My favourite albums from 1977

1. 30

   Novella

   Renaissance

   

   

   Progressive rock

   Tracks:

   1. Can You Hear Me? ●
   2. The Sisters
   3. Midas Man
   4. The Captive Heart
   5. Touching Once (Is So Hard to Keep)

2. 29

   Heavy Weather

   Weather Report

   

   

   Jazz fusion

   Tracks:

   1. Birdland ●
   2. A Remark You Made
   3. Teen Town
   4. Harlequin
   5. Rumba Mamá
   6. Palladium
   7. The Juggler
   8. Havona

3. 28

   A Diamond Is a Hard Rock

   Legs Diamond

   

   

   Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. Diamond Is a Hard Rock
   2. Waiting ●
   3. Long SHot
   4. Woman
   5. Jailbait
   6. I Think I Got It
   7. Evil
   8. Live a Little
   9. Flyin' Too High

4. 27

   Sammy Hagar

   Sammy Hagar

   

   

   Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. Red ●
   2. Catch the Wind
   3. Cruisin' & Boozin'
   4. Free Money
   5. Rock 'n' Roll Weekend
   6. Fillmore Shuffle
   7. Hungry
   8. The Pits
   9. Love Has Found Me
   10. Little Star / Eclipse

5. 26

   Lights out

   UFO

   

   

   Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. Too Hot to Handle
   2. Just Another Suicide
   3. Try Me
   4. Lights out ●
   5. Gettin' Ready
   6. ALone Again Or
   7. Electric Phase
   8. Love to love

6. 25

   American Stars 'n Bars

   Neil Young and Crazy Horse

   

   

   Roots rock | Blues rock

   Tracks:

   1. The Old Country Waltz
   2. Saddle up the Palomino
   3. Hey Babe
   4. Hold Back the Tears
   5. Bite the Bullet
   6. Star of Bethlehem
   7. Will to Love
   8. Like a Hurricane ●
   9. Homegrown

7. 24

   Point of Know Return

   Kansas

   

   

   Progressive rock | Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. Point of Know Return
   2. Paradox
   3. The Spider
   4. Portrait (He Knew)
   5. Closet Chronicles
   6. Lightning's Hand
   7. Dust in the Wind ●
   8. Sparks of the Tempest
   9. Nobody's Home
   10. Hopelessly Human

8. 23

   The Grand Illusion

   Styx

   

   

   Progressive rock | Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. The Grand Illusion
   2. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
   3. Superstars
   4. Come Sail Away ●
   5. Miss America
   6. Man in th Wilderness
   7. Castle Walls
   8. The Grand Finale

9. 22

   A Farewell to Kings

   Rush

   

   

   Progressive rock

   Tracks:

   1. A Farewell to Kings
   2. Xanadu ●
   3. Closer to the Heart
   4. Cinderella Man
   5. Madrigal
   6. Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage

10. 21

    Talking Heads: 77

    Talking Heads

    

    

    New wave | Art rock

    Tracks:

    1. Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town
    2. New Feeling
    3. Tentative Decisions
    4. Happy Day
    5. Who Is It?
    6. No Compassion
    7. The Book I Read
    8. Don't Worry About the Government
    9. First Week / Last Week ... Carefree
    10. Psycho Killer ●
    11. Pulled up

11. 20

    News of the World

    Queen

    

    

    Hard rock | Glam rock

    Tracks:

    1. We Will Rock You
    2. We Are the Champions
    3. Sheer Heart Attack ●
    4. All Dead, All Dead
    5. Spread Your Wings
    6. Fight from the Inside
    7. Get Down, Make Love
    8. Sleeping on the Sidewalk
    9. Who Needs You
    10. It's Late
    11. My Melancholy Blues

12. 19

    Free Fall

    Dixie Dregs

    

    

    Jazz fusion

    Tracks:

    1. Free Fall
    2. Holiday
    3. Hand Jig
    4. Moe Down
    5. Refried Funky Chicken ●
    6. Sleep
    7. Cruise Control
    8. Cosmopolitan Traveler
    9. Dig the Ditch
    10. Wages of Weirdness
    11. Northern Lights

13. 18

    Halloween

    Pul.sar

    

    

    Progressive rock | Space rock

    Tracks:

    1. Halloween Part I ●
    2. Halloween Part II

14. 17

    Cat Scratch Fever

    Ted Nugent

    

    

    Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Cat Scratch Fever ●
    2. Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
    3. Death by Misadventure
    4. Live It up
    5. Home Bound
    6. Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard
    7. Sweet Sally
    8. A Thousand Knives
    9. Fist Fightin' Son of a Gun
    10. Out of Control

15. 16

    Rocket to Russia

    Ramones

    

    

    Punk rock

    Tracks:

    1. Cretin Hop
    2. Rockaway Beach
    3. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow ●
    4. Locket Love
    5. I Don't Care
    6. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
    7. We're a Happy Family
    8. Teenage Lobotomy
    9. Do You Wanna Dance?
    10. I Wanna Be Well
    11. I Can't Give You Anything
    12. Ramona
    13. Surfin' Bird
    14. Why Is It Always This Way?

