PITCHFORK 100 BEST ALBUMS OF THE 1970'S (REVIEW)

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[@joelfrombethlehem]

Great commentary by you, Larry for a decent 100 list of albums. My disappointments: no Grateful Dead, no Sparks, no Good Rats, No Paul McCartney, not even Springsteen's Born To Run.

[@davidellis5141]

This was a nice list if you like post-punk like me ! A surprising & deserving # 1 ! Nice high placements for Television , Gang Of Four & Joy Division ➗️. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music is high on my list ( the last album with Eno ) This list didn't leave me feeling Low , it left me feeling high !

[@scottrap]

What about “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” or “Night at the Opera”?

[@TheCanadianStudmuffin]

They were not in the list...

[@michaelhunter1114]

So no Elton John, Queen, ELO, Deep Purple, Moody Blues, Supertramp, America, Bruce Springsteen, Genesis, Wings, Carly Simon!!! and it's not even April Fools day 😅

[@murdockreviews]

Larry, regarding the list: pitchfork is known for a more alternative focus, hence it's not surprising they didn't put any Paul McCartney (too pop) or any of the big prog-rock albums on their best of the 70s list.

[@jimmycampbell78]

Prog was barely represented on there. There was King Crimson and Pink Floyd but I don't recall seeing Yes 'Close to the Edge'? (correct me if I am wrong but I got to the end of the video and cannot remember it) That and no 'Band on the Run', I am surprised to not see them on a top 100 albums of the Seventies list tbh.

[@richardsonfamily7594]

So happy that Pink Flag is on that list!

[@tombaker4586]

Love this series and topic !

[@jakepepper2279]

No Boston, Bad Company, Journey, Rush, Eric Clapton, Judas Priest, Yes, Black Sabbath, Chicago or Steely Dan?

[@lindaloe]

No Chicago? That's Just Criminal!!

[@tombaker4586]

Love Led Zeppelin, No Quarter is one of my favorite songs.

[@tanifrisch4107]

I’m liking this series

[@TheCanadianStudmuffin]

Thanks!

[@tanifrisch4107]

@@TheCanadianStudmuffin since you keep going back in time I’d love to see any vinyls you have in your collection next 😅

[@CSMuffin]

@@tanifrisch4107 I really don't collect vinyl and only have a handful of records.

[@mrlalalaelmo7454]

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON IS NO. 70 (?!?!?!?!). I have plenty of other comments on the list but forget all the others - how is the album that is generally considered as the greatest album of the decade is NUMBER 70 of the decade. Madness

[@michaelhunter1114]

Totally agree with you.

[@maryannlockwood7806]

I feel like a lot of good 70’d music is missing from this list. Is pitchfork a rock website or magazine?🤔

[@janetsampson1779]

Weird list Larry,it kind of leans to the punk and funk side and no Paul McCartney album in sight but I did have Band of Gypsies by Jimi Hendrix which is a great album,check it out. Bob

[@christianstahl8465]

The Harder They Come soundtrack is definitely a good one. I'm not huge on reggea but that album, Jimmy Cliff, Marley, and Toots and the Maytals are easy to get into. Keep up the good work Larry!!

[@golddredgewater]

I like that Album by Supertramp. Breakfast in America. Even though not on the list it was pretty good.

[@jetnova3788]

I’m surprised Big Star’s “Radio City” didn’t make the list. I hope you give that album and “Third” a try. I’d love to hear your opinion on them.

[@louissaraiva2296]

Larry when I was a teenager and in High School I used to see so many girls with Bowie t shirts it brings back memories. I love all Bowie albums from the 70s one of my best friends in school had Diamonds Dogs and we used to listen to it so much it’s a great album. Low is also amazing. But actually in the 70s I was so Beatles obsessed that I was buying all Beatles solo albums. Many of those albums on the list I didn’t pick up all of them due to money 💰 issues, lol but I remember them all very well. Thanks 😊

[@shane.b.]

no Tonight's the Night is insane to me!

[@TheCanadianStudmuffin]

Yes, this list is even worse than the Rolling Stone 80's list...

[@shane.b.]

@@TheCanadianStudmuffin yeah this one definitely struck me as trying really hard to be hip lol

[@hans-georgschmitt2117]

This list is more ridiculous than any Rolling Stone list in the past and present. What a crap ! Thanks !

[@julianirving9868]

Much more my decade than the 80s. Own 25, all of which I listen to regularly including three of them this week.

