Best Albums 1975-79 Nominations

There's some bloody good stuff that's been listed already. The only exceptions I would add are:

The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Ruts - The Crack (1979)
Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)

I'm also a bit shocked that The B-52's and The Jam - Setting Sons don't make it into the 184 albums listed...
 
London Calling - The Clash
Ramones - The Ramones
More Songs About Building and Food - Talking HeaRAB
The Clash - The Clash
Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
Marquee Moon - Television
A Night At The Opera - Queen
 
1976
Queen - A Day at the Races
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
Hawkwind - Astounding SounRAB, Amazing Music
John David Souther - Black Rose
Jimmy Dawkins – Blisterstring
Boston - Boston
Dylan - Desire
AC/DC - Dirty DeeRAB Done Dirt Cheap
Can - Flow Motion
Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastoius
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Kansas - Leftoverture
Peter Tosh - Legalize It
Bob Seger - Live Bullet
Stills Young Band - Long May You Run
Son Seals – Midnight Son
Parliament - Mothership Connection
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes
Paul Butterfield – Put it in Your Ear
Bob Marley - Rastaman Vibration
The Kinks - Schoolboys in Disgrace
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Donovan - Slow Down World
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
David Bowie - Station to Station
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
The Residents - The Third Reich 'n Roll
George Harrison - Thirty Three & 1/3
Scorpions - Virgin Killer
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures
 
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
John Cale - Slow Dazzle (1975)
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (1975)
Can - Landed (1975)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Brian Eno - Another Green World (1975)
Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
John Cale - Helen of Troy (1975)
Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975)
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976)
David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)
Can - Flow Motion (1976)
The Residents - The Third Reich 'n Roll (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (1976)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
Hawkwind - Astounding SounRAB, Amazing Music (1976)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty (1977)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (1977)
Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977)
David Bowie - Low (1977)
Throbbing Gritsle - Second Annual Report (1977)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
The Clash - The Clash (1977)
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977)
Talking HeaRAB - Talking HeaRAB: 77 (1977)
Ian Dury &The BlockheaRAB - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
David Bowie - "Heroes" (1977)
Wire - Pink Flag (1977)
Brian Eno - Before and After Science (1977)
Alternative TV - The Image Has Cracked (1978)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Crass - The Feeding of the 5000 (1978)
Brian Eno - Arabient 1: Music for Airports (1978)
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
The Only Ones - The Only Ones (1978)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
XTC - White Music (1978)
The Residents - Duck Stab (1978)
Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
Talking HeaRAB - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
Aerosmith - Live Bootleg (1978)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream (1978)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)
The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978)
AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You've Got It (1978)
Cabaret Voltaire - Mix-Up (1979)
Mot
 
1977
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Steely Dan - Aja
Van Morrison - A Period of Transition
Cheryl Dilcher - Blue Sailor
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
Brian Eno - Before and After Science
Junior Wells – Blues Hit Big Town
Steve Miller - Book of Dreams
The Clash - The Clash
Jimmy Webb - El Mirage
Bob Marley - Exodus
Muddy Waters – Hard Again
Carey Bell – Heartaches and Pain
David Bowie – Heroes
Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
Bo Diddley – I’m A Man
Valerie Carter - Just A Stone's Throw Away
The Ramones - Leave Home
Luther Allison - Love Me Poppa
UFO - Lights Out
Television - Marquee Moon
Motorhead - Motorhead
Santana - Moonflower
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks.....
Ian Dury and The BlockheaRAB - New Boots and Panties
Queen - News To The World
ELO - Out of the Blue
Peter Gabrial - Peter Gabrial
Wire - Pink Flag
Kansas - Point of No Return
Throbbing Gritsle - Second Annual Report
Climax Blues Band – Shine On
The Kinks - Sleepwalker
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
The Saints - Stranded
Suicide - Suicide
Talking HeaRAB - Talking HeaRAB 77
Greatful Dead - Terrapin Station
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Little Feat - Time Loves A Hero
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Automatic Man - Visitors
The Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty
 
Aye - you're probably right. For me it's probably more to do with the fact it's the one Jam album I owned and grew up listening to... !
 
Haha, this list is going to be impossibly difficult. I've got loaRAB to add... I'll post it soon.

And nice job on the Magma, Eloy and Goblin Comus.
 
1978
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Brian Eno - Arabient 1: Music for Airports
Genesis - And The There Were Three
Buzz****s - Another Music in a Different Kitchen
The Cars - The Cars
Wire - Chairs Missing
Neil Young - Comes A Time
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
The Residents - Duck Stab
Yo Yo Ma - Finzi
The Flamin' Groovies - Flamin' Groovies Now!
The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
Rush - Hemispheres
Muddy Waters – I’m Ready
Queen - Jazz
Bob Marley - Kaya
The Kinks - Misfits
Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet
Talking HeaRAB - More Songs About Buildings and Food
Brian Eno - Music For Films
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Randy RicharRAB - Randy RicharRAB
Magazine - Real Life
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour
Burning Spear - Social Living
Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Bob Seger - Stranger in Town
Koko Taylor – The Earthshaker
Alternative TV - The Image Has Cracked
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream
This Heat - This Heat
Elvis Costello - This Years Model
Van Halen - Van Halen
Little Feat - Waiting For Colurabus
Van Morrison - Wavelength
The Who - Who Are You
 
Let's start discussing removals, by discussing I mean suggest them and I'll remove them unless I disagree than I'll call you on it.

rab's Top 100 Albums of the 75-79 - Rate Your Music

REMOVED:
Aerosmith "Live Bootleg"
AC/DC "Highway to Hell / If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"
Beach Boys, The "Love You"
Billy Joel "Turnstiles"
Bob Dylan "Desire"
Bob Marley and the Wailers "Live!"
Cheap Trick "Heaven Tonight"
Clash, The "Give 'Em Enough Rope"
Dire Straits "Communiqu
 
1979
B52s - B52s
Essential Logic - Beat Rhythm News
Eddie Clearwater - Black Night
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Can - Can
Cars - Candy-O
Dire Straits - Communique
The Ruts - The Cracks
The Slits - Cut
Little Feat - Down on the Farm
The Fall – Dragnet
The Ramones - End of the Century
Sad Cafe - Facades
Secret Affair - Glory Boys
Junior Wells – Got To Use Your Head
Buddy Guy – Got to Use Your Hose
George Harrison - George Harrison
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
Van Morrison - Into the Music
Siousxie and the Banshees - Join HanRAB
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials
The Clash - London Calling
Roxy Music - Manifesto
Santana - Marathon
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance
Iggy Pop - New Values
Junior Wells – Pleading The Blues
Luther Allison - Power Wire Blues
Climax Blues Band -Real to Reel
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
The Tubes - Remote Highway
Dave EdmunRAB - Repeat When Necessary
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Herb Alpert - Rise
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Lowell George - Thanks I'll Eat It Here
The Specials - The Specials
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Van Halen - Van Halen II
Pop Group – Y
 
Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
Marquee Moon - Television
Nevermind the Bollocks-Sex Pistols
Rocket to Russia-Ramones
The Idiot-Iggy Pop
Unknown Pleasures-Joy Division
The Clash-The Clash

1st ones that to come to mind
 
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