GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1978

[H.P. Lovecraft]

My top 10 for this year in no real order.

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Rush - Hemispheres
Albert Collins - Ice Pickin'
The Who - Who Are You
Ramones - Road To Ruin
Bob Marley - Kaya
Ted Nugent - Weekend Warriors
Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
AC/DC - Powerage
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)

 

[Talos of Atmora]

@CASSETTEISGOD Wait, Budgie counts?

 

[CiG]

Damn I didn't even catch that.

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

1. Budgie - Impeckable

Bruh.

 

[Bloopy]

I said I'd consider keeping the album out. It was just the first debatable example that came to mind. But when I re-listened to the album in full I decided it's not even as heavy as Rush - Hemispheres and so I kept it on this side of the fence. Note I never claimed it's a 'metal album'. It's a hard rock album. Even if I chose not to list it, I'd still argue that others should be allowed to list it here if they want to.

 

[CiG]

I'll let people in here debate whether Budgie should count as non-metal, personally I don't think it should.

 

[Bloopy]

As long as we're considering bands on an album by album basis so we can navigate the likes of English Dogs and Suicidal Tendencies.

 

[Omni]

1. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
2. Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream
3. Wire - Chairs Missing
4. Rush - Hemispheres
5. Harold Budd - The Pavilion of Dreams
6. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
7. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
8. Mandy Morton & Spriguns - Magic Lady
9. Magazine - Real Life
10. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses

 

[CiG]

Great list, we share some choices too.

 

[The Ozzman]

This seems rather difficult to get a top 10 with so many various genres. Would it be better to narrow it down to a list for each genre?

 

[Talos of Atmora]

1. Rush - Hemispheres
2. Al Di Meola - Casino
3. Wishbone Ash - No Smoke Without Fire
4. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
5. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto
6. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
7. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
8. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch-Maschine
9. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
10. Ramones - Road to Ruin

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

I'll let people in here debate whether Budgie should count as non-metal, personally I don't think it should.

Budgie are most definitely metal. Like a badass cross between Black Sabbath and Rush.

 

[Bloopy]

Budgie are most definitely metal. Like a badass cross between Black Sabbath and Rush.

On average, yes. But by their 6th album If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules they'd dialled it down a bit and were more like a cross between The Who and Rush. Impeckable is more like Led Zeppelin without the folky stuff, and doesn't have anything as metal as the heaviest bits on Zep's debut. Their 3rd softest album is probably You're All Living In Cuckooland which is more alternative rock (and would be as out of place in a metal list as CKY is). I think those 3 albums should be allowed in the non-metal rankings. The one which would be absolute borderline is Deliver Us From Evil, as it varies between AOR and songs more in the vein of Judas Priest.

Here's a video of them playing 2 songs from Impeckable at the time:

 

[Talos of Atmora]

How has Casino only been listed twice?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I've only heard Elegant Gypsy.

 

[CiG]

This seems rather difficult to get a top 10 with so many various genres. Would it be better to narrow it down to a list for each genre?

Perhaps. A punk game for example might have been more easily narrowed down.

 

[The Ozzman]

I've only heard Elegant Gypsy.

Great album

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

On average, yes. But by their 6th album If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules they'd dialled it down a bit and were more like a cross between The Who and Rush. Impeckable is more like Led Zeppelin without the folky stuff, and doesn't have anything as metal as the heaviest bits on Zep's debut. Their 3rd softest album is probably You're All Living In Cuckooland which is more alternative rock (and would be as out of place in a metal list as CKY is). I think those 3 albums should be allowed in the non-metal rankings. The one which would be absolute borderline is Deliver Us From Evil, as it varies between AOR and songs more in the vein of Judas Priest.

Here's a video of them playing 2 songs from Impeckable at the time:

Fair enough, I was making more of a general statement.

 

[Omni]

How has Casino only been listed twice?

I haven't heard the entire album or it might be on my list.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Bump since we're past the deadline and since the next round definitely needs to be made in the off topic board

 

[CiG]

I'm thinking this should be scrapped, judging by the severe lack in list overlap.