[@kjellmand7103]

I'll make my own top 20 of the 70's with only one album per artist. It doesn't mean that my list is a better list. It just mean I enjoy a lot of rubbish ha ha. I like a lot of other artists not on my list as well. But it's not easy putting albums up against each other. It will always be extremely subjective. I may value music that puts me in a nostalgic state of dream more than music that impresses and excites me. And I may disagree with myself shortly and change my mind more than I change my clothes. And looking at my own list I can fully understand anyone's list out there. It's hard enough to please oneself with a ranking list. Almost impossible to try pleasing anyone else. Sometimes albums can't be put up against each other because they are of completely different worlds. In many ways all 20 are sort of number one for me. It's like having a selection of personal diamonds infront of oneself and attempting choosing which diamonds are better or worse. And one persons treasure can be other peoples rubbish and vice versa. 20 Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn 19 Fleetwood Mac - Future Games 18 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 17 Roxy Music - Country Life 16 Art Garfunkel - Fate For Breakfast 15 Toto - Toto 14 Le Orme - Smogmagica 13 Harry Hosono And The Yellow Magic Band - Paraiso 12 Dire Straits - Dire Straits 11 Barry Manilow - Even Now 10 Kim Larsen - 231045-0637 9 Yes - Relayer 8 Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram 7 Chris De Burgh - Far Beyond These Castle Walls 6 Abba - Arrival 5 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 4 ELO - Out Of The Blue 3 Genesis - Foxtrot 2 Ole G Nilssen - World Of Dreams 1 Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing It's outrageous!

[@gevansmd]

After watching your video on favorite TV shows of the 1970s I never expected you'd be familiar with, let alone enjoyed some of these albums, such as Brian Eno, Kratfwerk, Robert Wyatt,Wire, King Crimson, Velvet Underground, Can, etc..

[@someguy7424]

I would have ranked The World is a Ghetto by War, Aja by Steely Dan, and Agents of Fortune by Blue Oyster Cult in the top ten. As for David Bowie, I like him in the right dose, but it would never cross my mind to rank Low as the best album of the entire decade. In fact, I wouldn’t even rank it in the top three Bowie albums of the 70s.

[@morrisgautreau6704]

Many albums on this list I need to get. From this whole list, I only have 2 out of 100! I should have many of these, but I don't. So the only 2 I have on CD are: 89 - DEVO - 'Are We Not Men' 26 - THE BEATLES - 'Let It Be'

[@hudahekizzy8402]

Interesting surprises. I love Eno and Wire, also Bowie's low but I'm not that big into Iggy and the Stooges and I'm still letting Can grow on me so there were a fair amount I'd exchange with other choices. My choices would be a little conventional I fear: ELO Out of the Blue and Face the Music, Doobie Brothers Captain and Me, and Gary Numan Replicas (my oddball choice). Also as many others stated Band on the Run and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

[@golddredgewater]

Why no Carpenters? They were popular in the 70s?

[@TheCanadianStudmuffin]

Ask Pitchfork...

[@jesuschambers]

The compilers from Pitchfork and Rolling Stone should shake hands and declare themselves clueless. This list is pretty abysmal considering the great music that came out in the 70's. Physical Graffiti at 95? For Your Pleasure at 87? and Dark Side of the Moon at 70? Those are fantastic albums worthy of a top 20 placing. I agree with Marquee Moon at number 3 though, that's a top 20 favourite album of all time for me.

[@jamieking158]

I have 33 of the 100 albums in my collection. I’m very surprised to see The Dark Side of the Moon at 70!. It’s at least top 5 for me. I’m looking forward to your upcoming video on it! 😃👍xxx.

[@syater]

Interesting selections. If you're simply uninterested in Brian Eno's music you can ignore the following, but the first four of his vocal/rock albums get better as they go along, making 'Warm Jets' my least favorite and 'Before and After Science' of course my favorite. 'Science' is mostly upbeat, fun and accessible, occasionally interspersed with beautifully played, drifting moods, like "Julie With." "King's Lead Hat" (anagram for Talking Heads) is the wildest, but very fun. Nice to see your interest in Can and Neu.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

0:22 you mean "you could NOT care less" - we expect better from the man fighting against Bad Grammar ;) great video Larry

[@robynbright9438]

Wow, an odd list to say the least. I'm the same generation as you, Larry and I have never heard of some of these, others I've heard of later in life. Living in Australia meant that if an overseas album made it to our stores, it was a mega hit elsewhere. If popularity was a pre-requisite of a greatest album then many on this list would not have made it here. They may be great in their genre but I can't say, not having heard all of them.

[@crichards1986]

I thought Sticky Fingers was released in the 70's. My bad!

