My Favorite 31 Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Albums of the 1970's- Pick #30
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Thank you, Pete for your pick.
My #30 Pick:
Kiss - Rock and Roll Over
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Life is better with music.
Great pick today,Pete, didn't like them at first but have come to appreciate them.
#30 UFO ---- Obsession
#31 Budgie ----- Bandolier
Love this album, the last Michael Schenker did with the band until 1993. Phil Mogg is like a cat who got the cream with his vocals.
Standouts include Only You Can Rock Me, Lookin' Out For No 1, Cherry, One More For The Rodeo and the classic Born To Lose.
My favourite of their studio albums and features some of Schenker's most storming playing.
@jerryattwooll4864 thanks Jerry,I have another UFO album coming later in the month!❤
Obsession has a lot of songs that could be pretty standard, but Schenker takes them to incredible places with his ludicrous amount of improvised fills
Great pick, Ian. Coming up for me too.
@gabriellarrubia1006 yeah Michael makes it a special album!!❤
My number 30, Humble Pie, SMOKIN'.. i had older cousins growing up n they turned me on to this great album. So glad!
#30: Mountain- Climbing. The debut studio album by American rock band Mountain. Fronted by vocalist and lead guitarist Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi vocalist and bassist,keyboards from Steve Knight and drummer N.D. Smart(soon replaced by Corky Laing). Mountain was one of many bands to be credited for having influenced the development of heavy metal music in the 70s. A few of the tracks included: The lead in of (it needs more cowbell) Mississippi Queen, Never In My Life and For Yasgur’s Farm.
Hi Howard. Excellent choice and article.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Melanie.
Excellent pick Howard.
Outstanding album!!!
Leslie West is a rock legend. R.I.P.
Day 2: AC/DC- Highway To Hell
AC/DC's best album. Yes I'm well aware of what else they have. This is still the best. Mutt Lange cleans up the bands sound, but also helps tighten up the bands penchants for songwriting and helps set the stage for the global force they are to day. A fine way for Bon Scott to go out, so to speak. Highlights include the immortal title track, Touch Too Much, Beating Around The Bush and If You Want Blood (You Got It).
List so far:
AC/DC- Powerage
AC/DC- Highway To Hell
Hi Metal. Excellent choice.
Great Aussie band fronted by a great showman the late Bon Scott
30. Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Favored tracks: LLRnR, Lady of The Lake, Gates of Babylon, Kill The King, The Shed (Subtle)
31. Deep Purple - In Rock (1970)
Alternate 1 album per band picks:
30. Accept - Accept (1979)
31. Budgie - In For The Kill (1974)
Hi Kevin B. Excellent choices. The ones I like are the Deep Purple and Rainbow.
Hi Pete. Dave here. My pick today is THE CRY OF LOVE by JIMI HENDRIX. This album was played and played in our school common room as we came to terms with Jimi's untimely death in 1970. Most famous track is probably the softer Angel, but there are plenty of hard rockers in this first posthumous set, such as Ezy Rider which features Buddy Miles on drums.
Greetings, Dave. Fantastic album
Hey gaia. Yes! I can tell that you go back just like I do. Most people don't know all the great albums released years after Jimi died. Did you collect them faithfully like I did back in the day?
@@frank.s.castro Hi Frank. Thanks.
@@andymudrock322 No, Andy. We were more into this one, and his first three.
Nice pick Dave. I never even thought about this album.
Day 2: Captain Beyond - S/T (1972)
Favorite Tracks: 'Myopic Void', 'Mesmerization Eclipse', 'Raging River of Fear', 'Frozen Over', 'I Can't Feel Nothing Pt II'.
Hi Frank. I’ve got to give this band a listen.
Good morning, Melanie. I think you will like it.
Knew almost everything with the 80s album but definitely will be writing a list with the 70s ones! This is one of them.
Great pick, Frank. Coming up soon for me. Still play this to this day.
@@martinfranco3716 Thank you, Martin. This album aged like fine wine, imho.
My day 2, #30 favorite Hard Rock and Heavy Metal album is Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak.
I am saving this one for next month's rock albums. I have other TL albums for this month LOL.
Great pick, Sal!
Great pick Sal. Thin Lizzy is one of my favorite bands of all time. Jailbreak is a classic.
Hi Sal awesome choice
Thin lizzy black rose. Gary moore scott Gorham. Need i say more? Love the whole album
Great pick Guy. I saw Lizzy with Gary Moore on the tour for this album and I heartily wish he'd made more records with them.
Excellent choice, I wanted to place that on my list, but I already had two other Lizzy efforts. Róisín Dubh always gets me and I'm not even remotely Irish!! 🤣
Hi guy. Awesome choice
Excellent choice!
My pick today UFO ‘Lights Out’ second album I got by them.
Hi resistor. Excellent choice. Though I don’t know enough about this band or their music.
Pick for Day 2: UFO's Lights Out.
Day 1: Mountain's Climbing!
Day 2: UFO's Light's Out
My pick #30 is Kiss Rock and Roll Over. I like this album Call me Dr. love, Mr Speed, I want you, Take Me, Hard Luck Woman which shows Peter Criss a great singer
Day 2 / #30 = FOGHAT - Fool for the City (1975). Just on the edge of hard rock, a feast of bluesy, boogie rock from England. Highlights are: Slowride, Fool for the City, and Terraplane Blues (some real nice slide guitar work on this one).
