1977 - Your top 5 albums from the year that it snowed in Miami?

1. Kiss Love Gun

2. Kiss Alive 2

3. Queen News Of The World

4. Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever

5. Fleetwood Mac Rumours

some these may not sound familiar, but they were my favorite albums in 77

I think this may have been the year Progressive and Hard Rock were losing their hold - and Punk and New Wave were starting their "Ascent to the Throne" (hoy, that's a good album title)

1. Now is the Happiest Time of Your Life (Daevid Allen)

2. Instructions for Angels (David Bedford)

3. Quark, Strangeness, and Charm (Hawkwind)

4. Songs from the Wood (Jethro Tull)

5. Before and After Science (Brian Eno)

EDIT: Additional --

Low (David Bowie)

Spiral - Vangelis

The Idiot - Iggy Pop

Animals - Pink Floyd

Mirage & Body Love Vols 1 & 2 - Klaus Schulze

Punk section - SexPistols, Ramones, Stranglers, The Damned -- and many more... but the New Wave was just in germanation.....

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and since I'll be out of town for the 1978 question, which is my Favourite Year in Music & New Wave

THE MOST IMPORTANT RELEASES - 1978

Magazine - Real Life (debut & best New Wave album, ever(

Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (debut)

Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (debut)

The Cars - (debut)

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food

The Police - Outlandos d'Amour

Van Halen - (debut)

THE BEST OF & THE REST OF - 1978

AC/DC - Powerage

Al Stewart - Time Passages

Blondie - Parallel Lines

Buzzcocks - Love Bites

Can - Out of Reach

The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope

Elvis Costello - This Year's Model

Dire Straits - (debut)

Brian Eno - Music For Films

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2nd)

David Gilmour - David Gilmour (solo debut)

Hawklords - 25 Years On

Jade Warrior - Way Of The Sun

Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses

Kraftwerk - The Man Machine

Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus (live, but has everything)

Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool

Molly Hatchet - (debut)

Van Morrison - Wavelength

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance

Queen - Jazz

Rush - Hemispheres

Sham 69 - That's Life & Tell Us the Truth

Hans Joachim Roedelius - Durch Die Wüste

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls

Klaus Schulze - "X"

UFO - Obsession

U.K. - (debut)

U.K.Squeeze - (debut)

Vangelis - Beaubourg

The Who - Who Are You

Wire - Chairs Missing

Rick Wright - Wet Dream

Yes (not their best) - Tormato

Neil Young - Comes A Time

Foot Loose & Fancy Free/Rod Stewart

Rumors/Fleetwood Mac

Slowhand/Eric Clapton

Sat Night Fever sountrack

Simple dreams/Linda Rondstadt

Dude, that was a great year for music, choosing only 5 albums is impossible! so i'm gonna give you my top 10 favorite albums instead of just 5 :)

*In no particular order*

Ramones - Leave Home

Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols

David Bowie - Heroes

ABBA - The Album

Bob Marley - Exodus

Cat Stevens - Izitso

Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack)

Billy Joel - The Stranger

Ramones - Rocket To Russia

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

I love these questions!

1) Rumours- Fleetwood Mac

2) Slowhand- Eric Clapton

3) News of the World- Queen

4) Bat Out of Hell- Meat Loaf

5) Rocket to Russia- Ramones

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Bob Dylan-Desire AC/DC-High Voltage Steely Dan-The Royal Scam Tom Waits-Small Change ALSO: The Modern Lovers-The Modern Lovers The Rolling Stones-Black and Blue Peter Tosh-Legalize It AC/DC-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap The Upsetters-Super Ape David Bowie-Station to Station

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Eagles - Hotel California

Earth Wind and Fire- All and All

Parliament - Funkentelechy vs the Placebo Syndrome

Boston - Don't Look Back

1. Aerosmith - Draw the Line

2. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

3. Kiss - Love Gun

4. Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation

5. Neil Young - American Stars and Bars

6. Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York (had to throw that in)

I think was in Florida around the holidays that year. No snow where I was, but the pool wasn't much fun. Loads of strong debut albums for 1977.

The Damned - Damned Damned Damned

The Clash - The Clash

Iggy Pop - The Idiot

Motörhead - Motörhead

Ramones - Rocket to Russia

In no order:

Pink Floyd - Animals

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres

Aerosmith - Draw The Line

Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours