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1972 AOTY

The inevitable 1972 list which closed (started?) the xxx2 cycle. There's gonna be a lot of prog, so allow me that one. I'll take recs as always, let me know in the comments!
100Status Quo
Piledriver

Release date: December 15th
Genre: Boogie Rock
Label: Vertigo

Highlight: Don't Waste My Time
99Premiata Forneria Marconi
Storia di un minuto

Release date: January
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Numero Uno

Highlight: É Festa
98Slade
Slayed?

Release date: December 1st
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Polydor

Highlight: Mama Weer All Crazee Now
97Ornette Coleman
Skies of America

Release date: May
Genre: Jazz / Modern Classical
Label: Columbia

Highlight: Skies of America
96Raul Porchetto
Cristo Rock

Release date: August
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Microphone

Highlight: Cancion III
95The Beach Boys
Carl and the Passions

Release date: May 15th
Genre: Pop Rock / Country Rock
Label: Brother / Reprise

Highlight: All This is That
94Taj Mahal Travellers
July 15, 1972

Release date: July 15th
Genre: Drone / Psychedelic
Label: CBS

Highlight: Between 7:03 - 7:15 PM
93Spirit
Feedback

Release date: June
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Epic

Highlight: Trancas Fog-Out
92Lou Reed
Lou Reed

Release date: May
Genre: Rock
Label: RCA Victor

Highlight: Ride Into the Sun
91Alice Cooper
School's Out

Release date: June 30th
Genre: Glam Rock
Label: Warner

Highlight: School's Out
90Steeleye Span
Below the Salt

Release date: September 15th
Genre: Folk
Label: Chrysalis

Highlight: Spotted Cow
89RAM (US)
Where? (In Conclusion)

Release date: January
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Polydor

Highlight: Aza i) Spiral Paths ii) Bound iii)...
88Steve Miller Band
Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden

Release date: March
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: Capitol

Highlight: Journey From Eden
87Thin Lizzy
Shades of a Blue Orphanage

Release date: March 10th
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Decca

Highlight: Whiskey in the Jar
86Pink Floyd
Obscured by Clouds

Release date: June 2nd
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Label: Harvest

Highlight: Childhood's End
85Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges
Clube da Esquina

Release date: March
Genre: Pop / Psychedelic
Label: Odeon

Highlight: Tudo o que voce podia ser
84Chicago
Chicago V

Release date: July
Genre: Jazz Rock
Label: Columbia

Highlight: Goodbye
83Soft Machine
Fifth

Release date: June
Genre: Jazz Rock / Progressive Rock
Label: CBS

Highlight: M C
82Miles Davis
On the Corner

Release date: October 11th
Genre: Jazz
Label: Columbia

Highlight: Black Satin
81Donald Byrd
Ethiopian Knights

Release date: April
Genre: Jazz
Label: Blue Note

Highlight: The Emperor
80Townes Van Zandt
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Release date: ???
Genre: Country / Singer Songwriter
Label: Poppy

Highlight: Snow Don't Fall
79The Moody Blues
Seventh Sojourn

Release date: October 23rd
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Threshold

Highlight: I'm Just a Singer
78Midnight Circus
Midnight Circus

Release date: ???
Genre: Progressive Rock / Folk
Label: Bacillus

Highlight: I Had a Dream
77Svanfridur
What's Hidden There?

Release date: September
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Swan

Highlight: The Woman of Our Day
76REO Speedwagon
R.E.O./T.W.O.

Release date: December
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Epic

Highlight: Like You Do
75Alice Coltrane
World Galaxy

Release date: February
Genre: Spiritual Jazz
Label: Impulse!

Highlight: Galaxy Around Olodumare
74Alice Coltrane
Lord Of Lords

Release date: End of 1972
Genre: Spiritual Jazz
Label: Impulse!

Highlight: Sri Rama Ohnedaruth
73Free
Free at Last

Release date: May
Genre: Blues Rock
Label: Island

Highlight: Guardian of the Universe
72Foghat
Foghat

Release date: May
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Bearsville

Highlight: I Just Want to Make Love to You
71Rita Lee
Hoje e o primeiro dia do resto da sua vida

Release date: September
Genre: Polydor
Label: Psychedelic Pop

Highlight: Amor branco y preto
70Fleetwood Mac
Bare Trees

Release date: April
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: Reprise

Highlight: Homeward Bound
69Gentle Giant
Octopus

Release date: November 16th
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Vertigo

Highlight: The Advent of Panurge
68Elf
Elf

Release date: August
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Epic

Highlight: Gambler, Gambler
67Gracious
This is... Gracious!!

