San Diego Union-Tribune

Was 1975 the fourth-best year ever for albums? From Bob Marley to Patti Smith, how would you vote?

No, that’s not an alternate title for The Beatles’ 1964 U.S. debut album, but it might be the most apt headline for today’s article about the greatest albums of 1975. Given how many outstanding albums ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Was 1975 the best year ever for albums? Our readers weigh in with their choices.

How many albums were released in 1975 that have stood the test of time and still resonate strongly today as all-time standouts? That was the question I posed in my Jan. 13 Sunday Arts+Culture cover ...
Orange County Register

50 Years Later: How 1975’s No. 1 albums hold up after a half-century

In 1975, familiar faces dominated the album charts as artists including Elton John, Chicago, Paul McCartney and Olivia Newton-John — all of whom had No. 1 albums the previous year — returned to the ...
East Bay Times

Was 1975 the fourth best year ever for albums? From Bob Marley to Patti Smith, how would you vote?

Those were the exact years that I hailed, as some readers may recall, in my annual articles between 2022 and today as, respectively, the first, second and third greatest years ever for albums. So, it ...
Los Angeles Daily News

50 Years Later: How 1975’s No. 1 albums hold up after a half-century

In 1975, familiar faces dominated the album charts as artists including Elton John, Chicago, Paul McCartney and Olivia Newton-John — all of whom had No. 1 albums the previous year — returned to the ...