1975 COUNTDOWN | THE LIST

Here is the obligatory index of the albums covered in 2025’s 1975 COUNTDOWN.

Over 100 albums have featured.

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#1 — #5

1  PINK FLOYD — WISH YOU WERE HERE

2  NEU! — NEU 75

3  BRIAN ENO — ANOTHER GREEN WORLD

4  BOB DYLAN — BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

5  LED ZEPPELIN — PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

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#6 #10

6 JONI MITCHELL — THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS

7  GRATEFUL DEAD — BLUES FOR ALLAH

8 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN — BORN TO RUN

9  STEELY DAN — KATY LIED

10  POPOL VUH — EINSJÄGER UND SIEBENJÄGER

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#11 — #20

11 NEIL YOUNG — TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT

12  KRAFTWERK — RADIO-AKTIVITÄT

13  PATTI SMITH — HORSES

14  SPLIT ENZ — MENTAL NOTES

15  HARMONIA — DELUXE

16  KING CRIMSON — USA

17  HAWKWIND — WARRIOR ON THE EDGE OF TIME

18  JEFF BECK — BLOW BY BLOW

19  HELDON — ALLEZ-TÉIA

20  BETTY DAVIS — NASTY GAL

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#21 — #30

21  FLEETWOOD MAC — FLEETWOOD MAC

22  HATFIELD AND THE NORTH — THE ROTTERS’ CLUB

23  SEBASTIAN HARDIE — FOUR MOMENTS

24  TANGERINE DREAM — RUBYCON / RICOCHET

25  JADE WARRIOR — WAVES

26  ASH RA TEMPEL — INVENTIONS FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR (VI)

27  FRIPP & ENO — EVENING STAR

28  CURVED AIR — CURVED AIR LIVE

29  ROBERT WYATT — RUTH IS STRANGER THAN RICHARD

30  NEIL YOUNG — ZUMA

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#31 — #40

31  QUEEN — A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

32  VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR — GODBLUFF

33  HEART — DREAMBOAT ANNIE

34  BLACK SABBATH — SABOTAGE

35  BAD COMPANY — STRAIGHT SHOOTER

36  RENÉE GEYER BAND — READY TO DEAL

37  PAUL SIMON — STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

38  MICHAEL FRANKS — THE ART OF TEA

39  WAR — WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS

40  DAVID BOWIE — YOUNG AMERICANS

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#41 — #50

41 LITTLE FEAT — THE LAST RECORD ALBUM

42 BO HANSSON — ATTIC THOUGHTS

43 CROSSFIRE — CROSSFIRE

44 STEVE HILLAGE — FISH RISING

45 QUIET SUN — MAINSTREAM

46 GENTLE GIANT — FREE HAND

47 THE BAND — NORTHERN LIGHTS, SOUTHERN CROSS

48 RETURN TO FOREVER — NO MYSTERY

49 FRANK ZAPPA — ONE SIZE FITS ALL

50 AC/DC — T.N.T.

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#51 — #60

DONNA SUMMER — LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY

KLAUS SCHULZE — TIMEWIND

STEVE HACKETT — VOYAGE OF THE ACOLYTE

CLEARLIGHT — FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES

GONG — SHAMAL

JETHRO TULL — MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY

WILLIE NELSON — RED HEADED STRANGER

EDGAR FROESE — EPSILON IN MALAYSIAN PALE

SOFT MACHINE — BUNDLES

RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON — POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER

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#61 — #65

AC/DC — HIGH VOLTAGE

PASSPORT — CROSS-COLLATERAL

EAGLES — ONE OF THESE NIGHTS

GILGAMESH — GILGAMESH

WINGS — VENUS AND MARS

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#66 — #75

GREENSLADE — TIME AND TIDE

LARRY CORYELL — PLANET END

JOURNEY — JOURNEY

JOHN MARTYN — LIVE AT LEEDS

STEELEYE SPAN — COMMONER’S CROWN

PFM — COOK

JEAN-LUC PONTY — UPON THE WINGS OF MUSIC

CROSBY & NASH — WIND ON THE WATER

ROBIN TROWER — FOR EARTH BELOW

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FURTHER 1975 “50TH ANNIVERSARY” FEATURES

1975 PROLOGUE

1975 JAZZ #10—#1

1975 JAZZ #11—#20

1975 COUNTDOWN  |  BEST OFS

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Please do share your personal 1975 favourites in Comments. I’d love to hear what rings your bells.

One comment

  1. DD's avatar

    Quite an achievement, Bruce, to review and rank 100 albums coming from so many different Quarters (# Huh?). Always a fabulous read – both entertaining and informative; expanding my horizons too.
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    Your insights into the Koln concert puts it on top for me.
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    # I counted 29 different definitions for the word Quarters, which might be more than the different genres of music represented…but you get the point.
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    All the best for 2026, cuz.
    DD

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