Hey Gary, wonderful call. Love this LP. I was ready to dismiss it because bassist Tony Stevens left after "R&R Outlaws," but my faith in them was redeemed after I heard this great LP. Hope your Sunday is a perfect one.
Great pick Gary. I almost picked Energized today.
Good morning Gary. Great choice. Also on my shortlist. Not sure if it will sneak into the final one.
Happy Sunday, Gary. Love the title track. Not familiar with the album from start to finish.
Great pick Gary. One of the best of Foghat's studio albums.
Todays pick: AC/DC - "Let There Be Rock". One of my favorite AC/DC albums. Loaded with great riffs and songs including my fav from the band "Whole Lotta Rosie".
Great pick Jeff.
@@christophercoles4401 Thanks Chris.
My pick tomorrow Jeff, awesome album and choice!!❤
@@ianmcfarlane2288 Thanks Ian
Truly great Aussie band fronted by a truly great showman Bon Scott
Today's pick is Kiss-Kiss. Kiss's memorable debut clocks in at # 30 riding great and fresh anthems like "Strutter", "Firehouse", "Cold Gin", "Deuce" and Black Diamond". An important and controversial band in Hard Rock history yet very deserving of having an album placed in the top 31. Their first 3 LPs are my personal favorites and are all very close but Kiss-Kiss gets the nod given it's anthemic material.
30. Kiss-Kiss
31. Nazareth-Loud 'N' Proud
Good morning Yoke. Excellent choice and article.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Mel
Great call Yoke. I agree, the first three are beasts.
@@kevinconnell3896 Thanks Kevin. Yes they are. Hotter Than Hell used to be my fav but the debut took over the #1 slot and Dressed Kill is also phenomenal,
Hi Yoke. My only Kiss contender this month might be Destroyer - that's my entry album for them.
Hi my pick for Day 2 Mountain Nantucket Sleighride 1971 This is the second studio album by American hard rock band taking its title from the experience of being towed along in a boat by a harpooned whale. The title track is dedicated to Owen Coffin who was a young seamen on a whaler and "Tierd Angels" is dedicated to Jimi Hendrix.
Great album!!:)
Great pick Richard ! I saw Mountain in 1974 minus the keyboard player. And their playing of Nantucket Sleighride that night was one of the seminal events of all concerts for me. It still rings in my memory !! Thanks for reminding me of that great moment !!
@@gaznathemoon1128 Cheers
@@richardbooth6063 Thanks Richard, never managed to see them live but regularly spin their albums
Hi Mordrid. Awesome choice and article.
Today's pick is Foreignor debut album in 1977. Before they drifted into ballads, the first album was heavy and hard. Songs like At War With the World were indeed pretty hard rocking as well as Long Long way from Home.
Terrific pick Marty, in terms of consistency I don't think they ever topped this immense debut. Will definitely be in my list further on.
Hi Marty. Excellent choice.
Deep Purple - In Rock - June 1970
"Speed King "and "Child in Time" alone make this a 10/10 hard rock classic.
Hi Andrew. Excellent choice. That was my choice yesterday.
Flight of the Rat is my favorite.
Day 30- Rush Fly By Night, 1975
After I got into Rush in the 80s, this was the first of their older albums I picked up. Just a solid record with some great songs. I love the title track and By-Tor and the Snow Dogs was definitely a sign of things to come:)
30. Motorhead - Bomber
31. Ace Frehley - Ace Frehley
Favorite tracks: Bomber, Dead Men Tell No Tales, Stone Deaf Forever, Over the Top
Good morning, Tom. Awesome Motörhead album.
@@frank.s.castro, good morning! Hope all is well, Frank. You may or may not see another Motorhead on my list this month! :wink:
Nice pick Tom.....Motorhead is a band I am still in the early stages of exploring.
It's not my favorite Motorhead album, but arguably a top 5 still. Stone Dead Forever is my favorite Motorhead song, however... Great choice
@@garyh.238This one is absolutely worth investigating... I binged the Motorhead discography early on this year, every once in a while I still do it. I don't know if it isn't maybe a top 10 discography in terms of the size relative to consistency ratio
My day 30 pick Pat Travers Putting it Straight 1977. Great pick Pete with Hair Of The Dog a perfect album IMO and on my list later this month.
Tremendous pick, Pete. Coming up higher on my list. Today I'm going with Four Wheel Drive by Bachman, Turner Overdrive. Not only is it a great hard rock record, it's pretty heavy at times. Starts off with the driving riff of Four Wheel Drive and then the next song, She's A Devil starts out mellow before a killer heavy riff sets in. Hey You is the hit single we've all heard. Flat Broke Love is heavy with some good vocals. She's Keeping Time has a lowdown and mean sound, almost ZZ Top like but heavier. Lowland Fling, another great, great tune. Always been one of my favorites.
31. Burnin' Sky - Bad Company
Tremendous pick, Martin. Might include this BTO album or another one on my list. Have a great Sunday!
Great choice, my favourite BTO album. Full of great riffs and songs like the title track, Flat Broke Love, She's Keeping Time and Lowland Fling to name a few.
