right on

[@michaeloconnor5084]

10. Bongo Fury 9. Journey to Love 8. On Your Feet Or On Your Knees 7. Blues For Allah 6. The Tubes 5. Blow by Blow 4. Red Headed Stranger 3. Nighthawks at the Diner 2. Blood on the Tracks 1. One Size Fits All

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Two of these make my list

[@h.m.7218]

The Tubes : favorite american band along with Steely Dan. Haloes is my favorite track out of their debut.

[@Ron-yd3fn]

I wish I had some bongos.bongo fury

[@apparaoapparao]

Physical Graffiti, Nadir's Big Chance, Sabotage, Bob Marley Live, Wish You were Here, Mothership Connection,

[@Jellybeantiger]

I was a Rush freak in the 80's. A mate ftom Manchester at high school who came to Oz told me about Rush and I owe him for that wisdom. Bought Moving Pictures first,then Permanent Waves then Hemispheres then the whole catalogue previous to those albums. Neil Peart was my inspiration to drum better.❤