Top-rated albums of 1972

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1972 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,992 charts

Rank Score:

46,139

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 90 (3,519 votes)

Comments:

301

2.

Pink Moon 

 Nick Drake

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,543 charts

Rank Score:

18,741

Rank in 1972:

3

Rank in 1970s:

17

Overall Rank:

54

Average Rating:

 86 (1,836 votes)

Comments:

144

3.

Exile On Main St. 

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,954 charts

Rank Score:

20,957

Rank in 1972:

2

Rank in 1970s:

12

Overall Rank:

44

Average Rating:

 85 (2,336 votes)

Comments:

210

4.

Close To The Edge 

 Yes

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,180 charts

Rank Score:

14,117

Rank in 1972:

4

Rank in 1970s:

24

Overall Rank:

88

Average Rating:

 85 (1,461 votes)

Comments:

118

5.

Harvest 

 Neil Young

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,370 charts

Rank Score:

12,853

Rank in 1972:

5

Rank in 1970s:

26

Overall Rank:

97

Average Rating:

 85 (1,708 votes)

Comments:

96

6.

Acabou Chorare 

 Novos Baianos

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

270 charts

Rank Score:

3,114

Rank in 1972:

15

Rank in 1970s:

129

Overall Rank:

565

Average Rating:

 84 (259 votes)

Comments:

12

7.

Transformer 

 Lou Reed

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,238 charts

Rank Score:

10,371

Rank in 1972:

6

Rank in 1970s:

35

Overall Rank:

138

Average Rating:

 83 (1,529 votes)

Comments:

89

8.

Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 
Compilation

 Simon & Garfunkel

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

358

Rank in 1972:

73

Rank in 1970s:

695

Overall Rank:

4,018

Average Rating:

 83 (207 votes)

Comments:

8

9.

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 
Compilation

 Various Artists

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1972:

71

Rank in 1970s:

673

Overall Rank:

3,832

Average Rating:

 83 (133 votes)

Comments:

10

10.

Thick As A Brick 

 Jethro Tull

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

643 charts

Rank Score:

5,568

Rank in 1972:

8

Rank in 1970s:

76

Overall Rank:

310

Average Rating:

 83 (846 votes)

Comments:

44

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).