I love BTO, I'm only picking one though. Hopefully the rest continues to get shout-outs. That's a good breakdown of Four Wheel Drive, lots of good songs worth mentioning
Hi Martin. Excellent choice and article.
@@frank.s.castro Thanks, Frank. Have a great Sunday as well!
30. Humble Pie - Humble Pie (1970)
This was a transitional album for the band. It set them off in a harder rocking direction from their first two albums. And while there are some ballads here, the meat and potatoes of the record rock as hard as this band ever did.
“Live With Me” is a burner that starts off slow and powers to a crescendo for seven minutes. It has such a rich deep sound.
“One-Eyed Trouser Snake Rumba” is a scorching molten steel hard rock slammer in under 3 min. Never was such intensity ever put in such a short amount of time!!
“I’m Ready” is the old blues tune by Willie Dixon given the loudest guitars on the record. Unlike the Steve Marriott vocal exercise from “Performance-Live at the Fillmore” this album version is focused and hard as stone !!
“Red Light Mama, Red Hot” is Steve at his raunchy salacious best in this lyrical rocker that stretches out at six minutes of hard rock nirvana!!
“Theme From Skint (See You Later Liquidator)” is again Steve Marriott at his peak songwriting here. It’s an inside look at the seedy side of the record business. And the author pulls no punches on his exhaustion over having to deal with it. And like their song “Rolling Stone” it starts out soft and gets hard when the band comes in fully at the end. It’s a very unique song !!
The other mellower tunes on the album sung by bass player Greg Ridley, guitarist Peter Frampton, and even drummer Jerry Shirley are excellent as a balance to this remarkable album.
This is the Humble Pie that few know about. Most think of the live album, or “Smokin’”(stay tuned !), or maybe “Rock On”. But this album, with the beautiful black and white sketch of a scantily clad woman on the cover, best defines the greatness of this band in my opinion. Steve Marriott’s voice and Peter Frampton’s guitar are at peak form. This is the best remastered album in my catalog. It’s an import that’s no longer available. But it’s louder that any record I own. And that’s a good thing…you can’t play this magnificent album too loud.
Turn it up max, and sit back and have your humble pie !!!!!
Fine pick Richard! I don't have any of their studio albums, but I absolutely love their Live at Fillmore album.
Good morning Richard. Awesome choice and article.
Great pick Richard
@@garyh.238Thanks ! Gary you would love this album …it’s a fine album !!
@@melaniethurber5117Thanks Melanie !
30. Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties . I only got into this album because Metallica did a pretty good cover of Astronomy and I wanted to check out the original. I bought this and quickly became a fan of the album. Some of the songs I swear influenced much of the metal of my era (80's). The whole album is pretty good; Me 262, Subhuman, Dominance and Submission, Career of Evil along with the aforementioned Astronomy are some of my favorite tracks.
31. Smokin' - Humble Pie
(edited because my dumb butt put Astrology as a song when I knew it was Astronomy...Don't get old folks)
Astronomy! 😅
My pick for day 2 is: Led Zeppelin - III , My favorite Zep album as it's the one I hear the least from.
Hi Jason. Love your choice. I haven’t decided which Zeppelin I’ll have for my second choice but this album is a possibility.
Hi Pete, Great choice in Nazareth. We are on the same page in my rankings also. Here is my pick for day 30.
Day 30 - Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
Pick #30 Judas Priest "Sad Wings of Destiny"
Brilliant choice. Will feature on my list too, later in the month.
@@jerryattwooll4864 same
My #30 pick for today is an album released on February 21st 1976 and recorded at The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio (also known as the RSM) in Grasse France and produced by this band im talking about Runnin with The Pack by Bad Company
Love Bad Company, particularly Paul Rodgers' voice. They will be definitely appearing more than once in my list this month.
@@jerryattwooll4864 didn't he start in free first and same here I just can't choose between two albums
Great one Kyle!
@@awesomeviper13 Yes, Paul was part of Free, along with bass player, Andy Fraser, he wrote most of Free's songs. Free will also be appearing on my list at some point.
Nice pick Kyle.
My random pick of the day is:
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
"We all love Rush", yup agreed. Funny how their albums "bleed" into each of the monthly rankings the last few months. Nice to have some variety. I left them off the '80s, but I do have 'em this month.
30. Scorpions - In Trance (1975)
Martin Popoff's book Who Invented Heavy Metal is a fun and recommended read. I think the topic deserves more books on it, ones that go beyond just mentions of "heavy metal" in reviews and debating the music, but really digging into the musical culture of the time, when bands started truly self-identifying as heavy metal, and fans started regularly using the term rather than hard or heavy rock, putting patches on jackets and battlevests. In 1975 it seems both bands and fans still looked mainly like hippies, but Scorpions definitely took a step toward metal. At least there's some proto-metal to be found in their hard rock at this point, compared to psychedelic and kosmische elements in the first two.
Hi Fast. Excellent choice and article
There probably isn't actual metalhead culture until the late 70's to early 80's. The term used to be disowned, because it was almost the equivalent of calling it "noise" music. Anyway, you're right about In Trance having considerable amounts of metal... Robot Man, Dark Lady, etc.
My pick for today
Deep purple In Rock.
My favorite deep purple album awesome guitar work by blackmore.
