Best Rock Albums of 1972


01
Yes
Close to the Edge

4.56
5394 votes
02
Nick Drake
Pink Moon

4.46
2184 votes
03
Deep Purple
Machine Head

4.41
5244 votes
04
Genesis
Foxtrot

4.38
1310 votes
05
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso
Darwin!

4.36
114 votes
06
Jim Croce
You Don't Mess Around With Jim

4.35
162 votes
07
Blind Willie McTell
Atlanta Twelve String

4.34
32 votes
08
The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main St.

4.34
2668 votes
09
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Per un amico

4.33
187 votes
10
Ton Steine Scherben
Keine Macht fur Niemand

4.33
36 votes
11
The Allman Brothers Band
Eat a Peach

4.33
1305 votes
12
Wishbone Ash
Argus

4.3
1161 votes
13
Novos Baianos
Acabou Chorare

4.28
216 votes
14
Neil Young
Harvest

4.28
2312 votes
15
Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges
Clube da Esquina

4.28
294 votes
16
Can
Ege Bamyasi

4.27
1434 votes
17
Man
Be Good To Yourself at Least Once a Day

4.25
18 votes
18
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

4.24
80 votes
19
Aphrodite's Child
666

4.23
446 votes
20
Grobschnitt
Grobschnitt

4.21
14 votes
21
Bob Weir
Ace

4.21
17 votes
22
Quella Vecchia Locanda
Quella vecchia locanda

4.2
42 votes
23
Captain Beyond
Captain Beyond

4.18
546 votes
24
Pescado Rabioso
Desatormentandonos

4.17
27 votes
25
John Denver
Rocky Mountain High

4.16
28 votes
26
Todd Rundgren
Something/Anything?

4.16
248 votes
27
Lou Reed
Transformer

4.16
893 votes
28
Uriah Heep
Demons And Wizards

4.16
1173 votes
29
Khan
Space Shanty

4.15
49 votes
30
Joe Walsh
Barnstorm

4.14
21 votes
31
Toad
Tomorrow Blue

4.14
14 votes
32
Jerry Garcia
Garcia

4.14
58 votes
33
Focus
Focus 3

4.13
125 votes
34
Gentle Giant
Octopus

4.13
1022 votes
35
Return to Forever
Return to Forever

4.13
181 votes
36
Labi Siffre
Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying

4.12
14 votes
37
T. Rex
The Slider

4.11
494 votes
38
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

4.11
390 votes
39
Van Morrison
Saint Dominic's Preview

4.11
133 votes
40
Frank Zappa
The Grand Wazoo

4.11
362 votes
41
Strawbs
Grave New World

4.09
132 votes
42
Catapilla
Changes

4.08
52 votes
43
Steely Dan
Can't Buy a Thrill

4.08
470 votes
44
Gram Parsons
GP

4.08
85 votes
45
Big Star
#1 Record

4.07
321 votes
46
Le Orme
Uomo di pezza

4.07
90 votes
47
Francesco Guccini
Radici

4.06
16 votes
48
Uriah Heep
The Magician's Birthday

4.06
603 votes
49
Mississippi John Hurt
Last Sessions

4.06
34 votes
50
Kris Kristofferson
Border Lord

4.04
13 votes
51
Mellow Candle
Swaddling Songs

4.04
42 votes
52
Nektar
A Tab In The Ocean

4.03
234 votes
53
Golden Earring
Together

4.03
48 votes
54
Nektar
Journey To The Centre Of The Eye

4.01
144 votes
55
Tangerine Dream
Zeit

4.01
216 votes
56
Renaissance
Prologue

4
178 votes
57
Chicago
Chicago V

4
61 votes
58
Ry Cooder
Into The Purple Valley

4
26 votes
59
Caetano Veloso
Transa

3.99
118 votes
60
Roxy Music
Roxy Music

3.99
263 votes
61
Little Feat
Sailin' Shoes

3.99
132 votes
62
Gnidrolog
Lady Lake

3.99
38 votes
63
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will the Circle Be Unbroken

3.98
30 votes
64
Ten Years After
Rock & Roll Music to the World

3.98
66 votes
65
David Ackles
American Gothic

3.98
48 votes
66
Hawkwind
Doremi Fasol Latido

3.97
453 votes
67
Arthur Verocai
Arthur Verocai

3.96
37 votes
68
Santana
Caravanserai

3.96
370 votes
69
Morgan
Nova Solis

3.95
22 votes
70
Gentle Giant
Three Friends

3.95
568 votes
71
Birth Control
Hoodoo Man

3.95
57 votes
72
Il Balletto di Bronzo
Ys

3.94
80 votes
73
Ry Cooder
Boomer's Story

3.94
16 votes
74
Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult

3.93
792 votes
75
Osibisa
Woyaya

3.93
14 votes
76
Supersister
Pudding en Gisteren

3.93
14 votes
77
Neu!
Neu!

