Best Elvis album of the 70s

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:39 pm

Youthful Elvis bounding with energy...but which one charges your battery? I've included Taking Liberties/10 Bloody Marys, because to my mind it's better than many of the main release albums he's done.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:50 pm

This Year's Model for me.

colrow26 · Post by **colrow26** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:53 pm

TYM for me too. Can still remember the day i bought it back in 78 and remember how exciting it was playing it for the first time. From the initial rush of No Action to the creepy coda of Night Rally.
Has he ever bettered this album ?

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:55 pm

Very close between TYM & AF, but the latter just gets it for me. The original release did not have a weak track on it (I can live without PL&U (the track)).

StrictTime · Post by **StrictTime** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:33 pm

TYM for me. I don't have the 'I remember picking this up back in 78' that a lot of people do, but I do remember picking it up in Best Buy Last February. My dad got Joe Jackson's Look Sharp! the same day. That weekend, all I did was spin TYM and watch Law and Order. It was like a lost weekend without the drugs. And 'You Belong To Me' made me happy to be single on Valentine's day. This is the one that solidified my complete EC fandom, and I will always always love it. It's top notch.

All that said, I'll get back to the 80s thread....oy, that's difficult.

Mr. Average · Post by **Mr. Average** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:05 pm

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:33 pm

alexv · Post by **alexv** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:33 pm

TYM. What the first three records share, for me, and what is lacking in all the EC records after GH, is the "un-self conscious EC". Ironically, at a time when the personna he was presenting to the world was the contrived creation of EC and Riviera (the pigeon toed, nerdy, vengeful mysoginist spaz), the music was the realest. I love IB, but in hindsight I see it as the beginning of the end of the 70s Elvis: the lyrics got written down; the singing got more stylized; the lyric lines got longer and denser; and the trip through musical styles got under way. Much as i've enjoyed that ride, the kick of those early records has never been duplicated, except for portions of BY and BAC.

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:30 am

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:13 am

Armed Forces for me. As much as I love the blowtorch effect of TYM, I feel like Armed Forces is where Elvis showed the world he was more than just a 'punk'. The melodies are fantastic all over the place, the performances inspired (if less 'take no prisoners' than TYM) and it contains more certifiable classics, to my ears, than either of the other 70s albums.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:16 pm

Armed Forces is the correct answer. Next to Imperial Bedroom his best record. EC was at the very top of his game with this - the greatest songwriter of his time without a doubt, the hottest live ticket in the world, hell, it even had a hit single on it. Chemistry Class, Two Little Hitlers, Accidents - even the throw aways like Busy Bodies and the superbly strange Moods for Moderns are sheer brilliance. Party Girl is one of , perhaps even THE most glorious pop song he's ever written.

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:39 pm

I guess if I'm voting for best I should vote TYM or AF. I went with MAIT, though, because that's still my favourite of the three.

Fishfinger king · Post by **Fishfinger king** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:01 pm

Oh, come on, I can't belive you're bothering with this one.
This year's model will give the biggest decade drubbing.
Accidents will happen has always been one of my favourite EC songs but the rest of Armed Forces was and remains a disappointment.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:08 am

Fishfinger king wrote:Oh, come on, I can't belive you're bothering with this one.
This year's model will give the biggest decade drubbing.
Accidents will happen has always been one of my favourite EC songs but the rest of Armed Forces was and remains a disappointment.

Well, a third of the board disagree with you. I voted TYM which i believe is the best by some way.

However, Both of the others are classics. Accidents is a great song, but is matched......even surpassed by Party Girl IMHO.

InvisibleMan · Post by **InvisibleMan** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:10 am

Taking Liberties or 10 Bloody Mary's.

strangerinthehouse · Post by **strangerinthehouse** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:30 pm

This Year's Model is the best for me. It is required listening everytime I go on a road trip. The drums, the frenetic pace, the lyrics of anger and confusion.

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:41 pm

After being weaned on MAIT and TYM upon their successive releases, I considered Armed Forces to be the ultimate EC and the Attractions pop album upon its' release those many years ago. It seemed that everything leading up to it was a practice run and everything thereafter was a bit of a genre exercise. This Year's Model is eclipsed by the albums it called as influences (Aftermath and the early Clash albums). Armed Forces has no peer or point of reference (Abba and Bowie influences aside).

So it's AF for me!

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