Hi David. Awesome choice. I had them listed yesterday.
@@melaniethurber5117 thanks.
30 - Dust - Dust (mostly because of From a Dry Camel and Loose Goose)
31 - Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
My pick is In Hearing of Atomic Rooster, by Atomic Rooster of course. Great album released in 1971. Previous one, Dearh Walks Behind You is mentioned more and probably is closer to what later would be heavy metal, but this album too deserve recognition
Hi Zlatan. Excellent choice and article.
Great pick. I like this one just as much as "Death"
@@melaniethurber5117Thank you Melanie
#30: Rush - A Farewell To Kings
My favorite Rush album.
Great choice. Rush have some great albums in the 70s and 80s.
Hello everybody! DAY 30. MOUNTAIN-Mountain Climbing(1970) a debut. First some sources and info to credit.
Mountain was the combined forces of Leslie West, a gigantic guitarist/vocalist who had played with New York garage-psych rockers the Vagrants, and Felix Pappalardi. Pappalardi had a slightly more impressive track record, coming from the modern East Coast folk-rock movement (the Youngbloods), before he applied his production skills to Cream. Through this, Felix never really stopped playing and eventually formed Mountain. Often billed as a junior-league version of Cream, Climbing!, Mountain's debut, had a lot of things going for it as well. Indeed, West was a changed man from the moment he saw Clapton play, and Pappalardi was able to help him achieve the exact same tone Clapton employed on Disraeli Gears. The hit off Climbing!, "Mississippi Queen" is a boogie classic, and it paved the way for countless imitators such as J. Geils Band, Foghat, and others. There are a lot of other great tracks here, such as "Never in My Life," which was an FM radio staple at the time. Climbing! Review by Matthew Greenwald at AllMusic.
ND Smart on drums on Leslie West Mountain album before Climbing and the name would be just MOUNTAIN, ND Smart would be in Mountain in 1969 and played on its first gigs, before being replaced by Corky Laing in late 1969. He played with Mountain at Woodstock in August 1969.
The album.
Leslie West - guitars on all tracks, vocals
Felix Pappalardi - bass guitar on all tracks except 6 and 7; piano on tracks 1, 2 and 9; rhythm guitar on track 7, vocals; production.
Steve Knight - organ on tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5; Mellotron on tracks 2 and 9; handbells on track 4
Corky Laing - drums on all tracks except 6 and 7; percussion on tracks 7 and 9
Additional writers in songs. Pete Brown David Rea Gail Collins Jack Bruce. George Gardos, Gary Ship.
Bud Prager - executive production Lillian Douma - engineering assistance Beverly Weinstein - art direction Gail Collins - cover artwork, photography Leslie West passed away in, 2020 (aged 75) Felix passed away in 1983 (aged 43) shot by hsi wife Gail Collins who passed away in 2013.( aged 72. Steve Knight passed away in 2013 (aged 77) of Parkinsons.
Mississippi Queen
Theme for an Imaginary Western
Never in My Life
Silver Paper
For Yasgur's Farm
To My Friend
The Laird
Sittin' on a Rainbow
Boys in the Band
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🎶SO the album is a great album debut and I do have cd copy of it thus I had a vinyl back in the day and well do have other Mountain albums on vinyl. The opening track with Corky and the Cowbell. And Leslie on guitar and vocals with his riffs that tear into the track and killer and Felix and his bass, Love it from day one heard it!! Then Theme For Imaginary Western a Jack Bruce cover,
And so love with Felix and the vocals and Steve and his keyboards organ and Mellotron and Leslie and Corky guitar and drums. Such a killer solid track with being a crowd pleaser at any show. Love it very much!!! Then Never In My Life the kick heavy hard rock of Leslie and his guitar and vocals. Bass and drums Felix and Corky, Steve on organ Killer and an always Love so very much!!! It crushes and great, Then Silver Paper a great track Felix and Leslie vocals with up tempo killer riffs and full with greatness from the band. And So love It!! Then their tribute song of Woodstock of For Yasgur's Farm. And such a great tribute song with heaviness and Love It!! Then To My Friend which is brilliant track playing acoustic by Leslie. West solo from raga to flamenco without ever touching the blues, Love It so much!!!!
Then The Laird a nice lovely piece with Felix on vocals and rhythm guitar and Leslie and his acoustic playing. Love it, As love Leslie and his playing. A great elegant track. Then Sittin' On A Rainbow. A groovy rocking track and Corky on percussion and West on vocals. Love! Then Boys In The Band a ballad of the Mellotron and guitars and percussion and vocals of Felix and Leslie. A 4.'5 -5 debut from a great bad in IMO. Saw Leslie in 77 in concert and met him after the show. Anytime I hear Mountain or Leslie I remember with great fondness to him and every one of the 4 members of Mountain that came out with great albums. So there you have it have a great Sunday evening. It's raining here so not to go anywhere. Take care friends!! 🎶🎸🎤🎹🥁 💖☮
Great choice Pete. Have Hair Of The Dog -Nazareth on my list for a lot later. Good day to you.
Hi Jon Awesome choice and looking for that write- up of yours.
Hey Jon, great pick!
Marvelous!! Anxious for your article Jon. Hope your day is peaceful and smooth so far.
