The Best Rock Albums of 1972

Selected by piero scaruffi
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1972


    9/10
  1. Klaus Schulze: Irrlicht (Brain)
  2. Neu: Neu (Brain)
    8.5/10
  3. Taj Mahal Travellers: July 15 1972 (CBS)
  4. Popol Vuh: In Den Gaerten Pharaos (Pilz)
    8/10
  5. Tangerine Dream: Zeit (Ohr)
  6. Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street (RollingStones)
  7. Roxy Music: self-titled (UK)
  8. Nick Drake: Pink Moon (Island)
  9. Yes: Close To The Edge (Atlantic)
    7.5/10
  10. Cluster: Cluster II (Brain)
  11. Matching Mole: Matching Mole (CBS)
  12. Joni Mitchell: For The Roses (Asylum)
  13. Allman Brothers: Eat A Peach (Capricorn)
  14. Todd Rudgren: Something/Anything (Bearsville)
  15. Frank Zappa: Grand Wazoo (Bizarre)
  16. Hawkwind: Doremi Fasol Latido (One Way)
  17. Soft Machine: 6 (CBS)
  18. Back Door: Back Door (Blakey)
    7/10
  19. Neil Young: Harvest (Reprise)
  20. Jerry Garcia: Garcia (Warner)
  21. David Ackles: American Gothic (Elektra)
  22. Deuter: Aum (Kuckuck)
  23. Gentle Giant: Three Friends (Columbia)
  24. Nucleus: Belladonna (Vertigo)
  25. John Cale: Academy In Peril (Reprise)
  26. Can: Ege Bamyasi (Spoon)
  27. Townes Van Zandt: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (Poppy)
  28. Hot Tuna: Burgers (Grunt)
  29. Little Feat: Sailin' Shoes (Warner)
  30. Leo Kottke: Greenhouse (Takoma)
  31. Ash Ra Tempel: Schwingungen (Ohr)
  32. VanDyke Parks: Discover America (Warner)
  33. Caravan: Waterloo Lily (Decca)
  34. Annette Peacock: I'm The One (RCA)
  35. Matching Mole: Little Red Record (CBS)
  36. Third Ear Band: Macbeth (Harvest)
  37. Strawbs: Grave New World (A&M)
  38. Faust: So Far (Polydor)
  39. Blue Oyster Cult: Blue Oyster Cult (CBS)
  40. Randy Newman: Sail Away (Reprise)
  41. Jackson Browne: Jackson Browne (Asylum)
  42. Algarnas Tradgard: Framtiden Ar Ett Svavande Skepp Forankrat I Forntiden
  43. Deep Purple: Machine Head (Harvest)
  44. Family: Bandstand (UA)
  45. Eagles: Desperado (Asylum)
  46. Taj Mahal: Recycling The Blues (CBS)
  47. Eric Andersen: Blue River (Columbia)
  48. Frank Zappa: Waka/Jawaka (Bizarre)
  49. Peter Michael Hamel: Hamel (Music Factory)
  50. Agitation Free: Malesch (Vertigo)
  51. Jade Warrior: Last Autumn's Dream (Vertigo)
  52. Milton Nascimento: Clube Da Esquina
  53. Stevie Wonder: Talking Book (Tamla)
  54. Curved Air: Phantasmagoria (Warner)
  55. Doobie Brothers: Toulouse Street (Warner)
  56. Focus: Moving Waves (IRS)
  57. Cat Stevens: Catch Bull At Four (Island)
  58. Mark-Almond: Mark-Almond II (Harvest)
  59. Bonnie Raitt: Give It Up (Warner)
  60. Loudon Wainwright III: Album III (Columbia)
  61. Wish Bone Ash: Argus (MCA)
  62. Jean-Claude Vannier: L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches
  63. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Darwin
  64. Z.Z. Hill: The Brand New Z.Z. Hill

Playlist
  1. ... In preparation
  2. Nick Drake: Things Behind the Sun
  3. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
  4. Deep Purple: Smoke on the Water
  5. T.Rex: Telegram Sam
  6. Cat Stevens: Morning Has Broken
  7. Neil Diamond: Song Sung Blue
  8. Neil Young: Harvest
  9. Deep Purple: Highway Star
Extended tracks
  1. ... In preparation
  2. Klaus Schulze: Ebene
  3. Neu: Negativland
  4. Popol Vuh: Hosianna Mantra
  5. Yes: Close to the Edge
  6. One: II Car Raga

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