I feel like No Quarter is the best track on Houses of the Holy. I know that it is a bit off the wall but its originality is what makes it so amazing. The sludgy guitar riff is so memorable.
Another very fine list. Eloquent, impassioned, informed and confident. No mystery why we watch. More memories triggered, of jumping up and down in bedrooms and driving parents (not necessarily mine) to the end of their rope with Billion Dollar Babies; and the song that kickstarts my summer every year, Summer Breeze. One to revisit, Berlin (nice, surprising choice), two to explore, Judee Sill and Gene Clark, and one, maybe, to reappraise, Quadrophenia. This is one of the few albums I bought on vinyl way back then and sold just months later. Now I wish I hadn't. But there has always been something about The Who that keeps me at arm's length beyond a handful of what are for me great individual songs. Not sure that can ever change now. Mileage obviously varies. No surprises with Countdown to Ecstasy (constant musical chairs for my Steely Dan top spot with Aja and The Royal Scam) or Yellow Brick Road. I think both you and Jason are also right about Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. I'm not an expert on Sabbath by any means but I never heard anything by them that was better than SBS. I think it's an album that might surprise a great many people. Oh and Joe, the answer to the question, 'Who will love Aladdin Sane?' is: 'Me, I will. Always. Unconditionally and, yes, beyond any doubt, more than Ziggy (also great, obviously).' That's the third time I've mentioned that album in the past week, so that's my quota exceeded for the year. Now be good for goodness sakes.
MY TOP 25 STUDIO ALBUMS, 1973: 1. Dark Side of the Moon -Pink Floyd 2. Innervisions -Stevie Wonder 3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -Elton John 4. Closing Time -Tom Waits 5. Catch a Fire -The Wailers 6. Countdown to Ecstacy -Steely Dan 7. Houses of the Holy -Led Zeppelin 8. Selling England By the Pound -Genesis 9. Raw Power -The Stooges 10. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) -Lynyrd Skynyrd 11. New York Dolls (s/t) 12. For Your Pleasure -Roxy Music 13. Larks' Tongues In Aspic -King Crimson 14. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle -Bruce Springsteen 15. Tres Hombres -ZZ Top 16. Wake of the Flood -Grateful Dead 17. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath -Black Sabbath 18. Tyranny and Mutation -Blue Öyster Cult 19. Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player -Elton John 20. Quadrophenia -The Who 21. Aladdin Sane -David Bowie 22. Goats Head Soup -The Rolling Stones 23. Band On the Run -Paul McCartney & Wings 24. Let's Get It On -Marvin Gaye 25. Berlin -Lou Reed MY TOP 3 LIVE ALBUMS, 1973: 1. Yessongs -Yes 2. Time Fades Away -Neil Young 3. Live -Genesis MY BAND OF THE YEAR: The Wailers MY ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Elton John '73 continued a string of amazing years (though I consider it a small step down from the years that immediately precede it). I hated omitting so many great acts- John Cale, Allman Bros., Judee Sill, Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, ELP, Aerosmith, Mike Oldfield, Faust, Queen, Herbie Hancock, Hall & Oates, Doobie Brothers, Al Green, The Eagles, Alice Cooper, Little Feat, Toots & The Maytals, The Faces, Joe Walsh, The Mothers, Willie Nelson, Nektar, Status Quo, James Brown, Mott The Hoople, Isley Brothers, John Prine, Budgie, Gram Parsons, Funkadelic- but them's the breaks. The Wailers win my band award for their pair of paradigm-shifting reggae albums (Catch a Fire made my top 5, and Burnin' just barely missed my top 25). Elton John is my solo artist of the year for the two classic LPs he dished out (GYBR made my top 5 and 'Don't Shoot Me...' slipped into my top 20).
1. Pink Floyd * The Dark Side Of The Moon * 2. Mike Oldfield * Tubular Bells * 3. Steely Dan * Countdown To Ecstasy * 4. The Temptations * Masterpiece * 5. Rick Wakeman * The Six Wives Of Henry VIII * 6. Paul McCartney & The Wings * Band On The Run / Red Rose Speedway * 7. Rory Gallagher * Tatto / Blueprint * 8. Roxy Music * For Your Pleasure / Stranded * 9. Eagles * Desperado * 10. Joe Walsh * The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get * 11. David Bowie * Aladdin Sane / Pin-Ups * 12. The Allman Brothers Band * Brothers And Sisters * 13. Led Zeppelin * Houses Of The Holy * 14. John Martyn * Solid Air / Inside Out * 15. Paul Simon * There Goes Rhymin' Simon * 16. Fleetwood Mac * Mystery To Me * 17. Elton John * Goodbye Yellow Brick Road * 18. Stevie Wonder * Innervision * 19. Lynyrd Skynyrd * Pronounced Leh - Nerd Skin - Nerd * 20. Tom Waits * Closing Time * HM.... - Yes - Bruce Springsteen - Tim Buckley - Genesis - ZZ Top - - BTO - Blue Oyster Cult - Steve Miller Band - Bob Marley - Mott....
I'm from Detroit (blow the reveille)! *You know more about 1973 than I do!* I was stationed in Germany that year. So, I was exposed to Bowie/Roxy/Mott/Golden Earing. (maybe more than back home?) But, the 'new-gen' bands (Dolls/Aero/Kiss/Foghat/etc.) would have to wait 'till I got back in early '74. I originally turned my brother on to Elton with '11-17-70'. When I came back home; He was *all over* his stuff! (like you) _"If they died prematurely. If they're underappreciated in their lifetimes. I'm gonna love 'em!"_ (that level of 'self-awareness' in 2023 !?!) I still try to dissect what makes you tick. There's two kinds of ppl in this world: *- Those who think The Eagles are GREAT!* (& probably don't know about Gram Parsons) *- Those who think The Eagles are BAD!* (& stole everything from Gram Parsons) You went to the (little-known) Door #3: You decided they're BOTH worthy! Just another example of why you guys are ok in my book! Merry Christmas, - Dave B.
Glad to see that Goat's Head Soup gets love. While I sort of understand why it often isn't considered one of the bands biggest classics. I agree that it has plenty good songs and is very enjoyable from start to finish. Some songs are Stones by the numbers? Maybe.. But that doesn't need to be a bad thing. Very few albums ever has stone cold classic song after each other. I don't think their earlier classic albums have that either.
Been listening to this channel for about a month and really enjoying it...One of the odd realizations from watching the channel is some bizarre gaps in my listening history. For example I loved Black Sabbath when I was younger and was very familiar with their first 4 albums but stopped at Volume 4 WHY? I have no reason or excuse and now enjoying the rest of their catalog. Also, never listened to any Alice Cooper - not sure why he is right up my alley - and was really glad Joe picked Billion Dollar Babies - great album, Joe nailed it awesome rock quirky weird and different... somehow captures the musical ideas and trends of the day while also offering something different and new. Thanks Joe!
Another great list. A lot of obvious but unavoidable classics, but hey it's 1973. My enjoyment comes from the oddities/unknowns that even after 50 years have passed me bye. Now listening to Judee Sill, Gene Clark and The Isley Brothers. 👍
Looking forward to watching this later, but for now I just want to note that the YT cover image for this one with Jason in the bottom corner is hilarious. Ah '73, the year of Dark Side, Over-Nite Sensation, Innervisions, and Goodbye YBR. A top five year for sure.
In the context of an album, "Harmony" might be the greatest pop song of all time. As the closing movement of a colorfully visual collage, the cynical verses capture every suffered heartbreak while holding out the thinnest of hope in the major key chorus. Finally, the coda rolls the credits as we accept the ending of something great and loved.
1. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 2. Raspberries - Side 3 3. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 4. Olivia Newton-John - Music Makes My Day 5. Iain Matthews - Valley Hi 6. Kiki Dee - Loving & Free 7. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player 8. Billy Joel - Piano Man 9. Steelers Wheel - Ferguslie Park 10. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane 11. Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now 12. Queen - Queen 13. Jim Croce - Life and Times 14. Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks - Buckingham Nicks 15. Longdancer - If It Was So Simple 16. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 17. Judy Collins - True Stories and Other Dreams 18. Eagles - Desperado 19. Jim Croce - I Got a Name 20. Harry Chapin - Short Stories 21. The Who - Quadrophenia 22. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 23. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 24. Tom Waits - Closing Time 25. Bee Gees - Life in a Tin Can
25. Hustlers Convention - Lightnin' Rod 24. Funky Kingston - Toots & The Maytals 23. Future Days - CAN 22. The Payback - James Brown 21. Sweet Revenge - John Prine 20. GP - Gram Parsons 19. Heart Food - Judee Sill 18. Berlin - Lou Reed 17. Afrodisiac - Fela Kuti 16. Shotgun Willie - Willie Nelson 15. Time Fades Away - Neil Young 14. Fresh - Sly and the Family Stone 13. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie 12. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye 11. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 10. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath 9. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin 8. Quadrophenia - The Who 7. New York Dolls - New York Dolls 6. Catch a Fire - The Wailers 5. Burnin' - The Wailers 4. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 3. Closing Time - Tom Waits 2. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder 1. Raw Power - Iggy and The Stooges
Worth it just for Joe's pronunciation of "oeuvre." My top 25: 1. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 2. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 3. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure 4. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star 5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 6. Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon 7. Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie 8. Roxy Music - Stranded 9. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player 10. Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day 11. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced 'Leh-'nerd 'Skin-'nerd 12. John Lennon - Mind Games 13. Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette 14. George Harrison - Living in the Material World 15. Electric Light Orchestra - ELO II 16. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 17. The Who - Quadrophenia 18. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup 19. Gram Parsons - GP 20. Queen - Queen 21. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans 22. Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me 23. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 24. Genesis - Selling England By the Pound 25. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
You nailed it for the most part Joe. I am definitely a prog guy so no surprise your list doesn’t have nearly as much prog, but definitely appreciated your inclusion of Lynyrd Skynrd, but no ZZ Top was disappointing. ALBUM RANKING: 1. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 2. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon 3. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres 4. Lynyrd Skynrd - (Pronounced 'Leh-'nerd 'Skin-'nerd) 5. Elton John - Goodbye to Yellow Brick Road 6. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 7. Gentle Giant - In a Glass House 8. The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me 9. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 10. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans 11. King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues in Aspic 12. Queen - Queen 13. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play 14. Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning 15. The Who - Quadrophenia 16. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane 17. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 18. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 19. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 20. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 21. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire 22. Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend 23. Montrose - Montrose 24. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy 25. Mott the Hoople - Mott
Finally got around to do my own top 25. Listened to somewhere between 70-80 albums (which I would guess is about a quarter of what you guys heard), and even with a top 25 it was really hard to exclude some albums (had around 10 albums for the last spot). Listened to almost all of the albums on your lists, but there are a couple I still haven't heard (like Marvin Gaye and Lynyrd Skynyrd that likely could get in if/when I listen to them). But yeah, just an awesome, awesome year for music. The biggest surprise for me was Judee Sill which was a new listen for me. And the highest entry on my list which was on neither of yours is Tres Hombres. I'm not the world's biggest ZZ Top fan but that album is just as good as it gets when it comes to boogie/blues rock. La Grange is a certified classic but there are some lesser known gems on it like Master of Sparks which is almost something like the blueprint for a lot of Thin Lizzy's music. Really glad to see The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle on Joe's list and Hard Nose the Highway on Jason's. It's probably not even in my top 10 of Van Morrison's albums and it's still good enough to reach the no. 12 spot in a year like 1973 which is quite a feat. Looking forward to the 1984 deep dive! 25. T. Rex - Tanx ★★★★ 24. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure ★★★★½ 23. Johnny Winter - Still Alive and Well ★★★★½ 22. Gene Clark - Roadmaster ★★★★½ 21. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup ★★★★½ 20. The Beach Boys - Holland ★★★★½ 19. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy ★★★★½ 18. New York Dolls - New York Dolls ★★★★½ 17. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ★★★★½ 16. Judee Sill - Heart Food ★★★★½ 15. Gram Parsons - GP ★★★★½ 14. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy ★★★★½ 13. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies ★★★★½ 12. Van Morrison - Hard Nose the Highway ★★★★½ 11. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle ★★★★½ 10. Tom Waits - Closing Time ★★★★½ 9. The Who - Quadrophenia ★★★★½ 8. Roxy Music - Stranded ★★★★½ 7. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run ★★★★★ 6. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres ★★★★★ 5. The Stooges - Raw Power ★★★★★ 4. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon ★★★★★ 3. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ★★★★★ 2. Mott the Hoople - Mott ★★★★★ 1. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane ★★★★★ Number of albums shared with Jason: 15 Number of albums shared with Joe: 17 UK: 13 (7 in the top 10) US: 12 (3 in the top 10) ★★★★★ - Masterpiece ★★★★½ - Great ★★★★ - Really good ★★★½ - Good ★★★ - Decent ★★½ - Tolerable ★★ - Mediocre ★½ - Bad ★ - Really bad ½ - Terrible
Hard to argue with any albums on either list, as there were so many great albums in 1973 (But, as usual, progressive rock conspicuously absent from your lists). What an incredible year for music, many of the all-time great albums came out that year. From my list, I have over 80 legitimately great albums (and over 100 really good ones) that year. Here's my list of my top 25 favorite albums from 1973, but there were so many more great albums that year. 1. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis 2. Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan 3. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd 4. Quadrophenia - The Who 5. Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes 6. Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 7. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield 8. Desperado - Eagles 9. Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings 10. A Passion Play - Jethro Tull 11. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder 12. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 13. The Captain and Me - The Doobie Brothers 14. There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon 15. For Everyman - Jackson Browne 16. Ashes Are Burning - Renaissance 17. In a Glass House - Gentle Giant 18. Remember The Future - Nektar 19. Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson 20. A Wizard, a True Star - Todd Rundgren 21. Red Rose Speedway - Paul McCartney and Wings 22. Grand Hotel - Procol Harum 23. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie 24. Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra 25. The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get - Joe Walsh
My list is rather conventional, but this is a great year for music. 1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) [5-stars] 2. The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) [5-stars] 3. Selling England by the Pound (Genesis) [5-stars] 4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath) [5-stars] 5. Band on the Run (Wings) [5-stars] 6. Innervisions (Stevie Wonder [5-stars] 7. (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) (Lynyrd Skynyrd) [5-stars] 8. Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin) [5-stars] 9. Goats Head Soup (The Rolling Stones) [4.5-stars] 10. Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye) [4-stars] 11. There Goes Rhymin' Simon (Paul Simon) [4-stars] 12. Red Rose Speedway (Wings) [4-stars] 13. Countdown to Ecstasy (Steely Dan) [4-stars] 14. Queen (Queen) [4-stars] 15. Berlin (Lou Reed) [4-stars] 16. Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper) [4-stars] 17. 3 + 3 (The Isley Brothers) [4-stars] 18. Ashes are Burning (Renaissance) [4-stars] 19. The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (Bruce Springsteen) [3.5-stars] 20. Aladdin Sane (David Bowie) [3.5-stars] 21. Mott (Mott the Hoople) [3.5-stars] 22. GP (Gram Parsons) [3.5-stars] 23. For Your Pleasure (Roxy Music) [3.5-stars] 24. A Wizard/A True Star (Todd Rundgren) [3.5-stars] 25. Camel (Camel) [3.5-stars]
A very good list , with a few ( 13 ! ) in common with my list . Glad to see Grand Hotel make your list . An underrated album in my view . Here is my list , as posted on Jason's video a few days ago : Starting with my favourite : Pink Floyd : Dark Side of the Moon Genesis : Selling England by the Pound ( yes Joe , it's great ) Stevie Wonder : Innervisions Elton John : Don't Shoot Me , I'm Only the Piano Player Jethro Tull : A Passion Play Steely Dan : Countdown to Ecstasy The Who : Quadrophenia The Doobie Brothers : The Captain & Me Led Zeppelin : Houses of the Holy Elton John : Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Procol Harum : Grand Hotel Joe Walsh : The Smoker You Drink the Player You Get Paul McCartney : Band on the Run Roxy Music : Stranded ZZ Top : Tres Hombres Emerson Lake & Palmer : Brain Salad Surgery The Spinners : The Spinners Frank Zappa : Overnite Sensation David Bowie : Aladdin Sane Rolling Stones : Goat's Head Soup Rick Wakeman : The 6 Wives of Henry VIII th Eagles : Desperado King Crimson : Lark's Tongues in Aspic Yes : Yessongs Paul McCartney : Red Rose Speedway Thanks !!!!! Have a good holiday gentlemen !!!!!
Hi guys, great list Joe! Gene Clark is one of my favourite, the top 2 are awesome, Elton John and Stevie wonder, I would swap positions, Steely Dan and Lou reed Berlin are very good too, well done!
1. The Who - Quadrophenia 2. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 3. Van Morrison - Hard Nose the Highway 4. Art Garfunkel - Angel Clare 5. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies 6. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On 7. Queen Debut 8. Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh 9. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy 10. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me 11. Aerosmith Debut 12. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd 13. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 14. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Burnin' Quadrophenia is by far #1 for me Joe. Perfect rock album! The best rock album along with Appetite IMHO. Dirty Cowboy slightly edges Yellow Brick Road for me but both are great.
I couldn't be bothered ranking my favourites, so here they are in alphabetical order. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath David Bowie - Aladdin Sane James Brown - The Payback John Cale - Paris 1919 Can - Future Days Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets Faust - Faust IV Dr. John - In the Right Place Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy Curtis Mayfield - Back to the World Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Lou Reed - Berlin The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup Judee Sill - Heart Food The Stooges - Raw Power Robin Trower - Twice Removed from Yesterday Tom Waits - Closing Time The Who - Quadraphenia Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
What a great year. I'm glad to hear you've come around on Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. Fully agree about Ronnie Van Zandt as well; I feel like he was leaning into more country and honkytonk stuff on the final Skynyrd album, and it was a really interesting direction. Looking forward to the songs lists!
