Best Rock Album - 1970?

YellowSnow

YellowSnow

Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead

This is a year of abundance for me. They are all my favorites.

Fishpo31

Moondance - Van Morrison

Another stellar year...felt a slight twinge when I hit my selection, but Moondance brings back too many good memories to be denied...can’t go wrong with any of them, really.

YellowSnow

Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead

Fishpo31 said:

Another stellar year...felt a slight twinge when I hit my selection, but Moondance brings back too many good memories to be denied...can’t go wrong with any of them, really.

I could just as easily gone this direction. But Workingman's Dead is such a favorite moment in rock history for me. The Dead figured out how to ditch the self indulgent noodling a bit @alumni94 and write some catchy concise songs. 1970- 72 is peak GD.

chuck

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

This was the toughest one for me so far by a wide margin. Damn. Not at all sure I voted right.

Plastic Ono would be so much better if it didnt have that title. All Things Must Pass is just too George...too nice. I even considered Zep III but it has a few tunes that I skip.

Gold Rush obviously worthy and the one I listen to most. It's not Neil's best, though. Paranoid is absolute peak Black Sabbath.

YellowSnow

Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead

chuck said:

This was the toughest one for me so far by a wide margin. Damn. Not at all sure I voted right.

Plastic Ono would be so much better if it didnt have that title. All Things Must Pass is just too George...too nice. I even considered Zep III but it has a few tunes that I skip.

Gold Rush obviously worthy and the one I listen to most. It's not Neil's best, though. Paranoid is absolute peak Black Sabbath.

Plastic Ono and All Things Must Pass both had some weak cuts but the high points were brilliant and rank right up there with the Beatles best work.

Zep III is by far my favorite Zep album. Sad that it ended up in this year.

LebamDawg

Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead

Deja Vu is another one that I loved

Fenderbender123

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

American Woman by The Guess Who was a good 1970 album, too.

YellowSnow

Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead

Fenderbender123 said:

American Woman by The Guess Who was a good 1970 album, too.

No Sugar Tonight is one of the more underrated classic rock tracks of all Tim @Fenderbender123

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yMG-Mi9I0-k

YellowSnow

Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead

1970 shapes up for an easy sabbath win. No Stones or Who studio album to compete with. LED Zep III isn’t their most popular record.

I tinkered with putting in Who Live at Leeds which is a top 10 record for me.

Swaye

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

I know self titled came out first, also in 1970, but Paranoid is where metal as an actual genre starts. The Godfathers of metal.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "War Pigs" 7:57
2. "Paranoid" 2:48
3. "Planet Caravan" 4:32
4. "Iron Man" 5:56
Side two
No. Title Length
5. "Electric Funeral" 4:53
6. "Hand of Doom" 7:08
7. "Rat Salad" (instrumental) 2:30
8. "Fairies Wear Boots"

alumni94

Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead

YellowSnow said:

1970 shapes up for an easy sabbath win. No Stones or Who studio album to compete with. LED Zep III isn’t their most popular record.

I tinkered with putting in Who Live at Leeds which is a top 10 record for me.

Live at Leeds changed my life. One of my top albums of all time by far.

YellowSnow

Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead

alumni94 said:

YellowSnow said:

1970 shapes up for an easy sabbath win. No Stones or Who studio album to compete with. LED Zep III isn’t their most popular record.

I tinkered with putting in Who Live at Leeds which is a top 10 record for me.

Live at Leeds changed my life. One of my top albums of all time by far.

I think I picked up the first extended live version when it came out. We used to get hammered and sing a A Quick One He’s away. Then Wes Andersen plagiarized my shit in Rushmore.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4_2gUTGjeYI

Bad_MotherDucker

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Swaye said:

I know self titled came out first, also in 1970, but Paranoid is where metal as an actual genre starts. The Godfathers of metal.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "War Pigs" 7:57
2. "Paranoid" 2:48
3. "Planet Caravan" 4:32
4. "Iron Man" 5:56
Side two
No. Title Length
5. "Electric Funeral" 4:53
6. "Hand of Doom" 7:08
7. "Rat Salad" (instrumental) 2:30
8. "Fairies Wear Boots"

Hand of Doom is a fucking underrated song. Bill Ward's best work