HAH! Yes, indeed. I wish I could go back in time and swoop up all of those Capitol raers.
Honorable mentions go to: 1969 (a lot of my favorite pop/rock stuff comes from this year) 1974 (Philly soul) 1981 (the cusp of the classic Moder sound) 1999 (the French Filtered House stuff in particular)
I like 1972!!! Runner ups would be the 1966-1970 period. 1971 was no punk either!!!
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Stacks, I wholeheartedly agree. It's like how track seven on a CD used to always be the best track...
Some of my faves from 1972:
Stevie - Talking Book Roy Ayers - He's Coming Nick Drake - Pink Moon Marvin - Trouble Man J.B.s - Food for Thought People...Hold On Donald Byrd - Black Byrd Bohannon - Stop + Go Arthur Verocai - s/t Antonio Adolfo - s/t Ann Peebles - Straight From the Heart Whatnauts on the Rocks Sun Ra - Space is the Place
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Hey,
I like 1972!!! Runner ups would be the 1966-1970 period. 1971 was no punk either!!!
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Stacks, I wholeheartedly agree. It's like how track seven on a CD used to always be the best track...
Some of my faves from 1972:
Stevie - Talking Book Roy Ayers - He's Coming Nick Drake - Pink Moon Marvin - Trouble Man J.B.s - Food for Thought People...Hold On Donald Byrd - Black Byrd Bohannon - Stop + Go Arthur Verocai - s/t Antonio Adolfo - s/t Ann Peebles - Straight From the Heart Whatnauts on the Rocks Sun Ra - Space is the Place
Don't forget:
-"Can You Feel It?"-S.O.U.L. -"Still Bill"-Bill Withers. -"Harvest"-Neil Young. -"No Secrets"-Carly Simon. -"Super Fly"-Curtis Mayfield. -"Sky Dive"-Freddie Hubbard. -"Natural Illusion"-Bobby Hutcherson. -"Last Days and Times"-Earth, Wind, and Fire. -"America Eats its Young"-Funkadelic. -"Pain"-The Ohio Players. -"Icarus"-Paul Winter Consort. -"Carney"-Leon Russell. -"S/T"-Catalyst. -"Eat a Peach"-The Allman Brothers. -"Catch a Fire"-Bob Marley and the Wailers.
'88 -tryin to set it straight (courtesy of ego trips book of rap lists):
1. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enem 2. Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. 3. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick by Slick Rick 4. Strictly Business by EPMD 5. By All Means Necessary by Boogie Down Productions 6. Long Live the Kane by Big Daddy Kane 7. Critical Beatdown by Ultramagnetic MC's 8. Follow the Leader by Eric B. & Rakim 9. Goin' Off by Biz Markie 10. Straight Out the Jungle by Jungle Brothers 11. Eazy-Duz-It by Eazy E 12. Tougher Than Leather by Run D.M.C. 13. Lyte as a Rock by MC Lyte 14. He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 15. In Control, Vol. 1 by Marley Marl 16. A Salt With a Deadly Pepa by Salt-N-Pepa 17. Road to the Riches by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo 18. The World's Greatest Entertainer by Fresh, Doug E. 19. In Full Gear by Stetsasonic 20. Move Somethin' by 2 Live Crew 21. Girls I Got 'em Locked by Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud 22. Life Is...Too Short by Too Short 23. Act a Fool by King Tee 24. 2 Hype by Kid 'N Play
'88 -tryin to set it straight (courtesy of ego trips book of rap lists):
1. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enem 2. Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. 3. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick by Slick Rick 4. Strictly Business by EPMD 5. By All Means Necessary by Boogie Down Productions 6. Long Live the Kane by Big Daddy Kane 7. Critical Beatdown by Ultramagnetic MC's 8. Follow the Leader by Eric B. & Rakim 9. Goin' Off by Biz Markie 10. Straight Out the Jungle by Jungle Brothers 11. Eazy-Duz-It by Eazy E 12. Tougher Than Leather by Run D.M.C. 13. Lyte as a Rock by MC Lyte 14. He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 15. In Control, Vol. 1 by Marley Marl 16. A Salt With a Deadly Pepa by Salt-N-Pepa 17. Road to the Riches by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo 18. The World's Greatest Entertainer by Fresh, Doug E. 19. In Full Gear by Stetsasonic 20. Move Somethin' by 2 Live Crew 21. Girls I Got 'em Locked by Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud 22. Life Is...Too Short by Too Short 23. Act a Fool by King Tee 24. 2 Hype by Kid 'N Play
without looking too closely at the other people's lists, here are my fave albums of '72 off the head:
Bealtitude: Respect Yourself, Staple Singers Scraps, NRBQ What's Up Front That - Counts, Counts Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Understanding, Bobby Womack Let's Stay Together, Al Green I'm Still In Love With You, Al Green Talking Book, Stevie Wonder Music Of My Mind, Stevie Wonder Joe Quarterman & Free Soul I Can See Clearly Now, Johnny Nash Back Stabbers, O'Jays The Politicians Featuring McKinley Jackson, the Politicians Get On The Good Foot, James Brown
HONORABLE MENTION[/b]: It's Just Begun, Jimmy Castor Bunch Phase Two, Jimmy Castor Bunch America Eats Its' Young, Funkadelic A Lonely Man, Chi-Lites The Sidewinders, the Sidewinders Good Hearted Woman, Waylon Jennings A Night On The Town, Brownsville Station Starting All Over Again, Mel & Tim On The Corner, Miles Davis The Killer Rocks On, Jerry Lee Lewis Bittersweet, Chairmen Of The Board Velvert Turner Group
You will notice that this list is all soul, or soulish (hello, Miles)...that's how high the creativity was that year. Although there are some rockish acts I would have included (Commander Cody, Big Star, T. Rex, Mott the Hoople), the fact remains that R&B was kicking ass and stomping dick all over the place in 1972. Don't even get me started on the singles.
