Best album of 1972

[That 70s Guy]

 

[dr wu]

Once again there isnt a 'best album' imho...but many great ones.
Being a prog nerd I have to list....
Close To The Edge - Yes
Foxtrot - Genesis
Thick As A Brick -Jethro Tull
also these...
Pink Moon- Nick Drake
Exile On Main Street- Stones
Cant Buy A Thrill- Steely dan

An interesting list....there are many for each year online but this one had some unusual choices that also covered prog ,soul, r &b, and jazz

The 50 Best Albums of 1972 - SPIN

The best albums of 1972 represent a massive time in music history. These are the 50 best 50 albums from 1972

www.spin.com

 

[BeatleMatt]

Can’t Buy A Thrill- Steely Dan

 

[TACdtf]

1. Alice Cooper-School's Out
2. Deep Purple-Machine Head
3. Black Sabbath-Vol. 4
4. Wishbone Ash-Argus
5. Scorpions-Lonesome Crow

 

[Catfish]

1. Black Sabbath- Vol. 4
1. Deep Purple- Machine Head
3. Yes- CTTE
4. Moody Blues- Seventh Sojourn
5. Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick

Odd that at least from my tastes, the first two of these are the greatest metal albums ever made.

 

[X-Ray]

Once again there isnt a 'best album' imho...but many great ones.
Being a prog nerd I have to list....
Close To The Edge - Yes
Foxtrot - Genesis
Thick As A Brick -Jethro Tull
also these...
Pink Moon- Nick Drake
Exile On Main Street- Stones
Cant Buy A Thrill- Steely dan

An interesting list....there are many for each year online but this one had some unusual choices that also covered prog ,soul, r &b, and jazz

The 50 Best Albums of 1972 - SPIN

The best albums of 1972 represent a massive time in music history. These are the 50 best 50 albums from 1972

www.spin.com

I'm surprised that I have every album except Exile...

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

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+100! Machine Head

 

[E-Z]

Deep Purple's Machine Head WAS the best album they recorded although perversely the 1975 Come Taste The Band album without Ritchie 'the man in black' on guitar was actually a pretty good album with American guitarist Tommy Bolin recruited as a full time replacement for Ritchie although personally speaking I am not sure about the funky track 'Owed To G' but the rest of the tracks on the album are very good and the last track You Keep On Moving is 'classic 1970s rock' at it's very best.

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

Deep Purple's Machine Head WAS the best album they recorded although perversely the 1975 Come Taste The Band album without Ritchie 'the man in black' on guitar was actually a pretty good album with American guitarist Tommy Bolin recruited as a full time replacement for Ritchie although personally speaking I am not sure about the funky track 'Owed To G' but the rest of the tracks on the album are very good and the last track You Keep On Moving is 'classic 1970s rock' at it's very best.

"Come Taste The Band" it's really great and criminally underrated album. There is a whole scattering of wonderful songs: "Comin' Home", "This Time Around", "Dealer", "Love Child", "Gettin' Tighter", "Drifter", "I Need Love"... And for sure "You Keep On Moving" is a masterpiece.

 

[dr wu]

I'm surprised that I have every album except Exile...

You have all 50 on that Spin list (except Exile) or the ones I posted?
If you have the others you have a very eclectic collection and some good prog in there too.