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Best Albums of 1972 by User Score
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David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
June 16th, 1972
Glam Rock
,
Pop Rock
,
Art Rock
,
Rock Opera
USER SCORE
92
4,424 ratings
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2
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Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube Da Esquina
March 0th, 1972
MPB
,
Folk
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Baroque Pop
,
Samba
USER SCORE
90
885 ratings
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3
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Nick Drake - Pink Moon
February 25th, 1972
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
89
2,644 ratings
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4
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Novos Baianos - Acabou Chorare
November 1st, 1972
MPB
,
Samba
USER SCORE
89
526 ratings
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5
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Nino Rota - The Godfather
Cinematic Classical
,
Third Stream
USER SCORE
89
55 ratings
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6
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Yes - Close to the Edge
September 13th, 1972
Symphonic Prog
USER SCORE
88
1,314 ratings
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7
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Donny Hathaway - Live
January 1st, 1972
Soul
,
Deep Soul
USER SCORE
88
22 ratings
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8
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Caetano Veloso - Transa
February 16th, 1972
MPB
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
87
288 ratings
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9
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Anthony Braxton - Saxophone Improvisations Series F
Free Jazz
,
Free Improvisation
,
Modern Creative
USER SCORE
87
20 ratings
Amazon
10
.
London Jazz Composers' Orchestra - Ode
Free Jazz
USER SCORE
86
10 ratings
Amazon
11
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Wendy Carlos - Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
Electronic
,
Classical
,
Progressive Electronic
,
Western Classical Music
USER SCORE
86
35 ratings
Amazon
12
.
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
October 28th, 1972
Soul
,
Funk
,
Pop Soul
,
Smooth Soul
USER SCORE
86
681 ratings
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13
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Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace
June 1st, 1972
Gospel
USER SCORE
86
50 ratings
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14
.
Can - Ege Bamyasi
November 1st, 1972
Krautrock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Funk Rock
USER SCORE
86
815 ratings
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15
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Jards Macalé - Jards Macalé
MPB
USER SCORE
86
27 ratings
Amazon
16
.
Neil Young - Harvest
February 1st, 1972
Singer-Songwriter
,
Country Rock
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
86
592 ratings
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17
.
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
July 1st, 1972
Funk
USER SCORE
85
315 ratings
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18
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Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
March 10th, 1972
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
85
379 ratings
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19
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Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music
February 0th, 1972
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Big Band
,
Third Stream
USER SCORE
85
226 ratings
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20
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Grateful Dead - Europe '72
November 5th, 1972
Jam Band
,
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
85
47 ratings
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21
.
Sui Generis - Vida
November 0th, 1972
Folk Rock
,
Folk Pop
USER SCORE
85
52 ratings
Amazon
22
.
Pappo's Blues - Pappo's Blues, Vol.3
November 25th, 1972
Blues Rock
,
Hard Rock
USER SCORE
85
20 ratings
Amazon
23
.
Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity
February 0th, 1972
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Spiritual Jazz
USER SCORE
85
177 ratings
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24
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Lou Reed - Transformer
November 8th, 1972
Glam Rock
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
85
1,076 ratings
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25
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Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
July 7th, 1972
Reggae
USER SCORE
85
55 ratings
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