Joe and I had 14 matches. Jason and I - 10 matches. 1. The Who - Quadrophenia 2. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 4. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) 5. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 6. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 7. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies 8. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres 9. Queen - Queen 10. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery 11. The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me 12. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 13. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic 14. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 15. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans 16. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane 17. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 18. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy 19. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player 20. Procol Harum - The Grand Hotel 21. Deep Purple - Who Do You Think We Are 22. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup 23 Mott the Hoople - Mott 24. Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band 25. Foghat - Foghat
really enjoyed your list - glad to know you youngsters can really appreciate the fantastic music that i witnessed as a 19 year old - - desperado was my top because of a romantic link and springsteens the wild was 4 with dark side 2 coutdown 3 innervisions 5 and hard nose the highway by van at 6 and about 20 others tied for 7 onwards - dixie chicken -
I was a freshman/ sophomore high school 1973 love your picks Bruce was a bomb that went off like Elton there was a what now after the Beatles it was depressing then they showed up then to me Elvis Costello
A great list. Most of your choices will be on my list also and I am very glad that you have Holland by Beach Boys on your list. I remember when I bought it in 1973 it was already some kind of obscure back then. I still love it, almost every song is great and so is the production and I think this is their best album as a band, I think PetSounds is more of a solo projekt by Brian. As I wrote after Jasons list I will also have Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield on my list as well as For Everyman by Jackson Browne and Ashes Are Burning by Renaissance. Sorry, The Stooges and Roxy Music is not my music.
'Countdown to Ecstasy' seems like a genre of its own. Some sort of nerdy, sophisticated 70s cock rock. On the TLM Dan week I only placed 'Countdown' at 7. But I might listen to it more than any of the others.
Between the two of you, I reckon there’s an acceptable list of 24 albums. My problem is that both of you seem to ignore one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Paul Simon. 1973 saw his best or second best album, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon released. Kodachrome, American Tune…what else do you need?
12 in common with Joe as we already know. Cool list, a few placements that were a bit surprising I think but it's so tough when there are so many great albums to rank. I definitely expected Stevie to take the #1 spot but Elton also makes perfect sense. Makes me really happy to see Gram and Gene on both lists. And of course the best Eagles album.
Great stuff on both your lists, of course, because 73 had many unavoidable classics. It would be interesting to hear this year list after banning any album that went gold or better.
My Mt. Rushmore for 1973 is Elton John, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Bowie. Runners up were The Who, Steely Dan, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, ZZ Top, ELP, and Wings. I will have to check out Sabbath. I always skip that one.
How about lyrically for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, it was my life in1975 and beyond, LA Woman was there at that time too, I was 13, hadn't heard of Skynyrd yet, Sothern Rock came in 5 years later for me.
Been following your channel for a whole now ,love how all of you have got me into music I would never have thought of listening to. I do urge if your unfamiliar with it to listen to the catalogue of Halfman Halfbiscuit. In my opinion the best lyrics written ever although you probably need to be from the Uk to get the lyrics..
Jason-have you ever been Zappa for Halloween? Because you totally could. Or maybe get a green beanie and be Frank as Monkee Mike for Halloween. Just a thought. Quadrophenia rules, peace.
The Byrds' version of She Don't Care About Time was released as the B-side to Turn Turn Turn. Stinks that it was only a B-side since it's possibly my favorite Byrds track, but there you go. Ha
Thanks Joe for Heart Food by Judee Sill. Just stunning. Also watched a couple of her live performances. As you say, she effortlessly conjures up spiritual imagery married with magisterial Bach-like Chord progressions. A truly magnificent bunch of songs with The Kiss and The Donor as standouts, The Donor with a hint of Surf's Up - in fact, her oeuvre has an eerie echo of Brian Wilson complexity. These are my thoughts after only one listen. Gene Clark was my most listened to artist of 2023. I think Judee Sill could be an early contender for 2024. You can definitely tell from her demanour and her style that she was out of place somehow in her time, out of step with current trends and attitudes. Her music, though, is a thing to beauty to behold. There's just so much music out there to discover.
Yeah, she is stunning. There’s a rarities album called Songs of Rapture and devotion that shows off some stripped down versions of songs from Heart Food that are just incredible.
Bolded = Joe Match Bolded and Italicized = Joe Top 10 Match My Top 10 of 1973 *_1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John_* *_2. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin_* *_3. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd_* *_4. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie_* 5. A Wizard / A True Star - Todd Rundgren *_6. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder_* *_7. Holland - The Beach Boys_* *8. Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings* 9. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis *10. Stranded - Roxy Music*
Your #1, if compiled on Dec 31, 1973 might have been Elton or Alice. Don't fret about positions, because we never know how albums would age, and everyone's Top '73 list would change through each successive year.
25. Iggy Pop - Raw Power 24. H & O - Abandoned Luncheonette 23. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 22. GP 21. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced... 20. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me... 19. Tom Waits - Closing Time 18. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 17. Steve Miller Band - The Joker 16. Sly - Fresh 15. Aerosmith 14. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters 13. Wings - Band On The Run 12. Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent... 11. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 10. Zappa - Overnight Sensation 9. The Who - Quadrophenia 8. Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup 7. Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy 6. Mott The Hoople - Mott 5. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon 3. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane 2. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy 1. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Repost. I could probably move one or two up or down, but I don't feel strongly enough about it to edit the list. Because content wise, my list is pretty flawless. 1. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) 2. Montrose 3. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres 4. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 5. Nazareth - Razamanaz 6. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 7. The Who - Quadrophenia 8. The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters 9. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 10. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies 11. Golden Earring - Moontan 12. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 13. Aerosmith 14. New York Dolls 15. Queen 16. Free - Heartbreaker 17. Rory Gallagher - Tattoo 18. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup 19. Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation 20. Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are 21. Gregg Allman - Laid Back 22. Faces - Ooh La La 23. The Marshall Tucker Band 24. Status Quo - Hello! 25. Rick Derringer - All American Boy
I totally get not seeing it since its not an easy record. But with all the talk about prog albums missing the list, Larks Tongues in Aspic by King Crimson would have been the one I was hoping would have made it
Have to agree with Jason that those albums by Bruce Springsteen and The Stooges aren’t good enough to make a top 25 list. Same goes for Elton John… But I definitely agree with Joe’s inclusion of Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd, Goats Head Soup, and Quadrophenia. Three iconic classic rock albums!
4 in common with Jason and 8 with Joe. Glad to see some Judee Sill love. The documentary Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill has been playing festivals and, I hope, will be getting a release in 2024. Here's the trailer. ruclips.net/video/eCsHFKx9fH4/видео.html Here's a rerun of my list, going to 35. I could easily have revised it, based on titles I had forgotten about, but thems the breaks. 1. Innervisions-Stevie Wonder. Maybe a perfect album, from the songs to the sequencing. All the stars in the sky. 2. Fresh-Sly and the Family Stone 3. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle- Bruce Springsteen 4. Mott-Mott The Hoople 5. Faust IV-Faust 6. Live At Carnegie Hall-Bill Withers. No rule against live lps, right. One of the greatest live albums ever. 7. Stranded-Roxy Music 8. Paris 1919-John Cale 9. New York Dolls-New York Dolls 10. Judee Sill-Heart Food 11. Berlin-Lou Reed 12. Bananamour-Kevin Ayers 13. Band On The Run- Paul McCartney and Wings 14. Time Fades Away-Neil Young 15. For Your Pleasure-Roxy Music 16. Red Hash-Gary Higgins 17. Funky Kingston-Toots and the Maytals 18. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John 19. Larks Tongie In Aspic-King Crimson 20. Next-The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 21. Doug Sahm and Band-Doug Sahm and Band 22. Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ-Bruce Springsteen 23. Raw Power-The Stooges 24. Betty Davis-Betty Davis 25. Quadrophenia-The Who 26. Cosmic Slop-Funkadelic 27. Pipedream-Alan Hull 28. Honky Tonk Heroes-Waylon Jennings 29. Selling England By The Pound-Genesis 30. Closing Time-Tom Waits 31. Space Is The Place-Sun Ra 32. Todos Os Ochos-Tom Zé 33. For Everyman-Jackson Browne. Cut out the rockers and I mighta placed this higher. These Days might be in my top 25 songs, though. 34. GP-Gram Parsons 35.10cc-!0cc
So glad to see Berlin in there. I was having a tough time trying to understand how could you guys dislike some of his best work. I guess Jason must still bear some prejudice against him but it warms my heart to see that Lou's fans have at least won Joe to the cause
@@TastesLikeMusicdon’t know if you agree with me, but Lou Reed is the one artist from the 60’s who put out greater albums in the 80’s then the 70’s. Just how I feel. Nothing except perhaps Coney Island Baby stacks up with the Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts or New York
1973 is a slight comedown from the prior two years, but beats the hell out of most others. Just an amazing era. My 4.5's that don't make my top 25 are Mott the Hoople's Mott, King Crimson's Starless and Bible Black, T. Rex's Tanx, and Santana's Welcome. 25. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy 24. The Wailers - Burnin' 23. Osanna - Palepoli 22. Roxy Music - Stranded 21. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced 20. Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon 19. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night 18. Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh 17. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans 16. John Cale - Paris 1919 15. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure 14. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player! 13. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 12. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane 11. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 10. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup All of those are 4.5 stars. 9. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic 5 8. The Who - Quadrophenia 5 7. The New York Dolls - The New York Dolls 5 6. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power 5 5. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 5 4. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle 5 3. Stevie Wonder - Innvervisions 5+ 2. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 5++ (my #1 for this year for the past 10-15 years) 1. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon 5++ (revisited it recently, and its perfection is simply undeniable)
There is a great exchange in the movie "Wonder Boys" between Michael Douglas, who plays a formerly great literary genius who has lost his way, and Katie Holmes a grad student in his creative writing class. Goes something like this, after Katie has read draft of a novel Douglas is struggling with: "Its over a 1000 pages long. Why all the geneaologies of horses? You always taught that great art is about making decisions and it appears on this novel you haven't made any." Tried listening to Jason's suggestion by Rundgren, A Wizard a True Star, and feel it suffers for the same criticism. Each song has a dozen great ideas but the ideas need to be whittled down and stripped. Too much going on in each song make it hard to listen to. Obvious sign of genius but doesn't work for me. Amazing it was made in 1973 way ahead of the technology of the day but way too complicated. Love The Nazz and haven't been able to find any solo work I enjoy.