@@kevinconnell3896 Thanks Kevin. Enjoy the read. And have a fine evening friend.
Queen (1973) Hard rock/heavy metal/progressive rock
Songs: Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, Son and Daughter
Great pick Donald.
Great pick. Like Rush they could be on both lists, but unlike Rush they will be on my list for August rock/pop albums for the '70s. Their albums are so diverse, hard to put Queen in a neat category really.
Great pick and a great album
TY gents
Early Queen rocking hard! I have a different Queen pick coming up later.
Hello by Status Quo. My personal favourite Quo studio album. The band had by now honed it's sound from a somewhat inconsequential if enjoyable 60s pop band into this hard rocking boogie juggernaut through albums like Dog of 2 Head and Piledriver ( has there ever been a more appropriate title for a Quo album?). The album contains 2.of Quo standards in Roll Over, Lay Down and the blistering Caroline, a standard set opener for many, years, both of which featured high in the Classic Rock magazine fan poll of Quo's most popular songs. The crowning glory though is the boogie blitz of 45 Hundred Times which closes the album and clicks in at around 10 minutes going through several clever time changes (the live version lasts for around 17 minutes on the Quo Live album turning them almost into an almighty jam band) 45 Hundred Times topped that particular fan poll. Less of a one trick pony than some people think, the likes of Claudie and It's Better Now give some lighter touches to the album amongst all the headbanging boogie. The first Quo album to top the UK album charts, it is followed by other classic hard rock boogie albums in a similar vain such as Quo, On The Level and Blue For You, which along with the aforementioned Piledriver and Dog of 2 Head are all honourable mentions for me. These culminate in the amazing Quo Live. After that the sound wouid soften somewhat and became poppier and more refined.
Classic album, will be number 2 on my list!
@@petegreenfield3645 Thank you Pete, totally agree, a classic 70s rock album.
Hi Jerry. Another fine bluesy, boogie rock band from England!
Hi Jerry. Excellent choice and article
@@garyh.238 Thank you Gary, indeed they are. They were especially potent in this era with the line up known by the fans as 'The Frantic Four'. Alan Lancaster, Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt and John Coghlan.
My #30 pick is Alice Cooper : Love It To Death ( 1971 ). I´ve edited my ranking a little bit after I´ve found out that Pete is choosing just two albums per each band and that we´ll be ranking rock albums in august. First I thought that some bands would make both my hard rock / heavy and rock Top Album rankings, but then I changed my mind and I´ve chosen them either way. My original pick for #30 was Kiss : Hotter Than Hell, but I dropped it from my list because it isn´t my Top 2 Kiss album. Originally I had two Kiss albums on my hard rock / heavy list and two Kiss albums on my rock list, but now I reduced my Kiss albums to two hard rock / heavy cathegory albums. They are both partly quite mellow, but I think it´s justified to label Kiss as a hard rock band. Nazareth has on the other hand been very little on my radar.
My #30 pick is "Live at Leeds" (1970) - The Who
The original single album is an explosion of violence onstage that is unmatched. Although they almost descend into mayhem, they somehow keep it together. An extraordinary document of a band at the height of their powers.
My #31 pick is "Paranoid" (1970) - Black Sabbath
Hi Charlie. Fantastic choice
Hey Charlie. Very cool pick!
Great choice here Charlie! I was so glad when it was expanded during the CD age!
hey charlie, great pick , what a live album , moon is nuts here
Wonderful, heavy pick Charlie!
#30: Montrose (s/t debut)
#30 Riot - Rock City (1977)
Rock City is one of the very best pure Hard Rock albums ever released (and one of the worst covers ever designed!). Riot was formed in New York in 1975 and included guitarist Mark Reale, drummer Peter Bitelli and vocalist Guy Spenoza. Second guitarist Louis Kouvaris and bassist Jimmy Iommi (no relation) joined in time to record the band's debut, Rock City in 1977. Riot was definitely influenced by American Hard Rock acts like Aerosmith and Montrose. Rock City is an amazing slice of early Metal that remains heavy and hard-rocking all the way through.
"Warrior" is especially ahead of its time, an early Power Metal/Speed Metal track. Other great songs on the album are, album opener "Desperation", the catchy "Rock City", the hard rocking "Overdrive", "Tokyo Rose" and "Gypsy Queen". Really superb classic Hard Rock/early Metal. Rock City features top-notch songwriting, wailing vocals, great riffs and catchy-as-hell hooks from start to finish.
Riot recorded one of the heaviest American Hard Rock albums of its time, that never got the recognition it deserved. It's a great album, well worth hearing.
#30 Riot - Rock City (1977)
#31 Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo (1978)
Never heard of this band,didn't crossover the Atlantic, will have to check them out Chris!!❤
Great choice Chris!
@@ianmcfarlane2288Hey Ian. I think you'll dig the album. Just ignore the cheesy (and mildly disturbing) cover art. ✌️
@@gaznathemoon1128Thanks gazn.
Great pick Chris ! I only learned about this in the last few years. I will have to spin it again to see if I need to add it to my list.
#30
Sweet-Give Us A Wink (1976)
While it doesn’t have any of their big hits like Fox on the Run or Set Me Free, after listening to it yesterday, I think this might be my favorite Sweet album I’ve heard so far. Andy Scott’s guitars are crushing and Brian Connolly’s vocals are impactful.
