Year by Year: The Best Albums from 1969 and Beyond

[Kcrimso]

For six years now I have been writing a series in Finnish on my favourite albums from 1969 to the present day. It's not just a series of lists, but a careful presentation of all my favourites. The series is called Vuosi vuodelta in Finnish and now I have started to translate it into English as Year by Year.

The first one (actually 2023 came out as a test run at the end of last year...) in the series is 1969. It includes King Crimson (surprise!), Soft Machine, Miles Davis and many others.

https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-1969/

And hopefully this is a two-way street; so I'd love to hear what your favourites are from 1969?

[Piskie]

I shall enjoy browsing that. And resist the temptation to produce my own list!

[Kcrimso]

I shall enjoy browsing that. And resist the temptation to produce my own list!

Resistance is futile!

[Sputnik]

I'd have included Tull's Stand Up. I like that better than most of the album you list.

Bill

[Kcrimso]

For six years now I have been writing a series in Finnish on my favourite albums from 1969 to the present day. It's not just a series of lists, but a careful presentation of all my favourites. The series is called Vuosi vuodelta in Finnish and now I have started to translate it into English as Year by Year.

The first one (actually 2023 came out as a test run at the end of last year...) in the series is 1969. It includes King Crimson (surprise!), Soft Machine, Miles Davis and many others.

https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-1969/

And hopefully this is a two-way street; so I'd love to hear what your favourites are from 1969?

Btw. Year by Year episode 2023 can be found here: https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-2023/

[Piskie]

I couldnt resist! I would have Stand Up too. Plus the two Moodies albums from that year- Let It Bleed, Changing Horses from the Incredible String Band and maybe Barrabajagal by Donovan

[Batchman]

Ah, but I can't help wondering how many of those albums you were aware of in 1969, vs. having discovered them much later. That, of course, assumes that you were alive in 1969.

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

Chicago Transit Authority
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley
Uncle Meat - Mothers Of Invention
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
Tommy - The Who
Beast
Songs For A Tailor - Jack Bruce
Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac
Crosby, Stills and Nash
A Gathering Of Promises - Bubble Puppy
Follia - Fabio Celi
Kick Out The Jams - MC5
Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention
Liege & Lief - Fairport Convention
Basket Of Light - Pentangle
Birthday Blues - Bert Jansch
Yer Album - James Gang
Taste
Oar - Skip Spence
Concerto For Group and Orchestra - Deep Purple
Willy & The Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Pretty sure these are all 1969.

[mellotron storm]

I'll give you a random ten.
Santana- Santana
John McLaughlin- Extrapolation
King Crimson- In The Court....
Chicago- Chicago Transit Authority
Can- Monster Movie
East Of Eden- Mercator Projected
Amon Duul II- Phallus Dei
Frank Zappa- Hot Rats
Axe- Music
Miles Davis- In A Silent Way

Bonus pick would be Colosseum- Valentyne Suite

[Piskie]

Oh yes- I meant to include Nick Drakes Five leaves Left as well.

[starless and bible black]

And hopefully this is a two-way street; so I'd love to hear what your favourites are from 1969?

I enjoyed reading your Favorite Album list from 1969, here's my list:

Stand!-Sly & The Family Stone
Led Zeppelin II-Led Zeppelin
In The Court Of The Crimson King-King Crimson
Kick Out The Jams-MC5
Santana-Santana
Abbey Road-The Beatles
Let It Bleed-The Rolling Stones
In A Silent Way-Miles Davis
The Chicago Transit Authority-Chicago
Tommy-The Who

[JJ88]

Three of my all-time favourites:

Elvis Presley- From Elvis In Memphis (and the various singles which did not appear here or on the follow-up)
Dusty Springfield- Dusty In Memphis
Isaac Hayes- Hot Buttered Soul

[Kcrimso]

I enjoyed reading your Favorite Album list from 1969, here's my list:

Stand!-Sly & The Family Stone
Led Zeppelin II-Led Zeppelin
In The Court Of The Crimson King-King Crimson
Kick Out The Jams-MC5
Santana-Santana
Abbey Road-The Beatles
Let It Bleed-The Rolling Stones
In A Silent Way-Miles Davis
The Chicago Transit Authority-Chicago
Tommy-The Who

Thanks for reading! Your list has some pretty nice albums.

[Kcrimso]

Time to move to 1970. First, let's look at the albums ranked 11-22: https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...of-1970-11-22/

(Top-10 coming soon!)

Again, I'd love to hear other people's picks for the best albums of the year.

[Piskie]

^^^ No! Not The End Of An Ear!

[Kcrimso]

^^^ No! Not The End Of An Ear!

Why not?

[Trane]

I shall enjoy browsing that. And resist the temptation to produce my own list!

