From January 2022 through December 2023 - McQ's Best Of will be reassessing and reranking the most celebrated releases of 1972.
Bette Midler's career highpoint album The Divine Miss M leads the latest round of additions to our 1972 rankings.
Highest Recommends
1. Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones2. The Harder The Come - Original Soundtrack
3. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
4. Transformer - Lou Reed
5. Saint Dominic's Preview - Van Morrison
6. Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan
7. Sail Away - Randy Newman
8. All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
Strong Recommends
9. #1 Record - Big Star
10. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
11. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
11. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
12. So Far - Faust
13. Clear Spot - Captain Beefheart
14. Gumbo - Dr. John
15. Harvest - Neil Young
16. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
17. Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren
18. Slayed? - Slade
19. Machine Head - Deep Purple
20. Back Stabbers - The O'Jays
21. Give It Up - Bonnie Rait
22. Blacknuss - Rashaan Roland Kirk
23. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
23. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
24. Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers
25. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
26. Only Visiting This Planet - Larry Norman
27. Keine Macht Fur Neimand - Tom Steine Scherben
28. Rock Of Ages - The Band
29. What Color Is Love - Terry Callier
30. The Grand Wazoo - Frank Zappa
Solid Recommends
31. I'm Still In Love With You - Al Green
32. Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using)
33. On The Corner - Miles Davis
34. Ege Bamyasi - CAN
35. Neu!
36. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
37. Manassas - Stephen Stills
38. Still Bill - Bill Withers
39. Close To The Edge - Yes
40. The Slider - T Rex
41. Caravanserai - Santana
42. School's Out - Alice Cooper
43. Roxy Music
44. Argus - Wishbone Ash
45. Live - Donny Hathaway
46. Eagles
47. Honky Chateau - Elton John
48. Be Altitude:Respect Yourself - The Staples Singers
49. All Directions - The Temptations
50. Everybody's In Show Biz - The Kinks
51. Baby I'm-a Want You - Bread
52. Naturally - J.J. Cale
53. Never A Dull Moment - Rod Stewart
54. Sailin' Shoes - Little Feat
55. The Divine Miss M - Bette Midler
56. They Only Come Out At Night - The Edgar Winter Group
57. Volume 4 - Black Sabbath
58. Roforofo Fight - Fela Kuti
59. Bobby Charles
60. Foxtrot - Genesis
61. The World Is A Ghetto - War
62. Amazing Grace - Aretha Franklin
63. Hosianna Mantra - Popol Vuh
64. Made In Japan - Deep Purple
65. Greetings From L.A. - Tim Buckley
66. Sandy - Sandy Denny
67. For The Roses - Joni Mitchell
68. Radici - Francesco Guccini
69. Waka/Jawaka - Frank Zappa
70. Winter Concert - Icarus - Paul Winter
71. I Sing The Body Electric - Weather Report
72. Sahara - McCoy Tyner
73. Manfred Mann's Earth Band
74. The Late Great Towns Van Zandt
75. Black Unity - Pharoah Sanders
76. Catch Bull At Four - Cat Stevens
77. Slade Alive! - Slade
Mild Recommends
78. The Complete Science Fiction Sessions - Ornette Coleman
79. Blue Oyster Cult
80. Toulouse Street - The Doobie Brothers
81. Clube da esquina - Milton Nascimento And Lo Borges
82. American Gothic - David Ackles
83. Cigars, Acappella, Candy - The Belmonts
84. Jo Jo Gunne
85. Storio di un Minuto - Premiata Formerai Marconi
86. Chicago V
87. Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye
88. Whatevershebringswesing - Kevin Ayers
89. Expresso 2222 - Gilberto Gil
90. Music Of My Mind - Stevie Wonder
91. Young, Gifted, And Black - Aretha Franklin
92. Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
93. Paul Simon
94. The Spotlight Kid - Captain Beefheart.
95. Screaming Target - Big Youth
96. He Touched Me - Elvis Presley
97. Into The Purple Valley - Ry Cooder
98. No Secrets - Carly Simon
99. Skies Of America - Ornette Coleman
100. Discover America - Van Dyke Parks
666 - Aphrodite's Child
Acabou Chorare - Os Novos Balanos
1972 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Process In Full
Acabou Chorare - Os Novos Balanos
And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' - Michael Nesmith
Birds Of Fire - The Mahayishnu Orchestra
Blue River - Eric Anderson
Crusaders 1 - Crusaders
Doremi Faso Latido - Hawkwind
Doremi Faso Latido - Hawkwind
Echoes Of A Friend - McCoy Tyner
Europe '72 - The Grateful Dead
Europe '72 - The Grateful Dead
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus
Live! In Europe - Rory Gallagher
Live! In Europe - Rory Gallagher
Matching Mole
Return To Forever - Chick Corea
Round 2 - The Sylistics
Schwingungen - Ash Ra Tempel
The Academy In Peril - John Cale
The Great American Songbook - Carmen McRae
Transa - Caetano Veloso
Zeit - Tangerine Dream
Last Updated 08.12.23
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