Albums of the Year | 1976

After giving a brief overview of the year in music, Jason, Kramzer, and Joe each make their picks for the best albums of 1976 and discuss what they think makes them so great.

Best-Selling Album: Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton
Longest No. 1 Single: “Dancing Queen” by ABBA
Grammy – Album of the Year: Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon
Grammy – Song of the Year: “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim
Groups Formed: Black Flag, Boston, The Buzzcocks, The Clash, The Cure, Joy Division, Madness, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Siouxsie and the Banshees, U2
Groups Disbanded: The Band, Deep Purple, Loggins and Messina, Ike & Tina Turner
Deaths: Howlin’ Wolf, Florence Ballard of The Supremes, Phil Ochs, Keith Relf, Tommy Bolin, Freddie King
Top-Grossing Film: Rocky
World Leaders: Gerald Ford, Elizabeth II, Leonid Brezhnev, Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Historical Benchmarks:
– Apple Computer Company formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
– United States celebrates 200 years of independence from the British Empire
– NASA’s Viking 1 Lander arrives on Mars
Best Selling Book: Trinity by Leon Uris
TIME’s Person of The Year: Jimmy Carter

Don't forget to comment below with your favorite albums of '76, and if you'd like, take a stab at guessing what our picks for 1977 will be.

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