The Top 10 Albums of 1975

If you aren't hip to the fact that Reza Mills from Clean Sheets and Sleeping Shaman has been breaking down the decades with me to uncover our top 5 songs in the pivotal anniversaries for these years, then you uare missing out, and you should check out our insights here...

 

Here I am taking my top 5 choices and expanding them into the top 10 albums of 1975, and also ranking them in order of their impact and staying power, so here are my top 10 albums of 1975. Be sure to check out the episode above for a more in-depth look at the top 5 here. 

10-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow- "S/t"

Some of Dio and Blackmore's best work. 

 

9-Aerosmith-"Toys in the Attic" 

The radio hit might have worn out this one , but the deeper tracks are gold. 

8-Fleetwood Mac- "s/t'

 Lyndsey Buckingham steals the show on this classic.

 

8-the Grateful Dead -"Blues For Allah."

Not a Dead head but developed a deep enough appreciation for these guys, and this is my favorite album from Jerry and the Boys, as it is like free-form prog. 

 

7-Roxy Music- "Siren."

The pulse of this album proves that not only was love a drug, but also drugs were drugs. 

 

6-Elton John-"Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy."

John's most epic songwriting is dramatic and passionate, while almost going prog.

 

5-Pink Floyd- "Wish You Were Here'

Not Sure how I overlooked this one in the top 5 originally, though it's neck and neck with John's stellar songwriting, but the pristine guitar tone edges the Rocket Man out.

   

4-Alice Cooper - "Welcome to My Nightmare." 

Cooper's creepy cabaret beats out David Gilmore's pristine guitar tones

 

 3-Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

If you ever doubted Jimmy Page, this is the album to set things straight as the scope of his guitar mastery is broader than you think.

 

2-Black Sabbath "Sabotage"

I regard this album as Sabbath's best work, as it hits with power while bringing the trippy experimentation that had begun to dabble in

1-David Bowie -"Young Americans." 

Bowie recreates soul music in his own image and brings more sensual grooves to the party with his best vocal performances yet. 

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