Will appear eventually on my list as well.
My pick for Day 2 (#30 in my countdown)
Kiss - Love Gun (1977)
30. Black Sabbath- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
I'll be conservative with picks by this band. This has been my favorite one ever since I was a kid; pound for pound it's their best tracklist. The title track has some standout moments with the smooth jazz bridge and the heavy, menacing breakdown. The main riff is a monstrosity as well.
Contrary to most albums, I find Bill Ward's best work is in his mid-paced range here. Tony's solos and guitar dubs are quite good, as are the riffs. Speaking of, my favorite riff is on the next song, A National Acrobat. Everything about this song I like- the main riff, verses, the wah pedal breakdown and the dreamy tangent just after. The lyrics are a bit existential as well; I'm fond of that.
People who don't know jack and something else about metal would mistake the genre's first knight in black armor with meathead, degenerate music for people drinking tomato juice in wine glasses. However, two songs in and I've mentioned musical passages that could make it a desert island record.
Fluff is a good instrumental, and Sabbra Cadabra works that intro really well into the song with Geezer's bass movements. Killing Yourself to Live is one of the best songs- reminding me that the guitar delivery on this album pleases me above average.
Who Are You may not have hoots at the end of the chorus, but it does stick out like a sore thumb. The goofy, wobbly keyboards are a grower. Looking for Today has one of Tony's best solos and the chorus is magnificent. Spiral Architect is a good closer, to bring things around full circle... or is it spiral?
I thoroughly concur on this one. It is my favorite Ozzy era Sabbath album, which is why it will be towards the top of my list.
Good analysis there. It's so hard not to put 8 Sabbath albums on the list!
Hey Gabriel. I used Sabbath Bloody Sabbath for the last series. I don't want you to worry. Those guys won't be getting cheated for this series by me. You know whats going to be nice about this go around? I'm going to be able to follow all you say almost perfectly.
Incidentally, I like the length of your last two posts.
Very fine Sabbath pick! The title track is one for the ages.
Incredible album!! Even higher on my list!!!
Blue oyster cult " spectres", good hard rock album!
Day 30: Deep Purple - In Rock
Day 31: Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
Hi Andreas. Excellent choice.
30. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (1971)
31. Rainbow - Down To Earth (1979)
30. Mountain - Climbing!) 1970. Mississippi Queen still a stomper today.
Cheap Trick - Dream Police , great cover
Sabotage -Black Sabbath. Management problems plus recording or touring constantly for half-decade plus lots of drugs and it kinda shows. But the experiments that started on previous album work more often than not, plus their attacks like on 2nd half of Megalomania and the killer Symptom of the Universe rip a Hole in the Sky.
Great choice. The Writ is another fav off the album..
Symptom of the Universe is an absolute masterpiece... from the evil riff to Bill Ward's frantic drum fills, to the bossa nova segment at the end... Great album
Day 2: Rainbow - Long Live Rock and Roll
my pick #30 is
grand funk
"were an american band"
title track and black licorice my favs
cheers!!
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An awesome choice, bengal! Could it be on my list? Hmm... have to wait and see. 🎶💜💜
@@weirddebbiem1619thanx , with you thats a pretty good clue lol💜💜
Hey bengal, great pick!
@@bengalgangster Maybe? 🤣🎶💜💜
Hi Bengal. Fantastic choice. I have them on my list also with this album.
Today’s pick: IN ROCK by DEEP PURPLE. (1970) This album will be on just about everyone’s list by the time this series is through and for excellent reasons. D.P. Mark II kicks off their career together with what’s considered by many to be their best album and perhaps the best rock (not just hard rock) album of the 1970’s. I bought this album with money I received mowing lawns back then. Albums ranged from $3.49 to $3.99 then. I had 4 lawns to mow at $5.00 a pop. Every cent was spent on records. The music I listened to during the 60’s and 70’s are part of my DNA. No need to go through the tunes here as they’re all superb hard rockers. I just listened to the CD version which is better than the original vinyl because it includes “Black Night”
Excellent choice Andy! As it's Deep Purple, ya just gotta know that this one is going to figure significantly higher on my list, later this month!
Nice pick, Andy. First hard rock album I bought, back in 1970, and still my favourite.
@@garyh.238 Hey Gary. I know that if you just let it all hang out for this series, every Deep Purple album released in the 70's would be on your pick list. Temperance my friend, TEMPERANCE! If I was ranking albums then, "In Rock" would be coming much later in my picks. Instead, I'm methodically going through favorite albums year by year starting from 1970 and ending up in 1979.
@@andymudrock322 Hey Andy, I will try to restrain myself. If I was to go into my Purple collection for this month, between all the studio, live and unofficial releases; I could fill about half the list! I might bust the 2 album limit on Purple....maybe I will go to 3 for them. It's going to be real hard to do though.
Excellent pick Andy. It's amazing how those of us who grew up in the '70s had the same experiences. I mowed lawns for 5 bucks a pop and spent most of my money on records also. Of course In Rock is on my list, it's just coming up much later. Happy Fourth Of July 🎇🇺🇸
#30-Trapeze- You Are The Music...We're Just The Band
#30. ACDC if you want blood you got it live album. Its Bon Scott vocals at his best. Loud heavy and rythm and blues rock and roll! And of course, blistering Angus Young solos. 👍👍🤟🤟
A day late, here are my first two random picks:-
#31 High Tide-High Tide, only three tracks and only 32 minutes long, not as heavy as their debut Sea Shanties(1969),What Is!
