Album of The Year - Endgame

1976

  1. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
  2. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
  3. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
  4. David Bowie - Station to Station
  5. Ramones - Ramones
  6. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
  7. The Upsetters - Super Ape
  8. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  9. Boston - Boston

That's it...... this feels like a throwaway/transition year from early 70s to later 70s and punk. A lot of garbage 70s rock albums this year, bang average releases from a lot of artists that have better albums.
 
1. David Bowie - Station To Station
2. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
3. Mort Garson - Plantasia
4. Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
5. Rush - 2112
6. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
7. Marvin Gaye - I Want You
8. Goblin - Rollers
9. Magma - Üdü Ẁüdü
10. Sun Ra - Cosmos

Man, that year was... scarce 😂
 
Finally, a list that wasn't too hard to make! Looks like my choices are similar to many others. 1976 was 11 years before I was born, so most of my picks come from having listened to these through most of my life

1. Boston - S/T. First record I played after my wife's grandmother gave us her turntable. I fell back in love with the sound, after a long hiatus from listening to records as a wee lad. This album never gets old.
2. Heart - Dreamboat Annie
3. Ramones - S/T
4. Rush - 2112
5. AC/DC - High Voltage
6. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
7. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - S/T
8. Queen - A Day At the Races
9. Blondie - S/T
10. Doobie Brothers - Takin It to the Streets. Not seeing a lot of love for this one. This is my dad's favorite band, so I may be a bit biased.
 
MadLucas said:
Ramones - Ramones
David Bowie - Station To Station
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Tom Waits - Small Change
Willie Nelson - The Troublemaker
Boston - Boston
Blondie - Blondie
ABBA - Arrival
Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia
Kiss - Destroyer
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
AC/DC - High Voltage
Aerosmith - Rocks
The Upsetters - Super Ape
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune
Jeff Beck - Wired
Scorpions - Virgin Killer
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - self-titled

Even though I doubt anyone else will have that Scorpions album on their list, I really do enjoy it. Easily my favorite album of theirs.
And I'll take it any day of the week over Hotel California, also released in '76. No. Thank. You.
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I heavily considered it myself.

Also: "I hate the fucking Eagles man." seems especially appropriate here.

wooha said:
1. Boston – s/t
2. David Bowie – Station To Station
3. Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
4. Led Zeppelin - Presence
5. Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
6. Rush – 2112
7. Queen – A Day At The Races
8. Ryo Fukui – Scenery
9. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – s/t
10. Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie
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For those of us who aren't familiar with Ryo Fukui, the album's on Youtube, but not Spotify. In fact, when searching for it, I found a playlist called "tfw ryo fukui isnt on spotify" and another more aggressive playlist called "why the f#%k is ryo fukui not on spotify"

 
  1. Bob Dylan ~ Desire
  2. Stevie Wonder ~ Songs in the Key of Life
  3. Ramones ~ Ramones
  4. Bowie - Station to Station
  5. Tom Waits ~ Small Change
  6. Jerry Garcia ~ Reflections
  7. Boston ~ Boston
  8. Eagles ~ Hotel California
  9. Parliment ~ The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein
  10. Bob Dylan ~ Hard Rain
Honorable Mentions:
Grateful Dead ~ Steal Your Face
Legalize It ~ Peter Tosh
Al Stewart ~ The Year of the Cat
Steve Miller Band ~ Fly Like an Eagle
 
1. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the key of live
2. David Bowie - Station to station
3. Genesis-A Trick Of The Tail
4. Ramones
5. Tom Waits - Small Change
6. The modern lovers - the Modern Lovers
7. JJ Cale - Troubadour
8. Bob Dylan - Desire
9. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
10. Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
 
1. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
2. David Bowie - Station to Station
3. Ramones - Ramones
4. ABBA - Arrival
5. Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène
6. Ryo Fukui - Scenery
7. Tom Zé - Estudando o samba
8. The Upsetters - Super Ape
9. Fela and Africa 70 - Zombie
10. The Runaways - The Runaways

bonus track:

 
01. 801 ‎– 801 Live
02. David Bowie ‎– Station To Station
03. Ramones ‎– Ramones
04. Rush - 2112
05. Judas Priest ‎– Sad Wings Of Destiny
06. Queen - A Day At The Races
07. Tangerine Dream ‎– Stratosfear
08. Magma ‎– Üdü Ẁüdü
09. AC/DC ‎– Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
10. Brian Eno ‎– Music For Films
 
chrb98 said:
1. David Bowie - Station To Station
2. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
3. Mort Garson - Plantasia
4. Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
5. Rush - 2112
6. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
7. Marvin Gaye - I Want You
8. Goblin - Rollers
9. Magma - Üdü Ẁüdü
10. Sun Ra - Cosmos

Man, that year was... scarce 😂
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Glad to see another vote for Magma. (y)
 
Oh boy, 12 year old me was making my cousins crazy because they were deeply entrenched in ABBA and Disco Duck by Rick Dees :)

In no particular order:
  • David Bowie - Station to Station
  • Boston - Boston
  • Blondie - Blondie
  • Ramones - Ramones
  • Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
  • Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
  • Eagles - Hotel California
  • Rush - 2112
  • ELO - A New World Record
  • Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
 
...........not that there's anything wrong with ABBA or Rick Dees.................well, ABBA anyway :p
 
1976 really was a transitional year and just a few classics:

1. Ramones - Ramones
2. David Bowie - Station To Station
3. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
4. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
5. Bob Dylan - Desire
6. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
7. Fela Kuti - Zombie
8. Boston - Boston
9. The Upsetters - Super Ape
10. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 
radiojazzz said:
1. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
2. David Bowie - Station to Station
3. Ramones - Ramones
4. ABBA - Arrival
5. Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène
6. Ryo Fukui - Scenery
7. Tom Zé - Estudando o samba
8. The Upsetters - Super Ape
9. Fela and Africa 70 - Zombie
10. The Runaways - The Runaways
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Yes! I'm not the only one who put Tom Zé on their list!
That album is the classic, it belongs on there for Doi alone:

 
Really enjoyed revisiting this year, and checking out a handful of albums I'd never listened to in their entirety.

1. Bob Dylan - Desire (10 pts.)
2. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
3. Jorge Ben - Africa Brasil
4. Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream
5. King Tubby & Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
6. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
7. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
8. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
9. Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia
10. David Bowie - Station to Station (1 pt.)
 
1. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
2. Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
3. Ramones - Ramones
4. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
5. Heart - Dreamboat Annie
6. Tom Waits - Small Change
7. Herbie Hancock - Secrets
8. Boston - Boston
9. Blondie - Blondie
10. R. Stevie Moore - Phonography
 
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