Top 23 Music Albums of 1972
by mrmcrook 
What a year. This is just ladened with classics. A definitive order of favoritism this year is a near impossible task. It will forever keep being altered. Studio albums rated ahead of compilations.
My top 10 favorite songs from 1972
1. Deep Purple - Child in Time
2. Uriah Heep - = placing: All My Life + Paradise
3. Deep Purple - Highway Star
4. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
5. Black Sabbath - Laguna Sunrise
6. David Bowie - = placing: Five Years + Rock and Roll Suicide
7. Pink Floyd - Childhoods End
8. Dust - Pull Away/So Many Times
9. Slade - Gudbye T'Jane
10. Rolling Stones - Happy
- Chart updated: 08/01/2026 04:45
- (Created: 09/27/2020 03:10).
- Chart size: 23 albums.
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94.111* Had on vinyl. Then it was gone. 30 years later got the CD. Forgot how fucking brilliant this is. It powered up the chart. A masterpiece of an album 08/25
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90.81* A total one of a kind album. Completely unique in sound and style. Well deserved of the legendary status it's given. Good old David. 05/25
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85.71 Another that was ingrained into me from the brothers collection. This is how a live album should be. 7 tracks over a double album. Detours from the studio versions but still keeping it true. A golden era of the live albums.
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81.00* Early Sabbath do no wrong. Even when massively coked up during the writing and making of this, they still produce an album of a caliber that most bands will never even get close to. An all round classic that never fails to deliver. 'Laguna Sunrise' will be played at my funeral when I'm dead. My all time favorite instrumental
[First added to this chart: 10/30/2020]
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1972
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Had this on vinyl eons ago. Loved it and have been on the lookout to replace it for years. Hard to come across but finally found it. Released in 1972. A golden age for Quo. Very Rock & Roll / 12 bar Rhythm & Blues. An epic album. The cover says it all. One of the best cover photos ever. Long live the Quo. 08/26
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79.888* Classic 70's rock/hard rock with an unpolished sound. Reminded me of Uriah Heep on a few tracks. Decent right through. 05/26
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78.875* Wary of this due to it being two 20+ minute songs. Should never have worried. One of the better prog albums out there. Whole thing great and very quickly recognizable to the ears. 06/26
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78.36* This has always been a bit of a slow burner for me. Couple of filler tracks but mainly an album of top notch tunes. Definitely stronger in the front half. 'Perfect Day' being one of the best songs to come out of 1972. 07/25
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78.224* Good early days album from them, when they thrived on barroom blues and boogie. 12/25
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Growing up next to the Meek family, they were obsessed with Neil Diamond. Every BBQ, party or family get together they had, Neil Diamond would be pumped, and more likely than not, it was this. So I would have heard it many times without really paying attention. It was all so familiar once I got my copy 50 years later.. Amazing how your memory recall works. He's actually got a heap of good tunes. Can't knock Neil. 10/24
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Top 23 Music Albums of 1972 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Uriah Heep | 2 | 9% | |
| Slade | 2 | 9% | |
| Neil Young | 1 | 4% | |
| Dust (1970s) | 1 | 4% | |
| Seals And Crofts | 1 | 4% | |
| Jethro Tull | 1 | 4% | |
| Nick Drake | 1 | 4% | |
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