Release date: May
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Philips

Highlight: Hold Me Down
66Gnidrolog
Lady Lake

Release date: December
Genre: Progressive Rock / Symphonic Prog
Label: RCA Victor

Highlight: Ship
65Stray (UK)
Saturday Morning Pictures

Release date: February 23rd
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Transatlantic

Highlight: Sister Mary
64Uriah Heep
The Magician's Birthday

Release date: November
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Bronze

Highlight: Sweet Lorraine
63April Wine
On Record

Release date: July
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Aquarius

Highlight: Bad Side of the Moon
62Analogy
Analogy

Release date: June
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Label: Ventotto

Highlight: Analogy
61Lou Reed
Transformer

Release date: November 8th
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: RCA Victor

Highlight: Walk on the Wild Side
60Bloodrock
Passage

Release date: September 30th
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Capitol

Highlight: Lost Fame
59Nazareth
Exercises

Release date: July
Genre: Rock
Label: peg

Highlight: Madelaine
58Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Clear Spot

Release date: October
Genre: Experimental Rock
Label: Reprise

Highlight: Low Yo Yo Stuff
57Mellow Candle
Swaddling Songs

Release date: April
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Deram

Highlight: Boulders on my Grave
56Nektar
A Tab in the Ocean

Release date: October
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Bacillus

Highlight: King of Twilight
55Steel Mill
Green Eyed God

Release date: ???
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Penny Farthing

Highlight: Summers Child
54Joan Baez
Come From the Shadows

Release date: May
Genre: Folk
Label: A&M

Highlight: The Partisan
53Klaus Schulze
Irrlicht

Release date: August
Genre: Progressive Electronic
Label: Ohr

Highlight: Satz: Gewitter
52Hawkwind
Doremi Fasol Latido

Release date: November 24th
Genre: Space Rock
Label: United Artists

Highlight: Down Through the Night
51Charles Mingus
Let My Children Hear Music

Release date: February
Genre: Jazz / Avant Garde
Label: Columbia

Highlight: Taurus in the Arena of Life
50Tranquility
Silver

Release date: ???
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Epic

Highlight: Eagle Eye
49Aretha Franklin
Young Gifted and Black

Release date: January 24th
Genre: Soul / Funk
Label: Atlantic

Highlight: April Fools
48Flower Travellin Band
Made in Japan

Release date: May 25th
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Atlantic

Highlight: Kamikaze
47Budgie
Squawk

Release date: August
Genre: Progressive Rock / Hard Rock
Label: Repertoire

Highlight: Whisky River
46Fanny
Fanny Hill

Release date: February
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: Reprise

Highlight: Hey Bulldog
45Jefferson Airplane
Long John Silver

Release date: July 20th
Genre: Progressive Rock / Psychedelic
Label: Grunt

Highlight: Aerie (Gang of Eagles)
44Argent
All Together Now

Release date: July
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Epic

Highlight: Tragedy
43Roxy Music
Roxy Music

Release date: June 16th
Genre: Art Rock
Label: Island

Highlight: Ladytron
42Frank Zappa
The Grand Wazoo

Release date: November 27th
Genre: Jazz Rock
Label: Bizarre

Highlight: For Calvin ( And His Next Two...)
41Caravan
Waterloo Lily

Release date: May 19th
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Deram

Highlight: The World is Yours
40Babe Ruth
First Base

Release date: November
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Harvest

Highlight: The Runaways
39Jerusalem (UK)
Jerusalem

Release date: March 24th
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Deram

Highlight: Midnight Steamer
38Frijid Pink
Earth Omen

Release date: April
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Lion

Highlight: Earth Omen
37Khan
Space Shanty

Release date: May
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Deram

Highlight: Stranded
36Malo
Malo

Release date: February
Genre: latin Rock
Label: Warner

Highlight: Just Say Goodbye
35Seals and Crofts
Summer Breeze

Release date: August
Genre: Folk
Label: Warner

Highlight: Summer Breeze
34Ornette Coleman
The Complete Science Fiction Sessions

Release date: End of 1972
Genre: Jazz
Label: Columbia

Highlight: What Reason Could I Give
33Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult

Release date: January 16th
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Columbia

Highlight: She's as Beautiful as a Foot
32Golden Earring
Together

Release date: June
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Polydor

Highlight: All Day Watcher
31Sandy Denny
Sandy

Release date: September
Genre: Folk
Label: Island

Highlight: Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
30Neu!
Neu!

