Ear of Newt's Top 30 Rock Albums of 1976

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      The spirit of '76 will never falter because that’s the year Thin Lizzy put out two LPs instead of just one.

      Albums listed in alphabetical order according to title, otherwise Jailbreak would be right there at the top.

      I've included three song titles to help you remember how awesome the music was, and one clip to bring it all back home.

      You shouldn't need any other music today.

      Enjoy.

      A Day at the Races: Queen (“Tie Your Mother Down”, “Somebody to Love”, “Long Away”)

      Agents of Fortune: Blue Oyster Cult (“[Don't Fear] the Reaper”, “Sinful Love”, “The Revenge of Vera Gemini”)

      Black and Blue: Rolling Stones (“Hand of Fate”, “Hot Stuff”, “Memory Motel”)

      Boston: Boston (“More Than a Feeling”, “Something About You”, “Rock and Roll Band”)

      Calling Card: Rory Gallagher (“Moonchild”, “Secret Agent”, “Edged in Blue”)

      Desire: Bob Dylan (“Hurricane”, “Sara”, “Black Diamond Bay”)

      Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap: AC/DC (“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”, “Problem Child”, “Jailbreak”)

      Fly Like an Eagle: The Steve Miller Band (“Fly Like an Eagle”, “Take the Money and Run”, “Rock’n Me”)

      Hoppkorv: Hot Tuna (“Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man”, “Extrication Love Song”, “Song from the Strainless Cymbal”)

      Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy (“Jailbreak”, “Cowboy Song”, “Romeo and the Lonely Girl”)

      Johnny the Fox: Thin Lizzy (“Johnny”, “Don’t Believe a Word”, “Fool’s Gold”)

      Long May You Run: The Stills-Young Band (“Long May You Run”, “Midnight On the Bay”, “Let it Shine”)

      Long Misty Days: Robin Trower (“Same Rain Falls”, “Pride”, “Caledonia”)

      Night Moves: Bob Seger (“Night Moves”, “Fire Down Below”, “Ship of Fools”)

      Pat Travers: Pat Travers (“Makes No Difference”, “Hot Rod Lincoln”, “As My Life Flies”)

      Presence: Led Zeppelin (“Achilles Last Stand”, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”, “Tea For One”)

      Rainbow Rising: Rainbow (“A Light in the Black”, “Tarot Woman”, “Stargazer”)

      Rocks: Aerosmith (“Back in the Saddle”, “Lick and a Promise”, “Sick as a Dog”)

      The Royal Scam: Steely Dan (“Kid Charlemagne”, “Don’t Take Me Alive”, “The Fez”)

      Run With the Pack: Bad Company (“Honey Child”, “Silver, Blue & Gold”, “Sweet Lil’ Sister”)

      Songs in the Key of Life: Stevie Wonder (“Love’s in Need of Love Today”, “Isn’t She Lovely”, “Another Star”)

      Starz: Starz (“Live Wire”, “Over and Over”, “Detroit Girls”)

      Station to Station: David Bowie (“Station to Station”, “Wild is the Wind”, “TVC 15″)

      Sunburst Finish: Be-Bop Deluxe (“Sleep That Burns”, “Ships in the Night”, “Blazing Apostles”)

      Tejas: ZZ Top ("Pan Am Highway Blues", "Ten Dollar Man", "She's a Heartbreaker")

      Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (“Breakdown”, “American Girl”, “Anything That’s Rock and Roll”)

      2112: Rush (“2112″, “A Passage to Bangkok”, “Something for Nothing”)

      One More From the Road: Lynyrd Skynyrd (“Call Me the Breeze”, “Crossroads”, “Searching”)

      Wired: Jeff Beck (“Come Dancing”, “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”, “Blue Wind”)

      Warren Zevon: Warren Zevon (“Frank and Jesse James”, “Hasten Down the Wind”, “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”)

      Comments

      8 Comments

      Martin Dunphy

      Feb 6, 2014 at 1:11pm

      Hot Tuna, Steely Dan, and Warren Zevon? Good on ya, Newt. That was a good year.

      Steve Newton

      Feb 6, 2014 at 1:36pm

      I do believe you're overlooking the Lizzy double-shot my friend

      shoegazer

      Feb 6, 2014 at 2:22pm

      What? No Still Shakin'by the Flamin'Groovies? How about Mondo Deco by the Quick? And who can forget Teenage Depression by Eddie and the Hot Rods.Pretty safe line-up there Newt.You might want to rethink your list some. :)

      Steve Newton

      Feb 6, 2014 at 4:09pm

      sorry shoegazer, I must have entirely ignored all three of those bands while listening to Thin Lizzy 24/7. Don't regret it at all though

      Douglas S

      Feb 6, 2014 at 5:48pm

      Totally missed Kiss destroyer and rock n roll over! But then again the list is solid!

      Steve Newton

      Feb 7, 2014 at 1:08pm

      didn't miss them, Dougie. They weren't good enough to make the cut is all. The Kiss debut album was great, though

      A Friend of the Friendly Ranger

      Feb 8, 2014 at 3:50pm

      Great list, really added to my edumacation!.. gonna check em all out.. but Thin Miss Lizzy gonna get aired a whole lot.. rock with soul.. and Rory there too! Excellent.. thanks again.. Steve

      south slope

      Feb 13, 2014 at 3:18pm

      Come on Newt - no Kraftwerk. Ah, Vancouver in 1976 - great times.
      Heart ruled the local airwaves - even back then CFOX was crap and behind the times - nothing's changed.