Best Albums of 1975

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1.

Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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"This used to be my favorite record, and honestly I still don't really understand how someone couldn't like it. Of course opinions are subjective, but what is to dislike about this record? Even the longer tracks, which some more casual listeners don't find enjoyable in general, are made in the fas...""This used to be my favorite record, and honestly I still don't really understand how someone couldn't like it. Of course opinions are subjective, but what is to dislike about this record? Even the longer tracks, which some more casual listeners don't find enjoyable in general, are made in the fashion of Pink Floyd, which, for some reason, people have always been more partial to in accepting longer form tracks (think about the popularity of Comfortably Numb). The lyrics are the best of any Pink Floyd record. They are flooding with emotion. These themes were only brought further to the forefront of Water's mind when Syd Barret himself came and visited them during the production of the album. The eulogy to his legacy, as well as the love song of friendship that is the title track both are gems and some of the best songs I've ever heard. The other two songs are biting criticisms of the music industry; sarcasm seeps into every part of the vocals during the track 'Have a Cigar'. This album is amazing, from the beginning until the end. It is Pink Floyd's magnum opus. Hand down."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

3,034 charts

Rank Score:

42,189

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 91 (4,096 votes)

Comments:

316

2.

Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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"1 December 2013 "Blood On The Tracks". It's an album almost synonymous with maturity and the absolute expression of all the nuances of love and loss. It's an album that I notice I love more and more as my life ticks along. When I first heard it at the age of 12 I didn't get it. I didn't see what ...""1 December 2013 "Blood On The Tracks". It's an album almost synonymous with maturity and the absolute expression of all the nuances of love and loss. It's an album that I notice I love more and more as my life ticks along. When I first heard it at the age of 12 I didn't get it. I didn't see what was so great about it. And even now to this day, I feel their is a more relatable feeling I get from his 60s music. I am 24 years old as I write this. Dylan was 21 and 24 when he made my other 2 favorite albums of his. Is that all it comes down to? Perhaps. As for this album, well it's a legendary piece of art. It transcends my amateur description. There are just so many themes and details and emotions that are expressed here. The album is a roller coaster, it takes you through all the highs of love found and all the lows of regret. And in the end you leave this record wiser than when you entered. To name the highlights is basically to name off every track. It's literally that great. The songs that just absolutely gut me every time I hear them are "Simple Twist of Fate" (perhaps one of the most sobering songs ever), "You're A Big Girl Now", "Meet Me In The Morning" (so simple and beautiful and the fucking steel guitar and slide guitar at the end is pure aesthetic perfection), "Shelter From The Storm", and the closer "Buckets of Rain". Oh and about this closer...it's perfect. I use that word "perfect" too much, I know. But this song AS A CLOSER is perfection. It's like a little nugget of almost simpleton-level wisdom that floats in and soothes us after the emotional journey of the rest of the album that just ended. It's so damn simple and playful and REAL. This album feels so absolutely relaxed and natural. It's a grand example of the plain expression of very exact and thought-out art. It's an album that opens up more and more not only with each listen but also with each passing year of living. It's an album that is always there to help get me through. Thanks, Bob. Grade 100/100"  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,878 charts

Rank Score:

19,798

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

42

Average Rating:

 87 (2,222 votes)

Comments:

169

3.

Born To Run 

 Bruce Springsteen

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"I know I'm biased, but this album is magical. I live in Central New Jersey and was exposed to Bruce at a young age thanks to my dad playing really his Lucky Town and Human Touch records which came out when I was 3. But I also heard a bunch of other Bruce songs thanks to my dad and I have loved Bo...""I know I'm biased, but this album is magical. I live in Central New Jersey and was exposed to Bruce at a young age thanks to my dad playing really his Lucky Town and Human Touch records which came out when I was 3. But I also heard a bunch of other Bruce songs thanks to my dad and I have loved Born to Run (the song) ever since I was little. But as a little kid, you don't understand the lyrics but listening to them as you get older, you realize how great the lyrics are and how they capture the spirit of wanting to break free and just go anywhere on your own so well. This to me is the best song ever made by a US musician. It is such a powerful song and descriptions are great. "Sprung from cages on highway 9, chrome wheeled fuel injected and steppin out over the line" It's great. A large theme on this album is growing up and trying to rebel and not be stuck in a dead end life that Bruce thought many adults were living and there may not be an album where it shines through more than this. Thunder Road, Backstreets and Jungleland are the other great tracks. Night and She's the one are both solid. And Tenth Avenue Freeze Out while not classic status in my opinion is still up there with the better songs this album has to offer. The one throwaway track is Meeting Across the River, but the rest of the album is so good in theme, significance and quality of song, it can easily be overlooked. I mean one bad song and it closes out with Jungleland which has to be one of the most unheralded songs of all time is fine by me. It may not be Bruce's best. Nebraska in theme and execution may be better. Born in the USA had more hits, but this album really showed you what Bruce was about and knew for himself there was a time his career would come to a make or break crossroads and he made it, thanks to this album, big time. "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,620 charts

Rank Score:

14,454

Rank in 1975:

3

Rank in 1970s:

22

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 83 (1,999 votes)

Comments:

134

4.

