Album of The Year - Endgame

1976 Top 10
1-Ramones - S/T
2-Ryo Fukui - Scenery
3-David Bowie - Station To Station
4-Jorge Ben - Àfrica Brasil
5-Tom Ze - Estudando O Samba
6-Modern Lovers - S/T
7-Bob Dylan - Desire
8-Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
9-Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music From The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
10-Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown


HM:
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
The Upsetters - Super Ape
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Tom Petty - S/T
Michael Hurley - Have Moicy!
 
My top 10 albums of ‘76
  1. Boston - S/T
  2. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
  3. Eagles - Hotel California
  4. Rose Royce - Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  5. David Bowie - Station to Station
  6. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet
  7. Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love
  8. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
  9. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
  10. Marvin Gaye - I Want You
Here’s my playlist of Billboard’s top 100 of that year (which, sidenote, might’ve been the best of that decade, with only a few truly bad songs on that list).
 
1976:

1. Tom Waits - Small Change
2. Queen - A Day at the Races
3. The Eagles - Hotel California
4. Ryo Fukui - Scenery
5. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
6. Ramones - S/T
7. Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
8. Mort Garson - Mother Earth Plantasia
9. David Bowie - Station to Station
10. Herbie Hancock - Secrets
 
1. David Bowie - Station to Station
2. Bob Dylan - Desire
3. Marvin Gaye - I Want You
4. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
5. Blondie
6. Tom Waits - Small Change
7. Tom Petty & The Heatbreakers
8. The Ramones
9. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
10. Paul McCartney & Wings - Wing at the Speed of Sound
 
1.David Bowie - Station to Station
2. Tom Waits - Small Change
3. Jorge Ben - Africa Brasil
4. The Upsetters - Super Ape
5. Patti Smith - Radio Ethiopia
6. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
7. France Gall - France Gall
8. Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Best of Two Worlds
9. Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie
10. Jerry Jeff Walker - It's a Good Night for Singin'
 
I have such a hard time with rankings, I wanted to make sure to mention some great albums I hadn't seen yet:

Marijata - This is Marijata (this album is so good)

The Wild Tchoupitoulas - s/t

The Mighty Diamonds - Right Time
The Gladiators - Trenchtown Mix Up
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
King Tubby & Yabby You - King Tubby's Prophesy of Dub
Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War ina Babylon

Amazing year for music in Jamaica.
 
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not a year that i'm massively familiar; i'm not a fan of eagles, queen, or aerosmith, but can definitely recognise the importance and influence of their records for this year

  1. bob dylan - desire
  2. david bowie - station to station
  3. the modern lovers - the modern lovers
  4. ac/dc - dirty deeds done dirt cheap
  5. stevie wonder - songs in the key of life
  6. the ramones - the ramones
  7. blondie - blondie
  8. the runaways - the runaways
  9. joni mitchell - hejira
  10. bryan ferry - let's stick together
  11. tom petty and the heartbreakers - tom petty and the heartbreakers
  12. lou reed - coney island baby
  13. ac/dc - high voltage (international edition)
  14. marvin gaye - i want you
  15. kate and anna mcgarrigle - kate and anna mcgarrigle
  16. the rolling stones - black & blue
  17. the flamin' groovies - the flamin' groovies
  18. led zeppelin - presence
  19. patti smith group - radio ethiopia
  20. queen - a night at the opera
  21. eagles - hotel california
  22. aerosmith - rocks
  23. jackson browne - the pretender
  24. aretha franklin - sparkle
  25. wings - wings at the speed of sound
the list of 1976 albums feels the year was desperately waiting for 1977 to happen
 
dhodo said:
I have such a hard time with rankings, I wanted to make sure to mention some great albums I hadn't seen yet:

Marijata - This is Marijata (this album is so good)

The Wild Tchoupitoulas - s/t

The Mighty Diamonds - Right Time
The Gladiators - Trenchtown Mix Up
The Abyssinians - Satta Masagana
King Tubby & Yabby You - King Tubby's Prophesy of Dub
Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War ina Babylon

Amazing year for music in Jamaica.
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My Favourite Albums from 1976:
  1. Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
  2. Raffi – Singable Songs For the Very Young
  3. Ry Cooder – Chicken Skin Music
  4. Eagles – Hotel California (F You man! If you don't like my f'n music, get your own f'n cab!)
  5. David Bowie – Station to Station
  6. Ramones – Ramones
  7. Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
  8. Fela Kuti & Africa 70 – Zombie
  9. Carlos Kleiber & Weiner Philharmoniker – Beethoven: Symphony #7
  10. Tom Waits – Small Change
  11. Jorge Ben – Africa Brasil
  12. The Upsetters – Super Ape
  13. Willie Nelson - Troublemaker
  14. Miles Davis – Pangaea
  15. Bob Dylan - Desire
  16. Kiss - Destroyer
  17. Marvin Gaye – I Want You
  18. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  19. Ryo Fukui – Scenery
  20. The Rolling Stones – Black and Blue
 
1. Fela Kuti - Zombie
2. Marijata - This is Marijata
3. Fruko - El Barbaro
4. Star Number One - Jangaake
5. Wganda Kenya - Wganda Kenya
6. Ebo Taylor and the Pelikans
7. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - 76
8. F Kenya - Power House 2
9. Ambassadeurs du Motel (link is to a compilation not the actual album)
10. Gnonnas Pedro - Band of Africa Vol 2 (another compilation)

Several of these artists have several albums that year - check out Star Number One's Maam Bamba. Pat Thomas Introduces Marijata (orange cover), Ebo Taylor's My Love and Music, a couple of other Poly-Rythmo albums. And I thought Stevie Wonder would make the list but he just got pushed down and down...
 
76 was my birth year, and a celebration of America's independence. In honor of that, i give you;

Framtpon - Frampton Comes Alive
Eagles - Hotel California
Barry White - Let the Music Play
Kiss - Destroyer
Bowie - Station to Station
Doobies - Takin it to the Streets
Zeppelin - Presence
ACDC - High Voltage
Bob - Rastaman Vibration
Aerosmith - Rocks
Bowie - Changesone
Steve Miller Band - Fly like an Eagle
Miles Davis - Water Babies
Blondie 0 Blondie
 
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