Your Favorite Albums Of 1973

In no order:

There Goes Rhymin' Simon-Paul Simon
Now & Then-Carpenters
Killing Me Softly-Roberta Flack
Houses of the Holy-Led Zeppelin
Fantasy-Carole King
The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle-Bruce Springsteen
Be What You Are-The Staple Singers
Band On the Run-McCartney/Wings
Foreigner-Cat Stevens
Don't Cry Now-Linda Ronstadt
Innervisions-Stevie Wonder
For Everyman-Jackson Browne
Maria Muldaur
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road & Don't Soot Me I'm Only The Piano Player-Elton John
Long Hard Climb-Helen Reddy
Brothers and Sisters-The Allman Brothers Band
Bette Midler
Imagination-Gladys Knight and the Pips
Angel Clare-Art Garfunkel
Countdown to Ecstasy-Steely Dan
Full Sail-Loggins & Messina
Half Breed & Bittersweet White Light-Chér
Goats Head Soup-The Rolling Stones
Mama Was A Rock & Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs-Sonny & Chér
Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
I Got A Name-Jim Croce

 

Oh La La-Faces
Band on the Run-Paul McCartney & Wings
For Your Pleasure & Stranded-Roxy Music
Catch A Fire & Burnin-Bob Marley & The Wailers
Traffic-Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
Mott-The Hoople
Houses of the Holy-Zep
Aladdin Sane-David Bowie
Goat’s Head-Stones
Quadrophenia-The Who
Let’s Get It On-Marvin Gaye
Mind Games-John Lennon
Tyranny & Mutation_BOC
Call Me-Al Green
Countdown to Ecstasy. Steely Dan
Dixie Chicken-Little Feat
Right Place, Wrong Time-Dr. John
Berlin-Lou Reed
A Wizard, A True Star-Todd Rundgren
The Smoker You Drink-Joe Walsh
Lark’s Tongue-King Crimson
Foreigner-Cat Stevens
Dark Side of The Moon-Pink Floyd
GP-Gram Parsons
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John
Side 3-Raspberries
In A Glass House-Gentle Giant
It’s Only a Movie-Family
Laid Back-Gregg Allman
Please Don’t Ever Change-Brinkley Schwartz
Sweet Revenge-John Prine
Abandoned Luncheonette-Hall & Oates
Ass & Badfinger-Badfinger
Bloodshot & Ladies invited-J. Geils Band
The Payback-James Brown
I Got A Name-Jim Croce
Ringo-Ringo Starr
Tattoo-RoryGallagher
Piano Man-Billy Joel
Takin’ My Time-Bonnie Raitt
Don’t Look Now-Linda Ronstandt
Montrose-Montrose
The Captain and Me-The Doobie brothers
Selling England By the Pound-Genesis
Show Your Hands-The Average White Band
Vagabonds-Thin Lizzy
Goat’s Head Soup-The Rolling Stones
Innervisions-Stevie Wonder
Tres Hombres-ZZ Top
We’re An American Band-Grand Funk
Rigor Morris Sets In-John Entwistle
There Goes Rhymin Simon

 

The Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup
Tapper Zukie - Man A Warrior
Toots and the Maytals - In the Dark
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a Fire
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
The Stooges - Raw Power
Yoko Ono -Approximately Infinite Universe
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
Mickey Newbury - Heaven help the child
Jimmy Cliff - Struggling Man
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
The Upsetters - 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle
Gram Parsons - GP
Judy Collins -True Stories and other dreams
Dr.John - In the right place
Jim Croce - Life and Times
Al Green - Call Me
Lou Reed - Berlin
Stevie Wonder - Let's Get it On
John Cale Paris 1919
Islay Brothers - 3+3
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home
Tom Waits - Closing Time
Donovan - Cosmic Wheels
Judee Sill - Heartflood
The Eagles - Desperado
Manassas - Down the Road
Kris and Rita - Full Moon
John Fogerty - The Blue Ridge Rangers
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
Carpenters - Now and Then
Charlie Daniels - Honey in the Rock
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointers Sisters
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes
Maureen McGovern - The Morning After
Roberta Flack - Killing me softly
Allman Brothers - Brothers and Sisters
Roy Wood - Boulders
Can - Future Days
Van Morrison - Hard Nose the Highway
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Raspberries - Side III
Art Garfunkel - Angel Clare
Faust - Faust IV
Sly and The Family Stone - Fresh
Linda Ronstadt - Don’t cry now
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things
The Band - Moondog Matinee
Neil Young - Time Fades Away
Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood
Jackson Browne - For Everyman
Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye - Diana and Marvin
Loggins and Messina - Full Sail
John Prine - Sweet Revenge
Bonnie Raitt - Takin’ my Time
Bruce Springsteen - Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
Hall and Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
O’Jays - Ship Ahoy
Carol King - Fantasy
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew
Bonnie Koloc - Bonnie Koloc
Sandy Denny - Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
Gene Clark - Roadmaster
Cher - Halfbreed
Olivia Newton-John - Let me be there
Jobriath - Jobriath
The Temptations - Masterpiece
Seals and Crofts - Diamond Girl
Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis
Beach Boys - Holland
Mott the Hoople - Mott
Jerry Jeff Walker - Viva Terlingua
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Bob Seger - Back in ’72
Leon Russell - Hank Wilson’s Back
Poco - Crazy Eyes
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - Lifeboat
The Staples Singers - Be What You Are
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night
Duncan Browne - Duncan Browne
Big Star - Radio City
Neu! - Neu! 2
Faces - Ooh La La
John Lennon - Mind Games
Buckingham & Nicks - Buckingham & Nicks
Marvin and Farrar - Marvin and Farrar
Jesse Colin Young - Song For Juli
Michael Murphey - Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir
David Bowie - Alladin Sane
Mary McCaslin - Way Out West
Bee Gees - Life in Tin Can
Curtis Mayfield - Back to the World
Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
Doug Sahm - Doug Sahm & Band
WAR - The World is a Ghetto

 

Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get

 

My Top 3 of 1973:

Gong ‘Flying Teapot’
Caravan ‘For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night’
Genesis ‘Selling England By The Pound’

 

1973 was a huge music year in my life. I was a junior and senior at UT-Austin over the year, and did quite a few reviews for the student newspaper in the first half of the year. Austin had a great music scene with great venues and radio stations at the time. I think part of what would become a general preference toward what would eventually be called Americana was getting shaped at during that year.

Here's a long list favorite albums from 1973 that I've still been listening to a lot over the past few years.

Arlo Guthrie - The Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
Bob Marley - Catch a Fire; Burnin'
Bonnie Raitt - Give it Up
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Doug Sahm - Doug Sahm and Band
Dr. John - In the Right Place
Eagles - Desperado
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Faces - Ooh La La
Gram Parsons - GP
Gregg Allman - Laid Back
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night
J Geils Band - Bloodshot
Jackson Browne - For Everyman
Jerry Jeff Walker - Viva Terlingua
John Cale - Paris 1919
John Lennon - Mind Games
John Martyn - Solid Air
John Prine - Sweet Revenge
Leo Kottke - My Feet are Smiling
Leon Russell - Hank Wilson's Back
Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Michael Martin Murphey - Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir
Mott the Hoople - Mott
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure; Stranded
Stevie Wonder - Inner Visions
The Allman Brothers - Brothers and Sisters
The Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood
The Who - Quadrophenia
Tom Waits - Closing Time
Van Morrison - Hard Nose the Highway
Weather Report - Sweetnighter
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

 

Quadraphenia -The Who
Ashes Are Burning-Renaissance
Selling England By The Pound -Genesis
Dark side Of The Moon -Pink Floyd
House Of The Holy -Led Zeppelin

 

Albert Mangelsdorff - Trombirds

 

Barbara Mason - Lady Love

 

1. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
2. The Who - Quadrophenia
3. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run
4. Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
5. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

