Category: 1970s

Nick Drake’s Best Album: Bryter Layter

Background English folkie Nick Drake barely created a ripple during his lifetime. He recorded three albums of beautiful acoustic folk, … Continue Reading Nick Drake’s Best Album: Bryter Layter

Led Zeppelin are the archetypal hard rock band. They streamlined the sound of 1960s rock bands like Cream and The … Continue Reading Led Zeppelin Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

Congratulations to Rich Kamerman and 2loud2old, who both scored 25/25 in last week’s quiz, with Rich scoring the slightly faster … Continue Reading Music Quiz: 1970s Lyrics Match

Rock chameleon David Bowie experienced two separate career peaks. Most artists improve with experience then run out of ideas, but … Continue Reading Velvet Goldmine by David Bowie: Great B-sides

Cat Stevens launched his career as a teen idol, scoring hits with heavily arranged songs like ‘I Love My Dog’ … Continue Reading Cat Stevens: Ten Best Songs

So far, in this b-sides series, there have been four scenarios in which good songs find themselves languishing on the … Continue Reading Great B-sides: Find the Cost of Freedom by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

As much as I love The Beatles, their solo careers have always mildly disappointed me. If you put ten years … Continue Reading Great B-sides: Daytime Nighttime Suffering by Wings

Adult contemporary superstar and Hebrew Hunk Neil Diamond is a fascinating figure to me. His music is an uncomfortable blend … Continue Reading Neil Diamond’s Five Worst Songs

Joni Mitchell paid her dues playing folk clubs in the mid 1960s, and she wrote songs for other folk artists … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Urge For Going by Joni Mitchell

Brian Eno was born to a long line of postmen, but went to art school and embarked on a musical career, … Continue Reading Brian Eno: Five Best Songs

Growing up in a white middle class neighbourhood, The Clash were an important gateway band for me. Buying Clash albums … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Justice Tonight / Kick it Over by The Clash

Most rock bands are remembered for their albums, but British pop-punk quartet Buzzcocks are most loved for their compilation Singles … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Oh Shit! by Buzzcocks

Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album Rumours was a sales behemoth, jam packed with hits written by the group’s three songwriters, Stevie … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac

Jackson Browne is the quintessential 1970s singer-songwriter, a sensitive individual who analysed his difficult relationships into songs. He was extremely … Continue Reading Jackson Browne’s 1970s Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best

For some reason, hosting a birthday slumber party for my seven year old daughter on Friday reminded me of this … Continue Reading Up All Night by The Records

Congratulations to jprobichaud and Tony, who both top scored 14/15 in last week’s quiz. This week’s challenge is a rare single … Continue Reading Music Quiz: 50 Years of The Rolling Stones