Your favorite albums of 1973

[pcqgod]

Some of my favorites:

Gong – Angel’s Egg
Steeleye Span – Parcel of Rogues
King Crimson – Larks tongues in Aspic
Gram Parsons -- GP
We All Together – s/t
Hawkwind – Space Ritual
Badfinger – Ass
Curved Air – Air Cut
Toots & the Maytals – Funky Kingston
Doug Sahm – Doug Sahm and Band

And yeah, I do like 'Dark Side of the Moon' 'Goats Head Soup' and 'Band on the Run.'

[Davey the Fat Boy]

Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Raw Power - Iggy and the Stooges
Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash - Mike Nesmith
Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
Their Goes Rhymin’ Simon - Paul Simon
The Payback - James Brown
Call Me - Al Green
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Shotgun Willie - Willie Nelson
Let’s Get it On - Marvin Gaye
GP - Gram Parsons
Wild and Peaceful - Kool & the Gang

[George P. Smackers]

New York Dolls
For Your Pleasure
Raw Power

[joels344]

What an outstanding year for music. Some of my all-time favorite records on found on this list:

1. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
2. Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
3. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
4. Can - Future Days
5. Pescado Rabioso - Artaud
6. Sun Ra - Space Is the Place
7. Faust - Faust IV
8. Judee Sill - Heart Food
9. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
10. John Cale - Paris 1919

Hell, here are some honorable mentions:

Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio - Pakistani Pomade
Peter Hammill - Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night
The Who - Quadrophenia
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
Faust - The Faust Tapes

[Mike Boom]

Houses of the Holy
Selling England By The Pound
For Your Pleasure
Aladdin Sane
Passion Play
The Wild The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle

[Charlie O.]

Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star
Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power
Al Green - Call Me
Mott The Hoople - Mott
Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
Neil Young - Time Fades Away
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Edu Lobo - Missa Breve
The Guess Who - Artificial Paradise, #10
Toots & the Maytals – Funky Kingston
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery To Me
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
New York Dolls - s/t
John Cale - Paris 1919
Faces - Ooh La La
Judee Sill - Heart Food
Seals & Crofts - Diamond Girl
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Roxy Music - Stranded
Lou Reed - Berlin

[clive gash]

The Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Joe Henderson/Alice Coltrane - The Elements
Todd - AWATS

[naughty boy]

Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
John Cale - Paris 1919
Roxy Music - Stranded
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power
Lou Reed - Berlin
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Can - Future Days
Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
Neil Young - Time Fades Away
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
New York Dolls - s/t
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star
Tom Waits - Closing Time
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Golden Earring - Moontan
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next
Kevin Coyne - Marjory Razorblade

[Darkness_Fish]

Not much for me here, I guess there could be some krautrock I'm missing, and no doubt Dayodead will tell me about things I own that I've not listed

David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Steeleye Span - Parcel of Rogues
Gary Higgins - Red Hash
NEU! - NEU! 2
Tom Rapp / Pearls Before Swine - Sunforest
Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power
John Martyn - Solid Air
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Faust - The Faust Tapes
Faust - Faust IV
Kraftwerk - Ralf and Florian

[Dayodead]

Overall, a miserable year..
1. Iggy and The Stooges- Raw Power
2. David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
3. Can- Future Days
4. Lou Reed- Berlin
5. New York Dolls- New York Dolls
6. Faust- Faust IV
7. Neu!- Neu! 2
8. Roxy Music- For your pleasure
9. Marvin Gaye- Let's get it on
10. Sparks- A woofer in tweeter's clothing

few HMs:
Faust- The Faust tapes
John Cale- Paris 1919
Roxy Music- Stranded
Sly and the family Stone- Fresh
John Lennon- Mindgame
Kraftwerk- Ralf and Florian

And no, you don't seem to missing anything from this most shallow of years, Dave....lol...(DF)

[Bent Fabric]

A great year for "my kinda shit", it would seem:

A Wizard/A True Star
Houses of the Holy
Dark Side of the Moon
For Your Pleasure
Let's Get it On
Red Hash
Red Rose Speedway
Band on the Run
Billion Dollar Babies
Innervisions
Cosmic Wheels
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Quadrophenia
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

[toomanyhatz]

John Cale - Paris 1919
Steeleye Span - Parcel of Rogues
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh
Strawbs - Bursting at the Seams
Neil Young - Time Fades Away
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
New York Dolls - s/t
Faces - Ooh La La
Judee Sill - Heart Food
Roxy Music - Stranded
Gene Clark - Roadmaster
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On
Leonard Cohen - Live Songs

...and a bunch I can't think of right now.

[Hightea]

Gong-Angel's Egg
Genesis-Selling England By The Pound
Gentle Giant-Octopus
Grateful Dead-Wake OF The Flood
Renaissance-Ashes are Burning
David Bowie-Aladin Sane
Alvin Lee-On the Road to Freedom
Nektar-Sounds Like This
Frank Zappa-Overnite Sensation
Frank Zappa-Apostrophe
The Who- Quadrophenia
Gong-Flying Teapot
Mahavishnu Orchestra-Birds of Fire
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Magma -Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
John Cale - 1919
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Toot & the Maytals-Funky Kingston
Hot Tuna-The Phosphorescent Rat
Hawkwind - Space Ritual

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

My top 10 would list usual suspects like Eno, Sly, Can, Roxy, Stevie, Judee Sill etc but I don’t think anyone has mentioned these yet:

James Brown - The Payback (maybe his best?)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall.
Fela Kuti - Afrodisiac or Gentleman, both ‘73.
Bert Jansch - Moonshine (though ‘74’s LA Turnaround is probably better).
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin’.
OST - The Harder They Come with Jimmy Cliff etc.
OST - The Wicker Man.
Lee Scratch Perry & the Upsetters - Blackboard Jungle Dub.
Edu Lobo - Missa Breve.
Coloured Balls - Ball Power.
Betty Davis - Self-titled.
Joao Gilberto- Self-titled
Herbie Hancock- Big year for HH recording three great LPs: Headhunters, Thrust (maybe released ‘74?) and my favourite, Sextant.
Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Old Quarter (recorded ‘73, released ‘77).
Tom Jobim - Jobim.
Kevin Ayers - Bananamour.

[Charlie O.]

Edu Lobo - Missa Breve.

Oh, damn! One of my very favorite Brazilian albums. Thanks for the reminder!

Bert Jansch - Moonshine.

Funnily enough, I heard this (part of it, anyway) for the first time today! I couldn't recall ever having even seen the cover before.

[Charlie O.]

oops

[Davey the Fat Boy]

I notice no one has mentioned these yet:

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall.

Big oversight for me. Definitely would be on my list.

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

I notice no one has mentioned these yet:

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall.

Big oversight for me. Definitely would be on my list.

Yeah it’s a top 10 inclusion for me too.
Just realised you listed JB’s The Payback too, I didn’t notice that before so unnecessarily added it to mine.

[Ghost of Harry Smith]

Edu Lobo - Missa Breve.

Oh, damn! One of my very favorite Brazilian albums. Thanks for the reminder!

Bert Jansch - Moonshine.

Funnily enough, I heard this (part of it, anyway) for the first time today! I couldn't recall ever having even seen the cover before.

A friend gave me his old vinyl copy of Moonshine last year, I’d never heard it before...its good bits are very good indeed, right up there with his best like Rosemary Lane and Birthday Blues.

[andymacandy]

Not mentioned yet;
Dixie Chicken
Tubular Bells
Billion Dollar Babies
Tres Hombres
Montrose
Pat Garrett & BIlly THe Kid
and my favourite, Quadrophenia