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The Best Music of 1973
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1973. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1973, check out this list.
Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
Aerosmith | Aerosmith | ☆ |
Al Green | Call Me | ☆ |
Al Green | Livin' for You | ☆ |
Alice Cooper | Billion Dollar Babies | ☆ |
Barry White | I've Got So Much to Give | ☆ |
Bill Withers | Live at Carnegie Hall | ☆ |
Billy Joel | Piano Man | ☆ |
Black Sabbath | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | ☆ |
Blue Oyster Cult | Tyranny and Mutation | ☆ |
Bruce Springsteen | The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle | ☆ |
Bruce Springsteen | Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. | ☆ |
Can | Future Days | ☆ |
Carole King | Fantasy | ☆ |
Chicago | Chicago (V) | ☆ |
Chicago | Chicago VI | ☆ |
David Bowie | Aladdin Sane | ☆ |
Diana Ross | Touch Me in the Morning | ☆ |
Dolly Parton | My Tennessee Mountain Home | ☆ |
Dr. John | In the Right Place | ☆ |
Earth, Wind and Fire | Head to the Sky | ☆ |
Electric Light Orchestra | On the Third Day [US] | ☆ |
Electric Light Orchestra | ELO 2 | ☆ |
Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | ☆ |
Elton John | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player | ☆ |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Brain Salad Surgery | ☆ |
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 | Gentleman | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Mystery to Me | ☆ |
Frank Zappa | Over-Nite Sensation | ☆ |
Genesis | Selling England By the Pound | ☆ |
George Harrison | Living in the Material World | ☆ |
Gladys Knight & the Pips | Imagination | ☆ |
Golden Earring | Moontan | ☆ |
Gram Parsons | GP | ☆ |
Grand Funk Railroad | We're An American Band | ☆ |
Hawkwind | Space Ritual | ☆ |
Herbie Hancock | Head Hunters | ☆ |
Herbie Hancock | Sexant | ☆ |
Jackson Browne | For Everyman | ☆ |
James Brown | The Payback | ☆ |
Jethro Tull | A Passion Play | ☆ |
Jim Croce | I Got A Name | ☆ |
Jobriath | Jobriath | ☆ |
John Cale | Paris 1919 | ☆ |
John Lennon | Mind Games | ☆ |
King Crimson | Lark's Tongues in Aspic | ☆ |
Kool & the Gang | Wild and Peaceful | ☆ |
LaBelle | Pressure Cookin' | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Houses of the Holy | ☆ |
Link Wray | Beans and Fatback | ☆ |
Little Feat | Dixie Chicken | ☆ |
Lou Reed | Berlin | ☆ |
Loudon Wainwright III | Attempted Mustache | ☆ |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd | ☆ |
Marvin Gaye | Let's Get It On | ☆ |
Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells | ☆ |
Montrose | Montrose | ☆ |
Mott the Hoople | Mott | ☆ |
Neu! | Neu! 2 | ☆ |
New York Dolls | New York Dolls | ☆ |
Paul McCartney & Wings | Band on the Run | ☆ |
Paul Simon | There Goes Rhymin' Simon | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | ☆ |
Procol Harum | Grand Hotel | ☆ |
Ringo Starr | Ringo | ☆ |
Roberta Flack | Killing Me Softly | ☆ |
Roxy Music | For Your Pleasure | ☆ |
Roxy Music | Stranded | ☆ |
Sly and the Family Stone | Fresh | ☆ |
Steely Dan | Countdown to Ecstasy | ☆ |
Steve Miller Band | The Joker | ☆ |
Stevie Wonder | Innervisions | ☆ |
Styx | Styx II | ☆ |
Sun Ra | Space Is The Place | ☆ |
Suzi Quatro | Suzi Quatro | ☆ |
The Allman Brothers Band | Brothers and Sisters | ☆ |
The Doobie Brothers | The Captain and Me | ☆ |
The Eagles | Desperado | ☆ |
The Isley Brothers | 3+3 | ☆ |
The J.B.'s | Doing It to Death | ☆ |
The Marshall Tucker Band | The Marshall Tucker Band | ☆ |
The O'Jays | Ship Ahoy | ☆ |
The Pointer Sisters | The Pointer Sisters | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Goats Head Soup | ☆ |
The Spinners | Spinners | ☆ |
The Stooges | Raw Power | ☆ |
The Wailers | Catch A Fire | ☆ |
The Wailers | Burnin' | ☆ |
