Since all I seem to be good for lately is posting lists, I'm now going to try to emulate Sean T. Collins and make a list of albums that influenced me (in whatever way that I could be "influenced", since I no longer write or perform songs) back in the Silurean Epoch, when I went to high school.
This is problematic, since there is just so much that I listened to back then. I've tried to impose a guideline of sorts, and limit this to what I remember listening to the most from 1975-1978. The first thing you'll notice is that many of these records were released a few years before 1975, and I tried to narrow it down (for example, my favorite Jethro Tull album is A Passion Play, but the Tull album I remember listening to the most in that period is the far inferior Songs From the Wood, so it makes the list.). I also limited the citations to one album per artist, like Sean did. I'm also listing them in alphabetical order, so as to not show favoritism.
1. 10cc-Deceptive Bends (1977)
2. Aerosmith-Rocks (1976)
3. Tony Ashton and Jon Lord-First of the Big Bands (1974)
4. Beatles-Abbey Road (1969)
5. Elvin Bishop-Hometown Boy Makes Good (1976)
6. Black Sabbath-Sabotage (1975)
7. Tommy Bolin-Teaser (1975)
8. Bootsy's Rubber Band-Bootsy? Player of the Year (1976)
9. David Bowie-"Heroes" (1978)
10. Cheech & Chong-Sleeping Beauty (1976)
11. Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (1976)
12. Deep Purple-Who Do We Think We Are? (1973)
13. Donovan-Cosmic Wheels (1973)
14. Electric Light Orchestra-Out of the Blue (1977)
15. Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Works Vol. 1 (1977)
16. Faces-Long Player (1971)
17. Flo & Eddie-Flo & Eddie (1973)
18. Foghat-Rock 'n' Roll Outlaws (1975)
19. Roger Glover & Guests-The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1975)
20. George Harrison-Thirty-Three & 1/3 (1976)
21. Ian Hunter-All American Alien Boy (1976)
22. Jethro Tull-Songs From The Wood (1977)
23. Elton John-Rock of the Westies (1976)
24. King Crimson-Starless and Bible Black (1974)
25. Kinks-Celluloid Heroes (1976)
26. Led Zeppelin-Presence (1977)
27. John Lennon-Shaved Fish (1975)
28. Little Feat-Time Loves A Hero (1977)
29. Manfred Mann's Earth Band-The Roaring Silence (1976)
30. Roger McGuinn-Cardiff Rose (1976)
31. Bette Midler-Songs For the New Depression (1976)
32. Montrose-Paper Money (1974)
33. Maria Muldaur-Sweet Harmony (1976)
34. Elliott Murphy-Just A Story From America (1977)
35. Nazareth-Razamanaz (1972)
36. Randy Newman-Good Old Boys (1974)
37. Harry Nilsson-Pussy Cats (1974)
38. Parliament-Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo System (1977)
39. The Pentangle-Solomon's Seal (1972)
40. Richard Pryor-That Nigger's Crazy (1975)
41. Queen-Jazz (1978)
42. Bonnie Raitt-Home Plate (1975)
43. The Ramones-Rocket To Russia (1977)
44. Lou Reed-Coney Island Baby (1976)
45. The Rolling Stones-Made in the Shade (1975)
46. Roxy Music-Siren (1975)
47. Todd Rundgren-Hermit of Mink Hollow (1977)
48. The Rutles (1978)
49. Santana-Festival (1977)
50. Leo Sayer-Just A Boy (1974)
51. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band-The Impossible Dream (1974)
52. Sparks-Kimono My House (1973)
53. Cat Stevens-Foreigner (1973)
54. Rod Stewart-A Night On The Town (1976)
55. Sly Stone-High on You (1975)
56. T. Rex-Tanx (1973)
57. Uriah Heep-Wonderworld (1974)
58. Wet Willie-Manorisms (1978)
59. Roy Wood's Wizzard-Introducing Eddy and the Falcons (1974)
60. Neil Young-Decade (1977)
61. Frank Zappa-Zoot Allures (1976)
62. Be-Bop Deluxe-Sunburst Finish (1976)
63. Blue Oyster Cult-Secret Treaties (1974)
64. Steve Hillage-L (1976)
A very incomplete list, but these are the ones that immediately come to mind. Again, bear in mind that these are not necessarily my favorite albums by these artists, though many of them are, they're simply the ones I remember listening to the most when I was in high school, grades 9-12.
I promise, no more lists for a while.
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