Top 10 albums 1972

What are your choices for this year ?

 

Transformer - Lou Reed
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
Harvest - Neil Young
Still Bill - Bill Withers
Machine Head - Deep Purple


.....not bad neither

 

Machine Head - Deep Purple
Close to the Edge - Yes
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Harvest - Neil Young
Vol.4 - Black Sabbath
Young Gifted & Black - Aretha Franklin
Music of my Mind - Stevie Wonder
The Grand Wazoo - Frank Zappa
All Directions - The Temptations

These are too difficult, I've left out some of my all time favourite LPs.

 

Hard to distill it down but here goes:

Steeleye Span - Below The Salt

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

Clifford T. Ward - Singer-Songwriter

Dan Fogelberg - Home Free

Lindisfarne - Dingly Dell

Gordon Lightfoot - Don Quixote

REO Speedwagon - REO/TWO

Poco - A Good Feelin' To Know

Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out

Al Stewart - Orange

Thre's a bunch more that I rate at 5/5 but since we'e been asked for ten, I'll go with these.

 

10 personal favourites in alphabetical order:

Big Star - #1 Record
Jackson Browne - Saturate Before Using
Sandy Denny - Sandy
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Genesis - Foxtrot
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Van Morrison - St Dominic's Preview
Randy Newman - Sail Away
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
Yes - Close To The Edge

 

"Paul Simon" by Paul Simon
"Henry The Human Fly" by Richard Thompson
"Pink Moon" by Nick Drake
"#1 Record" by Big Star
"Exile On Main St." by The Rolling Stones
"The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars" by David Bowie
"The Slider" by T-Rex
"Something/Anything" by Todd Rundgren
"St. Dominic's Preview" by Van Morrison
"Can't Buy A Thrill" by Steely Dan
"Clear Spot" by Captain Beefheart & Hos Magic Band
"Sail Away" by Randy Newman
"Harvest" by Neil Young
"Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using) by Jackson Browne

 

I wasn't listening to any of them then, I mean, I was still in a pushchair but...

Harvest - Neil Young
Foxtrot - Genesis
Close To The Edge - Yes
The Slider - T. Rex
Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan
Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd
Zeit - Tangerine Dream
Greatest Hits - Simon And Garfunkel
Hot August Night - Neil Diamond
Framed - Sensational Alex Harvey Band

 

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Genesis - Foxtrot
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Jonesy - No Alternative
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Strawbs - Grave New World
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Yes - Close to the edge
Neil Young - Harvest
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka

 

In no particular order...

Stones: Exile on Main St.
Stevie Wonder: Talking Book
Bonnie Raitt: Give It Up
Steely Dan: Can’t Buy a Thrill
Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes
Curtis Mayfield: Super Fly
Bowie: Ziggy Stardust
Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything?
Elton John: Honky Chateau
Randy Newman: Sail Away

 

In order:

The Rolling Stones - Exile
The Rolling Stones - Exile
The Rolling Stones - Exile
The Rolling Stones - Exile
The Rolling Stones - Exile
The Rolling Stones - Exile
The Rolling Stones - Exile
The Rolling Stones - Exile
The Rolling Stones - Exile
The Rolling Stones - Exile

... then the others...

 

I knew this would happen with one of these lists!!!
~"Who Came First" by Pete Townshend

On any given day, along with just a couple others here, it could actually be my #1... and I completely forgot it!!!!

 

Three of my all time faves are from this year:
Stones - Exile
Bowie - Ziggy
Lou Reed - Transformer

Best of the rest:
Paul Simon s/t
Neil Young Harvest
Nick Drake Pink Moon
Lou Reed s/t
T Rex - Slider
Van Morrison - St Dom's Preview

Overall not up to 1969 or 1970 in my estimation

 

Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix In The West
Jimi Hendrix - War Heroes
Manassas
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy...
Rory Gallagher - Live In Europe
Lou Reed - Transformer
Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story
Ry Cooder - Into The Purple Valley
+
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka
Frank Zappa - Grand Wazoo
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Miles Davis - On The Corner
Santana - Caravanserai
Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot
Grateful Dead - Europe '72
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill

 

Wot, no Catch bull at four?