The Who | Quadrophenia | ☆ |
Todd Rundgren | A Wizard, a True Star | ☆ |
Tom Waits | Closing Time | ☆ |
Toots and the Maytals | Funky Kingston | ☆ |
Various Artists | American Graffiti | ☆ |
Waylon Jennings | Honky Tonk Heroes | ☆ |
Willie Nelson | Shotgun Willie | ☆ |
Yes | Tales from Topographic Oceans | ☆ |
ZZ Top | Tres Hombres | ☆ |
Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
Aerosmith | Dream On | ☆ |
Aerosmith | Mama Kin | ☆ |
Al Green | Here I Am (Come and Take Me) | ☆ |
Alice Cooper | No More Mr. Nice Guy | ☆ |
Alice Cooper | Billion Dollar Babies | ☆ |
Bachman-Turner Overdrive | Takin' Care of Business | ☆ |
Bachman-Turner Overdrive | Let It Ride | ☆ |
Barbra Streisand | The Way We Were | ☆ |
Barry White | Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up | ☆ |
Barry White | I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby | ☆ |
Billy Joel | Piano Man | ☆ |
Billy Joel | Captain Jack | ☆ |
Black Sabbath | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | ☆ |
Bob Dylan | Knockin' On Heaven's Door | ☆ |
Bob Seger | Turn The Page | ☆ |
Brownsville Station | Smokin' In The Boys Room | ☆ |
Bruce Springsteen | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | ☆ |
Bruce Springsteen | 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | ☆ |
Can | Vitamin C | ☆ |
Charlie Rich | Behind Closed Doors | ☆ |
Charlie Rich | The Most Beautiful Girl | ☆ |
Cher | Half-Breed | ☆ |
Chicago | Feelin' Stronger Every Day | ☆ |
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn | Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man | ☆ |
David Bowie | The Jean Genie | ☆ |
David Essex | Rock On | ☆ |
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando | Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree | ☆ |
Deep Purple | Woman From Tokyo | ☆ |
Diana Ross | Touch Me in the Morning | ☆ |
Dolly Parton | Jolene | ☆ |
Dr. John | Right Place Wrong Time | ☆ |
Electric Light Orchestra | Roll Over Beethoven | ☆ |
Electric Light Orchestra | Showdown | ☆ |
Elton John | Bennie And The Jets | ☆ |
Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | ☆ |
Elton John | Daniel | ☆ |
Elton John | Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting | ☆ |
Elton John | Candle In The Wind | ☆ |
Elton John | Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding | ☆ |
Elton John | Step into Christmas | ☆ |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Karn Evil 9 | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Hypnotized | ☆ |
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention | Montana | ☆ |
Genesis | Dancing with the Moonlit Knight | ☆ |
George Harrison | Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) | ☆ |
Gladys Knight & The Pips | Midnight Train To Georgia | ☆ |
Gladys Knight & the Pips | Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me | ☆ |
Gladys Knight and the Pips | I've Got To Use My Imagination | ☆ |
Glynis Johns | Send in the Clowns | ☆ |
Golden Earring | Radar Love | ☆ |
Golden Earring | Vanilla Queen | ☆ |
Grand Funk Railroad | We're An American Band | ☆ |
Hall & Oates | She's Gone | ☆ |
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | The Love I Lost | ☆ |
Ike and Tina Turner | Nutbush City Limits | ☆ |
Incredible Bongo Band | Apache | ☆ |
Jim Croce | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | ☆ |
Jim Croce | I Got A Name | ☆ |
Jobriath | I'maman | ☆ |
Joe Walsh | Rocky Mountain Way | ☆ |
John Lennon | Mind Games | ☆ |
King Crimson | Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pts. 1 & 2 | ☆ |
King Harvest | Dancing in the Moonlight | ☆ |
Kool & The Gang | Hollywood Swinging | ☆ |
Kool and the Gang | Jungle Boogie | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Over the Hills and Far Away | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | D'yer Mak'er | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | The Ocean | ☆ |