@@TastesLikeMusic - My 20 year old son who argues with me about music has suggested to me that when we like certain albums we are revisiting the feeling we had when we first discovered it. That's certainly true for me. Tubular Bells certainly sounds out of place to modern ears but it was a one-off when it came out made by an unknown 18 year old. So the aura around it may have added to my anticipation on first listen. I have loved it ever since. I guess that mist be the same for you with Physical Graffiti
Berlin is one of the few Lou albums I dislike because I never like Ezrin as a producer But interesting list, although I like Jason’s #1 better, joes is obviously more popular, and also Joe has Quadrophenia in his top 5, which is where it belongs. And Joe, listen to Still Alive & Well by Johnny winter, I’ll be really surprised if you don’t love it
@@TastesLikeMusicfwiw, I did a top 50 songs of ‘73, which I will be posting after you and Jason do, and there is no Mott song in there. So perhaps you are correct, but I just love how that album plays from beginning to end. Perhaps i overrated it , because I just don’t think Mott the Hoople gets the love it deserves, but I stand by its placing Merry Xmas !
Good lists from both of you. I appreciate the inclusion of Holland and Judee Still. But you guys don’t get prog. Selling England By The Pound should be a top three, and Larks Tounges In Aspic is also worthy of inclusion
Good picks but there is one I can't fathom, Lou Reed's Berlin. I really tried to like that one but just couldn't. Awful record, especially coming between Transformer and the live Rock and Roll Animal. I would replace it with Little Feat's Dixie Chicken. Other than that, some real gems here. Also, I was 19 at the time and Ronnie Montrose's first solo album came out and all us white, 19 year old rockers loved it. Maybe not so much now but still a fun ride.
@@TastesLikeMusic Just teasing -- Dark Side of the Moon and Raw Power rules. The Black Sabbath is decent too. I'm a big Tom Waits fan as well -- but I prefer his later output to his 70s material
“Fluff” is absolutely a filler track. And when you’re only including 8 songs on your album, having one of them be a pointless, wimpy instrumental isn’t a good look. Black Sabbath never released a perfect album, but Vol. 4 came pretty close. They should have ditched the useless “FX” track. At least that one isn’t over 4 minutes like “Fluff.”
You've hit on (part of) why I'm not quite as high on 1973 as some other people: some of the classic albums from this year only have 7 or 8 actual songs on them.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 It’s common for fanatics of pre-1980s music to talk about these albums in general terms (“great production,” “amazing guitar work,” “stunning vocals,”), never actually evaluating the albums on a song-by-song basis. If they had to defend some of the structural problems on these older albums, they would find it hard to explain why they are handing out so many 5-star ratings.
7 of them would make top 20 songs for Sabbath (and I freaking love Sabbath). And Fluff is my favorite instrumental of theirs. No miss for me here, I'm considering Sabbath Bloody Sabbath not just the best in 1973, but top 5 all-time.
4.5 stars 25. Six - Soft Machine 24. Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes 23. The Payback - James Brown 22. Dixie Chicken - Little Feat 21. Gentleman - Fela Kuti 20. Faust IV - Faust 19. Raw Power - The Stooges 18. In A Glass House - Gentle Giant 17. Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers 16. Rocksession - Embryo 15. Paris 1919 - John Cale 14. Wake Of The Flood - Greatful Dead 13. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory - Traffic 5 stars 12. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis 11. Quadrophenia - The Who 10. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd 9. Future Days - Can 8. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd 7. Larks' Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson 6. Burnin' - Bob Marley & The Wailers 5. Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra 4. For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music 3. Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin 2. Over-Nite Sensation - Frank Zappa 1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
@@TastesLikeMusic I am curious. Is there not enough prog overlap to help make Can palatable? I don't know if there is a rational answer as I enjoy Can but can't get most prog. So, I do ask myself the same question in reverse.
@@ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249 I like prog and Can both. But Can certainly not prog, it labeled kraut-rock. Also I can suggest to you band Embryo which is kraut rock too. They released 3 excellent albums in 1973 and one of them even made list.
I always thought Stevie wonder is incredibly overrated and GB Yellow Brick is a cringe fest with a few good songs on. So many good albums in there though.
I feel like No Quarter is the best track on Houses of the Holy. I know that it is a bit off the wall but its originality is what makes it so amazing. The sludgy guitar riff is so memorable.
Another very fine list. Eloquent, impassioned, informed and confident. No mystery why we watch. More memories triggered, of jumping up and down in bedrooms and driving parents (not necessarily mine) to the end of their rope with Billion Dollar Babies; and the song that kickstarts my summer every year, Summer Breeze.
One to revisit, Berlin (nice, surprising choice), two to explore, Judee Sill and Gene Clark, and one, maybe, to reappraise, Quadrophenia. This is one of the few albums I bought on vinyl way back then and sold just months later. Now I wish I hadn't. But there has always been something about The Who that keeps me at arm's length beyond a handful of what are for me great individual songs. Not sure that can ever change now. Mileage obviously varies.
No surprises with Countdown to Ecstasy (constant musical chairs for my Steely Dan top spot with Aja and The Royal Scam) or Yellow Brick Road. I think both you and Jason are also right about Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. I'm not an expert on Sabbath by any means but I never heard anything by them that was better than SBS. I think it's an album that might surprise a great many people.
Oh and Joe, the answer to the question, 'Who will love Aladdin Sane?' is: 'Me, I will. Always. Unconditionally and, yes, beyond any doubt, more than Ziggy (also great, obviously).' That's the third time I've mentioned that album in the past week, so that's my quota exceeded for the year.
Now be good for goodness sakes.
Great list Joe. And yes Steely Dan's 7 albums from Can't buy a thrill to Gaucho are all wonderful. 50 years on and they still sound so good.
agree 100%
MY TOP 25 STUDIO ALBUMS, 1973:
1. Dark Side of the Moon -Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions -Stevie Wonder
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -Elton John
4. Closing Time -Tom Waits
5. Catch a Fire -The Wailers
6. Countdown to Ecstacy -Steely Dan
7. Houses of the Holy -Led Zeppelin
8. Selling England By the Pound -Genesis
9. Raw Power -The Stooges
10. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) -Lynyrd Skynyrd
11. New York Dolls (s/t)
12. For Your Pleasure -Roxy Music
13. Larks' Tongues In Aspic -King Crimson
14. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle -Bruce Springsteen
15. Tres Hombres -ZZ Top
16. Wake of the Flood -Grateful Dead
17. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath -Black Sabbath
18. Tyranny and Mutation -Blue Öyster Cult
19. Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player -Elton John
20. Quadrophenia -The Who
21. Aladdin Sane -David Bowie
22. Goats Head Soup -The Rolling Stones
23. Band On the Run -Paul McCartney & Wings
24. Let's Get It On -Marvin Gaye
25. Berlin -Lou Reed
MY TOP 3 LIVE ALBUMS, 1973:
1. Yessongs -Yes
2. Time Fades Away -Neil Young
3. Live -Genesis
MY BAND OF THE YEAR: The Wailers
MY ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Elton John
'73 continued a string of amazing years (though I consider it a small step down from the years that immediately precede it). I hated omitting so many great acts- John Cale, Allman Bros., Judee Sill, Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, ELP, Aerosmith, Mike Oldfield, Faust, Queen, Herbie Hancock, Hall & Oates, Doobie Brothers, Al Green, The Eagles, Alice Cooper, Little Feat, Toots & The Maytals, The Faces, Joe Walsh, The Mothers, Willie Nelson, Nektar, Status Quo, James Brown, Mott The Hoople, Isley Brothers, John Prine, Budgie, Gram Parsons, Funkadelic- but them's the breaks.
