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.

2 comments

  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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  2. greenpete58's avatar

    Seventy-five-plus thumbnail reviews are an impressive achievement, especially when the reviews display such an understanding of what constitutes good music. (Also a great way to get mileage, other than listening pleasure, out of one’s record collection!) There are a few not here that I might have listed. But that’s okay, as your list has so many shining diamonds – especially unheralded jazz and prog – my input would be like recommending Van Gogh use additional shades of paint.

    “Have a cigar,” Bruce!

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