Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 by Johnnyo

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Chart updated: 01/19/2024 11:15
(Created: 05/16/2012 15:11).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

The best album of a brilliant year. 2nd best Floyd album after Wish You Were Here [First added to this chart: 06/04/2012]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,042 charts

Rank Score:

70,945

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Average Rating:

92 (5,210 votes)

Comments:

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Solid Air

John Martyn

[First added to this chart: 06/04/2012]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,546

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Rank in 1970s:

244

Overall Rank:

1,147

Average Rating:

78 (242 votes)

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Betty Davis

One of the funkyest albums you will ever hear. [First added to this chart: 06/04/2012]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

177

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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Black Sabbath

[First added to this chart: 07/03/2012]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

395 charts

Rank Score:

2,328

Rank in 1973:

Rank in 1970s:

172

Overall Rank:

771

Average Rating:

81 (676 votes)

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Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory

Traffic

[First added to this chart: 01/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

153

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Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

[First added to this chart: 06/04/2012]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

281 charts

Rank Score:

1,063

Rank in 1973:

Rank in 1970s:

320

Overall Rank:

1,618

Average Rating:

79 (313 votes)

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Masterpiece

The Temptations

[First added to this chart: 07/07/2018]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

42 charts

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

[First added to this chart: 06/17/2012]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

935 charts

Rank Score:

7,904

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Overall Rank:

212

Average Rating:

81 (1,119 votes)

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On The Road
Live

Traffic

[First added to this chart: 06/17/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

15 charts

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Brothers And Sisters

The Allman Brothers Band

[First added to this chart: 01/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

181 charts

Rank Score:

749

Rank in 1973:

Rank in 1970s:

423

Overall Rank:

2,187

Average Rating:

79 (231 votes)

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Traffic	2	2%
Rory Gallagher	2	2%
Fleetwood Mac	2	2%
Elton John	2	2%
Dave Mason	2	2%
Bruce Springsteen	2	2%
John Martyn	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	48	48%
	39	39%
	6	6%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	98	98%
Yes	2	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	90	90%
Yes	10	10%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 40 from 95th to 55th Dave Mason Is Alive by Dave Mason
Up 20 from 76th to 56th Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert by Eric Clapton
Up 19 from 79th to 60th One More River To Cross by Canned Heat

Biggest fallers
Down 13 from 57th to 70th Wild Tales by Graham Nash
Down 9 from 58th to 67th Back To The World by Curtis Mayfield
Down 9 from 59th to 68th In Between Tears by Irma Thomas

New entries
Desperado by Eagles
The Captain And Me by The Doobie Brothers
Vagabonds Of The Western World by Thin Lizzy
Six by Soft Machine
Live At Keystone by Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt
Astral Traveling by Lonnie Liston Smith

Leavers
Moondog Matinee by The Band
Shangrenade by Harvey Mandel
Razamanaz by Nazareth
Spectrum by Billy Cobham
Mingus Moves by Charles Mingus
Roadmaster by Gene Clark

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From Moondance 06/30/2021 02:58

Another top chart. Great to see the double dose of Springsteen's first 2 albums.

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