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Silver Dagger
1968 - Electric Ladyland. Sonically and songwise streets ahead of anything else.
1969 - Let It Bleed. Abbey Road runs a close second but is let down by a few duffers on side 1.
1971 - Sticky Fingers/Who's Next tie at No 1.
1972 - Exile On Main Street. Nothing else comes near.
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slewan
hard to beat Bob Dylan's big four in a row:
Binging It All Back Home / Highway 61 Revisited / Blonde On Blonde / John Wesley Harding
How about Stevie Wonder's Big Four?
Talking Book
Innervisions
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Songs in the Key of Life
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peoplewitheyes
Tommy, live at Leeds, Who's Next, Quadrophenia
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EddieByword
GHS, Black and Blue, Some girls and Undercover..................
I know this will seem heretical but I would have preferred some surgery on the original GHS and adding the three new cuts which I love.
Had that occurred, we'd be referring to that period as the BIG FIVE.
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Big Al
Good post, Silver Dagger.
I feel Let it Bleed just edges Abbey Road, too.
I think Sticky Fingers and Who's Next are quite evenly matched, yet the former is just a teeny weeny bit weaker, for me. It's mightily close, though. Actually, 1971 is probably the year for landmark, 'classic rock' releases.
I suspect you're right regarding 1972. Aside from Dark Side of the Moon, I can't think, offhand, what other seminal releases there were.
Hi Al,
Dark Side Of The Moon was taken on the road by the Floyd in 72 but the album came out in 73.
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peoplewitheyes
Sorry Big Al, I guess I misunderstood your question...
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Big Al
I’ve been pondering: are the Stones’ ‘Big Four’ necessarily the best L.P. releases of their respective year. For example: is Beggars Banquet a greater release than The Beatles (White Album)? How does Let it Bleed hold-up against the mighty Abbey Road? For myself, it’s Sticky Fingers that poses the dilemma. I really think it’s such a tremendous record, but I partly feel that Who’s Next is a stronger release. Everything is subjective of course, and your favourite may not even be one of the 1968-1972 releases. It may be Some Girls, for instance; but how does that compare to Darkness on the Edge of Town?
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Pietro
I'm not an Elton John fan, but I couldn't help but notice how his music dominated the radio when I was in high school in the years 1972-1976. He was everywhere. An Elton John fan -- again, not me -- could argue that Elton John's five albums in the years 1972-1975 rivaled any run by any other group. These five albums appearing one after the other were all #1 in the U.S.:
Honky Chateau (1972)
Don't Shoot Me I'm the Piano Player (1973)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Caribou (1974)
Capt. Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
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rayrad
if we're talking 'big 4's from that period, how about:
happy sad (1969)
blue afternoon (1969)
lorca (1970)
starsailor (1970)
talk about a progression!