Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 by neilgee

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1973 was the year I bought my first record, but as you can imagine the vast majority of the albums in this chart were heard at a later date.

In those days if I was careful my pocket money would run to buying me an average of one album a month, on top of that I'd have maybe 3 mates who would buy at about the same rate, but even between 4 of us I must have only heard 30 to 40 albums that year, maybe less as we often bought the same albums. There was no other way of hearing full albums in that pre-internet time. Most people relied on reviews in music papers to help them to decide what to buy, but since I never could bear the hip bitchiness of music journalism I chose not to use that route and almost everything I bought was based on personal recommendations or singles or luck, sometimes that can backfire as when I bought Paul McCartney's Red Rose Speedway that year, still thinking anything connected to The Beatles must be great. It doesn't make my 73 top 100. Enough said. We are so lucky being able to check albums out on the internet now before buying.

I'm not nostalgic for the old days, at least not as far as access to music goes.

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Razamanaz 
United Kingdom Nazareth
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2015]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
31 charts
Rank Score:
205
Rank in 1973:
114
Rank in 1970s:
1,022
Overall Rank:
6,302
Average Rating:
 76 (40 votes)
Comments:
2
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Let's Get It On 
United States Marvin Gaye
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2015]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
389 charts
Rank Score:
2,620
Rank in 1973:
19
Rank in 1970s:
157
Overall Rank:
689
Average Rating:
 80 (482 votes)
Comments:
25
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3 + 3 
United States The Isley Brothers
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2015]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
150 charts
Rank Score:
699
Rank in 1973:
48
Rank in 1970s:
441
Overall Rank:
2,295
Average Rating:
 78 (137 votes)
Comments:
10
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 
United Kingdom Elton John
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2015]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
931 charts
Rank Score:
7,927
Rank in 1973:
6
Rank in 1970s:
51
Overall Rank:
210
Average Rating:
 81 (1,116 votes)
Comments:
81
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Selling England By The Pound 
United Kingdom Genesis
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2015]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
975 charts
Rank Score:
11,642
Rank in 1973:
4
Rank in 1970s:
34
Overall Rank:
127
Average Rating:
 84 (1,240 votes)
Comments:
92
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Band On The Run 
United Kingdom Paul McCartney & Wings
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2015]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
771 charts
Rank Score:
6,751
Rank in 1973:
7
Rank in 1970s:
63
Overall Rank:
261
Average Rating:
 82 (999 votes)
Comments:
78
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Stranded 
United Kingdom Roxy Music
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2015]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
188 charts
Rank Score:
1,081
Rank in 1973:
32
Rank in 1970s:
313
Overall Rank:
1,590
Average Rating:
 79 (242 votes)
Comments:
5
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For Your Pleasure 
United Kingdom Roxy Music
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2015]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
508 charts
Rank Score:
3,676
Rank in 1973:
12
Rank in 1970s:
113
Overall Rank:
487
Average Rating:
 80 (633 votes)
Comments:
28
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Imagination 
United States Gladys Knight & The Pips
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[First added to this chart: 11/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
27 charts
Rank Score:
49
Rank in 1973:
291
Rank in 1970s:
2,590
Overall Rank:
20,601
Average Rating:
 75 (26 votes)
Comments:
0
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Holland 
United States The Beach Boys
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[First added to this chart: 02/29/2016]
Year of Release:
1973
Appears in:
100 charts
Rank Score:
405
Rank in 1973:
73
Rank in 1970s:
634
Overall Rank:
3,595
Average Rating:
 74 (160 votes)
Comments:
12
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 composition

Country Albums %


United States 45 45%
United Kingdom 43 43%
Jamaica 9 9%
Mixed Nationality 1 1%
Ireland 1 1%
Nigeria 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Live? Albums %
No 96 96%
Yes 4 4%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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