Top 30 Music Albums of 1972
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My Top 10 songs of 1972:
10. Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies (Foxtrot)
9. The Rolling Stones - Rocks Off (Exile On Main St.)
8. Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love (Transformer)
7. David Bowie - Five Years (The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars)
6. Nick Drake - Place To Be (Pink Moon)
5. Lou Reed - Perfect Day (Transformer)
5. Caetano Veloso - You Don't Know Me (Transa)
4. Milton Nascimento - Clube da Esquina nº 2 (Clube Da Esquina)
3. Nick Drake - Things Behind The Sun (Pink Moon)
2. Nick Drake - Pink Moon (Pink Moon)
1. Nick Drake - From The Morning (Pink Moon)
- Chart updated: 01/25/2020 06:45
- (Created: 01/09/2017 02:08).
- Chart size: 30 albums.
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"I pinched to see if I was dreaming but failed to find bodily form. I then began to realize death had worked her charm."
Favourite Tracks: The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers, I Of Hurricane Sue, Adagio Ma Non Troppo, Hobo Ho [First added to this chart: 02/25/2018]
Favourite Tracks: The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers, I Of Hurricane Sue, Adagio Ma Non Troppo, Hobo Ho [First added to this chart: 02/25/2018]
Year of Release:
1972
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1,054
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"I've met many people over the years, and in my opinion I have found that people are the same everywhere. They have the same fears, shed similar tears, die in so many years."
Favourite Tracks: Little Child Runnin' Wild, No Thing On Me, Superfly [First added to this chart: 04/06/2018]
Favourite Tracks: Little Child Runnin' Wild, No Thing On Me, Superfly [First added to this chart: 04/06/2018]
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1972
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3,234
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"You never knew me though I knew you long ago, your name has been my life always."
Favourite Tracks: What Reason Could I Give, Street Woman, All My Life, Rock The Clock [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]
Favourite Tracks: What Reason Could I Give, Street Woman, All My Life, Rock The Clock [First added to this chart: 11/27/2019]
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"I burn down your cities, how blind you must be. I take from you your children and you say, how blessed are we? You all must be crazy to put your faith in me. That's why I love mankind. You really need me. That's why I love mankind."
Favourite Tracks: Political Science, Sail Away, God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
Favourite Tracks: Political Science, Sail Away, God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
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1972
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"Why somebody, why people break up, turn around and make up, I just can't see."
Favourite Tracks: Let's Stay Together, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart [First added to this chart: 08/04/2019]
Favourite Tracks: Let's Stay Together, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart [First added to this chart: 08/04/2019]
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1972
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723
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Favourite Tracks: Black Satin, Helen Butte, Vote For Miles
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1972
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1,696
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"Satellite's gone way up to Mars, soon it will be filled with parking cars."
Favourite Tracks: Perfect Day, Satellite Of Love, Walk On The Wild Side [First added to this chart: 01/17/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Perfect Day, Satellite Of Love, Walk On The Wild Side [First added to this chart: 01/17/2017]
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1972
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Favourite Tracks: Sahara, Ebony Queen
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"Sometime ago, I had a dream, it was happy, it was lasting, it was free."
Favourite Tracks: Crystal Silence, Return To Forever [First added to this chart: 05/02/2017]
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"Where did they go? When did they come from? What has become of them now?"
Favourite Tracks: Blessed Relief, Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus [First added to this chart: 05/06/2018]
Favourite Tracks: Blessed Relief, Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus [First added to this chart: 05/06/2018]
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Top 30 Music Albums of 1972 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Deep Purple | 2 | 7% | |
| Al Green | 1 | 3% | |
| Charles Mingus | 1 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 1 | 3% | |
| Arthur Verocai | 1 | 3% | |
| Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes | 1 | 3% | |
| Curtis Mayfield | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 30 Music Albums of 1972 chart changes
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| Down 4 from 13th to 17thEge Bamyası by Can |
| Down 4 from 14th to 18thLet's Stay Together by Al Green |
| Down 4 from 15th to 19thOn The Corner by Miles Davis |
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| Xenakis: Persepolis by Groupe De Recherches Musicales De La RTF |
| Arthur Verocai by Arthur Verocai |
| Music Of Fela - Roforofo Fight by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 |
| Sail Away by Randy Newman |
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