RATE YOUR MUSIC TOP AND BOTTOM ALBUMS OF THE 70'S REACTION

[@morrisgautreau6704]

Okay, that was cool seeing CAN - Future Days and Tago Mago in there! I wasn't expecting that either!

[@kjellmand7103]

I like the Ringo Starr Bad Boy album. I think the album Hot Streets by Chicago has several memorable songs. I'm looking forward to you getting Can Saw Delight & Flow Motion. Will be interesting to hear what you think of them. I would have had some ELO albums at the top. And Steve Hacketts first solo album. A bit of Abba and Bee Gees too. More Paul McCartney as well.

[@maryannlockwood7806]

I’ll have to check this website out. Also, I think those are good album picks for your next “Does this album suck“ series.💁🏻‍♀️💿

[@russellbrown5065]

"Scorching Beauty" is CRIMINALLY under-rated.

[@threestringsomg]

I love unconditionally guaranteed for sure.

[@AnthonyKiyola]

My favourite from the 70s is Exile on Main St. Pink Floyd’s Animals is another favourite. I will have to watch the video again because I have a mental blank of what was on the list. The best five from the list plus the best five missing would make an interesting list. A popular album I don’t like is Songs in the Key of Life - for me Innervisions and Talking Book are better. When I hear Sir Duke come on I throw my shoe at the radio 😊. Aja by Steely Dan is soulless and the antithesis of a time of great music.

[@ernestcruz6316]

Scott Walker was a pop singer in the '60s and he was lead vocalist for The Walker Brothers, who had hits with "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" and "Make It Easy on Yourself". They sounded similar to Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, contemporary but kinda middle of the road.

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

Yes, I knew that. Thanks.

[@mordantfilms]

It's a shame that Scott Walker's lesser albums ended up so close to each other on the list. Anyone who has never heard of Scott Walker would assume the guy sucks when he was in fact one of the most talented artists. Yeah, he struggled a little in the mid 70's, but his first five solo records and everything in the 80's up until his death were amazing. Plus the Walker Brothers reunion in '78 was great because of his groundbreaking songs. And, Eno's Another Green World is pure brilliance and I'm pretty sure you'd love it.

[@VinylCollektor23]

I like how for Ringo's, "alcohol" is a music style or feeling 🤣

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Ready for more high quality entertainment 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😊😊😊😊😊

[@barrymoore4470]

Glad to see my two favorite Pink Floyd albums ('Wish You Were Here' and 'Meddle') in the top eighty, with the former ranked first, no less. 'Larks' Tongues in Aspic' is likely King Crimson's masterpiece, though my favorite is their debut 'In the Court of the Crimson King' (not eligible of course for this particular list). 'Born to Run' definitely deserves a place in the top eighty. All the albums cited positively seem secure classics. I wonder Larry, your being a fan of Can, if you've seen the 1970 film 'Deep End', directed and co-written by Jerzy Skolimowski, and starring Jane Asher and John Moulder-Brown. The soundtrack features Can's track "Mother Sky" to spectacular effect, and this served as my introduction to their music.

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

Haven't seen the movie but Mother Sky is awesome.

[@nicholasperl]

15 Big Ones, MIU Album, and LA (Light Album) are cheesy but far from bad, in my opinion. There are some really strong tracks, especially by the three Wilson brothers. It's a shame none of their great albums from the decade cracked RYM's top 80

[@joelfrombethlehem]

I was surprised that the Grateful Dead's Wake of the Flood, From the Mars Hotel (Ugly Rumors), or Blues For Allah were not on this Rate Your Music best list. I am looking at their list right now as I type.

[@marvinmoenen4151]

Hi Larry i think moontan and the switch from golden earring are very great 70's albums and very underrated 👍✌️

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

I agree with you!

[@MichaelJones-pl7xh]

My two favorite albums of the 70s selling England by the pound and thick as a brick. You've talked about selling England is a pound on one of your videos.

[@OperationPhantom]

The top list appears to be somewhat curated by fanatical Pink Floyd gatekeepers but nice to see Mozart make an appearance I guess. Take that Steve Reich!

[@adamfindlay7091]

Moz is my fave!! Not disco Ludwig.