#30 Cactus-Cactus, the album opener Parchman Farm is killer, some great guitar throughout and that fuzz bass on Oleo, wow!
Hey Michael, WOW!! Great random picks!! Love that High Tide LP. Yeah, and I used to think Blue Cheer did the best "Parchman Farm" until I heard Cactus' version. Jim McCarty is so underrated. Rusty Day, what a great voice. Good to see you back. Hope your Sunday is an excellent one.
@@kevinconnell3896 Thanks Kevin, yes Jim McCarty, he has such a great tone, i think he could give Jimmy a run for his money.
Great pick Pete, Today and yesterday I'm going with Uriah Heep Demons & Wizards & Led Zep 3 LP's which both rocked on in different ways back in the day..
Great pick!
31) Starz S/T debut (saw them on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and got out and bought this)
30). Mahogany Rush - World Anthem (saw them open for Nazareth coincidentally, among others)
Great pick, love Nazareth. My choice today is "Fly By Night" the second studio album by Rush, released on February 14, 1975.
A top 5 band for me, what I would call a hard rock album #30 with Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg UFO'S No Heavy Petting. Another one from 1976. A great album.
Tried to do the rules as Pete has stated. For me it would be impossible. I'm just limited to the bands and albums that I'm comfortable posting. I don't want to include an album just because I'm familiar with the hits and know nothing about the deep cuts. That is not really my favorite. So my solution is to use 3 choices in certain cases and I did choose some live albums as well. Yeah, and I have to use Rush.
Sorry for the long winded explanation. I probably take this way too serious than some. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have to play catch up from yesterday, so...
30) Rush - Rush
31) Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
#30 Studio album: Foreigner "Head Games" (1979)
Live album: Slade "Slade Alive Vol Two" (1978)
Hi ramon. Excellent choice
MY # 30 DEEP PURPLE -IN ROCK 😎😎
Hi Rob. Excellent choice. I had them listed yesterday.
I will go with Rush. "Caress of Steel"
Mountain - Climbing! - certified gold climbed up to number 17: on the album charts... contains the contagious heavy metal rocker hit single " Mississippi Queen" which made it to 21 on Billboard s hot 100. Critics compared their sound to Eric Clapton's Cream and gave the album 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.
Hi Jenna. Excellent choice
Picked it too Jenna Great album all through it.
Great choice, Melanie.
Hi Zlatan thanks
30. Rush - Fly by Night (1975)
31. Scorpions - Virgin Killer (1976)
Nice pick
Heat in the street.. Pat Travers Band..
What an album... as a British kid, growing up in the late 70's and early 80's, I was keen to check into US and Canadian bands.. and this is one of the greatest.. heavy, melodic and brilliantly produced.
Nazareth is a great choice, but for me it'll be later in the month
Phil UK
30. Rory Gallagher - Top priority
31. Birth Control - Operation
Great pick Daniel ! I thought of this one or Photo-Finish as Rory’s hardest rocking two albums.
One of my favorite tones ever... Rory here was playing licks with a unique sonic texture. Pinch harmonics all over the place
@@richardbooth6063definitely!
@@gabriellarrubia1006Oh yes!
My 30th favorite hard rock/metal album of the 70's is T. Rex - Electric Warrior (Sept 21, 1971).
I didn't include any live albums and limited myself to two per band.
Full List:
31) Scorpions - Taken by Force (Dec 4, 1977)
30) T. Rex - Electric Warrior (Sept 21, 1971)
#30 Scorpions - In Trance
One of the great album covers
30- Kiss - Kiss 1974
THIRTY-ONE GREAT HARD ROCK or METAL ALBUMS of the 1970s
Day two: Rainbow Bridge by Jimi Hendrix
Day one: New York Dolls by New York Dolls
(Limit one album per artist and presented in no particular order)
Pick 30 is Toys in the attic from Aerosmith.
Any party back when this album came out came to a stop as EVERYBODY yelled out the words to “Hair of the Dog” at the top of our lungs!
Im going to choose Armageddon from 1975, the one and only album this band ever made featuring the wonderful Keith Relf, this was to be hes last release before hes untimely passing. I believe Pete has spoken about this album on one of hes previous shows
Outstanding album!!!
@@ayeatropoulos1 100% agree with you, Relf sounds great on that album, not bad for a guy with chronic Asthma, he gave it everything he had
Fantastic album. Loved Keith Relf from his Yardbirds days.
Good pick. Picked it last month for one of my prog picks.
No Rush lol That is cool Pete , I get the reasoning fully
I hit "like" when I got to "produced by Manny Charlton" because I knew where this was going, though not which album. My favorites of theirs are probably Rampant and No Mean City, but Hair of the Dog is great too, and probably third. Nazareth is *so* underrated.
Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak
Hi gazn. Excellent choice.
Hey Gazn, fantastic call.
Amazing TL album, gazn!
Fine Lizzy pick Gazn!
Excellent choice, gazn.
