The Long List
The musical bounty of 1975 necessitated hard choices. The 15 above were judged most essential. But there are certainly more that merit consideration. What follows is a list of well-deserved contenders from the same year that some would also deem classic, depending on their taste.
Steely Dan: Katy Lied; Little Feat: The Last Record Album; Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti; Bob Dylan and The Band: The Basement Tapes; Donald Byrd: Places and Spaces; Archie Shepp: There's Trumpet in My Soul; Louis Jordan: The Best of Louis Jordan; Tom Waits: Nighthawks at the Diner; Parliament: Mothership Connection; ELO: Face the Music; Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac; Queen: A Night at the Opera; Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow; ZZ Top: Fandango; Kiss: Alive; Wings: Venus and Mars; Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic; Patti Smith: Horses; Hall and Oates: Hall and Oates; Budgie: Bandolier; The Who: The Who by Numbers; Kansas: Masque; Elton John: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy; Pleasure: Dust Yourself Off; Roxy Music: Siren; Joni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns; Anthony Braxton: Five Pieces 1975; Bad Company: Straight Shooter; Charles Mingus: Changes One and Changes Two; The Marshall Tucker Band: Searchin' for a Rainbow; Rush: Fly by Night; Miles Davis: Agharta; The Kinks: Schoolboys in Disgrace.
The musical bounty of 1975 necessitated hard choices. The 15 above were judged most essential. But there are certainly more that merit consideration. What follows is a list of well-deserved contenders from the same year that some would also deem classic, depending on their taste.
Steely Dan: Katy Lied; Little Feat: The Last Record Album; Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti; Bob Dylan and The Band: The Basement Tapes; Donald Byrd: Places and Spaces; Archie Shepp: There's Trumpet in My Soul; Louis Jordan: The Best of Louis Jordan; Tom Waits: Nighthawks at the Diner; Parliament: Mothership Connection; ELO: Face the Music; Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac; Queen: A Night at the Opera; Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow; ZZ Top: Fandango; Kiss: Alive; Wings: Venus and Mars; Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic; Patti Smith: Horses; Hall and Oates: Hall and Oates; Budgie: Bandolier; The Who: The Who by Numbers; Kansas: Masque; Elton John: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy; Pleasure: Dust Yourself Off; Roxy Music: Siren; Joni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns; Anthony Braxton: Five Pieces 1975; Bad Company: Straight Shooter; Charles Mingus: Changes One and Changes Two; The Marshall Tucker Band: Searchin' for a Rainbow; Rush: Fly by Night; Miles Davis: Agharta; The Kinks: Schoolboys in Disgrace.
