I started threads like this for 1972, 1973 and (very belatedly!) 1974. I'll kick this one off with my own highly selective list of albums that turn 50 in 2025. I'm sure there are plenty of titles I've overlooked, so...Discuss. I'll make additions and corrections for as long as I can edit this post. (Fair warning: I've salted my starter pack with a whole bunch of notable jazz releases from 1975, if only to counterbalance all the hard rock/classic rock titles, which--don't hate me--I mostly don't dig.)
Oh--also: 1975 was sort of the beginning of the end for quad, right? Maybe one of you statisticians out there can
Oh--also: 1975 was sort of the beginning of the end for quad, right? Maybe one of you statisticians out there can
- Cull my list for albums that had a quad release;
- Calculate the percentage of (1) that were eventually re-released in a modern, higher-res format; and
- Do a shortlist of (1) and/or (2) (and/or 0, for that matter) that have (also?) had a 5.1 and/or Atmos "upgrade," in either physical or streaming form.
- Abba: Abba
- Abercrombie, John, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette: Gateway
- AC/DC: High Voltage
- Aerosmith: Toys In the Attic
- Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare
- Allman Brothers Band: Win, Lose, or Draw
- America: Hearts
- Bad Company: Straight Shooter
- Beck, Jeff: Blow By Blow
- Bennett, Tony and Bill Evans: The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
- Black Sabbath: Sabotage
- Bowie, David: Young Americans
- Boys of the Lough, The: The Boys of the Lough
- Brown, Marion: Vista
- Burning Spear: Marcus Garvey
- Burton, Gary: Dreams So Real - Music of Carla Bley
- Byrd, Donald: Places and Spaces; Stepping Into Tomorrow
- Campbell, Glen: Rhinestone Cowboy
- Captain & Tenille: Love Will Keep Us Together
- Davis, Miles: Agharta and Pangaea
- Doobie Brothers: Stampede
- Dylan, Bob: Blood on the Tracks
- Eagles: One of These Nights
- Earth, Wind & Fire: That’s the Way of the World; Gratitude
- Electric Light Orchestra: Face the Music
- Ellington, Duke: The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
- Flack, Roberta: Feel Like Makin’ Love
- Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac
- Focus: Mother Focus
- Foghat: Fool for the City
- Gentle Giant: Free Hand
- Grateful Dead: Blues for Allah
- Hall, Jim: Concierto
- Hall & Oates: Darryl Hall and John Oates
- Hancock, Herbie: Man-Child; Flood
- Harper, Billy: Black Saint
- Harris, Emmylou: Pieces of the Sky
- Heart: Dreamboat Annie
- Hemphill, Julius: ‘Coon Bid’ness
- Henderson, Joe: Canyon Lady
- Ian, Janis: Between the Lines
- James, Bob: Two
- Jarrett, Keith: The Koln Concert
- Jefferson Starship: Red Octopus
- Jethro Tull: Minstrel in the Gallery
- John, Elton: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Journey: Journey
- KC and the Sunshine Band: KC and the Sunshine Band
- Kirk, Rahsaan Roland: The Case of the 3-Sided Dream in Audio Color
- Kiss: Alive!
- Kuti, Fela: Roforofo Fight
- Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
- Mahavishnu Orchestra: Visions of the Emerald Beyond
- Mingus, Charles: Changes One and Two
- Mitchell, Joni: The Hissing of Summer Lawns
- Monty Python: Matching Tie and Handkerchief
- Nazareth: Hair of the Dog
- Nelson, Willie: Red Headed Stranger
- Nugent, Ted: Ted Nugent
- Ohio Players: Honey
- Oldfield, Mike: Ommadawn
- Parliament: Mothership Connection
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
- Queen: A Night at the Opera
- Rava, Enrico: The Pilgrim and the Stars
- Redbone, Leon: On the Track
- Reed, Lou: Metal Machine Music
- Roxy Music: Siren
- Rufus: Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
- Rush: Fly By Night
- Seger, Bob: Beautiful Loser
- Shorter, Wayne: Native Dancer
- Simon, Paul: Still Crazy After All These Years
- Smith, Patti: Horses
- Springsteen, Bruce: Born to Run
- Steely Dan: Katy Lied
- Stewart, Rod: Atlantic Crossing
- Summer, Donna: Love to Love You Baby
- Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis?
- Taylor, James: Gorilla
- Towner, Ralph: Solstice
- Tubes, The: The Tubes
- Turner, Tina: Acid Queen
- Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
- War: Why Can’t We Be Friends
- Washington, Jr., Grover: Mister Magic; Feels So Good
- Weather Report: Tale Spinnin’
- Weber, Eberhard: Yellow Fields
- Wheeler, Kenny: Gnu High
- Who, The: The Who By Numbers
- Wings: Venus and Mars
- Young, Neil: Tonight’s the Night
- Zappa, Frank: One Size Fits All; Bongo Fury
- ZZ Top: Fandango
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