100 Greatest Albums of 1972

  1. Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
  2. The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
  3. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
  4. Machine Head - Deep Purple
  5. Harvest - Neil Young
  6. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
  7. Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren
  8. Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers Band
  9. I'm Still in Love With You - Al Green
10. Honky Chateau - Elton John
11. The World Is a Ghetto - War
12. Close To The Edge - Yes
13. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
14. Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan
15. Made in Japan - Deep Purple
16. The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff (And Others)
17. Paul Simon - Paul Simon
18. Transformer - Lou Reed
19. Back Stabbers - The O'Jays
20. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
21. #1 Record - Big Star
22. Sail Away - Randy Newman
23. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
24. Saint Dominic's Preview - Van Morrison
25. School's Out - Alice Cooper
26. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
27. Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
28. Live - Donny Hathaway
29. Music of My Mind - Stevie Wonder
30. Young, Gifted and Black - Aretha Franklin
31. Eagles - Eagles
32. The Slider - T. Rex
33. Still Bill - Bill Withers
34. Be Altitude: Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
35. Rock of Ages - The Band
36. Ege Bamyasi - Can
37. Foxtrot - Genesis
38. Seventh Sojourn - The Moody Blues
39. All Directions - The Temptations
40. Never a Dull Moment - Rod Stewart
41. Manassas - Stephen Stills & Manassas
42. Argus - Wishbone Ash
43. Slayed? - Slade
44. It's Just Begun - The Jimmy Castor Bunch
45. From a Whisper to a Scream - Esther Phillips
46. Understanding - Bobby Womack
47. Catch Bull at Four - Cat Stevens
48. They Only Come Out at Night - The Edgar Winter Group
49. For the Roses - Joni Mitchell
50. You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce
51. Chicago V - Chicago
52. A Lonely Man - The Chi-Lites
53. Caravanserai - Santana
54. Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
55. Naturally - J.J. Cale
56. Europe '72 - Grateful Dead
57. Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using) - Jackson Browne
58. All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
59. Neu! - Neu!
60. Sailin' Shoes - Little Feat
61. Clear Spot - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
62. Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult
63. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics
64. Slade Alive! - Slade
65. Demons and Wizards - Uriah Heep
66. Brother, Brother, Brother - Isley Brothers
67. Octopus - Gentle Giant
68. Round 2: The Stylistics - The Stylistics
69. Dr. John's Gumbo - Dr. John
70. I Miss You/Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
71. Greetings from L.A. - Tim Buckley
72. What Color Is Love - Terry Callier
73. Doremi Fasol Latido - Hawkwind
74. So Far - Faust
75. Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye
76. Baby I'm-A Want You - Bread
77. No Secrets - Carly Simon
78. Women's Love Rights - Laura Lee
79. 666 - Aphrodite's Child
80. Cymande - Cymande
81. Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - Procol Harum
82. Wattstax: The Living Word - Various Artists
83. Get on the Good Foot - James Brown
84. Trapped by a Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle
85. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
86. Matching Mole - Matching Mole
87. Toulouse Street - The Doobie Brothers
88. Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt
89. Screaming Target - Big Youth
90. Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
91. Fresh - The Raspberries
92. The London Chuck Berry Sessions - Chuck Berry
93. You Want It, You Got It - The Detroit Emeralds
94. There It Is - James Brown
95. Drowning in the Sea of Love - Joe Simon
96. Bobby Charles - Bobby Charles
97. Swaddling Songs - Mellow Candle
98. Cigars, Acappella, Candy - The Belmonts
99. People...Hold On - Eddie Kendricks
100. Taylor Made - Ted Taylor