The Wailers win my band award for their pair of paradigm-shifting reggae albums (Catch a Fire made my top 5, and Burnin' just barely missed my top 25).
Elton John is my solo artist of the year for the two classic LPs he dished out (GYBR made my top 5 and 'Don't Shoot Me...' slipped into my top 20).
Ottima lista avrei aggiunto brothers and sisters
1. Pink Floyd * The Dark Side Of The Moon *
2. Mike Oldfield * Tubular Bells *
3. Steely Dan * Countdown To Ecstasy *
4. The Temptations * Masterpiece *
5. Rick Wakeman * The Six Wives Of Henry VIII *
6. Paul McCartney & The Wings * Band On The Run / Red Rose Speedway *
7. Rory Gallagher * Tatto / Blueprint *
8. Roxy Music * For Your Pleasure / Stranded *
9. Eagles * Desperado *
10. Joe Walsh * The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get *
11. David Bowie * Aladdin Sane / Pin-Ups *
12. The Allman Brothers Band * Brothers And Sisters *
13. Led Zeppelin * Houses Of The Holy *
14. John Martyn * Solid Air / Inside Out *
15. Paul Simon * There Goes Rhymin' Simon *
16. Fleetwood Mac * Mystery To Me *
17. Elton John * Goodbye Yellow Brick Road *
18. Stevie Wonder * Innervision *
19. Lynyrd Skynyrd * Pronounced Leh - Nerd Skin - Nerd *
20. Tom Waits * Closing Time *
HM.... - Yes - Bruce Springsteen - Tim Buckley - Genesis - ZZ Top -
- BTO - Blue Oyster Cult - Steve Miller Band - Bob Marley - Mott....
Don’t Shoot Me is in my top 30 of all time, sentimental fav, one of the first I bought as a 14 year old
Holland is an absolute masterpiece and, to me, their best and most cohesive album. Hell yeah Joe.
I'm from Detroit (blow the reveille)!
*You know more about 1973 than I do!*
I was stationed in Germany that year.
So, I was exposed to Bowie/Roxy/Mott/Golden Earing. (maybe more than back home?) But, the 'new-gen' bands (Dolls/Aero/Kiss/Foghat/etc.) would have to wait 'till I got back in early '74.
I originally turned my brother on to Elton with '11-17-70'. When I came back home; He was *all over* his stuff! (like you)
_"If they died prematurely. If they're underappreciated in their lifetimes. I'm gonna love 'em!"_ (that level of 'self-awareness' in 2023 !?!)
I still try to dissect what makes you tick.
There's two kinds of ppl in this world:
*- Those who think The Eagles are GREAT!*
(& probably don't know about Gram Parsons)
*- Those who think The Eagles are BAD!*
(& stole everything from Gram Parsons)
You went to the (little-known) Door #3:
You decided they're BOTH worthy!
Just another example of why you guys are ok in my book!
Merry Christmas,
- Dave B.
Glad to see that Goat's Head Soup gets love. While I sort of understand why it often isn't considered one of the bands biggest classics. I agree that it has plenty good songs and is very enjoyable from start to finish. Some songs are Stones by the numbers? Maybe.. But that doesn't need to be a bad thing. Very few albums ever has stone cold classic song after each other. I don't think their earlier classic albums have that either.
Been listening to this channel for about a month and really enjoying it...One of the odd realizations from watching the channel is some bizarre gaps in my listening history. For example I loved Black Sabbath when I was younger and was very familiar with their first 4 albums but stopped at Volume 4 WHY? I have no reason or excuse and now enjoying the rest of their catalog. Also, never listened to any Alice Cooper - not sure why he is right up my alley - and was really glad Joe picked Billion Dollar Babies - great album, Joe nailed it awesome rock quirky weird and different... somehow captures the musical ideas and trends of the day while also offering something different and new. Thanks Joe!
Another great list. A lot of obvious but unavoidable classics, but hey it's 1973.
My enjoyment comes from the oddities/unknowns that even after 50 years have passed me bye. Now listening to Judee Sill, Gene Clark and The Isley Brothers. 👍
Great to see "Berlin" in the list. I am a huge Lou Reed fan and it's one of his best.
I'd never even heard of Judee Sill, despite growing up in the 70's. My god, wow.... Blown away.
Looking forward to watching this later, but for now I just want to note that the YT cover image for this one with Jason in the bottom corner is hilarious. Ah '73, the year of Dark Side, Over-Nite Sensation, Innervisions, and Goodbye YBR. A top five year for sure.
In the context of an album, "Harmony" might be the greatest pop song of all time. As the closing movement of a colorfully visual collage, the cynical verses capture every suffered heartbreak while holding out the thinnest of hope in the major key chorus. Finally, the coda rolls the credits as we accept the ending of something great and loved.
Love lies bleeding, Harmony, Goodbye yellow brick road...Couldn't agree more.
1. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
2. Raspberries - Side 3
3. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
4. Olivia Newton-John - Music Makes My Day
5. Iain Matthews - Valley Hi
6. Kiki Dee - Loving & Free
7. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player
8. Billy Joel - Piano Man
9. Steelers Wheel - Ferguslie Park
10. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
11. Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now
12. Queen - Queen
13. Jim Croce - Life and Times
14. Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks - Buckingham Nicks
15. Longdancer - If It Was So Simple
16. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
17. Judy Collins - True Stories and Other Dreams
18. Eagles - Desperado
19. Jim Croce - I Got a Name
20. Harry Chapin - Short Stories
21. The Who - Quadrophenia
22. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
23. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
24. Tom Waits - Closing Time
25. Bee Gees - Life in a Tin Can
25. Hustlers Convention - Lightnin' Rod
24. Funky Kingston - Toots & The Maytals
23. Future Days - CAN
22. The Payback - James Brown
21. Sweet Revenge - John Prine
20. GP - Gram Parsons
19. Heart Food - Judee Sill
18. Berlin - Lou Reed
17. Afrodisiac - Fela Kuti
16. Shotgun Willie - Willie Nelson
15. Time Fades Away - Neil Young
14. Fresh - Sly and the Family Stone
13. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
12. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
11. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
10. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
9. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
8. Quadrophenia - The Who
7. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
6. Catch a Fire - The Wailers
5. Burnin' - The Wailers
4. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
3. Closing Time - Tom Waits
2. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
1. Raw Power - Iggy and The Stooges
Worth it just for Joe's pronunciation of "oeuvre." My top 25:
1. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
2. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
3. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
4. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
6. Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
7. Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie
8. Roxy Music - Stranded
9. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player
10. Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day
11. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced 'Leh-'nerd 'Skin-'nerd
12. John Lennon - Mind Games
13. Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
14. George Harrison - Living in the Material World
15. Electric Light Orchestra - ELO II
16. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
17. The Who - Quadrophenia
18. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
19. Gram Parsons - GP
20. Queen - Queen
21. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
22. Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me
23. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
24. Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
25. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
You nailed it for the most part Joe. I am definitely a prog guy so no surprise your list doesn’t have nearly as much prog, but definitely appreciated your inclusion of Lynyrd Skynrd, but no ZZ Top was disappointing.
ALBUM RANKING:
1. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
2. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
3. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
4. Lynyrd Skynrd - (Pronounced 'Leh-'nerd 'Skin-'nerd)
5. Elton John - Goodbye to Yellow Brick Road
6. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
7. Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
8. The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
9. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
10. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
11. King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues in Aspic
12. Queen - Queen
13. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
14. Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
15. The Who - Quadrophenia
16. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
17. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
18. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
19. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
20. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
21. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
22. Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
23. Montrose - Montrose
24. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
25. Mott the Hoople - Mott
Finally got around to do my own top 25. Listened to somewhere between 70-80 albums (which I would guess is about a quarter of what you guys heard), and even with a top 25 it was really hard to exclude some albums (had around 10 albums for the last spot). Listened to almost all of the albums on your lists, but there are a couple I still haven't heard (like Marvin Gaye and Lynyrd Skynyrd that likely could get in if/when I listen to them). But yeah, just an awesome, awesome year for music.
The biggest surprise for me was Judee Sill which was a new listen for me. And the highest entry on my list which was on neither of yours is Tres Hombres. I'm not the world's biggest ZZ Top fan but that album is just as good as it gets when it comes to boogie/blues rock. La Grange is a certified classic but there are some lesser known gems on it like Master of Sparks which is almost something like the blueprint for a lot of Thin Lizzy's music.
Really glad to see The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle on Joe's list and Hard Nose the Highway on Jason's. It's probably not even in my top 10 of Van Morrison's albums and it's still good enough to reach the no. 12 spot in a year like 1973 which is quite a feat.
Looking forward to the 1984 deep dive!