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Honorable mention: 1972 (soul music could do no wrong that year; seems like everybody was trying to top everybody else and succeeding).
What kind of Music do you have in mind?
I think of Jazz.
everything, jazz, funk, psych, pop, you name it
I like 1972!!! Runner ups would be the 1966-1970 period. 1971 was no punk either!!!
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
if we wanna change to eras, id pick 1968-71
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Also I like SUPERGUZZO's year of 1982
HAH! Yes, indeed. I wish I could go back in time and swoop up all of those Capitol raers.
Honorable mentions go to:
1969 (a lot of my favorite pop/rock stuff comes from this year)
1974 (Philly soul)
1981 (the cusp of the classic Moder sound)
1999 (the French Filtered House stuff in particular)
SG
Stacks, I wholeheartedly agree.
It's like how track seven on a CD used to always be the best track...
Some of my faves from 1972:
Stevie - Talking Book
Roy Ayers - He's Coming
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Marvin - Trouble Man
J.B.s - Food for Thought
People...Hold On
Donald Byrd - Black Byrd
Bohannon - Stop + Go
Arthur Verocai - s/t
Antonio Adolfo - s/t
Ann Peebles - Straight From the Heart
Whatnauts on the Rocks
Sun Ra - Space is the Place
Don't forget:
-"Can You Feel It?"-S.O.U.L.
-"Still Bill"-Bill Withers.
-"Harvest"-Neil Young.
-"No Secrets"-Carly Simon.
-"Super Fly"-Curtis Mayfield.
-"Sky Dive"-Freddie Hubbard.
-"Natural Illusion"-Bobby Hutcherson.
-"Last Days and Times"-Earth, Wind, and Fire.
-"America Eats its Young"-Funkadelic.
-"Pain"-The Ohio Players.
-"Icarus"-Paul Winter Consort.
-"Carney"-Leon Russell.
-"S/T"-Catalyst.
-"Eat a Peach"-The Allman Brothers.
-"Catch a Fire"-Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
1. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enem
2. Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.
3. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick by Slick Rick
4. Strictly Business by EPMD
5. By All Means Necessary by Boogie Down Productions
6. Long Live the Kane by Big Daddy Kane
7. Critical Beatdown by Ultramagnetic MC's
8. Follow the Leader by Eric B. & Rakim
9. Goin' Off by Biz Markie
10. Straight Out the Jungle by Jungle Brothers
11. Eazy-Duz-It by Eazy E
12. Tougher Than Leather by Run D.M.C.
13. Lyte as a Rock by MC Lyte
14. He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
15. In Control, Vol. 1 by Marley Marl
16. A Salt With a Deadly Pepa by Salt-N-Pepa
17. Road to the Riches by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
18. The World's Greatest Entertainer by Fresh, Doug E.
19. In Full Gear by Stetsasonic
20. Move Somethin' by 2 Live Crew
21. Girls I Got 'em Locked by Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud
22. Life Is...Too Short by Too Short
23. Act a Fool by King Tee
24. 2 Hype by Kid 'N Play
Rock-1972 heavy yall
Soul-1966 that swaety stuff
68-69...Owlsley's purple haze was pushing the fringes of the psyche from SF to the Village...dudes were on some serious nextlevelry....
hiphop wise its gotta be '95 though
Bealtitude: Respect Yourself, Staple Singers
Scraps, NRBQ
What's Up Front That - Counts, Counts
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Understanding, Bobby Womack
Let's Stay Together, Al Green
I'm Still In Love With You, Al Green
Talking Book, Stevie Wonder
Music Of My Mind, Stevie Wonder
Joe Quarterman & Free Soul
I Can See Clearly Now, Johnny Nash
Back Stabbers, O'Jays
The Politicians Featuring McKinley Jackson, the Politicians
Get On The Good Foot, James Brown
HONORABLE MENTION[/b]:
It's Just Begun, Jimmy Castor Bunch
Phase Two, Jimmy Castor Bunch
America Eats Its' Young, Funkadelic
A Lonely Man, Chi-Lites
The Sidewinders, the Sidewinders
Good Hearted Woman, Waylon Jennings
A Night On The Town, Brownsville Station
Starting All Over Again, Mel & Tim
On The Corner, Miles Davis
The Killer Rocks On, Jerry Lee Lewis
Bittersweet, Chairmen Of The Board
Velvert Turner Group
You will notice that this list is all soul, or soulish (hello, Miles)...that's how high the creativity was that year. Although there are some rockish acts I would have included (Commander Cody, Big Star, T. Rex, Mott the Hoople), the fact remains that R&B was kicking ass and stomping dick all over the place in 1972. Don't even get me started on the singles.
If I had to pick one - 1969.
everyone (realheadz) agrees.............for once