Classic Rock Review of the Year 1972

1972 Reviews
Machine Head by Deep Purple  Thick As a Brick by Jethro Tull
Honky Chateau by Elton John  Blue Oyster Cult  Eat a Peach by The Allman Brothers Band
Fragile by Yes  Paul Simon  The Eagles
Exile On Main Street by Rolling Stones  The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie  Obscured By Clouds by Pink Floyd
Harvest by Neil Young  Can't Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan  Foxtrot by Genesis
Final 1972 Poll Results
Q: What is the best album of 1972?

1 Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie 30.3%
2 Exile On Main Street by
The Rolling Stones
25.8%
3 Machine Head by Deep Purple 13.6%
4 Harvest by Neil Young 12.1%
5 Eat a Peach by Allman Brothers Band 7.7%
6 Foxtrot by Genesis 7.5%
7 Thick As a Brick by
Jethro Tull
3.0%

Conducted on our site, November-December, 2012

Other 1972 Albums of Note

1972 had its share of debuts by artists who would make a bigger splash in years to come. These included albums from a California singer-songwriter named Jackson Browne to an Irish band called Thin Lizzy to a hard rock group from Germany called The Scorpions. The Moody Blues released their seventh album in five years but their last for another half decade, while Fleetwood Mac, Randy Newman, and Stevie Wonder all released important album. Elvis Presley released one his last studio albums.

Seventh Sojourn by Moody Blues  Europe '72 by Grateful Dead  Trilogy by Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  The Jeff Beck Group  Exercises by Nazareth

Garcia by The Jerry Garcia Band  Mardi Gras by Creedence Clearwater Revival  Saturate Before Using by Jackson Browne  School's Out by Alice Cooper Band  Lou Reed

Elvis Now by Elvis Presley  Hobo's Lullaby by Arlo Guthrie  Sometime In New York City by John Lennon  Rockpile Out by Dave Edmunds  A Thing Called Love by Johnny Cash

Don Quixote by Gordon Lightfoot  Never a Dull Moment by Rod Stewart  Something, Anything by Todd Rundgren  Alvin Lee and Company by Ten Years After  St. Dominic's Preview by Van Morrison

Rockin by The Guess Who  Sail Away by Randy Newman  Close to the Edge by Yes  Music of My Mind by Stevie Wonder  Lonesome Crow by The Scorpions

Toulouse Street by The Doobie Brothers  Everybody's in Showbiz by The Kinks  Bare Trees by Fleetwood Mac  Shades Of a Blue Orphanage by Thin Lizzy  Homecoming by America

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