25. T. Rex - Tanx ★★★★
24. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure ★★★★½
23. Johnny Winter - Still Alive and Well ★★★★½
22. Gene Clark - Roadmaster ★★★★½
21. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup ★★★★½
20. The Beach Boys - Holland ★★★★½
19. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy ★★★★½
18. New York Dolls - New York Dolls ★★★★½
17. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ★★★★½
16. Judee Sill - Heart Food ★★★★½
15. Gram Parsons - GP ★★★★½
14. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy ★★★★½
13. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies ★★★★½
12. Van Morrison - Hard Nose the Highway ★★★★½
11. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle ★★★★½
10. Tom Waits - Closing Time ★★★★½
9. The Who - Quadrophenia ★★★★½
8. Roxy Music - Stranded ★★★★½
7. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run ★★★★★
6. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres ★★★★★
5. The Stooges - Raw Power ★★★★★
4. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon ★★★★★
3. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ★★★★★
2. Mott the Hoople - Mott ★★★★★
1. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane ★★★★★
Number of albums shared with Jason: 15
Number of albums shared with Joe: 17
UK: 13 (7 in the top 10)
US: 12 (3 in the top 10)
★★★★★ - Masterpiece
★★★★½ - Great
★★★★ - Really good
★★★½ - Good
★★★ - Decent
★★½ - Tolerable
★★ - Mediocre
★½ - Bad
★ - Really bad
½ - Terrible
Hard to argue with any albums on either list, as there were so many great albums in 1973 (But, as usual, progressive rock conspicuously absent from your lists). What an incredible year for music, many of the all-time great albums came out that year. From my list, I have over 80 legitimately great albums (and over 100 really good ones) that year. Here's my list of my top 25 favorite albums from 1973, but there were so many more great albums that year.
1. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
2. Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan
3. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
4. Quadrophenia - The Who
5. Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes
6. Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
7. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
8. Desperado - Eagles
9. Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
10. A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
11. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
12. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
13. The Captain and Me - The Doobie Brothers
14. There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon
15. For Everyman - Jackson Browne
16. Ashes Are Burning - Renaissance
17. In a Glass House - Gentle Giant
18. Remember The Future - Nektar
19. Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson
20. A Wizard, a True Star - Todd Rundgren
21. Red Rose Speedway - Paul McCartney and Wings
22. Grand Hotel - Procol Harum
23. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
24. Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
25. The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get - Joe Walsh
Totally did not expect Joe to pick Berlin lol. once the Bob series is over I’ll take over Dylan’s spot as a spirit guide through Lou’s albums. 😉
My list is rather conventional, but this is a great year for music.
1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) [5-stars]
2. The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) [5-stars]
3. Selling England by the Pound (Genesis) [5-stars]
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath) [5-stars]
5. Band on the Run (Wings) [5-stars]
6. Innervisions (Stevie Wonder [5-stars]
7. (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) (Lynyrd Skynyrd) [5-stars]
8. Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin) [5-stars]
9. Goats Head Soup (The Rolling Stones) [4.5-stars]
10. Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye) [4-stars]
11. There Goes Rhymin' Simon (Paul Simon) [4-stars]
12. Red Rose Speedway (Wings) [4-stars]
13. Countdown to Ecstasy (Steely Dan) [4-stars]
14. Queen (Queen) [4-stars]
15. Berlin (Lou Reed) [4-stars]
16. Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper) [4-stars]
17. 3 + 3 (The Isley Brothers) [4-stars]
18. Ashes are Burning (Renaissance) [4-stars]
19. The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (Bruce Springsteen) [3.5-stars]
20. Aladdin Sane (David Bowie) [3.5-stars]
21. Mott (Mott the Hoople) [3.5-stars]
22. GP (Gram Parsons) [3.5-stars]
23. For Your Pleasure (Roxy Music) [3.5-stars]
24. A Wizard/A True Star (Todd Rundgren) [3.5-stars]
25. Camel (Camel) [3.5-stars]
A very good list , with a few ( 13 ! ) in common with my list .
Glad to see Grand Hotel make your list .
An underrated album in my view .
Here is my list , as posted on Jason's video a few days ago :
Starting with my favourite :
Pink Floyd : Dark Side of the Moon
Genesis : Selling England by the Pound ( yes Joe , it's great )
Stevie Wonder : Innervisions
Elton John : Don't Shoot Me , I'm Only the Piano Player
Jethro Tull : A Passion Play
Steely Dan : Countdown to Ecstasy
The Who : Quadrophenia
The Doobie Brothers : The Captain & Me
Led Zeppelin : Houses of the Holy
Elton John : Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Procol Harum : Grand Hotel
Joe Walsh : The Smoker You Drink the Player You Get
Paul McCartney : Band on the Run
Roxy Music : Stranded
ZZ Top : Tres Hombres
Emerson Lake & Palmer : Brain Salad Surgery
The Spinners : The Spinners
Frank Zappa : Overnite Sensation
David Bowie : Aladdin Sane
Rolling Stones : Goat's Head Soup
Rick Wakeman : The 6 Wives of Henry VIII th
Eagles : Desperado
King Crimson : Lark's Tongues in Aspic
Yes : Yessongs
Paul McCartney : Red Rose Speedway
Thanks !!!!!
Have a good holiday gentlemen !!!!!
Hi guys, great list Joe! Gene Clark is one of my favourite, the top 2 are awesome, Elton John and Stevie wonder, I would swap positions, Steely Dan and Lou reed Berlin are very good too, well done!
1. The Who - Quadrophenia
2. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
3. Van Morrison - Hard Nose the Highway
4. Art Garfunkel - Angel Clare
5. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
6. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On
7. Queen Debut
8. Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh
9. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
10. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me
11. Aerosmith Debut
12. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
13. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
14. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Burnin'
Quadrophenia is by far #1 for me Joe. Perfect rock album! The best rock album along with Appetite IMHO. Dirty Cowboy slightly edges Yellow Brick Road for me but both are great.
Al Green (Call Me) and Sly & the Family Stone (Fresh) are conspicuous in their absence from both lists.
Fresh just missed. Somewhere in top 40 for me, 4.5 stars.
Both in my top 50. - Joe
I couldn't be bothered ranking my favourites, so here they are in alphabetical order.
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
James Brown - The Payback
John Cale - Paris 1919
Can - Future Days
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Faust - Faust IV
Dr. John - In the Right Place
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Curtis Mayfield - Back to the World
Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Lou Reed - Berlin
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
Judee Sill - Heart Food
The Stooges - Raw Power
Robin Trower - Twice Removed from Yesterday
Tom Waits - Closing Time
The Who - Quadraphenia
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
I can always count on Joe to shout out to great R&B like The Isley Brothers. Your list rocks!!!
What a great year. I'm glad to hear you've come around on Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. Fully agree about Ronnie Van Zandt as well; I feel like he was leaning into more country and honkytonk stuff on the final Skynyrd album, and it was a really interesting direction. Looking forward to the songs lists!
Joe and I had 14 matches. Jason and I - 10 matches.
1. The Who - Quadrophenia
2. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
5. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
6. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
7. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
8. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
9. Queen - Queen
10. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
11. The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
12. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
13. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
14. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
15. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
16. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
17. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
18. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy
19. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player
20. Procol Harum - The Grand Hotel
21. Deep Purple - Who Do You Think We Are
22. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
23 Mott the Hoople - Mott
24. Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band
25. Foghat - Foghat
For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music & Facts Of Life by Bobby Womack were my favorite albums of 1973. They both still endure today.
I don’t like FYP but Bobby Womack is a treasure. - Joe
really enjoyed your list - glad to know you youngsters can really appreciate the fantastic music that i witnessed as a 19 year old - - desperado was my top because of a romantic link and springsteens the wild was 4 with dark side 2 coutdown 3 innervisions 5 and hard nose the highway by van at 6 and about 20 others tied for 7 onwards - dixie chicken -
Agreed. Band on the Run is his Abbey Rd or Dark Side. Top 40 all time for me
I was a freshman/ sophomore high school 1973 love your picks Bruce was a bomb that went off like Elton there was a what now after the Beatles it was depressing then they showed up then to me Elvis Costello
A great list. Most of your choices will be on my list also and I am very glad that you have Holland by Beach Boys on your list. I remember when I bought it in 1973 it was already some kind of obscure back then. I still love it, almost every song is great and so is the production and I think this is their best album as a band, I think PetSounds is more of a solo projekt by Brian. As I wrote after Jasons list I will also have Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield on my list as well as For Everyman by Jackson Browne and Ashes Are Burning by Renaissance. Sorry, The Stooges and Roxy Music is not my music.
'Countdown to Ecstasy' seems like a genre of its own. Some sort of nerdy, sophisticated 70s cock rock. On the TLM Dan week I only placed 'Countdown' at 7. But I might listen to it more than any of the others.
Between the two of you, I reckon there’s an acceptable list of 24 albums. My problem is that both of you seem to ignore one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Paul Simon. 1973 saw his best or second best album, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon released. Kodachrome, American Tune…what else do you need?