16. 15

    Sin After Sin

    Judas Priest

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Sinner
    2. Diamonds and Rust
    3. Starbreaker
    4. Last Rose of Summer
    5. Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest
    6. Raw Deal
    7. Here Come the Tears
    8. Dissident Aggressor ●

17. 14

    Street Survivors

    Lynyrd Skynyrd

    

    

    Southern rock | Boogie 'n' roll

    Tracks:

    1. What's Your Name
    2. That Smell ●
    3. One More Time
    4. I Know a Little
    5. You Got That Right
    6. I Never Dreamed
    7. Honky Tonk Night Time Man
    8. Ain't No Good Life

18. 13

    Marquee Moon

    Television

    

    

    Art rock | Post-punk

    Tracks:

    1. See No Evil
    2. Venus
    3. Friction
    4. Marquee Moon ●
    5. Elevation
    6. Guiding Light
    7. Prove It
    8. Torn Curtain

19. 12

    Exodus

    Bob Marley and the Wailers

    

    

    Reggae

    Tracks:

    1. Natural Mystic
    2. So Much Things to Say
    3. Guiltiness
    4. The Heathen
    5. Exodus ●
    6. Jamming
    7. Waiting in Vain
    8. Turn Your Lights Down Low
    9. Three Little Birds
    10. One Love / People Get Ready

20. 11

    Lust for Life

    Iggy Pop

    

    

    Garage rock | New wave

    Tracks:

    1. Lust for Life
    2. Sixteen
    3. Some Weird Sin
    4. The Passenger ●
    5. Tonight
    6. Success
    7. Turn Blue
    8. Neighbourhood Threat
    9. Fall in Love with Me

21. 10

    Aja

    Steely Dan

    

    

    Jazz rock

    Tracks:

    1. Black Cow
    2. Aja ●
    3. Deacon Blues
    4. Peg
    5. Home at Last
    6. I Got the News
    7. Josie

22. 9

    Love Gun

    Kiss

    

    

    Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. I Stole Your Love
    2. Christine Sixteen
    3. Got Love for Sale
    4. Shock Me
    5. Tomorrow and Tonight
    6. Love Gun ●
    7. Hooligan
    8. Almost Human
    9. Plaster Caster
    10. Then She Kissed Me

23. 8

    Spectres

    Blue Öyster Cult

    

    

    Hard rock | heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Godzilla ●
    2. Golden Age of Leather
    3. Death Valey Nights
    4. Searchin' for Celine
    5. Fireworks
    6. R. U. Ready 2 Rock
    7. Goin' Through the Motions
    8. I Love the Nights
    9. Nosferatu

24. 7

    Let There Be Rock

    AC/DC

    

    

    Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Go Down
    2. Dog Eat Dog
    3. Let There Be Rock
    4. Bad Boy Boogie
    5. Overdose
    6. Crabsody in Blue
    7. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
    8. Whole Lotta Rosie ●

25. 6

    Bat out of Hell

    Meat Loaf

    

    

    Hard rock | progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. Bat out of Hell ●
    2. You Took the Words Right out of My mouth (Hot Summer Night)
    3. Heaven Can Wait
    4. All Revved up with No Place to Go
    5. Two out of Three Ain't Bad
    6. Paradise by the Dashboard Light
    7. For Crying out Loud

26. 5

    Trans-Europe Express

    Kraftwerk

    

    

    Electronic | Synth pop

    Tracks:

    1. Europe Endless
    2. The Hall of Mirrors
    3. Showroom Dummies
    4. Trans-Europe Express ●
    5. Metal on Metal
    6. Abzug
    7. Franz Schubert
    8. Endless Endless

27. 4

    Songs from the Wood

    Jethro Tull

    

    

    Progressive folk | Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. Songs from the Wood
    2. Jack-in-the-Green
    3. Cup of Wonder
    4. Hunting Girl ●
    5. Ring out, Solstice Bells
    6. Velvet Green
    7. The Whistler
    8. Pibroch (Cap in Hand)
    9. Fire at Midnight

28. 3

    Little Queen

    Heart

    

    

    Hard rock | blues rock

    Tracks:

    1. Barracuda ●
    2. Love Alive
    3. Sylvan Song
    4. Dream of the Archer
    5. Kick It out
    6. Little Queen
    7. Treat Me Well
    8. Say Hello
    9. Cry to Me
    10. Go on Cry

29. 2

    Rumours

    Fleetwood Mac

    

    

    Pop rock

    Tracks:

    1. Second Hand News
    2. Dreams
    3. Never Going Back Again
    4. Don't Stop
    5. Go Your Own Way
    6. Songbird
    7. The Chain ●
    8. You Make Loving Fun
    9. I Don't Want to Know
    10. Oh Daddy
    11. Gold Dust Woman

30. 1

    Animals

    Pink Floyd

    

    

    Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. Pigs on the Wing (Part One)
    2. Dogs ●
    3. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
    4. Sheep
    5. Pigs on the Wing (Part Two)