Acclaimed Music - The Top Albums from 1972
The Top Albums from 1972





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Time
ArtistAlbumBuy at
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Song
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1 6 The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main St
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2 16 David Bowie
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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3 79 Lou Reed
Transformer

4 110 Stevie Wonder
Talking Book
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5 122 Neil Young
Harvest
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6 151 Curtis Mayfield
Superfly
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7 196 The Original Soundtrack
The Harder They Come
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8 208 Roxy Music
Roxy Music
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9 243 Nick Drake
Pink Moon
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10 250 Deep Purple
Machine Head
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11 252 Todd Rundgren
Something/Anything?
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12 389 Randy Newman
Sail Away
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13 411 Steely Dan
Can't Buy a Thrill
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14 426 Deep Purple
Made in Japan
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15 453 Big Star
#1 Record
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16 474 Little Feat
Sailin' Shoes
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17 489 Al Green
I'm Still in Love with You
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18 579 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Clear Spot
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19 620 Paul Simon
Paul Simon
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20 635 Van Morrison
Saint Dominic's Preview
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21 651 T. Rex
The Slider
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22 659 Al Green
Let's Stay Together
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23 662 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
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24 681 Yes
Close to the Edge
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25 692 The O'Jays
Back Stabbers
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26 705 Can
Ege Bamyasi
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27 747 Aretha Franklin
Amazing Grace
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28 854 Black Sabbath
Vol. 4
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29 886 Chick Corea
Return to Forever
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30 895 Genesis
Foxtrot
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31 933 Mott the Hoople
All the Young Dudes
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32 987 Stevie Wonder
Music of My Mind
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33 1059 Miles Davis
On the Corner

34 1091 The Band
Rock of Ages
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35 1103 Elton John
Honky Chateau
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36 1184 The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Birds of Fire
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37 1253 Joni Mitchell
For the Roses
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38 1257 Aretha Franklin
Young, Gifted and Black
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39 1263 Alice Cooper
School's Out
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40 1348 Carla Bley
Escalator over the Hill
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41 1363 War
The World Is a Ghetto
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42 1366 The Allman Brothers Band
Eat a Peach
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43 1453 Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne

44 1483 Rod Stewart
Never a Dull Moment
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45 1491 Dr. John
Dr. John's Gumbo
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46 1614 Tim Buckley
Greetings from L.A.

47 1619 Planxty
Planxty
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48 1713 Dave Holland
Conference of the Birds
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49 1730 Jethro Tull
Thick as a Brick
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50 1755 Faust
Faust So Far
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51 1816 Faust
Faust
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52 1863 Townes Van Zandt
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

53 1894 Popol Vuh
In den Gärten Pharaohs

54 1909 Klaus Schulze
Irrlicht

55 1953 Santana
Caravanserai
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56 1960 Donny Hathaway
Live
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57 2044 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
The Spotlight Kid
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58 2070 Ornette Coleman
Skies of America
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59 2097 Ornette Coleman
Science Fiction

60 2182 Eric Andersen
Blue River
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61 2282 Bette Midler
The Divine Miss M
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62 2357 Carmen McRae
The Great American Songbook
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63 2374 The Temptations
All Directions

64 2485 Weather Report
I Sing the Body Electric
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65 2497 Stephen Stills
Manassas
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66 2499 Bonnie Raitt
Give It Up
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67 2515 Van Dyke Parks
Discover America
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68 2524 Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges
Clube da esquina
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69 2533 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Blacknuss
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70 2587 Julius Hemphill
Dogon A.D.

71 2605 Slade
Slade Alive!
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72 2622 Fela Ransome Kuti
Roforofo Fight
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73 2655 John Cale
The Academy in Peril
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74 2669 David Ackles
American Gothic

75 2670 Ash Ra Tempel
Schwingungen

76 2694 The Eagles
The Eagles
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77 2695 Slade
Slayed?

78 2714 Matching Mole
Matching Mole

79 2764 Bill Withers
Still Bill
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80 2834 Bread
Baby I'm-A Want You
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81 2879 Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

82 2880 Rory Gallagher
Live! In Europe
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83 2921 Sandy Denny
Sandy

84 2928 Elvis Presley
He Touched Me
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85 2932 Gilberto Gil
Expresso 2222

86 2962 Cat Stevens
Catch Bull at Four
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87 2973 McCoy Tyner
Sahara
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88 2981 Carly Simon
No Secrets
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Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Grateful Dead
Europe '72
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Kevin Ayers
Whatevershebringswesing

Ann Peebles
Straight from the Heart
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Wishbone Ash
Argus

The Belmonts
Cigars, Acapella, Candy

The Staple Singers
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
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Jorge Ben
Ben

The Crusaders
Crusaders 1

Spring
Spring

The Stylistics
Round 2

Marvin Gaye
Trouble Man
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Michael Nesmith
And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'

Bobby Charles
Bobby Charles

Mellow Candle
Swaddling Songs



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