Release date: ???
Genre: Krautrock
Label: Brain

Highlight: Hollogallo
29Aphrodite's Child
666

Release date: June
Genre: Progressive Rock / Psychedelic
Label: Vertigo

Highlight: The Four Horsemen
28Edgar Winter
They Only Come Out At Night

Release date: November
Genre: Blues Rock
Label: Epic

Highlight: Alta Mira
27Megumi Asaoka
Akogare

Release date: December 20th
Genre: Idol Kayo / Singer Songwriter
Label: Victor

Highlight: 悲しみよこんにちは
26Steely Dan
Can't Buy a Thrill

Release date: October
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: ABC

Highlight: Midnite Cruiser
25Lighthouse (CAN)
Sunny Days

Release date: November
Genre: Pop Rock
Label: GRT

Highlight: Sunny Days
24Olivia Newton-John
Olivia

Release date: August 11th
Genre: Pop
Label: Pye / Interfusion

Highlight: Angel of the Morning
23Pink Fairies
What a Bunch of Sweeties

Release date: 1972
Genre: Hard Rock / Heavy Psych
Label: Polydor

Highlight: Pigs of Uranus
22Wishbone Ash
Argus

Release date: April 28th
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: MCA

Highlight: The King WIll Come
21Gentle Giant
Three Friends

Release date: April 14th
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Vertigo / Columbia

Highlight: Three Friends
20Santana
Caravanserai

Release date: October 11th
Genre: Latin Rock
Label: Columbia

Highlight: Waves Within
19Nick Drake
Pink Moon

Release date: February 25th
Genre: Folk
Label: Island

Highlight: Road
18Univeria Zekt
The Unnamables

Release date: January
Genre: Jazz Rock
Label: Theleme

Highlight: Ourania
17Scorpions
Lonesome Crow

Release date: February 9th
Genre: Psychedelic Rock / Hard Rock
Label: Brain

Highlight: Inheritance
16Gil Scott-Heron
Free Will

Release date: August
Genre: Spoken Word / Jazz / Soul
Label: Flying Dutchman

Highlight: Free Will
15Holderlin
Holderlins Traum

Release date: January
Genre: Folk
Label: Pilz

Highlight: Waren wir
14David Bowie
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Release date: June 16th
Genre: Art Rock
Label: RCA

Highlight: Starman
13Deep Purple
Machine Head

Release date: March 25th
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Purple

Highlight: Highway Star
12Can
Ege Bamyasi

Release date: October
Genre: Krautrock
Label: United Artists

Highlight: Vitamin C
11Amon Duul II
Carnival in Babylon

Release date: January
Genre: Krautrock / Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock
Label: United Artists

Highlight: C.I.D. in Uruk
10Amon Duul II
Wolf City

Release date: November
Genre: Krautrock / Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock
Label: Flying Dutchman

Highlight: Wolf City
9Nektar
Journey to the Centre of the Eye

Release date: April 19th
Genre: progressive Rock / Psychedelic
Label: Bacillus

Highlight: The Nine Lifeless Daughters of the Sun
8T. Rex
The Slider

Release date: July 23rd
Genre: Glam Rock
Label: Reprise

Highlight: Buick Mackane
7Uriah Heep
Demons and Wizards

Release date: May 19th
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Mercury

Highlight: Traveller in Time
6Genesis
Foxtrot

Release date: October 6th
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Charisma

Highlight: Watcher of the Skies
5Jethro Tull
Thick as a Brick

Release date: March 3rd
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Chrysalis

Highlight: :)
4Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Trilogy

Release date: July
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Cotillion

Highlight: The Endless Enigma (both parts)
3Yes
Close to the Edge

Release date: September 13th
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Atlantic

Highlight: And You And I
2Black Sabbath
Vol. 4

Release date: September 25th
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Vertigo

Highlight: Wheels of Confusion
1Popol Vuh
Hosianna Mantra

Release date: 1972
Genre: New Age
Label: Pilz

Highlight: Kyrie
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