Credit: Far Out / Album Covers / Anders Hanser
Wed 29 April 2026 21:00, UK
1976 is widely considered one of the greatest years for music of all time, as genres like pop, disco and subsections of rock captured the public’s imagination.
The ‘60s were incredibly important when it came to setting the groundwork for different genres of music. The concept of the pop star and rock star had been proven; while they were initially established in the 1950s, the ‘60s showed that this adoration of music and those who made it wasn’t a phase. This was an art form that had legs, and it was time for artists to start seeing just how far they could run with it.
The result was that the ‘70s brought with it some of the greatest musical innovations that the world had ever seen. The beginning of the decade saw the rise in popularity of genres like psychedelic and prog rock, while the back end of the ‘70s gave rise to genres like disco and R&B. It was a great time for music, but in order to fully appreciate the good, we also need to be aware of the bad.
Artists were making truly great strides, but that came with the release of some shocking songs, as well as tracks that potentially ruined careers. While we look at such a decade as a great time in music, there is no doubt that there are some songs which came out during these prolific years which the world would have been better without.
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