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2023
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1972 Folk Album Releases
1971
1973
1972
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Feb 25
Nick Drake
Pink Moon
96
critic score
(5)
89
user score
(3,457)
Feb 1
Neil Young
Harvest
85
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(708)
Apr 24
Big Star
#1 Record
90
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(328)
Jan 24
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
100
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(267)
Nov
Joni Mitchell
For the Roses
87
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(226)
Jun 1
Eagles
Eagles
65
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(165)
Apr 1
Jim Croce
You Don't Mess around with Jim
70
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(132)
Oct
Labi Siffre
Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(116)
Nov
Sui Generis
Vida
83
user score
(82)
Jul 1
Van Morrison
Saint Dominic's Preview
85
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(55)
Nov 15
America
Homecoming
60
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(54)
Jan 12
America
A Horse with No Name
91
user score
(35)
1972
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes
Paix
85
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(34)
Jul 1
The Doobie Brothers
Toulouse Street
80
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(28)
1972
John Prine
Diamonds in the Rough
70
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(26)
Oct
Stealers Wheel
Stealers Wheel
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(26)
Jan 1
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
100
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(21)
Apr 12
Manassas
Manassas
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(20)
1972
Nelson Angelo E Joyce
Nelson Angelo e Joyce
80
user score
(19)
Apr 5
Mark Fry
Dreaming with Alice
65
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(19)
1972
Karen Brooks
Lost Silence
80
user score
(19)
Sep 27
Cat Stevens
Catch Bull at Four
70
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(18)
1972
Manduka
Manduka
79
user score
(18)
1972
Eduardo Mateo
Mateo Solo Bien Se Lame
71
user score
(17)
Apr 1
Richard Thompson
Henry the Human Fly
85
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(12)
Aug 15
John Fahey
Of Rivers and Religion
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(10)
Sep 19
America
Ventura Highway
95
user score
(10)
Mar 1
Quinteto Violado
Quinteto Violado
75
user score
(10)
1972
Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine
65
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(9)
Apr 5
Crosby & Nash
Graham Nash / David Crosby
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(9)
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Sep
Lal & Mike Waterson
Bright Phoebus
92
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(8)
Apr 5
Strawbs
Grave New World
90
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(8)
Mar
Gordon Lightfoot
Don Quixote
60
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(7)
1972
Emily Bindiger
Emily
74
user score
(6)
Apr
Arlo Guthrie
Hobo's Lullaby
80
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(5)
1972
Armand Schaubroeck Steals
A Lot of People Would Like to See Armand Schaubroeck… DEAD
91
user score
(5)
May
Yosui Inoue
断絶 (Danzetsu)
79
user score
(4)
1972
Pedro Y Pablo
Conesa
78
user score
(4)
1972
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
Nancy & Lee Again
77
user score
(4)
1972
Jorge Mautner
Para Iluminar a Cidade
68
user score
(3)
Jan 1
Al Stewart
Orange
80
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(3)
Oct
Harry Chapin
Sniper and Other Love Songs
75
user score
(3)
1972
Víctor Jara
La Población
60
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(3)
1972
Vera Sienra
Vera
73
user score
(2)
Feb 16
David Bromberg
David Bromberg
80
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(2)
1972
Melanie
Garden in the City
60
critic score
(1)
62
user score
(2)
Jun 15
Loudon Wainwright III
Album III
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(2)
Sep 25
Yukimasa Takebe
Yufusuge Hito no Uta
85
user score
(1)
1972
Gary Ogan & Bill Lamb
Portland
64
user score
(1)
1972
Melanie
Stoneground Words
50
user score
(1)
1972
Goose Creek Symphony
Words Of Earnest
78
user score
(1)
1972
Gheorghe Zamfir
Sirba
90
user score
(1)
1972
The Wolfe Tones
Let The People Sing
75
user score
(1)
1972
Mud Acres
Music Among Friends
80
user score
(1)
1972
Stephen Ambrose
Gypsy Moth
74
user score
(1)
Mar
Joy Of Cooking
Castles
1972
The New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Band & The Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band
Mountain Moving Day
1972
François de Roubaix
La scoumoune
1972
Ronee Blakley
Ronee Blakley
80
critic score
(1)
1972
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