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1972
Big Star - #1 Record (Stax/Ardent) 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (RCA) 27%  27%  [ 15 ]
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones) 30%  30%  [ 17 ]
Nick Drake - Pink Moon (Island) 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
Neil Young - Harvest (Reprise) 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
Lou Reed - Transformer (RCA) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Curtom) 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Roxy Music - S/T (Reprise) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Other - Please Specify 16%  16%  [ 9 ]
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Spade Kitty
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Many good records released again in this year, and again this one's gonna be a toughie. At least I know which way Loogar will be voting.

This time I tried to put aside some of my favorites and just pick what I thought the nine most competitive records would be. All are classics, and all should get heavy consideration. If I had to make a prediction, I would say it's definitely gonna be between Exile and Ziggy.


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Genesis - Foxtrot
Can - Ege Bamyasi (Spoon/Mute)
Modern Lovers - S/T
T. Rex- The Slider
Yes - Close to the Edge
Faust - So Far
Bob Marley/Wailers - Catch a Fire
Peter Tosh - Legalize It
Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill


I myself am voting other. My favorite record of the year is Close to the Edge.
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Again, alot of goodies on this list.. but this was simple for me to answer....and not even a single moment of debate for me...

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If i had to pick a distant two and three, it would be the Stones, and then Curtis Mayfield

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Hell of a year. Came down to Nick Drake and the Stones for me. I voted Stones because Pink Moon is a mood album for me. I play the Stones much more often.

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Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

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Flowthginger Wrote:
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick


forgot about that one. Now that's a mood record for me. As in: I have to be in the mood to listen to a 43 minute long song
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Spade Kitty Wrote:
Can - Ege Bamyasi (Spoon/Mute)


Exile would be 2nd.

Also up there:

Neu! - s/t
T. Rex - The Slider
Faust - So Far
Modern Lovers - s/t
Kraftwerk - 2

great year.
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Exile in a landslide.

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I gotta go with Exile.
It may very well be the moment Rock Music, in its purest form, achieved perfection.

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went with Ziggy on this one
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Exile in a landslide.

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this is more difficult than 1991 for me. um... i can't decide right now. it's down to the stones, bowie, and roxy music.
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Alice Cooper School's Out
Blue Oyster Cult s/t
Eric Andersen Blue River
Mott the Hoople All The Young Dudes
Rod Stewart Never A Dull Moment
Caetano Veloso Transa
Sensational Alex Harvey Band Framed
Slade Alive
Captain Beefheart Spotlight Kid

Great year. And Exile stomps all.
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I voted other for Caetano Veloso "Transa" which is my favorite record of all time. This is the single best, deepest year in the history of music imo. 3 of my top 4 of all time were first released in 1972:

Transa, Superfly, & Ziggy.

Half of my top ten of all time were released that year:

the above 3 plus

Gram Parsons "GP" &
Neil Young "Harvest"

Other Notables not listed:

Archie Shepp "Attica Blues"
Archie Shepp "The Cry of Our People"
Lo Borges S/T
The Harder They Come
Al Green "I'm Still in Love With You"
Gilberto Gil "Expresso 2222"
Bill Withers "Still Bill"
Cymande S/T
Lyn Collins "Think"
Marvin Gaye "Let's Get It On"
Van Morrison "St. Domenic's Preview"
Townes Van Zandt "High Low & In Between"
Marcos Valle "Vento Sul"
Gene Clark "Roadmaster"
Townes Van Zandt "The LAte Great Townes Van Zandt"
Jorge Ben "Ben"
Milton Nascimento e Lo Borges "Clube Da Esquina"
Doris Monteiro "Doris" (1972)
Os Novos Baianos "Acabou Chorare"
Aretha Franklin "Amazing Grace"
Alice Clark S/T
James Brown "There It Is"
James Brown "Get on the Good Foot"
Gil-Scott Heron "Free Will"


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Spade Kitty Wrote:
Genesis - Foxtrot
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Yes - Close to the Edge

I'm going to go with albums I actually listen to, but I would also add in Nick Drake because while I do like it, I don't listen to it that much. The rest . . . eh.

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Exile in a landslide.


no question, but I'd take Bowie in a strong second. Fucking great album.

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Charli Wrote:
Sorry, The Slider for me.


Don't apologize...I picked other too. I would think this would be your favorite year of music.
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Sorry, The Slider for me.


Don't apologize...I picked other too. I would think this would be your favorite year of music.


Yeah, for me it was a tossup between Slider and Something/Anything.

Personally, save for a few songs I always felt Exile was a bit too overrated. While I like it, I don't think it's all that.

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Hell of a year. Came down to Nick Drake and the Stones for me. I voted Stones because Pink Moon is a mood album for me. I play the Stones much more often.


word for word what i have to say here.

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Charli Wrote:
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Sorry, The Slider for me.


Don't apologize...I picked other too. I would think this would be your favorite year of music.


Yeah, for me it was a tossup between Slider and Something/Anything.

Personally, save for a few songs I always felt Exile was a bit too overrated. While I like it, I don't think it's all that.


I agree. Its clearly most people's favorite Stones album but I'd rank it no higher than 4th best and possibly as low as 6th best. I thought about starting a thread asking for personal ranking of stones albums...but me too lazy.
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Charli Wrote:
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Charli Wrote:
Sorry, The Slider for me.


Don't apologize...I picked other too. I would think this would be your favorite year of music.


Yeah, for me it was a tossup between Slider and Something/Anything.

Personally, save for a few songs I always felt Exile was a bit too overrated. While I like it, I don't think it's all that.


I agree. Its clearly most people's favorite Stones album but I'd rank it no higher than 4th best and possibly as low as 6th best. I thought about starting a thread asking for personal ranking of stones albums...but me too lazy.


While agree that the mythology surrounding this album can get heady, there's not a single throw away track. It also reveals itself better if listened to how it was released: as 4 sides, each exploring a different texture of the Americana songbook. (Didn't I say it gets heady)
Side 4 is my favorite, cos the beautiful decay and the soulfullness of songs like Let it Loose and Shine a Light are almost too good to be true.
Also, like all "favorites" it has emotional heft and baggage for me personally, as it was basically the soundtrack to 2-3 of the best worst years of my life.

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I'm also not a huge fan of Exile. My faves have always been Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers.
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