3.93
732 votes
78
Townes Van Zandt
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

3.92
124 votes
79
John Entwistle
Whistle Rymes

3.92
24 votes
80
Joni Mitchell
For the Roses

3.91
286 votes
81
Carly Simon
No Secrets

3.91
17 votes
82
Jericho
Jericho

3.91
48 votes
83
The Groundhogs
Hogwash

3.9
30 votes
84
Mark Fry
Dreaming With Alice

3.89
28 votes
85
War (USA)
The World Is a Ghetto

3.89
67 votes
86
Brainticket
Psychonaut

3.89
44 votes
87
Matching Mole
Little Red Record

3.87
38 votes
88
Frank Zappa
Waka/Jawaka

3.87
230 votes
89
Lucifer's Friend
Where the Groupies Killed the Blues

3.86
58 votes
90
Jerusalem (UK)
Jerusalem

3.86
63 votes
91
Steamhammer
Speech

3.86
21 votes
92
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Trilogy

3.86
383 votes
93
Buddy Guy
Hold That Plane!

3.85
34 votes
94
Agitation Free
Malesch

3.85
80 votes
95
Amon Duul II
Wolf City

3.85
138 votes
96
Wallenstein
Mother Universe

3.84
16 votes
97
Pete Townshend
Who Came First

3.84
22 votes
98
Triumvirat
Mediterranean Tales

3.84
22 votes
99
Matching Mole
Matching Mole

3.83
54 votes
100
Curved Air
Phantasmagoria

3.83
54 votes
101
Crosby & Nash
Graham Nash David Crosby

3.83
18 votes
102
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne

3.82
108 votes
103
Beggars Opera
Pathfinder

3.82
22 votes
104
Flower Travellin' Band
Made in Japan

3.82
22 votes
105
America
Homecoming

3.81
72 votes
106
Sandy Denny
Sandy

3.8
45 votes
107
Steel Mill
Green Eyed God

3.8
20 votes
108
Alice Cooper
School's Out

3.79
448 votes
109
Humble Pie
Smokin'

3.79
87 votes
110
Dust
Hard Attack

3.79
108 votes
111
Horslips
Happy to Meet – Sorry to Part

3.79
14 votes
112
Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan

3.79
14 votes
113
Status Quo
Piledriver

3.78
75 votes
114
Night Sun
Mournin

3.78
18 votes
115
Ash Ra Tempel
Schwingungen

3.77
58 votes
116
J.J. Cale
Really

3.77
45 votes
117
Jacula
Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus

3.76
17 votes
118
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Clear Spot

3.76
232 votes
119
Faust
Faust So Far

3.75
232 votes
120
Dark
Round the Edges

3.75
60 votes
121
John Prine
Diamonds in the Rough

3.75
56 votes
122
Socrates Drank the Conium
Taste of Conium

3.75
18 votes
123
Budgie
Squawk

3.74
222 votes
124
Trapeze
You Are the Music...We're Just the Band

3.73
30 votes
125
Gnidrolog
In Spite of Harry's Toenail

3.73
15 votes
126
Catherine Ribeiro and Alpes
Paix

3.73
39 votes
127
Greenslade
Greenslade

3.73
26 votes
128
The Doobie Brothers
Toulouse Street

3.73
42 votes
129
The Temptations
All Directions

3.73
20 votes
130
Caravan
Waterloo Lily

3.72
216 votes
131
Holderlin
Holderlins Traum

3.72
18 votes
132
Cat Stevens
Catch Bull at Four

3.72
44 votes
133
Family
Bandstand

3.71
14 votes
134
Albert King
I'll Play The Blues For You

3.71
19 votes
135
Twenty Sixty Six and Then
Reflections!

