Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1972

Voted for Skies of America but a lot of great stuff here.

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I voted for Gentleman in the earlier poll, but every time I get to the Fela entry on the list, I'm tempted. This time I somewhat randomly voted for Popol Vuh with Can and Davis being the closest contenders. Black Unity is rad too.

Such an amazing list, though I'm not the biggest fan of Transa. But Expresso 2222, what a record!

― Frederik B

Going through it, I was definitely a little doubtful that all those came out in the same year (and past polls have shown my itunes to be suspect). Transa was my entry point into Tropicalia/MPB, so I'll always have a soft spot for it, but Expresso is pure joy! The Arthur Verocai album rushomancy listed is great too, and while I can't claim to have ever fully loved it Veloso's Araçá Azul is notable.

Oor Neechy: you should poll all the discoveries you made as a result of these polls when you're done.

yeah that's a good idea

I like these polls for making me scroll through my collection by year. Now I'm listening to Congregacion's "Viene" (from '72). They're Chilean psych-folk, the "folk" being Andean and it's mournful and melancholy rather than sunny and dippy. I picked this up back when RARE PSYCH reissues were coming out every few minutes, but unlike a lot of disappointing junk I bought then, this album is quite good so long as hippy flutes and bird sounds don't bother you.

Roxy Music for me, a life-changer. Such an audacious debut, such a whirl of aural and visual ideas.

It's possible that I'm presently overrating Skies of America because, y'know, events but it feels to me like the most perfectly frank aural interpretation of the American experience that I've maybe ever heard. Like an album of patriotic anthems left to warp in a sunlit and trash-strewn gutter.

Pink Moon.👍🏻

will need to remember I already did 1973 so 1974 will be next (and eno voters can rejoice unless its proven it was out 73)

maybe by the 79 poll we will have resolved it

There's only 1 #1 Record.

I like these polls for making me scroll through my collection by year. Now I'm listening to Congregacion's "Viene" (from '72). They're Chilean psych-folk, the "folk" being Andean and it's mournful and melancholy rather than sunny and dippy. I picked this up back when RARE PSYCH reissues were coming out every few minutes, but unlike a lot of disappointing junk I bought then, this album is quite good so long as hippy flutes and bird sounds don't bother you.

― rob

fyi el polen are peruvian and not chilean but they are very much on the same tip, recommended

I may have been tempted to vote for #1 record if not because as Good as it is, radio city just smokes it

no obscured by clouds???

I may have been tempted to vote for #1 record if not because as Good as it is, radio city just smokes it

(But yes, there's a pretty good chance I'll vote Radio City in the 1974 poll too.)

i cant really choose between the 2

Given my vote to Ethiopian Knights

Not liking Close to the Edge is ridiculous.
from that year in Brazil, I'll also mention the Tom Zé s/t, which I prefer to his later classics.

Another early '70s poll, another vote for Black Sabbath.

This is Hosianna Mantra right now. Foxtrot, Ege Bamyasi, Pink Moon are also very important.

And the Ash Ra album. Germany owned this year.

No Captain Beyond!

Between Roxy Music, Vol 4 and Argus otherwise

Don’t be shy, just vote Vol 4 and get it over with

Wishbone Ash are pretty important too in the development of heavy metal with their twin guitar leads that pretty much every 70s metal band inc Judas Priest say influenced them.

Went with Exile on Main St because you hipsters are bound to underrate it.

write-in for The Slider

Exile is good but I voted for Sticky Fingers (which I prefer anyway) in the last poll so I’m going to follow my heart and vote for Argus.

have voted hiply in the other polls but this comes down to Exile and Roxy

It was the Neu! debut for me but it wasn't a quick decision. 73 and 74 choices are going to be a bitch.

you missed 73 that was the 1st poll

Best Album on my Favourite albums of 1973 (The year I was born) list

Right... it's a late vote for For Your Pleasure then

obligatory list of albums I like that aren't mentioned:

Alice Cooper - School's Out
Budgie - Squawk
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Dust - Hard Attack
Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido
James Brown - Get On The Good Foot
Slade - Slayed?
Velvert Turner Group - s/t

yeah i had to cut the budgie album

that dust album is also very good

I hope herbie escapes the 0 votes this time but If anyone hasn't heard the brilliant McCoy Tyner album then you really really must. Even deej might agree!

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Lots of mindblowingly great albums on this list, but only Pink Moon is perfect.

Exile is by far the best stones album. Voted for it

& May the good lord shine a light on you all

exile going to walk this?

I had to go with Exile. Tough one. 7 or 8 strong contenders from this year

On a cold winter’s night, world weary rock gods find a clearing in the woods
so as to build a fire and rest and drink some wine. They drink and smoke and
unfold stories of their long journey of conquests and mishaps.

It's not wholly 'perfect' but three or four brilliant songs is enough so going with my first thought Wolf City, also because it probably won't get too many votes in this grouping.

a lot of great albums have got zero votes so far

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I think we can all agree that this was a great, sunny, edgy year

Of the ones that didn't get a vote, I really love the Charles Mingus and the Allman Brothers.

I have that Chick Corea album. It's pretty good too.

Too bad that Ornette Coleman fans split their votes.

that's a lot of votes!

Listening to Dr. John's Gumbo today, and it occurred to me that I've listened to that more than anything on this list, including the Roxy Music album I voted for.

The Top 5 played from my listening list kept since '96.

Rolling Stones- Exile on Main St.
Deep Purple- Machine Head
Black Sabbath- Vol. 4
Pink Floyd- Obscured by Clouds
ZZ Top- Rio Grande Mud

Earl, How do you track your listening? Assume if it’s back to 1996 it’s not computer plays tracked by software.

I have been keeping a couple of Excel spreadsheets and an Access database I built years ago. Same setup tracks my Cds and LPs. It started on an old Windows 3.1 box.

Only one other voter for Foxtrot??