The Jam : In the Crowd
My list of favorite albums from 1978 may contain only a few surprises for those expecting the usual suspects. All Mod Cons was the first Jam album I ever owned and will always be up there among my favorites. I also have sentimental favorites in the Creme + Godley album, L, Gerry Rafferty's City to City, The Saints's Eternally Yours and NRBQ's At Yankee Stadium. There were quite a few album I really didn't know before spending the past year living, musically at least, in the year 1978. The ones that made the biggest impact were Wire's Chairs Missing, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band's Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), Magazine's Real Life, Kate Bush's The Kick Inside Pere Ubu's The Modern Dance and Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians. Discovering what I missed locked in an upstate Connecticut boarding school is the whole point of this mission . Here's hoping 1979 brings us more hidden gems!
1. The Jam All Mod Cons
2. Elvis Costello: This Year's Model
3. Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings and Food
4. Bruce Springsteen: Darkness at the Edge of Town
5. Nick Lowe: Pure Pop for Now People (Jesus of Cool)
6. Wire: Chairs Missing
7. The Cars: The Cars
8. Ramones: Road to Ruin
9. The Rolling Stones: Some Girls
10. Blondie: Parallel Lines
11. The Saints : Eternally Yours
12. Kraftwerk: The Man-Machine
13. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
14. Television: Adventure
15. Magazine :Real Life
16. Godley + Creme : L
17. Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance
18. Big Star: Third
19. Devo: Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!
20. Kate Bush :The Kick Inside
21. NRBQ: At Yankee Stadium
22. Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy
23. Cheap Trick: Heaven Tonight
24. Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
25. The Clash: Give 'Em Enough Rope
26. Chic : C'est Chic
27. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes: Hearts of Stone
28. Dire Straits : Dire Straits
29. Marvin Gaye : Here My Dear
30. The Only Ones
31. Gerry Rafferty: City to City
32. Tom Petty + The Heartbreakers : You're Gonna Get It
33. Bob Marley + the Wailers: Kaya
34. Lou Reed: Street Hassle
35. Buzzcocks : Another music in a different kitchen
36. The Rutles
37. Flamin' Groovies : Now
38. Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove
39. Willie Nelson: Stardust
40. Bryan Ferry : The Bride Stripped Bare
Looking forward to '79! Minor point: Nick Lowe's album was called Pure Pop For Now People (not Power). In the US, as it appeared as Jesus Of Cool in the UK. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteWhat a year! This is when I would tell you something forgotten or misplaced on your countdown. Can't do it. Perfection.
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