GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1971

[Serjeant Grumbles]

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Obviously make sure to hit up RYM yourself and search your favourite genres.

The deadline is 8th of February 2018.

The rules:
- submit at least 5 releases.
- first place in your rankings gets 10 points, 2nd gets 9, etcetc, 10th gets 1.
- feel free to post more than 10, but only the top 10 will get points.
- feel free to post less than 10, the same scoring will apply.
- feel free not to rank your picks, in which case all ten picks will get 5.5 points.

GNMD = General Non-Metal Discussion, so NO METAL ALBUMS are to be included in anybody's list.

 

[CiG]

...god damn it.

 

[Slammed]

What did Deep Purple release in '71?

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Fireball

 

[Slammed]

1. Fireball - Deep Purple

 

[CiG]

1. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

 

[Slammed]

Shit I didn't realise that was 71 too. The choice is too hard I'll have to post an unordered list.

Deep Purple - Fireball
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

 

[CiG]

1. Tudor Lodge - Tudor Lodge
2. Comus - First Utterance
3. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
4. Hawkwind - In Search of Space
5. Steeleye Span - Please to See the King
6. Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
7. America - America
8. Bridget St John - Songs for the Gentle Man
9. Joni Mitchell - Blue
10. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

HM:

Carole King - Tapestry
Yes - Fragile
King Crimson - Islands
UFO - UFO 2: Flying
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Genesis - Nursery Cryme



<3

 

[Slammed]

1. Neil Diamond - Stones
2. Aztecs - The Hoax Is Over
3. Don McLean - American Pie
4. ZZ Top - ZZ Top's First Album
5. Alice Cooper - Love It to Death
6. Wishbone Ash – Pilgrimage
7. The Masters Apprentices - Choice Cuts
8. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [IV]
9. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
10. Jack Bruce - Harmony Row

 

[CiG]

You ever get into Kahvas Jute?

 

[Slammed]

No but having a look at the wiki I might have to check them out

 

[CiG]

Good stuff.

 

[Slammed]

yes it is

 

[CiG]

One of those albums I discovered through just buying any CD Aztec Music reissued. Booklet was chock full of liner notes and stuff, really cool.

 

[Slammed]

Bob Daisley has done some cool shit in his time

 

[HamburgerBoy]

PRELIM

1. Yes - Fragile
2. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Alice Cooper - Love It to Death
Alice Cooper - Killer
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
Curtis - Roots
Comus - First Utterance
Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice And Rats In The Loft
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
The Stylistics - The Stylistics
King Crimson - Islands
Honey Cone - Sweet Replies
Bill Withers - Just as I Am
Shuggie Otis - Freedom Flight
Birth Control - Operation
Moondog - Moondog 2
Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story - The Living Legend
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
Yes - The Yes Album
Budgie - Budgie
Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
The Who - Who's Next
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band - Evolution
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Mirror Man
David Bowie - Hunky Dorie

I meant to listen to Surf's Up years ago because of a song posted in one of the mixtape games but never did. Can't remember if I've heard Dust's S/T or not but should listen to it as well. Others in the list could also use a relisten though I think the upper half is solid-ish.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Just gonna do these lists as soon as they post, and if I have time to go back and relisten to shit, great, if not, well... there's a lot of fucking game threads going on.

1. Marvin Gaye- What's Going On?
2. King Crimson- Islands
3. Jethro Tull- Aqualung
4. Curtis Mayfield- Roots
5. Van Der Graaf Generator- Pawn Hearts
6. Joni Mitchell- Blue
7. Led Zeppelin- IV
8. Mahavishnu Orchestra- The Inner Mounting Flame
9. Pink Floyd- Meddle
10. Funkadelic- Maggot Brain

 

[Kjetill Flatnose]

1. THE DOORS - L.A. Woman
2. URIAH HEEP - Salisbury
3. DAVID BOWIE - Hunky Dory
4. THIN LIZZY - Thin Lizzy
5. BLACK SABBATH - Master of Reality
6. URIAH HEEP - Look at Yourself
7. THE DOORS - Other Voices
8. HAWKWIND - In Search of Space
9. ISAAC HAYES - Shaft
10. JOHNNY CASH - Man in Black

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

1. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
2. Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
3. Johnny Cash - Man in Black
4. Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
5. Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I
6. John Coltrane - Sun Ship
7. Merle Haggard - Hag
8. George Jones - With Love
9. Françoise Hardy - La question
10. Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite

Interesting year. Solid for prog, jazz and country.

 

[CiG]

5. BLACK SABBATH - Master of Reality