3.7
45 votes
136
A.R. and Machines
Echo

3.7
20 votes
137
ZZ Top
Rio Grande Mud

3.7
423 votes
138
Road
Road

3.68
18 votes
139
Jade Warrior
Last Autumn's Dream

3.68
22 votes
140
Babe Ruth
First Base

3.67
52 votes
141
Dr. John
Dr. John's Gumbo

3.67
42 votes
142
The Groundhogs
Who Will Save the World? The Mighty Groundhogs

3.67
36 votes
143
Steeleye Span
Below the Salt

3.67
24 votes
144
Dan Fogelberg
Home Free

3.67
18 votes
145
Zarathustra (GER)
Zarathustra

3.67
18 votes
146
Slade
Slayed?

3.66
112 votes
147
Edgar Winter
They Only Come Out At Night

3.65
36 votes
148
Alan Sorrenti
Aria

3.65
24 votes
149
Os Mutantes
Mutantes e Seus Cometas no País do Baurets

3.64
28 votes
150
Kris Kristofferson
Jesus Was a Capricorn

3.64
14 votes
151
Bang
Mother / Bow To The King

3.64
22 votes
152
Harry Nilsson
Son of Schmilsson

3.64
22 votes
153
The Moody Blues
Seventh Sojourn

3.63
166 votes
154
Buffalo
Dead Forever

3.6
30 votes
155
Ursa Major
Ursa Major

3.6
15 votes
156
Guru Guru
KÄNGURU

3.59
32 votes
157
Il Paese dei Balocchi
Il paese dei balocchi

3.59
16 votes
158
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

3.57
28 votes
159
Bodkin
Bodkin

3.57
21 votes
160
Electric Light Orchestra
The Electric Light Orchestra

3.56
248 votes
161
Grand Funk Railroad
Phoenix

3.56
75 votes
162
Witch (ZMB)
Introduction

3.56
18 votes
163
Manassas
Manassas

3.55
38 votes
164
Cargo
Cargo

3.55
20 votes
165
Buon Vecchio Charlie
Buon vecchio Charlie

3.53
30 votes
166
Fleetwood Mac
Bare Trees

3.5
204 votes
167
Gryphon
Gryphon

3.5
46 votes
168
Paladin
Charge!

3.5
30 votes
169
West, Bruce and Laing
Why Dontcha

3.5
15 votes
170
Tim Buckley
Greetings From L.A.

3.48
52 votes
171
Flash
Flash

3.47
30 votes
172
JW Farquhar
The Formal Female

3.46
26 votes
173
Pink Floyd
Obscured By Clouds

3.46
4371 votes
174
Soft Machine
Fifth

3.46
49 votes
175
Arco Iris
SUDAMÉRICA - O EL REGRESO A LA AURORA

3.45
20 votes
176
Black Widow
III

3.45
20 votes
177
John Cale
The Academy in Peril

3.45
28 votes
178
Amon Duul II
Carnival in Babylon

3.44
50 votes
179
Warhorse (UK)
Red Sea

3.44
24 votes
180
Bonnie Raitt
Give It Up

3.43
21 votes
181
Leon Russell
Carney

3.43
14 votes
182
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
The Spotlight Kid

3.42
180 votes
183
Foghat
Foghat

3.42
93 votes
184
Eagles
Eagles

3.41
194 votes
185
Lou Reed
Lou Reed

3.41
108 votes
186
Algarnas Tradgard
Framtiden är ett svävande skepp, förankrat i forntiden

3.39
18 votes
187
Elf
Elf

3.29
204 votes
188
The Kinks
Everybody's in Show-Biz

3.25
110 votes
189
Funkadelic
America Eats Its Young

3.23
97 votes
190
The Jeff Beck Group
Jeff Beck Group

3.22
58 votes
191
Chuck Berry
The London Chuck Berry Sessions

3.22
18 votes
192
Scorpions
Lonesome Crow

3.21
392 votes
193
Jimi Hendrix
War Heroes

3.21
144 votes
194
REO Speedwagon
R.E.O./T.W.O.

3.2
46 votes
195
Free
Free at Last

3.19
132 votes
196
Atomic Rooster
Made In England

3.17
63 votes
197
Spirit
Feedback

3.13
24 votes
198
Elvis Presley
Elvis Now

3.06
18 votes
199
Styx
Styx

3.04
120 votes



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