Top 45 Music Albums of 1973
by davidhuret 
- Chart updated: 10/14/2025 08:15
- (Created: 09/23/2013 13:19).
- Chart size: 45 albums.
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Macca's most commercially successful album... and one of the very best released by a former Beatle. Most of the backing tracks were recorded in Lagos, Nigeria, under trying circumstances. Catchy, uplifting, and bearing repeated listening exceptionnally well.
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1973
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6,377
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If I had to pick one in his classic series of albums he made in the 1970s, it would have to be this masterpiece.
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1973
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"Discovered" by Kevin Ayers, funded by Richard Branson's brand new label (Virgin),multi-instrumentalist Odlfield released his iconic debut just in time for his twentieth birthday. His next two albums are equally beguiling.
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1973
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4. (=)
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Each song is something to behold.
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1973
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1,044
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A fascinating world of thrilling decadence.
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1973
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5,438
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Chill-out time! An album to wallow in repeatedly.
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1973
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1,407
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"I blew up your body/ But you blew my mind"... Genius at work here!
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1973
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3,415
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Overrated for sure. Maybe not even Pink Floyd's best, let alone the "second best album of all time" BUT a masterpiece of an album nonetheless, that no loger needs any introduction. Just to be listened to.
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1973
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The grandeur of the piece comes from the songs themselves, and their interpretation. Not a violin in sight!
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1973
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From "Kodachrome" to "Loves me like a rock" via "American Tune", it's all very, very good songwriting.
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1973
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Top 45 Music Albums of 1973 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Gong | 2 | 4% | |
| Roxy Music | 2 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 4% | |
| Elton John | 2 | 4% | |
| Paul McCartney & Wings | 2 | 4% | |
| Donovan | 2 | 4% | |
| The Wailers | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 45 Music Albums of 1973 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 33rd to 32ndRed Rose Speedway by Paul McCartney & Wings |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 31st to 35thPlanxty by Planxty |
| Down 1 from 32nd to 33rdGoodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John |
| Down 1 from 35th to 36thOver-Nite Sensation by The Mothers |
| New entries |
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| Matita Perê by Antônio Carlos Jobim |
| Leavers |
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| Holland by The Beach Boys |
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| ! | 02/16/2017 21:19 |  phantom1305 | 291 | 92/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2014 15:25 | PauloPaz | 1,759 | 89/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2014 12:56 | Maucat | 28 | 71/100 |
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From Maucat 03/31/2014 12:56 | #108160
Very nice chart...
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From Antonio-Pedro 10/28/2013 10:49 | #89559
Antonio-Pedro 10/28/2013 10:49 | #89559
Excellent list mixing Albuns between more famous and not so famous but aweasome .
Very nice picks
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tgarritsen 10/11/2013 10:26 | #88175
Great picks
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