Top-rated albums of 1972

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1972 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,935 charts

Rank Score:

49,971

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 90 (3,453 votes)

Comments:

299

2.

Pink Moon 

 Nick Drake

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,506 charts

Rank Score:

20,202

Rank in 1972:

3

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

51

Average Rating:

 87 (1,809 votes)

Comments:

142

3.

Exile On Main St. 

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,915 charts

Rank Score:

22,523

Rank in 1972:

2

Rank in 1970s:

12

Overall Rank:

44

Average Rating:

 85 (2,299 votes)

Comments:

210

4.

Close To The Edge 

 Yes

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,137 charts

Rank Score:

14,526

Rank in 1972:

4

Rank in 1970s:

24

Overall Rank:

90

Average Rating:

 85 (1,422 votes)

Comments:

115

5.

Harvest 

 Neil Young

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,325 charts

Rank Score:

13,219

Rank in 1972:

5

Rank in 1970s:

29

Overall Rank:

105

Average Rating:

 84 (1,669 votes)

Comments:

95

6.

Acabou Chorare 

 Novos Baianos

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

3,275

Rank in 1972:

15

Rank in 1970s:

128

Overall Rank:

552

Average Rating:

 84 (249 votes)

Comments:

12

7.

Transformer 

 Lou Reed

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,211 charts

Rank Score:

11,073

Rank in 1972:

6

Rank in 1970s:

35

Overall Rank:

137

Average Rating:

 83 (1,510 votes)

Comments:

89

8.

Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 
Compilation

 Simon & Garfunkel

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

308

Rank in 1972:

78

Rank in 1970s:

780

Overall Rank:

4,529

Average Rating:

 83 (204 votes)

Comments:

8

9.

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 
Compilation

 Various Artists

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

403

Rank in 1972:

65

Rank in 1970s:

634

Overall Rank:

3,620

Average Rating:

 83 (129 votes)

Comments:

10

10.

Thick As A Brick 

 Jethro Tull

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

621 charts

Rank Score:

6,119

Rank in 1972:

8

Rank in 1970s:

73

Overall Rank:

292

Average Rating:

 83 (822 votes)

Comments:

44

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).