Album of The Year - Endgame

My Top 10 Albums of 1972

Rolling Stones - Exile
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Bowie - Ziggy
Humble Pie - Smokin
Black Sabbath - Vol 4
Neil Young - Harvest
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds
Elton John - Honky Chateau

HMs
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Bill Withers - Still Bill
Yes - Close to the Edge
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Paul Simon - S/T
 
Top 10 - 1972:
  1. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
  2. Lou Reed - Transformer
  3. Big Star - #1 Record
  4. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
  5. Can - Ege Bamyası
  6. Caetano Veloso - Transa
  7. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
  8. Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
  9. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
  10. Tangerine Dream - Zeit
HMs:
Miles Davis - On The Corner
Neu! - S/T
Paul Simon - S/T
Lal & Mike Waterson - Bright Phoebus
Neil Young - Harvest
Elton John - Honky Chateau
 
teefer said:
As promised...soundtracks!!! (a lot of timeless and depressingly still timely classics this year):

Trouble Man


Super Fly


The Godfather


The Harder They Come


A Clockwork Orange
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See now - had you not done this, I would have forgotten to have Trouble Man and Super Fly on my list. Thanks, Teef!
 
Holy Guacamole! What a year for music!

My Favourite Albums from 1972:
  1. Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
  2. Neil Young – Harvest
  3. The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
  4. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
  5. Dr. John – Dr. John’s Gumbo
  6. Miles Davis – On the Corner
  7. Grateful Dead – Europe ‘72
  8. Os Novos Bainos – Acabou Chorare
  9. Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace
  10. Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come OST
Honourable Mentions:
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Bill Withers – Still Bill
Al Green – I’m Still In Love With You
Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
Lou Reed – Transformer
Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
Roxy Music – Roxy Music
The Allman Brothers Band – Eat a Peach
The O’Jays - Backstabber
Elton John – Honky Chateau
Van Morrison – Saint Dominic’s Preview
Charles Mingus – Let My Children Hear Music
Paul Simon – Paul Simon
Big Star - #1 Record
 
Too many great records this year. I am not going with any honourable mentions or my list would be huge.

Bowie - Ziggy
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
Miles Davis - On The Corner
Neu! - S/T
Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
Herbie Hancock - The Crossing
Big Star - #1
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
Roxy Music – S/T
 
  1. Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach
  2. Nick Drake – Pink Moon
  3. Neil Young – Harvest
  4. Jerry Garcia - Garcia
  5. Elton John – Honky Chateau
  6. Grateful Dead – Europe ‘72
  7. The Band - Rock of Ages: The Band in Concert
  8. Jimmy Hendrix - Hendrix In The West
  9. Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
  10. Big Star - #1 Record
 
spreddy updated for 2017

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The N+G Album of the Year...

Top 100 Artists of the last 60 years Order,Artist,Votes,Nationality 100,Black Sabbath,36,English 99,Oasis,36,English 98,Spoon,36,American 97,Sam Cooke,37,American 96,Stan Getz,37,American 95,Joy Division,37,English 94,Janet Jackson,37,American 93,My Bloody Valentine,38,Irish 92,The Replacements,...
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1972 was a pretty great year

The OrderArtistAlbumNationality
1​
David BowieThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From MarsEnglish
2​
Neil YoungHarvestCanadian
3​
The Rolling StonesExile on Main StreetEnglish
4​
Lou ReedTransformerAmerican
5​
Nick DrakePink MoonEnglish
6​
Roxy MusicRoxy MusicEnglish
7​
Aretha FranklinAmazing GraceAmerican
8​
Stevie WonderTalking BookAmerican
9​
Curtis MayfieldSuperFlyAmerican
10​
Al GreenLet's Stay TogetherAmerican
11​
Joni MitchellFor the RosesCanadian
12​
Aretha FranklinYoung, Gifted and BlackAmerican
13​
Big Star#1 RecordAmerican
14​
Black SabbathVol. 4English
15​
Stevie WonderMusic of My MindAmerican
16​
Deep PurpleMachine HeadEnglish
17​
Mott the HoopleAll the Young DudesEnglish
18​
Todd RundgrenSomething / Anything?American
19​
Deep PurpleMade In JapanEnglish
20​
Tim BuckleyGreetings from L.A.American
 
  1. Yes - Close to the Edge
  2. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
  3. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music
  4. Aphrodite's Child - 666
  5. Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
  6. Tangerine Dream - Zeit
  7. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
  8. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
  9. NEU! - NEU!
  10. Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
 
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You may notice some pretty big albums missing from my list below. I can maybe name like 15 albums that I've listened to from 1972 in total so... take that as you will. These are 10 albums that I liked - but I would say I would pick up listening to the first 7 here if they come to mind. Not that the last 3 are bad by any means.

