In 1977 the first Star Wars movie premiered, Elvis died, and Jimmy Carter became US President.
Elsewhere, the The Atari 2600 was launched in North America, football superstar Pele played his final professional game, and the Soviet Union launched the Soyuz 24 space mission.
In music, Patti Smith fell offstage while supporting Bob Seger in Tampa, Florida, legendary New York disco Studio 54 opened, Michael Schenker disappeared after a UFO show at The Roundhouse in London, Marc Bolan was killed in a car accident in North London, and a Gallup poll declared America's favourite band to be Kiss.
These are the 20 best albums of 1977.
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Building upon their ferocious debut, AC/DC proved that their riff-tastic, swaggeringly sexy (sexist?) songs werent a fluke.
The title track, Bad Boy Boogie and Hell Aint A Bad Place To Be show off Angus and Malcolm Youngs way with a bluesy riff, but its the closing song that is quintessential DC. Yes, this is the album that gave us the hilarious tale of Whole Lotta Rosie.View Deal
David Bowie - Low
Teaming up with Brian Eno, David Bowie released two albums in 1977 (the other was Heroes), and Low was the moody, atmospheric meisterwork that showed how far the chameleonic songwriter had moved on from his Ziggy Stardust days.
Sound And Vision is the most accessible song of a challenging, but brilliant set.View Deal
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Despite his prowess as a songwriter, Eric Clapton has always managed to turn around a good cover version. And thats the case on Slowhand as he makes JJ Cales Cocaine his own.
His compositions impress too this is the place where Wonderful Tonight and Lay Down Sally first saw daylight. This is Eric Claptons most accomplished (and varied) solo record.View Deal
The Clash - The Clash
Of the debut albums from the big punk three (Sex Pistols, Clash and Damned), the Pistols brought fierce nihilism, the Damned were the most fun, while The Clash spoke to you about your life.
Joe Strummer snarls with intelligent indignation on Career Opportunities and Janie Jones while Mick Jones provides some surprisingly melodic guitar. An album in love with the rocknroll woah.View Deal
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Marrying a punk simplicity with a dash of pop rock, Declan MacManus announced Elvis Costellos arrival with his snarky debut.
The brittle but brilliant (and enduring) ballad Alison is in direct contrast to the garage rocknroll of the first three tracks, highlighting Costellos versatile way with a tune. Trivia fans should also note that Huey Lewiss early band Clover provided some of the instrumentation.View Deal
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
UK punks first album, The Damneds raw debut helped set the blueprint for punk rock, and featured guitarist Brian James firmly to the fore in songwriting terms.
Assaulting your ears with Neat Neat Neats pulsating bassline (courtesy of Captain Sensible), it never lets up for a second, while seventh track New Rose is an undisputed classic, irrespective of genre.View Deal
Ian Dury - New Boots And Panties!!
After having spent time honing his chops in the London pubs, New Boots And Panties!! saw the larger than life Ian Dury step out on his own.
Distinctly British, and distinctly brilliant check out the lyrics of Billericay Dickie and Wake Up And Make Love With Me for conclusive proof its also the album that included Blockheads, the song that gave his new backing band their name.View Deal
Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue
Jeff Lynnes ELO had come along way since it formed from the ashes of The Move. By the time of this double-album, Electric Light Orchestras massive sound incorporated orchestral arrangements and multi-layered harmonies with perfect pop melodies, the antithesis of the punk uprising of the time.
Wild West Hero, Mr Blue Sky and Turn To Stone became three of the biggest hits they ever had.View Deal
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
If ever proof was needed that friction, heartbreak, drug use and chaos can produce great art, then Fleetwood Macs Rumours has to be Exhibit A.
Somehow the likes of The Chain, Dont Stop, Never Going Back Again and Go Your Own Way still sound as great today as they did the first time around.View Deal
Foreigner - Foreigner
First blasting into our consciousness via the slick Feels Like The First Time, Foreigner stamped their intelligent, massive-sounding radio rock all over their debut album.
Cold As Ice is an exercise in brilliant melodic rock, while Long, Long Way From Home characterises where guitarist Mick Jones and vocalist Lou Gramm would take their band in the years that followed.View Deal
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
Stepping out of the shadows of a hugely successful band to go it alone is a brave step. And its one that former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel made with ease and panache.
His first album free from Phil Collins et al saw him lose the long-winded complexity of his prog roots in favour of shorter, sharper, more knowing songs, such as Solsbury Hill.View Deal
Heart - Little Queen
Casting off their little Led Zeppelin tag, sisters Ann (vocals) and Nancy Wilson (guitar) built upon the promise of Hearts debut album Dreamboat Annie with their second release.
Fusing bludgeoning rock (the relentless rifferama of Barracuda) with gentle mandolin-led folk (Dream Of The Archer, Love Alive) to great effect, the band proved that they had one of rocks finest vocalists in their line-up.View Deal
Pink Floyd - Animals
Yup. Its the one with the pig. Pink Floyds follow-up to the seminal Wish You Were Here was a very different beast to its predecessor. Its a meagre five tracks long, but Roger Waters songwriting is reaching its most complex, experimental and demanding.
Despite only sharing one composer credit (on the whopping 17-minute long Dogs), David Gilmours stylish guitar sets the tone of this nihilistic, disturbing work.View Deal
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Rejuvenated for the masses thanks to the use of its title track in Danny Boyles film adaptation of Trainspotting, Iggy Pop's second release of 1977 cemented his reputation as a founding father of US punk.
Teaming up with David Bowie (who produced and cowrote), Pop proved through the likes of Lust For Life, Success and The Passenger that he was now a bona fide solo star who could survive without his Stooges.View Deal
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
A Farewell To Kings gave Rush one of the biggest hits of their career in the shape of Closer To The Heart a song that is one of only a scant handful of Rush tracks which clock in below the three-minute mark.
But such brevity is not indicative of the album as a whole with the heavily synth-led Xanadu and closer Cygnus X-1 (which also serves as a conceptual prelude to 1978s Hemispheres album) taking centre stage.View Deal
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Heres The Sex Pistols
12 tracks that changed the world, this was the album that turned rocknroll on its head. Anarchic, chaotic and rebellious in both musical and lyrical terms, the world had never heard anything like Johnny Rottens sarky, disparaging sneer underscored by Steve Jones and Paul Cooks ramshackle, breakneck cacophony before.
God Save The Queen, Anarchy In The UK, Pretty Vacant, Bodies its a hard rock classic.View Deal
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
Following up their well-received Rattus Norvegicus released earlier in the year, Hugh Cornwell and his Stranglers perfected their surreal art punk take on the world.
Lyrically theres some near-the-knuckle material lurking on this album (I Feel Like A Wog), but some great tunes too: Dagenham Dave, Something Better Change and the title track.View Deal
Television - Marquee Moon
Art rocks finest hour Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyds guitar interaction is at the heart of this beautiful LP.
Marquee Moon (the song) with its extraordinary instrumental passages shows that there was a lot more to 70s New York new wave than Blondies pop rock excursionsView Deal
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