Rock chronology: 1973 (original) (raw)

1973

The following 115 records from 1973 are reviewed on this site:

January

Aerosmith, Aerosmith [9]

Beach Boys, Holland [11]Bee Gees, Life In A Tin Can [6]Deep Purple, Who Do We Think We Are [7]Elton John, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player [10]Family, BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert [12]Premiata Forneria Marconi, Photos Of Ghosts [12]Traffic, Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory [7]

February

Camel, Camel [10]

Electric Light Orchestra, E.L.O. II [9]Soft Machine, Six [9]

March

ABBA, Ring Ring [5]

Alice Cooper, Billion Dollar Babies [12]Allman Brothers Band, Brothers And Sisters [13]Fleetwood Mac, Penguin [9]King Crimson, Larks' Tongues In Aspic [13]Led Zeppelin, Houses Of The Holy [10]Pink Floyd, Dark Side Of The Moon [13]Procol Harum, Grand Hotel [12]Roxy Music, For Your Pleasure [12]T. Rex, [Left Hand Luke: The Alternate Tanx] [11]T. Rex, Tanx [12]Wizzard, Wizzard Brew [10]

April

Ash Ra Tempel, Join Inn [9]

Bob Marley, Catch A Fire [13]Curved Air, Air Cut [10]David Bowie, Aladdin Sane [11]Eagles, Desperado [9]Faces, Ooh La La [10]John Fogerty, Blue Ridge Rangers [11]Paul McCartney, Red Rose Speedway [12]Roger Daltrey, Daltrey [7]

May

George Harrison, Living In The Material World [12]

Gong, Flying Teapot [12]Yes, Yessongs [12]

June

Ten Years After, Recorded Live [11]

July

10CC, 10CC [13]

Al Green, Call Me [12]Bob Dylan, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid [11]Grateful Dead, History Of The Grateful Dead Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) [9]Jethro Tull, A Passion Play [9]Lou Reed, Berlin [10]Mott The Hoople, Mott [11]Queen, Queen [11]Roy Wood, Boulders [13]Steely Dan, Countdown To Ecstasy [13]

August

Genesis, Genesis Live [13]

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd [12]Rolling Stones, Goats' Head Soup [12]Stevie Wonder, Innervisions [13]Genesis, Genesis Live [13]

September

Bruce Springsteen, The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle [12]

Can, Future Days [12]David Bowie, Pin Ups [9]Eric Clapton, Rainbow Concert [11]Family, It's Only A Movie [10]Faust, Faust IV [10]Frank Zappa, Overnite Sensation [11]Genesis, Selling England By The Pound [14]Neil Young, Time Fades Away [11]Thin Lizzy, Vagabonds Of The Western World [12]

October

Bryan Ferry, These Foolish Things [10]

Caravan, For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night [12]Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [11]Fleetwood Mac, Mystery To Me [11]Fruupp, Future Legends [9]Renaissance, Ashes Are Burning [13]Soft Machine, Seven [9]

November

Badfinger, Ass [9]

Beach Boys, In Concert [10]Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath [9]Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Brain Salad Surgery [11]Fripp/Eno, No Pussyfooting [-]Grateful Dead, Wake Of The Flood [10]John Lennon, Mind Games [11]King Crimson, [The Night Watch] [9]Kinks, Preservation Act I [8]Ringo Starr, Ringo [11]Roxy Music, Stranded [13]Who, Quadrophenia [15]

December

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Live In Europe [10]

Electric Light Orchestra, On The Third Day [12]Gentle Giant, In A Glass House [11]Gong, Angel's Egg [11]Magma, Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh [12]Paul McCartney, Band On The Run [14]Queen, [At The BBC] [9]

[Month unknown:]

Amon Düül II, Utopia [11]

Amon Düül II, Vive La Trance [11]Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar (Movie Soundtrack) [12]Argent, In Deep [9]Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Journey [12]Ash Ra Tempel, Starring Rosi [9]Atomic Rooster, Nice 'n' Greasy [8]Budgie, Never Turn Your Back On A Friend [12]Byrds, Byrds [11]Clannad, Clannad [11]Cockney Rebel, The Human Menagerie [13]Eloy, Inside [9]Faust, The Faust Tapes [11]Focus, Live At The Rainbow [9]Geordie, Hope You Like It [11]Gravy Train, Second Birth [8]Gryphon, Gryphon [11]Henry Cow, Legend [8]James Gang, Bang [11]John Entwistle, Rigor Mortis Sets In [10]Kayak, See See The Sun [12]New York Dolls, New York Dolls [11]Residents, Meet The Residents [11]Robin Trower, Twice Removed From Yesterday [11]Roger McGuinn, Roger McGuinn [10]Spooky Tooth, You Broke My Heart... [9]Spooky Tooth, Witness [10]Tom Waits, Closing Time [12]


The following 27 albums in MP3 from 1973 are reviewed on this site:

The Carpenters: Now And Then

Grand Funk: We're An American BandHawkwind: Space RitualKlaus Schulze: CyborgKlaus Schulze: Picture MusicKraftwerk: Ralf & FlorianManfred Mann's Earth Band: Messin'Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Solar FireMike Oldfield: Tubular BellsNazareth: RazamanazNazareth: BBC Radio 1 Live In ConcertNazareth: Loud 'n' ProudPaul Simon: There Goes Rhymin' SimonPeter Hammill: Chameleon In The Shadow Of The NightRick Wakeman: The Six Wives Of Henry VIIIRory Gallagher: BlueprintRory Gallagher: TattooSantana: WelcomeSantana & McLaughlin: Love Devotion SurrenderStyx: Styx IIStyx: The Serpent Is RisingTangerine Dream: AtemTangerine Dream: Green DesertUriah Heep: LiveUriah Heep: Sweet FreedomVangelis: L'Apocalypse Des AnimauxVangelis: EarthZZ Top: Tres Hombres


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