Great choice, i have Hair of the Dog at place number 8 on my list.
My List updated for today...
#31 "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC.
#30 "Fly by Night" by Rush.
#30 on my list is EUCLID -- "HEAVY EQUIPMENT" from 1970. Nine deafening and pummeling hard psych rock tracks. The Maine quartet's only LP (dissolved when guitarist Gary Leavitt died in a road accident). Full album on YT.
A great album and a terrific pick, I have it on MP3 which is the way I have most of these late 60's/early 70's Hard Rock masterpieces that I discovered late. Nice Kevin!
Sounds tantalizing Kevin! Will bookmark it for a listen here.
Good morning Kevin. I don’t know your choice. Didn’t I tell you that you’ve got some rules to follow stop picking these far out albums and bands…..lol
Another great choice Kevin.
Hey Kevin. I'm not familiar with Euclid, but you make them sound worth checking out.
Today I go with the first STRAY album. Searing guitar solos, all tracks are excellent
Today's pick is The Stooges "Funhouse"
The second release by the band and the results were smouldering,due largely in part to Ron Asheton's guitar playing. Tracks "Down On The Street" and "Dirt" provide a napalm slow burn,while "Loose","1970", and T.V.Eye",explode out of the speakers! Singer Iggy Pop howls like one tortured soul using lyric articulation as an effect! Definetly a situation where the cover art accurately represents the music contained within. Released to an uncaring reception,the album would become hugely influential in the years and decades to come! A moment captured, and never to duplicated again by the band or any of it's members!
Excellent band/album Kevin!!:)
@@gaznathemoon1128 Thanks gaznathemoon!!
hey kevin great pick, this is on my list, down on the street is my fav stooges song 🐯
@@bengalgangster Sweet bengal! I will be looking for it!
Hi Kevin L. Excellent article.
There were rumors in 1978 that opening act Van Halen was blowing Sabbath off the stage on their tour. I was about to find out at the Oakland Coliseum. VH was already approaching hugeness due to the debut album. It wasn't a debacle, Sabbath was great that night, but yes, VH had an high-energy aura, and Sabbath in its original iteration would soon implode. My pick is Van Halen, the debut, with shouts to "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" and "Runnin' With the Devil," game changers.
My choice today is *Funhouse* by The Stooges. This is a record I only started listening to quite late in life and am I glad I did. It is a primal shot of antisocial rock energy straight into the vein. Loud, raucous, savage, mean and lean, this is an incredible sounding album that slams itself into your brain and dances up and down in your skull. What effect it must have had in 1970, I dread to think. Next to this, The Rolling Stones sound like The New Seekers and Iggy Stooge makes Mick Jagger seem as threatening as James Last. Bands are always said to be ‘ahead of their time’, but in this case it’s actually true. ‘Down on the Street’, ‘Dirt’, ‘T.V. Eye’, ‘L.A. Blues’, this is some of the finest music you’ll ever hear and rock music’s greatest decade was only just getting started.
An often overlooked absolute classic!
Excellent write-up Patrick. I've got this coming up on my list. Iggy is in his mid-seventies and still going strong. The album he released earlier this year is killer.
What a pick!! Patrick , love this album, don't why it's not on my list!!❤
Excellent choice! I had this as well!
Great pick.
Going in reverse order:
31. In Trance - Scorpions
30. Rising - Rainbow 🌈
Stargazer is probably the most epic hard rock / metal tune I've heard. A must have album because the rest is killer as well. Stargazer is one if the next songs I will noodle around and learn on my Bass, so needless to say, rest of my list will be heavy Bass centered.
Which means Pete (spoiler) .... RUSH will appear 3X and you nailed it the albums you briefly mentioned. Good decision on your part since you do discuss RUSH quite a bit, even I tune out on a "RUSH gush" every once in a while. 🤣
As for Hair of the Dog, excellent front to back and will show up on my list soon.
Hair of the Dog was my pick yesterday. Today I choose a band that is probably on the border between rock and hard rock, the Australian band The Angels with their album from 1978 Face to Face
Cool pick Peter. Another great Aussie band!
Hair of the Dog is a Killer Album!
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Hi David. Excellent choice
30. Kiss - Destroyer
31. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
My #30 is "Strange Flavour" from the British band Agnes Strange, released in 1975
Day 30. UFO - Phenomenon (1974)
Day 31. Scorpions - Taken by Force (1977)
Nazareth is my favorite Band of all I have been Listning to Nazareth since 1972 I was 12 years old
Styx - Pieces of Eight.
Fantastic choice. Also on my list later in the month.
#30. Lovedrive - Scorpions
Love it!
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#30 Aeroblus - Aeroblus (1977)
Only album by this trio of 2 Argentine musicians (Pappo on guitars and Alejandro Medina on Bass) and 1 Brazilian (Rolando Castello Jr. on Drums). Hard Rock pioneer with a heavy touch in Argentina. Due to the military dictatorship and political violence, it dissolved quickly, leaving this mythical album.
31 Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Albums of the 1970's
#30 Aeroblus - Aeroblus (1977)
#31 KISS - Destroyer
Love the 70s Nazareth stuff. The alternate to Love Hurts, My White Bicycle, on the European release was a big hit in Europe. Personally, I like Expect No Mercy a little bit more.