Physical Graffiti 

 Led Zeppelin

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"When reviewing an album, you can't just hear it and say "I like it, it was ok," you need to really listen to it to try to hear the good and the bad of it. As a fan of Led Zeppelin, I love this album, it's just an hour and a half of classic hard rock. However, looking at it from the point of view ...""When reviewing an album, you can't just hear it and say "I like it, it was ok," you need to really listen to it to try to hear the good and the bad of it. As a fan of Led Zeppelin, I love this album, it's just an hour and a half of classic hard rock. However, looking at it from the point of view of someone who likes reviewing and critiquing albums, it's not as good. I mean really for the most part this is just a standard double album with mostly standard songs. So yeah, it's a fun album that people should definitely listen to, but not an all-time great in the grand scheme of things. Rating: 83/100 Best Tracks: Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, Ten Years Gone Worst Track: Boogie With Stu "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,377 charts

Rank Score:

11,787

Rank in 1975:

4

Rank in 1970s:

27

Overall Rank:

102

Average Rating:

 85 (2,079 votes)

Comments:

138

5.

A Night At The Opera 

 Queen

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"Some albums are a tightrope act. Sure, Queen was a bit excessive, kitschy, but on A Night At The Opera their technical efficiency is on such a high level the resulting album is a dynamic breakthrough. A lesser band would have fallen flat on their faces attempting this record."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,435 charts

Rank Score:

11,443

Rank in 1975:

5

Rank in 1970s:

31

Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

 83 (1,954 votes)

Comments:

132

6.

Horses 

 Patti Smith

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"Patti Smith has never been given her due recognition for being the first female rock and roller to lead a band and have complete creative control over her music. Before Patti, a rock band would have a "chick" singer but the boyz in the band were the primary players of the music. Smith became an i...""Patti Smith has never been given her due recognition for being the first female rock and roller to lead a band and have complete creative control over her music. Before Patti, a rock band would have a "chick" singer but the boyz in the band were the primary players of the music. Smith became an icon to subsequent generations of female rockers. She never relied on sex appeal for her success — she was unabashedly intellectual and creatively uncompromising, and her appearance was usually lean, hard, and androgynous. "Horses" is a benchmark because Patti was the first of a plethora of CBGBs bands to get signed; she beat the Voidoids, Television, Blondie, the Talking Heads and even the Ramones to the recording studio and in doing so she became the godmother of American punk. "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,030 charts

Rank Score:

7,652

Rank in 1975:

6

Rank in 1970s:

46

Overall Rank:

197

Average Rating:

 81 (1,216 votes)

Comments:

68

7.

Another Green World 

 Eno

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"I'm still a bit new to this album but it's certainly growing on me. Doesn't sound much like anything else I've heard before, but at the same time it feels like I've known it my whole life. Sounds pretty ahead of it's time, as most great music does. Favourite tracks so far are: 'Sky Saw', 'Over Fi...""I'm still a bit new to this album but it's certainly growing on me. Doesn't sound much like anything else I've heard before, but at the same time it feels like I've known it my whole life. Sounds pretty ahead of it's time, as most great music does. Favourite tracks so far are: 'Sky Saw', 'Over Fire Island', 'Sombre Reptiles', 'Zawinul/Lava' and 'Everything Merges with the Night'."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

824 charts

Rank Score:

7,384

Rank in 1975:

7

Rank in 1970s:

48

Overall Rank:

205

Average Rating:

 83 (1,061 votes)

Comments:

55

8.

Tonight's The Night 

 Neil Young

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"This album is an absolute masterpiece, and has a sound like no other album ever released, even by Neil himself. You can truly feel raw emotion here, and this is definitely Neil's most emotional album. After the loss of Daniel Whitten, Neil recorded this album on one dark night in 1972 in only one...""This album is an absolute masterpiece, and has a sound like no other album ever released, even by Neil himself. You can truly feel raw emotion here, and this is definitely Neil's most emotional album. After the loss of Daniel Whitten, Neil recorded this album on one dark night in 1972 in only one night. The album itself was released three years later, and we got this twisted, dark, emotional masterpiece. This album sounds like that one day of drunken denial after a close friend or relative passes. Seriously, it sounds exactly like that, and you can hear Neil's voice go off tune all of the time on this one. He just wants Danny to "Open up the tired eyes". Every time Neil's voice cracks, it sends chills up and down my spine. His voice cracks all of the time on this album, so the whole thing sends chills up and down my spine. This is a great album to listen to during dark times. Neil's pain is so strong here that few things could surpass the amount of pain that Neil feels, so it makes you feel slightly better. I would recommend this album to anyone. It is Neil's magnum opus in my opinion, tied with Rust Never Sleeps."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

562 charts

Rank Score:

2,939

Rank in 1975:

8

Rank in 1970s:

129

Overall Rank:

574

Average Rating:

 82 (768 votes)

Comments:

39

9.

Fleetwood Mac 

 Fleetwood Mac

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"Underrated Not as strong as Rumours But very beautiful, and a close second best for the mighty mac"  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

455 charts

Rank Score:

2,603

Rank in 1975:

9

Rank in 1970s:

148

Overall Rank:

660

Average Rating:

 81 (669 votes)

Comments:

54

10.

Mothership Connection 

 Parliament

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"One of the best George Clinton albums he made as Parliament/Funkacelic. Not a bad track here full of Funk and madness."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

423 charts

Rank Score:

2,465

Rank in 1975:

10

Rank in 1970s:

154

Overall Rank:

701

Average Rating:

 80 (460 votes)

Comments:

33

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Best Albums of 1975 composition

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Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	7	1%
Fela Kuti	7	1%
Keith Jarrett	4	0%
Johnny Cash	4	0%
Elvis Presley	3	0%
Bernard Herrmann	3	0%
Smokey Robinson	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	402	40%
	209	21%
	42	4%
	32	3%
	32	3%
	31	3%
	30	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	945	95%
Yes	55	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	985	99%
Yes	15	2%