What are your favorite albums from 1976

Of course!!!

 

Bob Dylan - Desire
David Bowie - Station to Station
Ramones - st
The Residents - The Third Reich 'n' Roll
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Magma - Üdü Ẁüdü
Camel - Moonmadness
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rastaman Vibration
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Rush - 2112
Heldon - Agneta Nilsson
Klaus Schulze - Moondawn
Soft Machine - Softs
Arlo Guthrie - Amigo
Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AU)
Can - Flow Motion
La Düsseldorf -st
Cluster - Sowiesoso
The Irish Rovers - Children of the Unicorn
Popol Vuh - Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte
Peter Tosh - Legalize It

 

songs in the key of life........76 might be the weakest year of the 70's....a lot of ...uhhhhh and pop.

 

Mike
There is nothing weak in those reggae albums that I and others have posted above.
Explore those.
Thx.

 

10cc, How Dare You!
John Hammond, Solo
Bob Dylan, Desire
Led Zeppelin, Presence
Bob Marley, Rastaman Vibration
Genesis, A Trick Of The Tail

 

Forgot:

Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy

 

My '76 Top 10:

Brand X - "Unorthodox Behaviour"
Genesis - "A Trick of the Tail"
Led Zeppelin - "The Song Remains the Same"
Pat Metheny - "Bright Size Life"
Joni Mitchell - "Hejira"
The Modern Lovers - "The Modern Lovers"
Jaco Pastorius - "Jaco Pastorius"
Steely Dan - "The Royal Scam"
Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
Stevie Wonder - "Songs in the Key of Life"

 

I forgot that one also......my bad.

 

Go was an amazing album, Al Dimeola should have been on the cover.

 

"Hasten Down The Wind" Linda Ronstadt
"Don't Stop Believin' Olivia Newton-John
"Children Of The World" Bee Gees
"For Seasons Of Love" Donna Summer
"Arrival" ABBA
"Rocks" Aerosmith
"Greatest Hits" Eagles

Before my time. These are the only albums from 1976 I ever bought! I'm surprised......... I only have two of these now. Care to guess?

 

Thinking back to 1976 for me it was all about Destroyer. I damn near listened to it every day.

 

Quite a few mentioned already:


Ramones _ Ramones
Presence _ Led Zeppelin
New World Record _ ELO
Black & Blue _ Rolling Stones
The Modern Lovers _ The Modern Lovers
Fly Like an Eagle _ Steve Miller Band
Desire _ Bob Dylan
s/t _ Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Station to Station _ David Bowie
Hotel California _ Eagles
Hejira _ Joni Mitchell

 

forgot 'Whistling down the wire' - Crosby and Nash

 

Abba-Arrival
Olivia Newton John-Come On Over and Don't Stop Believin
Linda Ronstadt-Hasten Down The Wind

 

Can't go past Blondie's self titled debut. A classic little pop album and greatly under appreciated.

 

Bowie - Station To Station
Bob Dylan - Desire
Marvin Gaye - I Want You
Jeanette - Porque Te Vas
Tom Waits - Small Change

 

Well, this was Pat with Jaco and Bob Moses. The first PMG release was 1978, IIRC.

 

• Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
• The Alan Parsons Project - Songs Of Mystery And Imagination
• Bob James - Three
• Box Scaggs - Silk Degrees
• The Eagles - Hotel California
• Genesis - Trick Of The Tail
• George Benson - Breezin
• Jackson Browne - The Pretender
• Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
• Joni Mitchell - Heijira
• Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man
• Nils Lofgren - Cry Tough
• Peter Tosh - Legalize It
• Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
• Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes
• Weather Report - Black Market
• Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon

 

KMET and KLOS out of Los Angeles were playing some great music in 76. The vinyl I played a lot;
Bowies Station to Station
Steely Dan Royal Scam
Ian Hunter All American Alien Boy
Jeff Beck Wired
Return to Forever Romantic Warrior
Winwood, Yamashta, Shreive, DiMeola "GO"

 

Max Romeo "War in a Babylon"

 

1. The Ramones - Ramones
   
2. Aerosmith - Rocks
3. Kansas - Leftoverture
4. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
5. AC/DC - High Voltage (US)
6. Led Zeppelin - Presence
7. Ted Nugent - Dog Eat Dog

 

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Rocks - Aerosmith
2112 - Rush
Rainbow Rising - Rainbow
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy

 

Not into Reggae.