Rock chronology: 1972 (original) (raw)
1972
The following 86 records from 1972 are reviewed on this site:
January:
Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Oyster Cult [12]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pictures At An Exhibition [10]Jagger/Wyman/Watts/Cooder/Hopkins, Jamming With Edward [7]T. Rex, The Slider [10]Yes, Fragile [13]
February:
Captain Beefheart, The Spotlight Kid [12]
Neil Young, Harvest [8]Nick Drake, Pink Moon [10]Premiata Forneria Marconi, Storia Di Un Minuto [11]Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything? [11]
March:
Bonzo Dog Band, Let's Make Up And Be Friendly [12]
Deep Purple, Machine Head [12]Faust, So Far [12]Fleetwood Mac, Bare Trees [10]Jethro Tull, Thick As A Brick [13]Stevie Wonder, Music Of My Mind [12]Thin Lizzy, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage [8]
April:
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Mardi Gras [6]
Curved Air, Phantasmagoria [11]Frank Zappa, Just Another Band From L.A. [10]Grateful Dead, Hundred Year Hall [11]King Crimson, Earthbound [6]Stephen Stills, Manassas [12]
May:
Allman Brothers Band, Eat A Peach [12]
Beach Boys, Carl And The Passions/So Tough [10]Caravan, Waterloo Lily [12]Elton John, Honky Chateau [13]Janis Joplin, In Concert [12]Lou Reed, Lou Reed [12]Procol Harum Live [10]Rolling Stones, Exile On Main St. [13]Ten Years After, Alvin Lee And Company [8]
June:
Eagles, Eagles [11]
Free, Free At Last [5]John Cale, The Academy In Peril [9]John Lennon, Sometime In New York City [10]Led Zeppelin, How The West Was Won [11]Pink Floyd, Obscured By Clouds [12]Roxy Music, Roxy Music [11]Soft Machine, Fifth [8]
July:
Alice Cooper: School's Out [12]
David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust [13]Doors, Full Circle [9]Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Trilogy [10]Frank Zappa, Waka/Jawaka [10]Gentle Giant, Three Friends [11]Jefferson Airplane, Long John Silver [9]Jethro Tull, Living In The Past [12]Rod Stewart, Never A Dull Moment [12]
August:
Deep Purple, Made In Japan [13]
John Lennon, [Live In New York City] [11]Kinks, Everybody's In Show-Biz [12]Steeleye Span, Below The Salt [12]
September:
Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 [10]
Bloodrock, Passage [8]Grand Funk, Phoenix [8]Mott The Hoople, All The Young Dudes [10]Steely Dan, Can't Buy A Thrill [12]Yes, Close To The Edge [11]
October:
Bee Gees, To Whom It May Concern [9]
Genesis, Foxtrot [13]Renaissance, Prologue [12]Stevie Wonder, Talking Book [13]Ten Years After Rock And Roll Music To The World [8]
November:
Can, Ege Bamyasi [11]
Captain Beefheart, Clear Spot [10]Focus, Focus III [10]Frank Zappa, The Grand Wazoo [8]Grateful Dead, Europe '72 [11]Hollies, Romany [7]Lou Reed, Transformer [13]Moody Blues, Seventh Sojourn [11]
December:
Al Green, I'm Still In Love With You [12]
Free, Heartbreaker [11]Gentle Giant, Octopus [12]J. J. Cale, Really [11]Premiata Forneria Marconi, Per Un Amico [11]Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Framed [11]
[Month unknown:]
Amon Düül II, Carnival In Babylon [9]
Amon Düül II, Wolf City [12]Argent, All Together Now [11]Atomic Rooster, Made In England [10]Big Star, No. 1 Record [12]Budgie, Squawk [11]Family, Bandstand [11]John Entwistle, Whistle Rymes [11]Steamhammer, Speech [8]
The following 22 albums in MP3 from 1972 are reviewed on this site:
Barclay James Harvest: Barclay James Harvest And Other Stories
Barclay James Harvest: Baby James HarvestThe Carpenters: A Song For YouHawkwind: Doremi Fasol LatidoKlaus Schulze: IrrlichtKraftwerk: Kraftwerk IIManfred Mann's Earth Band: Manfred Mann's Earth BandManfred Mann's Earth Band: Glorified MagnifiedPaul Simon: Paul SimonRory Gallagher: Live In Europe '72Santana: CaravanseraiSantana: Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!Slade: Alive!Slade: Slayed?Sparks: A Woofer In Tweeter's ClothingStyx: StyxSweet: Biggest HitsTangerine Dream: ZeitUriah Heep: Demons & WizardsUriah Heep: The Magician's BirthdayZZ Top: Rio Grande Mud
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