I'll just list 5:

13 Jethro Tull Stand Up
13 King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King
13 Pentangle Basket of Light
13 Renaissance Renaissance
13 Riley, Terry A Rainbow in Curved Air
12 Beatles Abbey Road
12 Tim Buckley Lorca
12 Chicago Transit Authority Chicago Transit Authority
12 Colosseum Valentyne Suite
12 Creedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country
12 Davis, Miles In A Silent Way
12 Deep Purple Deep Purple
12 Drake, Nick Five Leaves Left
12 Fleetwood Mac Then Play On
12 Jefferson Airplane Bless It's Pointed Little Head
12 Santana Santana
12 Spirit Clear
12 Tea & Symphony An Asylum for the Musically Insane
12 Tyner, McCoy Cosmos
12 Zappa, Frank Hot Rats
11 Amon Düül II Phallus Dei
11 Blodwyn Pig Ahead Rings Out
11 Byrd, Donald Fancy Free
11 Chicago Chicago II
11 Chicken Shack 100 Ton Chicken
11 Collectors, The Grass and Wild Strawberries
11 Graham Collier Sextet Down Another Road
11 Coryell, Larry Coryell
11 Cream Goodbye
11 Driscoll, Julie 1969
11 Gale, Eddie Black Rhythm Happening
11 Golden Earring Eight Miles High
11 Grateful Dead Live / Dead
11 Harper, Roy Folkjokeopus
11 It's a Beautiful Day It's a Beautiful Day
11 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin
11 Mayall, John Turning Point
11 Melmoth La Devanture des Ivresses
11 Savoy Brown Blue Matter
11 Steamhammer MK II (aka Steamhammer)
11 Who, The Tommy
11 Williams Lifetime, Tony Emergency!
11 Young, Neil Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Kick Out The Jams-MC5
Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
Pharoah Sanders: Karma
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

[Nijinsky Hind]

1970

I was a Freshman in High school in 1970 and many of these did not come to
my attention until 72 to 75. Brainticket I only found recently.

Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath- paranoid
King Crimson -Wake of Poseidon and Lizard
Doors-Morrison Hotel
T.Rex-T.Rex
WHO-Live at Leeds
Hawkwind-Hawkwind
Led Zeppelin-III
Bowie- Man who sold the world
ELP-ELP
Delfonics-Delfonics (I know)
Yes-Time and a word
Jethro Tull-Benefit
Brainticket-Cottonwood Hill
KINKS -Lola vs moneygoround
Grateful Dead- Workingmans Dead
Jesus Christ superstar... (I liked it)

[Kcrimso]

The latest in the Year by Year series is now ready. Introducing the top-10 of 1970. Including King Crimson, Miles Davis, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Van der Graaf Generator and others.

https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-1970/

What are your favourites of the year?

[Batchman]

The latest in the Year by Year series is now ready. Introducing the top-10 of 1970. Including King Crimson, Miles Davis, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Van der Graaf Generator and others.

https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...lbums-of-1970/

Just to let you know: the links to the reviews of Brain Salad Surgery and H to He Who Am the Only One are not correct (they are linking to other reviews). And there's no link to the full review of Third.

One of the paragraphs of your summary of Ptah, The El Daoud is still in Finnish.

What are your favourites of the year?

Wouldn't this be more accurately titled "Year by Year: Best Prog Albums of 1970" (or maybe Best Prog or Jazz ...)? Because if I were to put together a list of the best albums (or my favorites) of 1970, I'd certainly include Bridge over Troubled Water, John Barleycorn Must Die, Deja Vu, Workingman's Dead, etc.

[Kcrimso]

Just to let you know: the links to the reviews of Brain Salad Surgery and H to He Who Am the Only One are not correct (they are linking to other reviews). And there's no link to the full review of Third.

Ugh... I will fix those. Thanks! But hopefully there was nothing about Brain Salad Surgery!

[Batchman]

Ugh... I will fix those. Thanks! But hopefully there was nothing about Brain Salad Surgery!

Oops, I meant ELP s/t, not BSS. (Coincidentally I was reading a review of BSS just published on the bestclassicbands.com site)

[Kcrimso]

Wouldn't this be more accurately titled "Year by Year: Best Prog Albums of 1970" (or maybe Best Prog or Jazz ...)? Because if I were to put together a list of the best albums (or my favorites) of 1970, I'd certainly include Bridge over Troubled Water, John Barleycorn Must Die, Deja Vu, Workingman's Dead, etc.

That would not be appropriate for the whole series. I'm not going to limit myself to any particular genre, although my 1970 favourites are largely prog and jazz.

[Batchman]

That would not be appropriate for the whole series. I'm not going to limit myself to any particular genre, although my 1970 favourites are largely prog and jazz.

That's eminently reasonable. If that truly reflects your tastes, and you like mostly prog, go with it.

[Kcrimso]

The Year by Year series moves to 2024, featuring my favourites from 11-20, including The Smile, Jon Anderson, John Zorn and Nik Bärtsch's Ronin.

https://pienemmatpurot.com/year-by-y...2024-part-one/