The French Connection: 25 70's albums from 25 acts

Fair point. However, I still think the 80's don't deserve so much shіt. Yes, that was long after the "heyday" as you called it but in terms of recordiong technology, the early 80s frickin ruled. That brief period between 1980 and popularization of digital musical equipment touches my heart in a unique way.

My favorite early 80s albums include:

◦East - Játékok (1981)
◦Steely Dan - Gaucho (1980)
◦SBB - MzBT (1980-1981)
◦Synkopy & Oldřich Vesely - Křídlení (1983)
◦Eloy - Colours (1980)
◦VA - Kolęda Nocka (1981)
◦Step Ahead - (1982)

Edited by Hrychu - October 26 2024 at 03:44

Yeah, some of the folk here who are simping for the 70's, speak of the 80's as if it was some embodiment of evil.

I've got to listen to more French music. I know only those in both polls that already have very solid numbers of votes. I can only make the rich even richer.

Edited by Lewian - October 25 2024 at 17:18

Hrychu wrote: Well, on 2nd thought, there certainly is something to it. And I think it's more than just nostalgia. I was born in 1996 and still I can see a certain strangely unique appeal to the 70s music that can't be found elsewhere. Still, I'm not as blinded by it as most of the folk here and I can appreciate modern music equally as much. Peace.

I was born in the 70s, and really came to appreciate much of the music that is appreciated at PA in the 80s. Liking 70s music is not a nostalgia thing for me. if I were older, then it more likely would be. The vast majority of what I love from the 70s I had not heard before the 2000s.

I think there is something special and unique about the 70s, but I could say that of other decades too. I love and have lots of music I appreciate from all of the decades from the 60s up. I listen to more contemporary music mostly. And 80s and 90s does gets lots of playtime from me too. Some here are really dismissive of the 80s, but for me music like Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cocteau Twins, Joy Division and things in PA's RIO/Avant category like Art Zoyd, Camberwell Now, This Heat, Thinking Plague and Cardiacs I love.

The 70s is just one part of my diet.

Well, on 2nd thought, there certainly is something to it. And I think it's more than just nostalgia. I was born in 1996 and still I can see a certain strangely unique appeal to the 70s music that can't be found elsewhere.

Still, I'm not as blinded by it as most of the folk here and I can apprciate modern music equally as much. Peace.

Edited by Hrychu - October 25 2024 at 04:33

Anyway, I voted for Moving Gelatine Plates. While not a prog rock classic, I think it's a masterpiece in terms of woodwind/brasswind orchestration.

I'm sometimes confused why a lot of you guys are such 70's fanboys and treat said decade as some holy worship-worthy magical fairy dust time period. For the record, Stonehenge (2010) is one of my favorite French prog albums ever.

Logan wrote: ...feel free to mention any favourites not in the poll....

Thanks all for the comments. I knew this listing would not be very popular at this site on the whole, but I'm glad to see people who do like multiple albums (some albums or most albums). I would think there would be something for most here who have fairly varied, fairly adventurous, groovy and enjoy atmospheric music tastes when it comes to 70s progressive music.

As I wrote in the recent 70s German topic by me, for any who may wish to acquaint or reacquaint themselves with music from albums of this list, as is common from me, I made a playlist with one track per album that I really like. Plenty of the "usual suspects" from me here. The tracks may not be most representative of the album, it is no substitute for listening to full albums, I could have gone with others, and you might prefer other choices, but I enjoy the exercise and I hope some others find something they like by checking out some of the music.



https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4LN9mxNbBu4E0LPwnryiZL0

Edited by Logan - October 24 2024 at 11:02

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