1973:
1.
Hawkwind -
Space Ritual
I was expecting this to suck. I read the description and thought it just sounded like one of these lame "drugged-up-idiots-playing-really-long-songs-with-nothing-special-about-them" bands. I was wrong! One of the best live records ever for sure. Turn it on, you know you want to hear some good space rawk.
2.
New York Dolls -
New York Dolls
3.
Gong -
Flying Teapot
4.
Can -
Future Days
5.
Alexander von Schlippenbach -
Pakistani Pomade
1974:
1.
Brian Eno -
Here Come the Warm Jets
This may not technically be Eno's best album. There's a lot going on, and it's all over the place. But that's partly why I like it - it's not really sticking to any particular "mood" you have to prepare yourself for just so you can get through the album, like some albums do. It's got something for almost any kind of mood you'd be in, from the noisy anthemic proto-punk of the masterful 'Needles in the Camel's Eye', to the serene and beautiful "On Some Faraway Beach", to the blistering garage rock of "Blank Frank" to what is possibly one of the earliest examples of what shoegaze would become in the mesmerizing title track. One of my favorite albums of all time.
2.
Faust -
Faust IV
3.
Kraftwerk -
Autobahn
4.
Brian Eno -
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
5.
Sparks -
Kimono My House
1975:
1.
Brian Eno -
Another Green World
I feel like a fanboy having two Eno rekkids in a row, but let's face it, there's nothing better from '75 than his magnum opus. This is definitely more coherent and consistent than his other work up until this point, and he effortlessly puts out one of the most beautiful and timeless slabs of music ever with this one. Sometimes beats out his debut depending on my mood. Definitely a masterpiece.
2.
Bernard Parmegiani -
De natura sonorum
3.
Fela Kuti -
Expensive ****
4.
Henry Cow -
In Praise of Learning
5.
Harmonia -
Deluxe
1976:
1.
The Modern Lovers -
The Modern Lovers
Hell yeah. This is one of the most underrated rock and roll albums ever made - 'Roadrunner' is the greatest song ever about driving in your car and listening to rock and roll music at night (which also makes it one of the best songs ever, since the subject matter is perfect), 'Hospital' is a beautifully downbeat masterpiece, 'She Cracked' is perfect proto-punk straightedge, etc. The album is bursting at the seams with gems, not excluding the awesome strutting closer 'Modern World', which is effortlessly cool. Another one of my favorite albums ever.
"The modern world is not so bad, not like the students say / In fact I'd be in heaven if you'd share the modern world with me..."
2.
The Residents -
The Third Reich 'n Roll
3.
David Bowie -
Station to Station
4.
Charlemagne Palestine -
Strumming Music
5.
Cluster -
Sowiesoso