Top Albums of 1973
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10cc |
10cc |
Art Pop,
Comedy Rock,
Pop Rock,
Progressive Pop |
10 |
338 |
Al Green |
Call Me |
Southern Soul
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Al Green |
Livin' for You |
Smooth Soul,
Southern Soul
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36 |
1272 |
Alice Cooper |
Billion Dollar Babies |
Glam Rock,
Hard Rock
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Area |
Arbeit macht frei |
Avant-Prog
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Art Ensemble of Chicago |
Fanfare for the Warriors |
Free Jazz
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48 |
1868 |
Black Sabbath |
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath |
Hard Rock,
Heavy Metal
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Blue Öyster Cult |
Tyranny & Mutation |
Hard Rock
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6 |
156 |
Bob Marley and The Wailers |
Catch a Fire |
Roots Reggae
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24 |
726 |
Bruce Springsteen |
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle |
Heartland Rock
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44 |
1612 |
Bruce Springsteen |
Greetings from Asbury Park N.J. |
Heartland Rock
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Bryan Ferry |
These Foolish Things |
Glam Rock,
Pop Rock
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26 |
782 |
Can |
Future Days |
Krautrock
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Charlie Rich |
Behind Closed Doors |
Nashville Sound
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53 |
2215 |
Chick Corea & Return to Forever |
Light As a Feather |
Jazz Fusion
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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen |
Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas |
Country Rock,
Western Swing
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Dan Penn |
Nobody's Fool |
Country Rock,
Country Soul
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43 |
1584 |
Dave Holland |
Conference of the Birds |
Avant-Garde Jazz
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20 |
569 |
David Bowie |
Aladdin Sane |
Art Rock,
Glam Rock,
Pop Rock
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51 |
1936 |
Donny Hathaway |
Extension of a Man |
Soul
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Duke Ellington |
The Great Paris Concert |
Big Band
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40 |
1403 |
Eagles |
Desperado |
Country Rock
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Elliott Murphy |
Aquashow |
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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5 |
150 |
Elton John |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
Piano Rock
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Elton John |
Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player |
Piano Rock
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50 |
1903 |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
Brain Salad Surgery |
Progressive Rock
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47 |
1794 |
Faust |
The Faust Tapes |
Krautrock
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56 |
2249 |
Faust |
IV |
Krautrock
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Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70 |
Gentleman |
Afrobeat
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45 |
1750 |
Frank Zappa/The Mothers |
Over-Nite Sensation |
Art Rock,
Experimental Rock
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Fripp & Eno |
(No Pussyfooting) |
Ambient,
Drone
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Funkadelic |
Cosmic Slop |
Funk,
Psychedelic Soul
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30 |
874 |
Genesis |
Selling England by the Pound |
Progressive Rock
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Gladys Knight and The Pips |
Imagination |
Soul
|
64 |
2866 |
Gong |
Radio Gnome Invisible Part I: Flying Teapot |
Canterbury Scene,
Space Rock
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Gong |
Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part II) |
Canterbury Scene,
Space Rock
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17 |
526 |
Gram Parsons |
GP |
Country,
Country Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Grand Funk Railroad |
We're an American Band |
Hard Rock
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41 |
1415 |
Hawkwind |
Space Ritual |
Space Rock
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15 |
494 |
Herbie Hancock |
Head Hunters |
Jazz Fusion,
Jazz-Funk
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60 |
2381 |
Herbie Hancock |
Sextant |
Jazz Fusion
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Hugh Hopper |
1984 |
Avant-Garde Jazz,
Canterbury Scene
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3 |
126 |
Iggy and The Stooges |
Raw Power |
Garage Rock,
Hard Rock,
Proto-Punk
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I-Roy |
Presenting I-Roy |
Deejay
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62 |
2487 |
Jackson Browne |
For Everyman |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
37 |
1312 |
James Brown |
The Payback |
Funk,
Soul
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52 |
2022 |
João Gilberto |
João Gilberto |
Bossa Nova
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11 |
376 |
John Cale |
Paris 1919 |
Baroque Pop
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John Fahey |
Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) |
American Primitivism
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John Lennon |
Mind Games |
Pop Rock
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22 |
643 |
John Martyn |
Solid Air |
British Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Judee Sill |
Heart Food |
Chamber Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Keith Jarrett |
Solo Concerts: Bremen and Lausanne |
ECM Style Jazz
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42 |
1446 |
Kevin Coyne |
Marjory Razorblade |
Singer/Songwriter
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54 |
2229 |
King Crimson |
Larks' Tongues in Aspic |
Progressive Rock
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Kool & The Gang |
Wild and Peaceful |
Funk
|
19 |
550 |
Led Zeppelin |
Houses of the Holy |
Hard Rock
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Leo Kottke |
My Feet Are Smiling |
American Primitivism
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31 |
951 |
Little Feat |
Dixie Chicken |
Boogie Rock,
Southern Rock
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9 |
255 |
Lou Reed |
Berlin |
Art Rock
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18 |
539 |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
(Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) |
Southern Rock
|
57 |
2281 |
Magma |
Mëkanïk Dëstruktï? Kömmandöh |
Zeuhl
|
38 |
1333 |
Mahavishnu Orchestra |
Birds of Fire |
Jazz Fusion,
Jazz-Rock
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Maria Muldaur |
Maria Muldaur |
Folk Pop
|
8 |
215 |
Marvin Gaye |
Let's Get It On |
Smooth Soul
|
12 |
397 |
Mike Oldfield |
Tubular Bells |
Symphonic Prog
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21 |
633 |
Mott the Hoople |
Mott |
Glam Rock
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Neil Young |
Time Fades Away |
Country Rock
|
66 |
2955 |
Neu! |
Neu! 2 |
Krautrock
|
7 |
180 |
New York Dolls |
New York Dolls |
Glam Rock,
Proto-Punk
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13 |
443 |
Paul McCartney and Wings |
Band on the Run |
Pop Rock
|
35 |
1227 |
Paul Simon |
There Goes Rhymin' Simon |
Folk Pop,
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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1 |
21 |
Pink Floyd |
The Dark Side of the Moon |
Art Rock,
Progressive Rock
|
49 |
1896 |
Planxty |
Planxty |
Irish Folk Music
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67 |
2956 |
Planxty |
The Well Below the Valley |
Irish Folk Music
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Ralph Towner |
Diary |
Jazz Fusion
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Return to Forever feat. Chick Corea |
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy |
Jazz Fusion,
Jazz-Rock
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Rick Wakeman |
The Six Wives of Henry VIII |
Symphonic Prog
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Ringo Starr |
Ringo |
Pop Rock
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Roberta Flack |
Killing Me Softly |
Soul
|
4 |
137 |
Roxy Music |
For Your Pleasure |
Art Rock,
Glam Rock
|
29 |
849 |
Roxy Music |
Stranded |
Art Rock,
Glam Rock
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Sam Rivers |
Streams |
Free Jazz
|
68 |
2967 |
Secos & Molhados |
Secos & Molhados |
Art Pop,
Folk Pop,
Progressive Pop
|
25 |
779 |
Sly and the Family Stone |
Fresh |
Funk,
Psychedelic Soul
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Spinners |
The Spinners |
Philly Soul,
Smooth Soul
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Stan Getz and Bill Evans |
Stan Getz and Bill Evans |
Jazz
|
23 |
662 |
Steely Dan |
Countdown to Ecstasy |
Pop Rock
|
2 |
48 |
Stevie Wonder |
Innervisions |
Soul
|
59 |
2351 |
Sun Ra |
Space Is the Place |
Free Jazz
|
69 |
2977 |
The Allman Brothers Band |
Brothers and Sisters |
Southern Rock
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The Band |
Moondog Matinee |
Folk Rock,
Pop Rock,
Roots Rock
|
58 |
2334 |
The Beach Boys |
Holland |
Pop Rock
|
65 |
2907 |
The Chieftains |
The Chieftains 4 |
Irish Folk Music
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The Doobie Brothers |
The Captain and Me |
Pop Rock
|
32 |
1025 |
The Isley Brothers |
3+3 |
Funk,
Psychedelic Soul
|
55 |
2233 |
The O'Jays |
Ship Ahoy |
Philly Soul
|
63 |
2668 |
The Rolling Stones |
Goats Head Soup |
Rock
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band |
Next |
Glam Rock,
Hard Rock
|
16 |
510 |
The Wailers |
Burnin' |
Roots Reggae
|
14 |
467 |
The Who |
Quadrophenia |
Hard Rock,
Rock Opera
|
27 |
807 |
Todd Rundgren |
A Wizard, a True Star |
Art Pop,
Experimental Rock,
Pop Rock
|
33 |
1174 |
Tom Waits |
Closing Time |
Singer/Songwriter
|
34 |
1189 |
Toots and The Maytals |
Funky Kingston |
Roots Reggae
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Udo Lindenberg |
Alles Klar Auf der Andrea Doria |
Deutschrock
|
39 |
1401 |
Upsetters |
Blackboard Jungle Dub |
Dub
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Vainica Doble |
Heliotropo |
Folk Pop,
Psychedelic Pop
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Van Morrison |
Hard Nose the Highway |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
|
46 |
1763 |
Waylon Jennings |
Honky Tonk Heroes |
Outlaw Country
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Willie Nelson |
Shotgun Willie |
Outlaw Country
|
61 |
2471 |
Yes |
Tales from Topographic Oceans |
Symphonic Prog
|
28 |
810 |
ZZ Top |
Tres Hombres |
Blues Rock,
Southern Rock
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