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Heard 95 of them....own 65 of them

[@randytaylor220]

Pitchfork lost my respect instantly. Dark Side at #95 below the Clash No mention of Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town. Not even a mention of Yes. I give up Larry. Who’s deciding these rankings?

[@davidschecter5247]

I think I agree with about 30 of them. I was happy to see SURF'S UP by The Beach Boys on there, but SUNFLOWER is a more consistent album. Missing almost every power pop album that should be on there except for one by Big Star, and their worst one. No McCartney? Chicago? Was Thick As a Brick on there? Kinks? Where's Machine Head? I CAN'T STAND TELEVISION and have no idea why people do. As for the Number One, I don't think so. Yeah, it could be on the list, but maybe closer to 50?

[@llewellynGS1]

There were a lot of albums and even artists I’d never heard of (in 1970 I was 5, and 15 in 1980) but I think Band on the run should have been on the list and also “goodbye yellow brick road”, (high up) and also “ziggy” should have been higher. Maybe also Boz scaggs, 10cc, Van Halen, Boston, and also, one of my favorites, Slade.

[@michaelblaydes2259]

How is Steely Dan's Aja not here?

[@ernestcruz6316]

Definitely lots of bands with cult followings on this list; plenty of early New Wave, and loaded with pretentious pseudo-hip choices. These guys have clearly appointed themselves "arbiters of taste", if you will. Giorgio Moroder is known mostly for soundtracks like Top Gun, so it wouldn't occur to me to place any of his solo albums on a list like this.

[@marktrickett5081]

Good list

[@lib556]

These subjective lists, compiled by so called 'experts' make my head hurt. 1, 2 and 3 should be: Who's Next, Quadrophenia and Live at Leeds.

[@johnw706]

Another typically bad list by that publication . Let's see , no Yes , Genesis , Jethro Tull , ELP , Elton John , Doors ( LA Woman ) , Supertramp , Moody Blues , Paul McCartney , Van Morrison , Little Feat , and I'll stop at Queen . Pretty much all of these artists were filling stadiums around the world , but I guess their albums weren't any good. ( according to Pitchspoon ) . Go figure .

[@AnthonyKiyola]

I thought Heroes was going to first - I was close. Exile on Main Street, Band of Gypsys, Unknown Pleasures and Ziggy Stardust are my favourites from the list. I am surprised Fleetwood Mac Rumours made the list judging by Pitchfork’s perceived preferences.

[@louissaraiva2296]

Larry one more thing , even though Dark Side of the Moon is a great album , I appreciate it more today than I did when it came out

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

Loved four of the top five..Television doesn’t belong..Low is a great choice for number one..

[@simplechronology2605]

Hmmm, I have all but ten of these. Maybe I need to start a KZbin channel...

[@jartober]

This list means nothing like most lists. Rumours that low? Thats criminal. No Kate Bush (?) either. The Carpenters deserved a spot and Karen is still a joke to so many of these so called "critics". But the omission of Siouxsie and The Banshees The Scream (or did I miss it??) is nuts.

[@davidbartholomew1555]

Lame list is all I can say too many good albums left off. It was obviously a personal opinion by the writer.

[@scotterrebo995]

I dislike Pitchfork! But I probably had 50 of these albums in my collection. Probably only have 10 now. Brian Eno is not my kind of music and he has 3 or 4 albums in the Top 100, go figure!

[@samanello3382]

So many of my favorites70's artist and albums not on the list. McCartney, Elton John,, Queen and ELO. As you said who cares about these rankings

[@geotechmore8855]

Band Of Gypsies by Jimi Hendrex.. Iggy Pop The Idiot is a classic which my friend Carlos Alomar plays guitar on.. And The Buzzcocks rule.. All 3 are highly recommended by me.. )^_-)/ Go buy them and rOcK your brains out!

[@StreetSceneLive]

That is a TERRIBLE LIST from such an amazing decade. It's not that there aren't a lot of great albums on it, because there are... However, it's frontloaded with mostly alternative, soul and punk. Like I said, a lot of the albums absolutely belong on the list, but how do you have a top 100 70's albums list without a single record from artists like STEELY DAN, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, GENESIS, YES, BOSTON, THE POLICE, AC/DC, THE EAGLES... etc. You simply can't make a list like this and leave so many obvious legendary selections off of it. Always love your videos bro, but this list is TRASH! 😂😮🤣

[@ricardo_miguel13]

strange list yes but at least it includes some great international albums aswell, that are worth to check out! not all have to be american

[@willieluncheonette5843]

too lazy to go through yr vid but if pitchfork don't have plenty of roots reggae and punk albums then they can flush themselves