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 Harvest

The Carpenters: A Song For You

Hawkwind: Doremi Fasol Latido

Klaus Schulze: Irrlicht

Kraftwerk: Kraftwerk II

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Glorified Magnified

Paul Simon: Paul Simon

Rory Gallagher: Live In Europe '72

Santana: Caravanserai

Santana: Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!

Slade: Alive!

Slade: Slayed?

Sparks: A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing

Styx: Styx

Sweet: Biggest Hits

Tangerine Dream: Zeit

Uriah Heep: Demons & Wizards

Uriah Heep: The Magician's Birthday

ZZ Top: Rio Grande Mud


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