GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1978

[The Ozzman]

1. Rush - Hemispheres

That would definitely be mine if I could list a sufficient number of albums from this year. Great record. Best 70s era Rush album.

This may get some life back into this board haha

 

[Talos of Atmora]

1. Rush - Hemispheres

Damn right.

 

[Sirjack]

ah man count me in ...78 was a killer year
i'll come up with a list soonish

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Great year to kick things off on.

1. Rush - Hemispheres
2. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
3. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
4. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
5. Penetration - Moving Targets
6. Peter Hammill - The Future Now
7. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
8. Chaka Khan - Chaka
9. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto
10. Quazar - Quazar

Probably subject to change. I don't usually evaluate albums of different genres against each other, so I feel like 5 through 10 could almost just as easily be flipped around.

Funkadelic, my brother. Outta sight.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

hopefully some crossover:

1. The Misfits - Bullet
2. Sun Ra - Disco 3000
3. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
4. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
5. Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits
6. Thomas Leer - Private Plane / International
7. Michel Chion - Requiem
8. 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] - Mignonne
9. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
10. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - Préludes · Volume 1

 

[Bloopy]

In no country's game we've tended to figure out for ourselves whether to include an album or not. As long as nobody's using the same albums across both games it should be ok. And even if they do, any goofs can be excluded from a final tally so they'd just be wasting their own time.

The reason I ask is because there's only 12 heavy metal albums listed on RYM. Either they should be allowed or there should a "banned" list to avoid lack of clarity.

https://rateyourmusic.com/customcha...=both&origin_countries=&limit=none&countries=

I think that Quiet Riot album is more on the rock/'non-metal' side, but I'm not a fan anyway. Conversely, I'd consider keeping the likes of Budgie - Impeckable off my list here with the hope of sneaking it onto a metal list later. It's not their heaviest by any means but it has some parts that compete with the metal of the time:



Similar case with Bow Wow - Guarantee:

 

[Burkhard]

I won't be able to participate in this round. The only artists whose music I really enjoyed in the 70ies were Elvis and Abba. Later on, I also discovered early Genesis, Nektar and Kate Bush. It's nice to see the latter has already appeared in three lists. If I could come up with the minimum number of albums to participate, I would most likely put "The Kick Inside" at no. 1.

 

[Sirjack]

1 ac/dc - powerage
2 jethro tull - heavy horses
3 u.k - u.k
4 flora purim - everyday everynight
5 brand x - masques
6 frank zappa - studio tan
7 al di meola - casino
8 bill bruford - feels good to me
9 weather report - mr gone
10 dixie dregs - what if

 

[Sirjack]

fucking fantastic year - that was really difficult , theres loads of great albums that l could swap out but these are the albums from that year l probably go back to the most.

 

[CiG]

@Funerary_Doom need more of your killer taste in music pal.

Also @Satanstoenail @H.P. Lovecraft @Talos of Atmora @crimsonfloyd are you guys planning to do this?

 

[Talos of Atmora]

@CASSETTEISGOD I am. Just finalizing some of my picks for the list.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

@Funerary_Doom need more of your killer taste in music pal.

Having a hard time controlling my impulses over at the GMD section but I’ll pop in here a little later today

 

[Bloopy]

1. Budgie - Impeckable
2. The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
3. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
4. Art Bears - Hopes and Fears
5. Throbbing Gristle - D.o.A.
6. Sham 69 - That's Life
7. Ivo Malec - Triola
8. Blondie - Parallel Lines
9. Pierre Schaeffer - Le Trièdre Fertile
10. Trevor Wishart - Red Bird: A Political Prisoner's Dream

Kept Budgie in and made a couple of discoveries to buff it up. I could tell just by the front cover that I was gonna like this one:

 

[CiG]

Great choices.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

@Funerary_Doom need more of your killer taste in music pal.

Also @Satanstoenail @H.P. Lovecraft @Talos of Atmora @crimsonfloyd are you guys planning to do this?

Maybe. While I like the idea, I have no idea when I’m gonna have time to back and listen to these albums when also reviewing band discographies and doing the metal annuals. That already takes up a lot of my music listening time. However, the timeframe is massive, so maybe.

 

[CiG]

You should, there really doesn't seem to be a wealth of users who listen to enough non-metal here. But I understand.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Also @Satanstoenail @H.P. Lovecraft @Talos of Atmora @crimsonfloyd are you guys planning to do this?

Yeah, when I've got time.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

I might do this. Incredible year.

 

[CiG]

I hope so, a nice dose of non-metal autism will really help this game.

 

[CiG]

Bump.