Classic Rock Review of the Year 1977

With the golden age of classic rock winding down, 1977 became a great year for pop/rock music in general. As the relatively short fads of punk rock and disco were exploding on opposite sides of the music spectrum, clear and accessible rock-based pop music was dominating that spectrum’s mainstream. Still, a few holdouts from the classic rock and prog rock eras of the recent past put out some interesting material this year.

Reviews from 1977

The Stranger by Billy Joel  Low by David Bowie
Out Of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra  News Of the World by Queen
Book of Dreams by The Steve Miller Band  Slow Hand by Eric Clapton  Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf
The Grand Illusion by Styx  Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols  Draw the Line by Aerosmith
Point of Know Return by Kansas  Rumours by Fleetwood Mac  Aja by Steely Dan
A Farewell to Kings by Rush  Even In the Quietest Moments by Supertramp  Animals by Pink Floyd
Final 1977 Poll Results
Q: What is the best album of 1977?

1 Animals by Pink Floyd 56.9%
2 Rumours by Fleetwood Mac 13.8%
3 Slow Hand by Eric Clapton 12.1%
4 The Grand Illusion by Styx 10.3%
5 Never Mind the Bullocks… by
The Sex Pistols
6.9%

Conducted on our site, January-February, 2012

Other 1977 Albums of Note

The highly transitional year of 1977 included scores of albums which we were not able to review. These ranged from the English folk of Songs From the Wood by Jethro Tull, to the harder rock of Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent, to Journey‘s final album before enlisting Steve Perry as lead vocalist.

There were plenty of debut albums released in 1977, including firsts by The Clash, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, The Runaways, 38 Special, and David Coverdale, who named his first solo album Whitesnake which he would re-use for the name of the band he’d be most closely associated.

Please check out some of these fine works and support Classic Rock Review by clicking through and purchasing any album you please.

Songs From the Wood by Jethro Tull  Tejas by ZZ Top  Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent  I Robot by Alan Parsons Project  Expect No Mercy by Nazareth

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop  Queens of Noise by The Runaways  Terrapin Station by Grateful Dead  Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes by Jimmy Buffett  Foot Loose and Fancy Free by Rod Stewart

Whitesnake by David Coverdale  Steve Winwood  Exodus by Bob Marley  Little Queen by Heart  Chicago XI

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello  Next by Journey  Love Gun by Kiss  38 Special  Going For the One by Yes

Cheap Trick  Spectres by Blue Oyster Cult  Foreigner  The Clash  Street Survivors by Lynard Skynard


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