Best Albums of 1973
Listed below are the best albums of 1973 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
"I've always preferred the work the Alice Cooper group did to Alice's solo career. This record helps explain why. This seems like a very collective effort from a group of musicians (including of course Alice himself) showing the world there is more to them than their singer's persona. Lots of good..." [+] Reply
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AAL2014 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1973
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"Best ZZ top album. Great southern boogie rock'n'roll. Tres hombres, is superb sweaty fun featuring great tracks in, Jesus just left Chicago, beer drinkers and hell raisers, and, hot,blue and righteous. If you want some good time rock with feel, try this. Cool stuff." Reply
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1973
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"The first Roxy Music album after the departure of Brian Eno. Stranded, is an excellent record, it still retains that art-rock sound, although, in truth, is doesn't quite have that quirky edge that the first two Roxy LP's did. Still, there sure some superb tracks. Street life, is a brilliant opene..." [+] Reply
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1973
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"Todd Rundgren is a genius. I got into after Tame Impala listed his as one of the main influences for their album Lonerism. I listening to him I fell in love with his music. He has a very distinct style and its god damn good" Reply
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discojets1 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1973
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"After the genius of the previous 4 albums, goat's head soup was always going to be a disappointment. This is where the stones lifestyle's started to affect their music. Having said that, it's still a good album. Opener dancing with Mr.D goes for menace but it is more funny than scary. Better is 1..." [+] Reply
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1973
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"Most believe that Catch A Fire was the Wailer's big commercial breakthrough and in some ways it was, but this was their first album to chart well outside of Jamaica and had their all- time top 2 biggest hits ("I Shot the Sheriff", "Get Up, Stand Up"). Plus, Marley's "Burnin' and Lootin" and Livin..." [+] Reply
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1973
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"Only 4 comments on this one? It's his best album! Every song is great, and it's so diverse." Reply
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1973
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"This is probably the most maligned, bashed and dismissed album in Progressive Rock. All the well-known prog haters (Rolling Stone, Robert Christgau, etc) had a field day with this album, but if you really LISTEN to all the 4 pieces is such astounding musical experience. My favourites are 'Ritual'..." [+] Reply
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ponkine | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1973
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"The Isley Brothers have had hits in every decade since the 1950's, and have scored 20 top 10 albums. 3+3, which finds the band as a sextet, opens with "That Lady"...worth having the album for alone. It's funky, and Ernie Isley tears it up on guitar. The album is also notable for its choice in cov..." [+] Reply
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Romanelli | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1973
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"Their debut is actually quite good. Somewhat flawed, but fantastic highlights like "Dream On", "Movin' On", "Mama Kin. Derivative of the Stones and Zeppelin, but hey, they pretty much found their sound with the next album anyway so might as well start off with a good sound. Essential listening fo..." [+] Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 4 of 100
Best Albums of 1973 composition
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| Various Artists | 6 | 1% | |
| Karl Böhm / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus | 5 | 1% | |
| Elvis Presley | 4 | 0% | |
| Status Quo | 4 | 0% | |
| Roy Ayers | 3 | 0% | |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | 3 | 0% | |
| Pharoah Sanders | 3 | 0% | |
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391 | 39% | |
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211 | 21% | |
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54 | 5% | |
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47 | 5% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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18 | 2% | |
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