 

Ziggy Stardust

 

Allman Brothers Band-Eat A Peach
Big Star-#1 Record
David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band-Clear Spot
Nick Drake-Pink Moon
Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes
Curtis Mayfield-Superfly
Randy Newman-Sail Away
Rolling Stones-Exile On Main St
Neil Young-Harvest

 

Rolling Stones-Exile On Main Street
Steely Dan-Can't Buy A Thrill
Neil Young-Harvest
Todd Rundgren-Something/Anything?
Fleetwood Mac-Bare Trees
Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes
Curtis Mayfield-Super Fly Soundtrack
Joe Walsh-Barnstorm
America-Homecoming
The Allman Brothers-Eat A Peach

 

so many great albums in 72 ... so I won't sign an affidavit, but here are ten greats off the top of my head

Foxtrot - Genesis
Octopus- Gentle Giant
Ziggy stardust - Bowie
Harvest - Neil young
Close To the Edge - Yes
Thick as a Brick - Tull
Something Anything - Todd Rundgren
Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
Vol 4 - Black Sabbath
Sailin' Shoes - Little Feat

 

American Pie-Don McLean
Big Bambu-Cheech & Chong
Baby I'm AWant You-Bread
Hot Rocks 1964-1971-Rolling Stones
A Song For You-Carpenters
Crazy Horses-Osmonds
FM & AM-George Carlin
The Guitar Man-Bread
Straight Up-Badfinger
Believe In Music-Various Artists (KTEL)

 

Volume 4 - Black Sabbath
Machine Head - Deep Purple
Barnstorm - Joe Walsh
Eagles - Eagles
A Good Feelin' To Know - Poco
Foxtrot - Geesis
Close To The Edge - Yes
Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac
Holy Chateau - Elton John
Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan

 

my top 10:
FRESH RASPBERRIES (The Raspberries)
#1 RECORD (Big Star)
A QUESTION OF BALANCE (The Moody Blues)
PINK MOON (Nick Drake)
YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM (Jim Croce)
HARVEST (Neil Young)
SOMETHING/ANYTHING (Todd Rundgren)
THICK AS A BRICK (Jethro Tull)
CLOSE TO THE EDGE (Yes)
RASPBERRIES (The Raspberries)

 

WOW!!!
What a great year for music!

 

Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers
Sail Away - Randy Newman

 

1. Genesis – Foxtrot
2. Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
3. Beach Boys – Carl & The Passions – So Tough
4. Neil Young – Harvest
5. Nilsson – Son of Schmilsson
6. Capt Beefheart - Clear Spot
7. Elvis – He Touched Me
8. Zappa – Just Another Band from LA
9. Dion – Suite for Late Summer
10. Captain Beefheart Spotlight Kid

 

1972 has got to be one of the most prolific years in rock:

Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
Close to the Edge - Yes
Foxtrot - Genesis
Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones
Caravanserai - Santana
The Grand Wazoo / Waka Jawaka - Frank Zappa
Thick as a Brick / Living in the Past - Jethro Tull
Machine Head / Made in Japan - Deep Purple
Ege Bamyasi - Can
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Eat a Peach - Allman Brothers
Harvest - Neil Young
Doremi Fasol Latido - Hawkwind
Talking Book / Music of my Mind - Stevie Wonder
Argus - Wishbone Ash
Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren
Obscured by Clouds - Pink Floyd
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Zeit - Tangerine Dream
Demons and Wizards / Magician's Birthday - Uriah Heep
Octopus / Three Friends - Gentle Giant
Space Shanty - Khan
A Tab in the Ocean - Nektar
Trilogy - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Wolf City - Amon Duul II
Honky Chateau - Elton John
Never a Dull Moment - Rod Stewart
Transformer - Lou Reed
#1 Record - Big Star
The Slider - T. Rex
Roxy Music - Roxy Music