1970. The Kinks, "Lola" -- Edwin Starr, "War" -- James Brown, "Get up (I feel like being a) sex machine" -- Black Sabbath, Paranoid -- Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Lick my decals off, baby -- The Stooges, Fun house -- The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Les stances à Sophie
1971. Joni Mitchell, Blue -- Michael Hurley & Pals, Armchair Boogie -- Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson -- Webster Lewis and the Post-Pop Space-Rock Be-Bop Gospel Tabernacle Chorus and Orchestra BABY!, Live at Club 7 -- Curtis Mayfield, "Move on up" -- Genesis, Nursery cryme -- Derek Bailey, Solo guitar -- The Rolling Stones, Sticky fingers
1972. Lou Reed, Transformer -- Alice Cooper, "School's out" -- Yes, Close to the edge -- The Edgar Winter Group, "Frankenstein: -- Focus, "Hocus pocus" -- The O'Jays, Back stabbers -- Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. -- Nick Drake, Pink moon -- Carla Bley, Paul Haines, Escalator over the hill -- Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything
1973. Sun Ra, Space is the place -- Al Green, Call me -- Marvin Gaye, Let's get it on -- Stevie Wonder, "You are the sunshine of my life" -- Gal Costa, Índia -- Led Zeppelin, Houses of the holy -- Sly and the Family Stone, Fresh
1974. Gram Parsons, Grievous angels -- Average White Band, "Pick up the pieces" -- William DeVaughan, "Be thankful for what you've got" -- The Residents, Meet the Residents -- Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy) -- Dr. Alimantado, "Best dressed chicken in town" -- Kraftwerk, Autobahn -- Van Morrison, Veedon fleece -- John Cale, Paris 1919 -- Robert Wyatt, Rock bottom -- Neil Young, On the beach -- Queen, Sheer heart attack -- Sparks, Kimono my house
1975. Parliament, Mothership connection -- Van McCoy, "The hustle" -- Elton John, "Philadelphia freedom" -- Kiss, Alive! -- Electric Light Orchestra, Face the music -- Bruce Springsteen, Born to run -- Bob Dylan, Blood on the tracks -- Patti Smith, Horses
1976. Boston, "Long time" -- Aerosmith, Rocks -- Bootsy Collins, Stretchin' out in Bootsy's Rubber Band -- Fela and Afrika 70, Zombie
1977. Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Blank generation -- Television, Marquee moon -- Milford Graves, Bäbi -- Fleetwood Mac, Rumours -- Ted Nugent, Cat scratch fever -- The Clash, The Clash -- David Bowie, Low -- Suicide, Suicide -- Joe McPhee, Tenor -- Heart, Little queen -- Pink Floyd, Animals
1978. Van Halen, Van Halen -- Elvis Costello, This year's model -- James "Blood" Ulmer, Tales of Captain Black -- Just what I needed : a Transatlantic art-pop comedy in five acts. Act I : Cheap Trick, Heaven tonight, The Cars, The Cars ; Act II : Wire, Chairs missing ; Act III : No New York, Talking Heads, More songs about buildings and food ; Act IV : XTC, Go 2 ; Act V : Devo, Q : Are we not men? A: We are Devo!, Pere Ubu, The modern dance, MX-80 Sound, Hard attack
1979. Forty-one 45s -- The Fall, Dragnet ; Ramones, "Rock 'n' roll high school" -- Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Do it yourself -- The Police, Reggatta de blanc ; The Pretenders, Pretenders -- Sugarhill Gang, "Rapper's delight" -- The Pop Group, Y ; The Slits, Cut -- The Raincoast, "Lola"
1980. Grace Jones, Warm leatherette
Summary:
Rock. Disco. Soul, Jazz. Folk. Funk. The 1970s were as varied as they were exhilarating. Corbett transports us to this thrillingly tumultuous era through a playful exploration of its music. Song by song, album by album, he shows that the music scene of the 1970s was as varied as it was exhilarating. His essays allow readers to dip in and out of the decade at random or immerse themselves completely in Corbett's chronological journey. -- adapted from jacket
