1975: 30 rock albums released 50 years ago [LISTA]

The year didn’t bring a major revolution in style, but it offered good work from established or famously emerging big bands.

1975 It wasn’t exactly a year of transition for rock, which in the following years would lose strength with the disco phenomenon. However, the big names of the past have consolidated themselves while some emerging ones have stood out.

In the first weeks, on January 20th, Bob Dylan made the album available Blood on the trailwhich addresses many of the personal issues the musician was facing at the time. It did not immediately become a classic – far from it, as it received a lot of criticism at the time – but it gained cult status over time and is now seen as some of the artist’s best work.

THE Led Zeppelin took another step in his sonic evolution with Physical graffitian album that highlights the classic “Kashmir”. In the same year, the singer Roberto Pianta he had a serious car accident with his wife, Maureen.

After gnawing on the bone for the previous two years, the Kiss began paving his way to fame in 1975. Dressed to Kill, his third studio album, brought success “Rock and roll all night” – but would only appear on the live version of the album Live! (1975). The list, it is worth underlining, will not have live works.

THE Fleetwood Mac began designing his new sound model with the self-titled album (also called White album), the first with the singer Stevie Nicks and the guitarist/singer Lindsey Buckingham. In turn, the Black Saturday released what is considered his last classic work with the original lineup, Sabotagewhile the Rainbowthe guitarist’s new band recently left Intense purpleRichie Blackmorepremiered and introduced to the world Ronnie James Dioowner of one of the most powerful voices in metal history and, get this, future member of Sabbath.

Bruce Springsteen made available Born to runhis first album to be truly successful, while the Pink Floyd end the wait for a successor The dark side of the moon (1973) with I wish you were herequoted by David Gilmour as the best work of the group. In November, the queen he also launched what is considered by many to be his pinnacle: A Night at the Operaresponsible for introducing nothing less than “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

Brazil was still feeling the effects of the military dictatorship, which undeniably slowed down the development of rock – and many other cultural manifestations – in the country. Even so, classics like Forbidden Fruitfrom Rita LeeAND New Aeonfrom Raúl Seixas. It was also the year in which the public had access to the first works of the dissidents of the ephemeral Dry and wet: Water from the sky – Birdfrom Ney Matogrossoand the work of the same name by John Ricardoalso known as Pink album.

In the experimental field, Lula Cortes AND Ze Ramalho created together Paêbiruacclaimed as one of the best albums of the era, also due to the mystique that surrounded its vinyl copies, almost all of which were destroyed by a flood, transforming its original pressing into one of the rarest and most expensive albums on the planet. As for heavy metal, although up to that point there was no national representative of heavy metal, names like The third (with Creatures of the night), Engine room (with The house of wonders) AND The weight (with In search of lost time) flirted with elements of the genre.

Check out the 30 great rock albums released in 1975 – or turning 50 in 2025 – below, listed in alphabetical order. As previously pointed out, live recordings were not taken into account.

1975: 30 rock albums released 50 years ago

Aerosmith – Toys in the attic

Alice Cooper – Welcome to my nightmare

Black Saturday – Sabotage

Bob Dylan – Blood on the trail

Bruce Springsteen – Born to run

Engine room – The house of wonders

David Bowie – Young Americans

Intense purple – Come and taste the Band

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac

George Harrison – Extra texture (read more)

João Ricardo – João Ricardo (Pink Album)

John Lennon – Rock’n’Roll

Kiss – Dressed to kill

Led Zeppelin – Physical graffiti

Lula Côrtes and Zé Ramalho – Paêbiru

Nazareth- Dog hair

Ney Matogrosso – Water from the sky – Bird

The weight – In search of lost time

The Third – Creatures of the night

Pink Floyd – I wish you were here

Queen – A Night at the Opera

Rainbow – The Rainbow by Richie Blackmore

Raúl Seixas – New Aeon

Rick Wakeman – The myths and legends of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table

Rita Lee – Forbidden Fruit

Rush – Fly at night (Furthermore Caress of Steel)

Scorpions – In trance

The WHO – Chi by numbers

Thin Lizzy – combative

Wings – Venus and Mars

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