1. Neil Young - Harvest
2. Novos Baianos - Acabou Chorare
3. Roxy Music
4. CAN - Ege Bamyasi
5. Neu!
6. Bernard Purdie - Soul Is... Pretty Purdie
7. Arthur Verocai
8. Lyn Collins - Think (about it)
9. Renaissance - Prologue
10. Chick Corea - Return To Forever
 
An exceptional year with great music in almost all genres - I really struggled to make this list and had to leave off albums I absolutely adore.

1. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
2. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
3. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
4. Terry Callier - What Color Is Love
5. Fruko - Fruko El Bueno
6. McCoy Tyner - Extensions
7. Miles Davis - On The Corner
8. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
9. Fela Kuti - Shakara
10. Bill Withers - Still Bill

Bubbling under: Stevie Wonder - Talking Book, Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview, David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust, Lou Reed - Transformer, Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight, Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything, Novos Baianos - Acabou Chorare, Arthur Verocai
 
My musical knowledge of 1972 is still severely lacking, but I was still able to put together a list of 10 great albums from that year:
  1. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
  2. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
  3. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
  4. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
  5. Neil Young - Harvest
  6. Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
  7. Al Green - I’m Still in Love With You
  8. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - s/t
  9. Elton John - Honky Chateau
  10. Deep Purple - Machine Head
 
1972 was a great year for music!

1. Luther Allison - Bad News is Coming
2. Bill Withers - Still Bill
3. Elton John - Honky Chateau
4. Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace
5. Al Green - I’m Still in Love with You
6. Muddy Waters - The London Muddy Waters Sessions
7. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
8. Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
9. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
10. James Brown - Get on the Good Foot

Honorable Mentions:
Funkadelic - America Eats It’s Young
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
 
Woob_woob said:
The N+G Top 20 Albums of 2017

  1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
  2. Sza - Cntrl
  3. Lorde - Melodrama
  4. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
  5. The National - Sleep Well Beast
  6. Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
  7. Phoebe Bridgers - Strangers In The Alps
  8. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
  9. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
  10. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
  11. Milo - Who Told You to Think?!?!?
  12. Kelela - Take Me Apart (tie 12)
  13. Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (tie 12)
  14. Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex (tie 12)
  15. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman (tie 15)
  16. Alvvays - Antisocialites(tie 15)
  17. Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
  18. Four Tet - New Energy(tie 18)
  19. Thundercat - “Drunk” (tie 18)
  20. Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee (tie 18)
  21. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (tie 18)
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So thrilled that SZA came in at #2! ♥♥♥
 
Indeed there are so many amazing records in 1972 that it's difficult to put them in an order. Here's my list, I still may edit it a bit when listening to more. 🎶 Thanks to everyone for their lists ❤️

1. The Temptations "All directions"
2. Fela Kuti "Roforofo fight"
3. David Bowie "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"
4. Lou Reed "Transformer"
5. Neil Young "Harvest"
6. James Brown "There it is"
7. Archie Shepp "Attica blues"
8. Stevie Wonder "Talking book"
9. Jim Croce "You don't mess around with Jim"
10. Bill Withers "Still Bill"


11. Fleetwood Mac "Bare trees"
12. T. Rex "The slider"
13. Al Green "I'm still in love with you"
14. Luther Ingram "(If loving you is wrong) I don't want to be right"
15. Joni Mitchel "For the Roses"
16. The Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street"
17. Deep Purple "Machine head"
18. Carpenters "A song for you"
19. Wishbone Ash "Argus"
20. Roxy Music "Roxy Music"

Honorable Mentions:

- Jethro Tull (Thick as a brick)
- Big Star (#1 Record)
- Steely Dan (Can't buy a thrill)
 
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