50 frá 1971

Tað eru 50 ár liðin síðani 1971, og tí havi eg sett henda listan saman við 50 teimum bestu plátunum frá hesum árinum. Hetta er eisini ein niðurteljing til mín "Ársins plátur 2021", ið kemur við árslok.

Ongin listi er definitivur, men listar eru ofta góðir og kunnu hjálpa okkum at skilja og flokka tað, sum annars tykist fløkjasligt. Listar eru eisini ein motivatión til at lurta, síggja, lesa, skriva, meta um og endurtaka. Taka støðu. 

Tað finnast bæði bøkur og heimildarfilmar, ið vilja vera við at 1971 var nakað heilt serstakt, ja kanska hitt besta tónleikaárið nakrantíð. Eg skal ikki her taka dagar ímillum hvat hitt besta tónleikaárið er, men at gera ein lista kann altíð hjálpa uppá perspektivið. 

Stevnumið: ein listi við hálvtrýss plátuviðmælum frá 1971 nú hálvtrýss ár eru liðin síðani hetta hendingaríka tónleikaárið. Úrslit: ein innlitsrík venjing, har roynt var at gera listan ymisligan í mun til sjangru og umboðan, standa ímóti onkrum ráðandi narrativum og hava javnvág millum tað kritiskt viðurkenda, tað vælumtókta og tað sentimentala. Hetta vóru tær, sum sluppu uppí part.

It's been fifty years since 1971 and I've put together this list of the fifty greatest albums from said year. No list is definitive, but lists are often great and can help us understand and categorize that which seems complex or overwhelming. Lists are also a motivation to listen, watch, read, write, consider and repeat. To take a stand.

The Objective: a list of fifty album recommendations from 1971 to mark the 50th anniversary of this seminal year in music. The Result: an insightful exercise where I attempted to diversify in terms of genre and representation, oppose some dominant narratives, and balance between the critically acclaimed, the popular and the sentimental. These were the ones that made the cut.

50 tær bestu frá 1971

Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda
Alice Cooper: Killer
Amon Düül II: Tanz Der Lemminge
Ash Ra Tempel: Ash Ra Tempel
The Beach Boys: Surfs Up
Bill Withers: Just As I Am
Black Sabbath: Master of Reality
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Soul Revolution
Booker T & The MG’s: Melting Pot
Can: Tago Mago
Carole King: Tapestry
Cat Stevens: Teaser And The Firecat
Cluster: Cluster 71
Curtis Mayfield: Roots
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name
Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colors
The Doors: L.A. Woman
Elton John: Madman Across The Water
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus
Faust: Faust
Funkadelic: Maggot Brain
Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man
Harkaliðið: Harkaliðið
Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson 
Hawkwind: In Search of Space
Isaac Hayes: Shaft
Janis Joplin: Pearl
Jethro Tull: Aqualung
J.J. Cale: Naturally
John Cale/Terry Riley: Church of Anthrax
John Lennon: Imagine
John Prine: John Prine
Joni Mitchell: Blue
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Love and Hate
The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin: The Inner Mounting Flame
Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On
Nick Drake: Bryter Layter
Nikodemussangbólkurin: Meistarans Hond
Pink Floyd: Meddle
Popol Vüh: In Der Gärten Pharaos
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson
Sly and the Family Stone: There’s A Riot Goin’ On
T. Rex: Electric Warrior
Tangerine Dream: Alpha Centauri
Uriah Heep: Look At Yourself
The Who: Who’s Next
Yes: Fragile

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