Great albums of......1971

Henry Irving

Not done this for a while so in case you missed it before just list your favourite albums for the year.

Described as the annus mirabilis of the rock album in a recent book this time it is 1971

Very Hard to pick just five but will go with

What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Tapestry - Carole King
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Who's Next - The Who

Honourable mentions to:

There's a Riot going on - Sly and the Family Stone (the response to Marvin Gaye's question)
Just as I Am - Bill Withers

stonemuse

In Search of Space - Hawkwind
Who's Next - The Who
Electric Warrior - T. Rex
Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens
Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Honourable mentions:
Hunky Dory - Bowie
Brain Capers - Mott the Hoople

Leuth

Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

(one of the greatest albums ever made)

DaveMehmet

Who's Next - Greatest album of..... Ever

Stig

Pink Floyd - Meddle
Osibisa - Osibisa
Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On
Graham Bond - We Put Our Magic On You
David Bowie - Hunky Dory

CafcWest

Harvest - Neil Young. Amazing as is most of his work.

stonemuse

Henry Irving said:

There's a Riot going on - Sly and the Family Stone (the response to Marvin Gaye's question)

Is that true? I never knew that!

Johnnysummers5

Mine have been mentioned
Blue - Joni Mitchell my favourite album
Tapestry - Carole King love this
Harvest - Neil Young another great album for me

stonemuse

cafc-west said:

Harvest - Neil Young. Amazing as is most of his work.

Good call

Oakster

MC5 - High Time - love the opening track...
Can - Tago Mago - truly groundbreaking
Rod Stewart - Every Picture etc - golden era Rod

1971 was an incredible year for music

Henry Irving

stonemuse said:

cafc-west said:

Harvest - Neil Young. Amazing as is most of his work.

Good call

Very good album

Also forgot Hunky Dory

Henry Irving

stonemuse said:

Henry Irving said:

There's a Riot going on - Sly and the Family Stone (the response to Marvin Gaye's question)

Is that true? I never knew that!

As Bexley Dan will confirm, I'm never wrong : - )

This is from Wiki "Originally intended to be issued as Africa Talks to You, the record was retitled There's a Riot Goin' On in response to Marvin Gaye's album What's Going On (1971), released five months before.[1]"

bobmunro

Led Zep IV - a seminal album of all years let alone 1971

bobmunro

Others of note:

At Filmore East - The Allman Brothers
Master of Reality - Sabbath
Imagine - John Lennon
Sons of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen
Pearl - Janis Joplin
If I could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby
Fireball - Deep Purple
Songs for Beginners - Graham Nash
American Pie - Don McLean
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse - The Faces
Islands - King Crimson
Pictures at an Exhibition - ELP
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - Moody Blues

A great year for music - and I woulod include most of the others people have mentioned.

Henry Irving

https://play.spotify.com/user/dhepworth/playlist/0LkvByNeuf9V3w6djGf1jd

Red_Pete_in_Dubai

Deep Purple - Fireball
Beach Boys - Surfs Up
Yes - The Yes Album
King Crimson - Islands
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

lolwray

America -America

lolwray

but some other greats mentioned above ...faves would be Neil Young,Rod and Carole King

Off_it

bobmunro said:

Led Zep IV - a seminal album of all years let alone 1971

Indeed. Surprised it never made Henry's original list. He must've forgotten it.

Johnnysummers5

I have just checked Harvest came out in 1972, so I will keep that for if we do that year.
Doors L.A Woman
Janis Joplin -Pearl
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate

RalphMilnesgut

Janis Joplin - Pearl
The Flying Burrito Bros - The Flying Burrito Bros
MC5 - High Time
Curtis Mayfiled - Roots
The Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink....

golfaddick

LA Woman
Zep 4
Who;s Next

nuff said. could listen to just these 3 for the rest of my life.

honourable mention to

sticky fingers
other voices (doors w/o Jim Morrison)

3blokes

What a great year for music that was. Had a real wish to be back there then, just to live through it all again

Baldybonce

If you can remember 1971 you wasn't trying hard enough.

Baldybonce

Humble pie
Rock on.

Powell Is Pleasant

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic. Not every track is brilliant, but the title track is immense.

stonemuse

Anna_Kissed said:

I continue to enjoy these:

GONG - Camembert Electrique
This startling and wholly original album was released in France in October 1971 on BYG Actuel (and was reissued in the UK three years later by Virgin Records).

Focus - Focus II (aka Moving Waves)
The second studio album from the Dutch prog/rock band, released in October 1971 on Imperial Records. (Focus will perform at The Beaverwood Club, in Chislehurst, this October).

Ash Ra Tempel - The eponymous debut studio album by Manuel Göttsching's trippy / prog 'Krautrock' band. Recorded in March 1971, it was released in June of that year on Ohr.

(I, too, cherish DB's Hunky Dory)

Great choices

All_Thaid_Up

Year before I was born, but I have most of them. It shows how good they all were.

iainment

Anna_Kissed said:

I continue to enjoy these:

GONG - Camembert Electrique
This startling and wholly original album was released in France in October 1971 on BYG Actuel (and was reissued in the UK three years later by Virgin Records).

Focus - Focus II (aka Moving Waves)
The second studio album from the Dutch prog/rock band, released in October 1971 on Imperial Records. (Focus will perform at The Beaverwood Club, in Chislehurst, this October).

Ash Ra Tempel - The eponymous debut studio album by Manuel Göttsching's trippy / prog 'Krautrock' band. Recorded in March 1971, it was released in June of that year on Ohr.

(I, too, cherish DB's Hunky Dory)

Gong. Magnifique.

iainment

Whatevershebringswesing. Kevin Ayers, with members of Gong and The Whole World.
Brilliant.