By Steve Newton
I reckon it’s time for me to head back half a century and reminisce about what was truly rockin’ in the Year of Our Lord, 1975.
I’ve listed my top 10 studio albums alphabetically by title, and included three choice tracks from each disc to help you remember how wicked they really were.
(By the way, it’s pretty shocking that half of these acts haven’t been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet. Man does that place suck.)
A Night at the Opera: Queen (“Death on Two Legs”, “You’re My Best Friend”, “39”).
Atlantic Crossing: Rod Stewart (“Three Time Loser”, “Alright For an Hour”, “Stone Cold Sober”).
Beautiful Loser: Bob Seger (“Beautiful Loser, Katmandu”, “Nutbush City Limits”).
Fighting: Thin Lizzy (“Rosalie”, “Wild One”, “Spirit Slips Away”).
Ian Hunter: Ian Hunter (“Once Bitten Twice Shy”, “3,000 Miles From Here”, “I Get So Excited”).
Outlaws: Outlaws (“Green Grass & High Tides”, “There Goes Another Love Song”, “Cry No More”).
Physical Graffiti: Led Zeppelin (“The Rover”, “In the Light”, “In My Time of Dying”).
Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow: Rainbow (“Man on the Silver Mountain”, “Black Sheep of the Family”, “Sixteenth Century Greensleeves”).
Straight Shooter: Bad Company (“Good Lovin’ Gone Bad”, “Deal With the Preacher:”, “Feel Like Making Love”).
Zuma: Neil Young & Crazy Horse (“Don’t Cry No Tears”, “Cortez the Killer”, “Lookin’ For a Love”).
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