Monday Night Martin
Once upon a time I lugged my PC to The Star on the first Monday of each month to play lovingly created playlists as loudly as I could get away with accompanied by swirling visuals generated by WinAmp’s MilkDrop plugin projected on to a screen. This had something of a cult following for a few years.
#14: ’70s Albums (April 2009)
This playlist is based on Pitchfork’s <a href='http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s/'> Top 100 Albums of the 1970s</a>. Any such list that puts David Bowie’s <i>Low</i> at number 1 (and Brian Eno’s <i>Another Green World</i> at number 10) was always going to grab my attention.
01
Eno
“Another Green World”
Another Green World, 1975
02
Joni Mitchell
“Shades of Scarlett Conquering”
The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975
03
Paul Simon
“Tenderness”
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, 1973
04
Nick Drake
“Poor Boy”
Bryter Layter, 1970
05
Randy Newman
“Political Science”
Sail Away, 1972
06
David Bowie
“Kooks”
Hunky Dory, 1971
07
George Harrison
“Beware of Darkness”
All Things Must Pass, 1970
08
Neil Young
“On the Beach”
On the Beach, 1974
09
Robert Wyatt
“A Last Straw”
Rock Bottom, 1974
10
Serge Gainsbourg
“Ballade de Melody Nelson”
Histoire de Melody Nelson, 1971
11
The Beach Boys
“Feel Flows”
Surf’s Up, 1971
12
Eno
“Sky Saw”
Another Green World, 1975
13
Blondie
“Fade Away and Radiate”
Parallel Lines, 1978
14
David Bowie
“Always Crashing in the Same Car”
Low, 1977
15
Led Zeppelin
“When the Levee Breaks”
Led Zeppelin IV, 1971
16
Can
“Oh Yeah”
Tago Mago, 1971
17
Roxy Music
“The Bogus Man”
For Your Pleasure, 1973
18
Harry Nilsson
“Jump Into the Fire”
Nilsson Schmilsson, 1971
19
Pink Floyd
“One of These Days”
Meddle, 1971
20
Stevie Wonder
“Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing”
Innervisions, 1973
21
David Bowie
“Lady Grinning Soul”
Aladdin Sane, 1973
22
Cluster
“Hollywood”
Zuckerzeit, 1974
23
Steve Reich
“Pulses”
Music for 18 Musicians, 1978
24
Fela Kuti & Afrika 70
“Zombie”
Zombie, 1977
25
Talking Heads
“I Zimbra”
Fear of Music, 1979
26
The Rolling Stones
“Shake Your Hips”
Exile On Main St., 1972
27
The Modern Lovers
“Roadrunner”
The Modern Lovers, 1977
28
Iggy Pop
“The Passenger”
Lust for Life, 1977
29
The Velvet Underground
“Rock and Roll”
Loaded, 1971
30
Television
“See No Evil”
Marquee Moon, 1977
31
Elvis Costello
“Watching the Detectives”
My Aim Is True, 1977
32
The Clash
“The Guns of Brixton”
London Calling, 1979
33
The Sex Pistols
“Submission”
Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977
34
Buzzcocks
“Autonomy”
Another Music in a Different Kitchen, 1978
35
Eno
“Driving Me Backwards”
Here Come the Warm Jets, 1974
36
Suicide
“Rocket USA”
Suicide, 1977
37
Joy Division
“New Dawn Fades”
Unknown Pleasures, 1979
38
XTC
“Complicated Game”
Drums and Wires, 1979
39
Funkadelic
“Maggot Brain”
Maggot Brain, 1971
40
Led Zeppelin
“Since I’ve Been Loving You”
Led Zeppelin III, 1970
41
Pink Floyd
“The Great Gig in the Sky”
The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973