My #58 of the year. 4 stars. -Jason
Paul doesn’t excite me. - Joe
Great pick "Berlin" Jack Bruce is awaesome. 'Men of Good Fortune" Superb.
12 in common with Joe as we already know. Cool list, a few placements that were a bit surprising I think but it's so tough when there are so many great albums to rank. I definitely expected Stevie to take the #1 spot but Elton also makes perfect sense. Makes me really happy to see Gram and Gene on both lists. And of course the best Eagles album.
Great stuff on both your lists, of course, because 73 had many unavoidable classics. It would be interesting to hear this year list after banning any album that went gold or better.
Joe, did the Allmans' Brothers and Sisters make it anywhere close to the list? I reckon it would be top 10 for me.
I forget where they landed. Top 73 probably.
My Mt. Rushmore for 1973 is Elton John, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Bowie. Runners up were The Who, Steely Dan, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, ZZ Top, ELP, and Wings. I will have to check out Sabbath. I always skip that one.
Best albums of 1973
Dark Side of the Moon
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Selling England by the Pound.
How about lyrically for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, it was my life in1975 and beyond, LA Woman was there at that time too, I was 13, hadn't heard of Skynyrd yet, Sothern Rock came in 5 years later for me.
Been following your channel for a whole now ,love how all of you have got me into music I would never have thought of listening to.
I do urge if your unfamiliar with it to listen to the catalogue of Halfman Halfbiscuit.
In my opinion the best lyrics written ever although you probably need to be from the Uk to get the lyrics..
Heart Food by Judee is stunning.
Happy Holidays, y’all!!
Jason-have you ever been Zappa for Halloween? Because you totally could. Or maybe get a green beanie and be Frank as Monkee Mike for Halloween. Just a thought. Quadrophenia rules, peace.
I think Jason could easily pass for the artist Paul Gauguin in his younger years.
The Byrds' version of She Don't Care About Time was released as the B-side to Turn Turn Turn. Stinks that it was only a B-side since it's possibly my favorite Byrds track, but there you go. Ha
Thanks Joe for Heart Food by Judee Sill. Just stunning. Also watched a couple of her live performances. As you say, she effortlessly conjures up spiritual imagery married with magisterial Bach-like Chord progressions. A truly magnificent bunch of songs with The Kiss and The Donor as standouts, The Donor with a hint of Surf's Up - in fact, her oeuvre has an eerie echo of Brian Wilson complexity. These are my thoughts after only one listen. Gene Clark was my most listened to artist of 2023. I think Judee Sill could be an early contender for 2024. You can definitely tell from her demanour and her style that she was out of place somehow in her time, out of step with current trends and attitudes. Her music, though, is a thing to beauty to behold. There's just so much music out there to discover.
Yeah, she is stunning. There’s a rarities album called Songs of Rapture and devotion that shows off some stripped down versions of songs from Heart Food that are just incredible.
@@TastesLikeMusic - Will have to check them out but Heart Food will be on repeat for a while 😃
Bolded = Joe Match
Bolded and Italicized = Joe Top 10 Match
My Top 10 of 1973
*_1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John_*
*_2. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin_*
*_3. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd_*
*_4. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie_*
5. A Wizard / A True Star - Todd Rundgren
*_6. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder_*
*_7. Holland - The Beach Boys_*
*8. Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings*
9. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
*10. Stranded - Roxy Music*
So pretty good
Your #1, if compiled on Dec 31, 1973 might have been Elton or Alice. Don't fret about positions, because we never know how albums would age, and everyone's Top '73 list would change through each successive year.
25. Iggy Pop - Raw Power
24. H & O - Abandoned Luncheonette
23. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
22. GP
21. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced...
20. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me...
19. Tom Waits - Closing Time
18. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
17. Steve Miller Band - The Joker
16. Sly - Fresh
15. Aerosmith
14. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
13. Wings - Band On The Run
12. Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent...
11. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
10. Zappa - Overnight Sensation
9. The Who - Quadrophenia
8. Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
7. Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
6. Mott The Hoople - Mott
5. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
3. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
2. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Can’t argue with that
Joe let’s not forget Thank You is another love song from Zeppelin
Repost. I could probably move one or two up or down, but I don't feel strongly enough about it to edit the list. Because content wise, my list is pretty flawless.
1. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
2. Montrose
3. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
4. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
5. Nazareth - Razamanaz
6. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
7. The Who - Quadrophenia
8. The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters
9. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
10. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
11. Golden Earring - Moontan
12. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
13. Aerosmith
14. New York Dolls
15. Queen
16. Free - Heartbreaker
17. Rory Gallagher - Tattoo
18. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
19. Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
20. Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are
21. Gregg Allman - Laid Back
22. Faces - Ooh La La
23. The Marshall Tucker Band
24. Status Quo - Hello!
25. Rick Derringer - All American Boy
Cool list! Heartbreaker just missed out at #29 for me. It's a very good album and All American Boy is a solid one too. Nice list
@@MMoses87 thank you kind sir
@@independenceltd. you're welcome 👍
Good list sir. I'd go with about half of them.Nice to see Rick Derringer in there (I'd have it a fair bit higher).
@@ELDuderino597 you're too kind
Necktar “Remember the Future” a favorite
I totally get not seeing it since its not an easy record. But with all the talk about prog albums missing the list, Larks Tongues in Aspic by King Crimson would have been the one I was hoping would have made it
I think it’s 4-stars but not good enough to make my list. Check back in 74 for KC. - Joe
Springsteen, The Stones, Stooges, Elton, The Who, Skynyrd. Joe has taste.
Unfortunately Lou Reed is in there.
Unbelievable....A Lou Reed album makes a list here! Who would have thunk it.
Also had Transformer for 72 - Joe
Nobody does guitar like Roy Buchanan dude, that's for your pal and his 3.5 stars.
Merry Christmas 🎁
Have to agree with Jason that those albums by Bruce Springsteen and The Stooges aren’t good enough to make a top 25 list. Same goes for Elton John…
But I definitely agree with Joe’s inclusion of Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd, Goats Head Soup, and Quadrophenia. Three iconic classic rock albums!
If you think Elton John isn’t making the list in 1973, you out your mind. That is prime Elton times. And he was by far the best pop artist of the 70s.
@@TastesLikeMusic I’ve always considered Elton more of a singles artist than an albums artist. Best pop artist of the 70s? I don’t think so!
4 in common with Jason and 8 with Joe. Glad to see some Judee Sill love. The documentary Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill has been playing festivals and, I hope, will be getting a release in 2024. Here's the trailer. ruclips.net/video/eCsHFKx9fH4/видео.html
Here's a rerun of my list, going to 35. I could easily have revised it, based on titles I had forgotten about, but thems the breaks.
1. Innervisions-Stevie Wonder. Maybe a perfect album, from the songs to the sequencing. All the stars in the sky. 2. Fresh-Sly and the Family Stone
3. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle- Bruce Springsteen
4. Mott-Mott The Hoople
5. Faust IV-Faust
6. Live At Carnegie Hall-Bill Withers. No rule against live lps, right. One of the greatest live albums ever.
7. Stranded-Roxy Music
8. Paris 1919-John Cale
9. New York Dolls-New York Dolls
10. Judee Sill-Heart Food
11. Berlin-Lou Reed
12. Bananamour-Kevin Ayers
13. Band On The Run- Paul McCartney and Wings
14. Time Fades Away-Neil Young
15. For Your Pleasure-Roxy Music
16. Red Hash-Gary Higgins
17. Funky Kingston-Toots and the Maytals
18. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John
19. Larks Tongie In Aspic-King Crimson
20. Next-The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
21. Doug Sahm and Band-Doug Sahm and Band
22. Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ-Bruce Springsteen
23. Raw Power-The Stooges
24. Betty Davis-Betty Davis
25. Quadrophenia-The Who
26. Cosmic Slop-Funkadelic
27. Pipedream-Alan Hull
28. Honky Tonk Heroes-Waylon Jennings
29. Selling England By The Pound-Genesis
30. Closing Time-Tom Waits
31. Space Is The Place-Sun Ra
32. Todos Os Ochos-Tom Zé
33. For Everyman-Jackson Browne. Cut out the rockers and I mighta placed this higher. These Days might be in my top 25 songs, though.
34. GP-Gram Parsons
35.10cc-!0cc
8 with Joe, 5 with Jason.
So glad to see Berlin in there. I was having a tough time trying to understand how could you guys dislike some of his best work. I guess Jason must still bear some prejudice against him but it warms my heart to see that Lou's fans have at least won Joe to the cause
I like Lou, but in these stacked 70s years it’s tough. I have Berlin at 3.5 stars -Jason
Great to know Jason, thanks. 3.5 seems very low to me but I'm glad to see a certain level of appreciation
@@TastesLikeMusicdon’t know if you agree with me, but Lou Reed is the one artist from the 60’s who put out greater albums in the 80’s then the 70’s. Just how I feel. Nothing except perhaps Coney Island Baby stacks up with the Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts or New York
If I recall correctly, The Blue Mask wasn’t terribly far from making my ‘82 Top 25, but there’s also way less competition in those 80s years. -Jason
1973 is a slight comedown from the prior two years, but beats the hell out of most others. Just an amazing era.
