Best Albums of 1973

Listed below are the best albums of 1973 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
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1973 year summaryThe best artists of 1973 were Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Elton John, The Who, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney & Wings, David Bowie and The Stooges.
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"Not featuring the massive singles of her Tapestry album, this 1973 release from songwriter/singer Carole King features 13 tracks of the same piano driven pop which were also splendidly contained on the aforementioned million seller. Despite the lack of singles, King delivers each of these tracks ..."  [+]  Reply
- TheDude85 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"What an absolute joy it was to finally here this album which could well be the most underrated historically significant rock album of the 70’s. Simply look at the roll call of guests who contributed a veritable who’s who of rock stardom in the early 70’s - George Harrison - John Lennon - Paul McC..."  [+]  Reply
- Brad1770 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Great Sound, Great Songs, Superb Musicianship from the band all topped Off with Alex' vicious, sneering, snarling, superb vocals (with a sense of humour flung in for good measure). One of the rock world's unrecognised gems."  Reply
- iancrockert141 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"The original album had only the first 10 tracks. "Rock and Roll Parade" was a single B-side (from "Sebastian"), "Judy Teen" a single A-side. They were added to the CD release."  Reply
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