Little Feat | Dixie Chicken | ☆ |
Little Feat | Fat Man in the Bathtub | ☆ |
Love Unlimited Orchestra | Love's Theme | ☆ |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Free Bird | ☆ |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Simple Man | ☆ |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Gimme Three Steps | ☆ |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Tuesday's Gone | ☆ |
Marvin Gaye | Let's Get It On | ☆ |
Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells | ☆ |
Montrose | Bad Motor Scooter | ☆ |
Mott the Hoople | All the Way from Memphis | ☆ |
New York Dolls | Personality Crisis | ☆ |
New York Dolls | Trash | ☆ |
New York Dolls | Jet Boy | ☆ |
New York Dolls | Looking for a Kiss | ☆ |
New York Dolls | Vietnamese Baby | ☆ |
Olivia Newton-John | Let Me Be There | ☆ |
Paul McCartney & Wings | Band On The Run | ☆ |
Paul McCartney & Wings | Jet | ☆ |
Paul McCartney & Wings | My Love | ☆ |
Paul Simon | Kodachrome | ☆ |
Paul Simon | Loves Me Like a Rock | ☆ |
Peter Frampton | Do You Feel Like We Do | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Money | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Time | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Us And Them | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Brain Damage | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Breathe | ☆ |
Pure Prairie League | Amie | ☆ |
Queen | Keep Yourself Alive | ☆ |
Quincy Jones | Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater) | ☆ |
REO Speedwagon | Ridin' The Storm Out | ☆ |
Rick Derringer | Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo | ☆ |
Ringo Starr | Photograph | ☆ |
Roberta Flack | Killing Me Softly With His Song | ☆ |
Roxy Music | Do The Strand | ☆ |
Roxy Music | Mother of Pearl | ☆ |
Roxy Music | Street Life | ☆ |
Roxy Music | Editions of You | ☆ |
Seals and Crofts | Diamond Girl | ☆ |
Slade | Cum on Feel the Noize | ☆ |
Steely Dan | My Old School | ☆ |
Steve Miller Band | The Joker | ☆ |
Stevie Wonder | Higher Ground | ☆ |
Stevie Wonder | Living for the City | ☆ |
Stevie Wonder | Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing | ☆ |
Styx | Lady | ☆ |
Sun Ra | Space Is the Place | ☆ |
Suzi Quatro | 48 Crash | ☆ |
Suzi Quatro | Can the Can | ☆ |
Sweet | The Ballroom Blitz | ☆ |
T. Rex | 20th Century Boy | ☆ |
Terry Jacks | Seasons in the Sun | ☆ |
The Allman Brothers Band | Ramblin' Man | ☆ |
The Allman Brothers Band | Jessica | ☆ |
The Beach Boys | Sail On Sailor | ☆ |
The Carpenters | Sing | ☆ |
The Doobie Brothers | China Grove | ☆ |
The Doobie Brothers | Long Train Runnin' | ☆ |
The Eagles | Desperado | ☆ |
The Eagles | Tequila Sunrise | ☆ |
The Faces | Ooh La La | ☆ |
The Isley Brothers | That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2 | ☆ |
The J. Geils Band | Give It to Me | ☆ |
The Marshall Tucker Band | Can't You See | ☆ |
The O'Jays | For The Love Of Money | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Angie | ☆ |
The Spinners | One of a Kind (Love Affair) | ☆ |
The Stooges | Search And Destroy | ☆ |
The Stooges | Gimme Danger | ☆ |
The Stooges | Raw Power | ☆ |
The Stylistics | You Make Me Feel Brand New | ☆ |
The Wailers | I Shot The Sheriff | ☆ |
The Wailers | Get Up, Stand Up | ☆ |
The Wailers | Stir It Up | ☆ |
The Who | Love, Reign O'er Me | ☆ |
The Who | The Real Me | ☆ |
The Who | 5:15 | ☆ |
Three Dog Night | Shambala | ☆ |
Tom Waits | I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You | ☆ |
Tom Waits | Ol' '55 | ☆ |
Wings | Live And Let Die | ☆ |
Wizzard | I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday | ☆ |
ZZ Top | La Grange | ☆ |
ZZ Top | Waitin' for the Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago | ☆ |
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