My 4.5's that don't make my top 25 are Mott the Hoople's Mott, King Crimson's Starless and Bible Black, T. Rex's Tanx, and Santana's Welcome.
25. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
24. The Wailers - Burnin'
23. Osanna - Palepoli
22. Roxy Music - Stranded
21. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced
20. Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
19. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
18. Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh
17. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
16. John Cale - Paris 1919
15. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
14. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player!
13. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
12. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
11. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
10. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
All of those are 4.5 stars.
9. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic 5
8. The Who - Quadrophenia 5
7. The New York Dolls - The New York Dolls 5
6. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power 5
5. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 5
4. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle 5
3. Stevie Wonder - Innvervisions 5+
2. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 5++ (my #1 for this year for the past 10-15 years)
1. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon 5++ (revisited it recently, and its perfection is simply undeniable)
I probably need to drop Goats Head below SBS and Aladdin Sane
There is a great exchange in the movie "Wonder Boys" between Michael Douglas, who plays a formerly great literary genius who has lost his way, and Katie Holmes a grad student in his creative writing class. Goes something like this, after Katie has read draft of a novel Douglas is struggling with: "Its over a 1000 pages long. Why all the geneaologies of horses? You always taught that great art is about making decisions and it appears on this novel you haven't made any." Tried listening to Jason's suggestion by Rundgren, A Wizard a True Star, and feel it suffers for the same criticism. Each song has a dozen great ideas but the ideas need to be whittled down and stripped. Too much going on in each song make it hard to listen to. Obvious sign of genius but doesn't work for me. Amazing it was made in 1973 way ahead of the technology of the day but way too complicated. Love The Nazz and haven't been able to find any solo work I enjoy.
If you make average of albums in common Sabbath would top the list. So I feel like I won in this little competition, lol
Wait, Steely Dan is your favourite band??? When did it change from Lez Zeppelin?😅
When we did Steely Dan week. Whenever that was. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic oh okay ill watch it
No Tubular Bells...again😢😢😢
Kramzer would have put it on his list. Alas, he is gone.
I’m still scarred from the Tubular level on Super Mario World… and the Exorcist. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic - My 20 year old son who argues with me about music has suggested to me that when we like certain albums we are revisiting the feeling we had when we first discovered it. That's certainly true for me. Tubular Bells certainly sounds out of place to modern ears but it was a one-off when it came out made by an unknown 18 year old. So the aura around it may have added to my anticipation on first listen. I have loved it ever since. I guess that mist be the same for you with Physical Graffiti
Tubular Bells is great. I gave to it 4 stars, but in 1973 no 4 stars records can't even crack in top 50...
@@RostyslavLogachov - Glad you liked it but it is my top 1 OF ALL TIME
Merry Christmas! Don't get the anti-Daniel thing. Great song!
Always thought it was too cheesy. - Joe
Neither of you put Paris 1919 in your top 25 of 1973 - i wouldn't be able to sleep at night if i did that.
It’s a mediocre baroque pop album 😬 - Joe
My #59. 4 stars -Jason
Berlin is one of the few Lou albums I dislike because I never like Ezrin as a producer But interesting list, although I like Jason’s #1 better, joes is obviously more popular, and also Joe has Quadrophenia in his top 5, which is where it belongs. And Joe, listen to Still Alive & Well by Johnny winter, I’ll be really surprised if you don’t love it
Not sure Mott is a deserving winner for 1973. Seems pretty inconsequential in the whole. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusicfwiw, I did a top 50 songs of ‘73, which I will be posting after you and Jason do, and there is no Mott song in there. So perhaps you are correct, but I just love how that album plays from beginning to end. Perhaps i overrated it , because I just don’t think Mott the Hoople gets the love it deserves, but I stand by its placing Merry Xmas !
Good lists from both of you. I appreciate the inclusion of Holland and Judee Still. But you guys don’t get prog. Selling England By The Pound should be a top three, and Larks Tounges In Aspic is also worthy of inclusion
Love prog in 72. Don’t care for it much in 73. - Joe
No Stories ? The band Stories.
Louie , Louie , Louie , Louie ! I'm Gonna Cry 😢 !
Good picks but there is one I can't fathom, Lou Reed's Berlin. I really tried to like that one but just couldn't. Awful record, especially coming between Transformer and the live Rock and Roll Animal. I would replace it with Little Feat's Dixie Chicken. Other than that, some real gems here. Also, I was 19 at the time and Ronnie Montrose's first solo album came out and all us white, 19 year old rockers loved it. Maybe not so much now but still a fun ride.
Hope Joe changed #1 as Jason did. 😉
I was hoping Closing Time would sneak in there.
It was like 29th
1- Osmonds - The Plan
2 - Stockhausen -Momente
If you found out Stevie Wonder wasnt blind would you still have him at #2?
Yes
Did either of you listen to New York Dolls? Produced by Todd Rundgren.
Just missed the list. Somewhere between 26-36. - Joe
We’ve covered New York Dolls on the channel before so we’ve definitely both heard it. I have it at 4.5 stars. My #29 of the year. -Jason
Cool, good to hear you both like it.
The Crunge and Hot Dog? It's D'yer Mak'er that lures me away from that album. Ha
That song is incredible !!!
1973 -- the year that CBGB's opened and helped save music from this
😂 nothing that came out of CBGB would be in my top 25. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Just teasing -- Dark Side of the Moon and Raw Power rules. The Black Sabbath is decent too. I'm a big Tom Waits fan as well -- but I prefer his later output to his 70s material
@@nodeachunterisland years output is truly remarkable. Nothing else like it.
@sharp-eyewashington8579 definitely not. I like the Ramones. -Jason
Neither of you had Back to the World by Cutis in your top 25, but will Future Shock make somebody's song list?
I was just so-so on Curtis. - Joe
Good list, but I miss Piano Man.
Not my fave for BJ. - Joe
Thos review is hot ! ! ! 😊😊😊
Try finding Stooges live their version of Louie Louie
“Fluff” is absolutely a filler track. And when you’re only including 8 songs on your album, having one of them be a pointless, wimpy instrumental isn’t a good look.
Black Sabbath never released a perfect album, but Vol. 4 came pretty close. They should have ditched the useless “FX” track. At least that one isn’t over 4 minutes like “Fluff.”
Fluff is lovely.
You've hit on (part of) why I'm not quite as high on 1973 as some other people: some of the classic albums from this year only have 7 or 8 actual songs on them.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 It’s common for fanatics of pre-1980s music to talk about these albums in general terms (“great production,” “amazing guitar work,” “stunning vocals,”), never actually evaluating the albums on a song-by-song basis.
If they had to defend some of the structural problems on these older albums, they would find it hard to explain why they are handing out so many 5-star ratings.
7 of them would make top 20 songs for Sabbath (and I freaking love Sabbath). And Fluff is my favorite instrumental of theirs. No miss for me here, I'm considering Sabbath Bloody Sabbath not just the best in 1973, but top 5 all-time.
Selling england by the pound not good?😢
Joe hasn’t had a really crazy take in awhile. He was due.
4.5 stars
25. Six - Soft Machine
24. Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes
23. The Payback - James Brown
22. Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
21. Gentleman - Fela Kuti
20. Faust IV - Faust
19. Raw Power - The Stooges
18. In A Glass House - Gentle Giant
17. Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers
16. Rocksession - Embryo
15. Paris 1919 - John Cale
14. Wake Of The Flood - Greatful Dead
13. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory - Traffic
5 stars
12. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
11. Quadrophenia - The Who
10. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
9. Future Days - Can
8. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
7. Larks' Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson
6. Burnin' - Bob Marley & The Wailers
5. Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
4. For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
3. Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin
2. Over-Nite Sensation - Frank Zappa
1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Think you made a mistake, CAN ended up on your list somehow.
@@TastesLikeMusic I am curious. Is there not enough prog overlap to help make Can palatable? I don't know if there is a rational answer as I enjoy Can but can't get most prog. So, I do ask myself the same question in reverse.
12 in common with you.
@@ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249 I like prog and Can both. But Can certainly not prog, it labeled kraut-rock. Also I can suggest to you band Embryo which is kraut rock too. They released 3 excellent albums in 1973 and one of them even made list.
@@TastesLikeMusic my list full of mistakes. 🙂
I always thought Stevie wonder is incredibly overrated and GB Yellow Brick is a cringe fest with a few good songs on. So many good albums in there though.
Yikes
hey, love to hear guys though, I will try harder, merry crimbo!@@TastesLikeMusic
Even if Stevie Wonder is overrated (not sure what this means, tbh), I don't see how Innvervisions is anything less than great.
Hey man just my tastes, my fault not Stevies :) @@JD-jc8gp
Joe hates english folk😢
That’s hardly English folk. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Duncan Browne apparently is😅