[@TheAstronomyFloyd]

Sparks are in the list if you kept going to the next page 😇

[@davidellis5141]

Ringo & The Beach Boys multiple offenders on the list of mediocrity 😆 🤣

[@kenlee1416]

I've been comparing various "top metal albums" lists compiled by different websites and, just had a look at RateYourMusic's (RYM) list. The lists are as alike as chalk and cheese! RYM does not have any Led Zeppelin albums in the top 300 (and may not have any, I haven't seen beyond 300) focusing significantly on progressive metal from the 1990s and later. Meanwhile, another list has at least two LZ albums and lists many albums by hard rock bands as top metal albums. Still other lists concentrate on the 1980s to early 1990s albums. I suppose these "top anything" lists depend on those that frequent a website (that allows votes) or the opinions of those that operate the site and create the rankings.

[@carpetchair5778]

led zeppelin is not metal

[@janetsampson1779]

I don't see the point in rankings Larry,as I've said before music is a personal thing,you like what you like and I don't like a lot of what this person likes,he's obviously not a Beatles or Sparks fan but that's his choice,yesterday I listened to Band On The Run again and thought wow what a great album from start to finish,it's probably Paul's most polished album and it wasn't even on his list. Bob

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

The point for me and others is ranking songs and albums is fun, but I don't take it all that seriously as your opinion can change in time.

[@mutant_blues]

It's a pity that all these years "Squeeze" has been accompanied by such a bad reputation...(the truth is that in recent years it has risen a bit in the estimation of listeners). Being a huge Can fan, I consider "Tago Mago" to be the greatest album of the '70s! I think you'll find Brian Eno's "Anothet Green World" quite interesting, it has a "kraut" vibe to its sound!

[@stereo999]

Some records in the bottom I actually like. Out of Reach has some great guitar work but Holger doesn't play on it. Look at the fool is a good funky 70s album but fans of Tim's folky stuff don't like it. Squeeze is a decent Doug Yule solo album but yeah it ain't The Velvets without Lou

[@romelovesdan]

Sounds like the "rate your" crowd, filled with Floyd fans it seems, does not like KIss, Ringo, or The Beach Boys. We all have our tastes- I like some of "the worst".....I love some that would not be on many "lists".

[@carpetchair5778]

Pet Sounds is rated as the 30th best album of all time on rateyourmusic.

[@sirswanky8686]

They love the beach boys, their 70s output just isn't good

[@chandler-scottgreen1358]

I see in your reactions to top albums list you tend to turn your nose up at Beyonce, you should react to Lemonade by Beyonce. It’s spans different genres and tackles the social issues of being black in America and dealing with infidelity.

[@markshaw-sh6by]

Where’s a good place to start with Can Larry?

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

I would say Future Days, which is kind of laid back but very cool. Or if you can handle something a bit weirder, I would say either Monster Movie (with their original singer) or Tago Mago, which is a double album and the second half gets pretty out there, but I love it.

[@markshaw-sh6by]

@@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin thanks Larry I’ll check them out. Got some new stuff this week Sparks ‘kimono’ Moody Blue ‘ on the threshold of a dream’ and Neil Young ‘on the beach’ Been trying to get Ram on cd but it’s expensive over here in the UK

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

Awesome!

[@wodrummerworld]

You scrolled past Herbie Hancock Headhunters too fast!. It's an extraordinarily great instrumental funk/jazz album, but somehow it doesn't seem to fit in with all of these, mainly rock(?) albums.

[@lib556]

Lists...pffft. Obviously some sort of manipulated AI or algorithm. The top 3 albums of the 70s (interchangeable) are: Who's Next, Live at Leeds and Quadrophenia.

[@sjbang5764]

Arguing about best/worst albums of any era is pointless. For every 120 shown here there are 500,000 that someone else, or several someone else's could argue is the best/worst. It's like a sayin' I think I heard from your fav, old Bob Dylan, "To each his own, it's all unknown"

[@jameswilson7084]

I wouldn't put much stock into what the Rate Your Music commenters and members think. They're mostly just a bunch of "hipsters". They rate great '70's albums like the Eagles' "Hotel California" very poorly. And also, the newest Taylor Swift album. 😊😄

[@barrymoore4470]

When I first started visiting KZbin music channels, I was surprised to learn how dimly the Eagles are regarded by so many music lovers. Their music was part of the soundtrack of my youth, being consistent radio staples, and I had always assumed they were generally beloved.

[@AnthonyKiyola]

@@barrymoore4470That surprised me too. I have never been a big fan but I had their Greatest Hits. I would argue that in 80s, when I was in high school, they were more popular than the Beatles. I was probably the only Beatles fan in my school, definitely the only one who would admit it out of my peers, but bands like the Eagles were relatively popular.