 

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)

(this was actually released in 1983, but I've decided to put archival releases that feature stuff recorded in a particular year under the year the recording is sourced from, since the music is "of that era")

 

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Holland The Beach Boys
The Great Lost Kinks Album The Kinks
GP Gram Parsons
Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Elvis Presley
The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music
Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin
Penguin Fleetwood Mac
Desperado Eagles
The Marshall Tucker Band The Marshall Tucker Band
There Goes Rhymin' Simon Paul Simon
Chicago VI Chicago
Jesus Christ Superstar
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean Jimmy Buffett
Barry Manilow Barry Manilow
Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan
Innervisions Stevie Wonder
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye
Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones
Maria Muldaur
Side 3 Raspberries
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen
Selling England by the Pound Genesis
Mystery to Me Fleetwood Mac
Wake of the Flood Grateful Dead
For Everyman Jackson Browne
Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back Frank Sinatra
Stranded Roxy Music
Abandoned Luncheonette Hall & Oates
Piano Man Billy Joel
Preservation Act 1 The Kinks
The Beach Boys in Concert The Beach Boys
Ladies Invited The J. Geils Band
I Got a Name Jim Croce
Ridin' the Storm Out REO Speedwagon

 

12, In Chronological Order Of Release

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Mott the Hoople - Mott
Frank Zappa - Overnite Sensation
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
Montrose - Montrose
The Who - Quadrophenia
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

 

Bruce Springsteen - Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

 

A few more to add to the list:

• Garland Frady - Pure Country
• Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
• Michael Nesmith - Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash

 

Burnin' - The Wailers.

Bob Marley is still very much a part of 'the group' on this album. It's fantastic and probably, for me at least, it's his best album. Essential listening for any reggae fans out there.

 

Peter Frampton - Frampton's Camel

 

1973 seems to be the year almost all heavy psych, hard rock, proto-metal bands toned down considerably, which is a bit disappointing. Anyway, some favs:

* Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire
* Hawkwind - Space Ritual
* Uriah Heep - Live
* Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom
* Black Sabbath - Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
* Scorpions - Lonesome Crow
* Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
* Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny And Mutation
* Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII
* Gentle Giant - In A Glasshouse
* Curved Air - Air Cut
* Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
* Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
* Atomic Rooster - Nice 'N' Greasy
* Gong - Flying Teapot
* Herbie Hancock - Sextant
* Elvin Jones - Live At The Lighthouse
* Dave Holland - Conference Of The Birds
* Chick Corea & Return to Forever - Light As A Feather
* Paul McCartney, Wings - Band On The Run
* Lynsey De Paul - Surprise

 

Stevie Wonder-Innervisions
Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
Lynyrd Skynyrd-(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
Steely Dan-Countdown to Ecstasy
Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Michael Franks-ST
Paul McCartney & Wings-Band on the Run
The Marshall Tucker Band-ST
The Rolling Stones-Goats Head Soup
Hall & Oates-Abandoned Luncheonette

 

America-Hat Trick
Eagles- Desperado

 

simply heads and tails above much of what was released that year

 

thanks for making my point! LOL

 

Styx - Styx II (aka Lady)





1980 reissue cover as "Lady"

 

Back To The World - Curtis Mayfield
Chapter One: Latin America - Gato Barbieri
Desperado - Eagles
Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
Dreaming My Dreams - Waylon Jennings
Enlightenment - McCoy Tyner
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
Fort Yawuh - Keith Jarrett
Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock
I Tell Stories Sad And True - Junior Parker
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
In The Right Place - Dr. John
It’s Too Late To Stop Now - Van Morrison
Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas - Townes Van Zandt
Live In Sweden, 1973 - The White Brothers
Lotus - Santana
Promised Land - Elvis Presley
River - Terry Reid
Solid Air - John Martyn
Spectrum - Billy Cobham
Sweetnighter - Weather Report
The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen

A pretty good year. Not only that but also the year I graduated and Sunderland won the FA Cup.