Was 1975 the fourth best year ever for albums? From Bob Marley to Patti Smith, how would you vote?

Meet The Conundrums!

No, that’s not an alternate title for The Beatles’ 1964 U.S. debut album, but it might be the most apt headline for today’s article about the greatest albums of 1975. Given how many outstanding albums were released that year, how can any respectable music critic — well, me — claim it was an inferior year compared to 1972, 1973 or 1974?

Those were the exact years that I hailed, as some readers may recall, in my annual articles between 2022 and today as, respectively...