An ongoing ranking and rating of my favorite albums of 1972. Items in bold are part of my personal CD collection.
THE TOP TEN
1. Eagles ~ Eagles (8.2)
2. Black Sabbath ~ Vol. 4 (8)
3. David Bowie ~ The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (8)
4. Blue Öyster Cult ~ Blue Öyster Cult (8)
5. Neil Young ~ Harvest (8)
6. Big Star ~ #1 Record (8)
7. The Doobie Brothers ~ Toulouse Street (8)
8. Deep Purple ~ Machine Head (7)
9. The Allman Brothers Band ~ Eat A Peach (7)
10. Alice Cooper ~ School’s Out (7)
THE REST: ALPHABETICAL BY RATING
Bob Seger ~ Smokin’ O.P.’s (7)
The Edgar Winter Group ~ They Only Come Out At Night (7)
Hollies ~ Romany (7)
Wishbone Ash ~ Argus (7)
Argent ~ All Together Now (6)
Cactus ~ Ot ‘N’ Sweaty (6)
Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ Mardi Gras (6)
Fleetwood Mac ~ Bare Trees (6)
Foghat ~ Foghat (6)
Genesis ~ Foxtrot (6)
Humble Pie ~ Smokin’ (6)
The Rolling Stones ~ Exile On Main St. (6)
Budgie ~ Squawk (5)
Don McLean ~ Don McLean (5)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer ~ Trilogy (5)
Gentle Giant ~ Octopus (5)
Grand Funk ~ Phoenix (5)
James Gang ~ Passin’ Thru (5)
Jeff Beck Group ~ Jeff Beck Group (5)
Jethro Tull ~ Thick As A Brick (5)
Mom’s Apple Pie ~ Mom’s Apple Pie (5)
Raspberries ~ Raspberries (5)
Scorpions ~ Lonesome Crow (5)
Styx ~ Styx (5)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band ~ Glorified Magnified (4)
Nazareth ~ Exercises (4)
Pink Floyd ~ Obscured By Clouds (4)
Thin Lizzy ~ Shades Of A Blue Orphanage (4)
Yes ~ Closer To The Edge (4)
Elf ~ Elf (3)
CURRENTLY UNRATED
Allman Brothers Band ~ Duane & Gregg Allman
April Wine ~ On Record
The Beach Boys ~ Carl And The Passions “So Tough”
Black Oak Arkansas ~ Keep The Faith
Chicago ~ Chicago V
The Doors ~ Full Circle
Dust ~ Hard Attack
Electric Light Orchestra ~ No Answer
Elton John ~ Honky Château
Free ~ Heartbreaker
The Guess Who ~ Rockin’
The Ides Of March ~ World Woven
James Gang ~ Straight Shooter
Jefferson Airplane ~ Long John Silver
Jethro Tull ~ Living In The Past
Joe Walsh ~ Barnstorm
The Kinks ~ Everybody’s In Show-Biz
Mahogany Rush ~ Maxoom
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band ~ Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
The Moody Blues ~ Seventh Sojourn
Mott The Hoople ~ All The Young Dudes
REO Speedwagon ~ R.E.O./T.W.O.
Rick Springfield ~ Rick Springfield
Rod Stewart ~ Never A Dull Moment
Slade ~ Slayed?
Status Quo ~ Piledriver
Steely Dan ~ Can’t Buy A Thrill
Steve Miller Band ~ Recall The Beginning… A Journey From Eden
Uriah Heep ~ Demons & Wizards
Uriah Heep ~ The Magician’s Birthday
West, Bruce & Laing ~ Why Dontcha
ZZ Top ~ Rio Grande Mud
[Last updated: 2020.07.12]
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