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

Was Here Come the Warm Jets released in 73 or 74?

steely dan

Was Here Come the Warm Jets released in 73 or 74?

UK = November 1973

Stooges

I guess I need to listen to that John Cale album

John Martyn juuuuust barely edges it past Can and Todd Rundgren for me

tough one

I love how I have a list of nearly 50 albums yet others post ones I forgot about or haven't heard yet but might love. What a great year.
Still, even with all these old classic years I still usually find 50 albums a year I love up to 2018. Hope that continues.

Solid Air for me. Running Marley, Sabbath and Herbie (Sextant) pretty close. Would have considered Paris 1919 if it was there.

Others (Christ, what a year):

Larry Young - Lawrence of Newark
Rahsaan - Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle
Weather Report - Sweetnighter
Eddie Henderson - Realization
Michael White - The Land of Spirit and Light

Weather Report - Sweetnighter
Eddie Henderson - Realization

oh yeah, they should be in there too.

the larry young is in the list btw

Oh, so it is! So many amazing records, I must be have looked straight through it.

That reminds me, Larry Young plays on Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin - Love Peace Surrender, also 1973.

I don't know that one

Voted Noah Howard, but not sure it's '73.
Maybe should have voted Stevie Wonder.

For my year: Don't Break the Oath, Purple Rain, Climate of Hunter, Treasure... I feel like there are hundreds of interesting albums from that year that I haven't explored yet.

― jmm

i can't vote on '73 - these trails, "lark" by linda lewis, itsuroh shimoda's "love songs & lamentations"... no, early '70s and late '70s are prime time for me.

i have an easier time of it since '76 wasn't really an album year. there are some weird cult records i love, but for top record? nah nothing comes close to van der graaf generator's "still life"

Solid Air.

For my year, Chuck Berry Is On Top.
From this list, For Your Pleasure.
ILX moan: Screaming Target(Big Youth), Coast to Coast Fever (David Wiffen), Honky Tonk Heroes (Waylon Jennings).

i went for the roxy album. but my fave albums of 1973 are missing here. first and foremost "dark side of the moon", the one pink floyd album i would keep. the "selling england by the pound" which was my fave genesis album in my teenage years. brian eno's "here come the warm jets", an amazing stroke of genius, never has pop music been so exciting. litle feat's "dixie chicken", i have always loved their hot mix of rock, blues & folk. then their was john cale's impressionist master piece "paris 1919". not to forget neil young's live "time fades away", my favourite concert album by good old neil, it seriously kicks ass.

apparently the eno was in my 74 albums list. Oh well.

Well, it did come out in 1974, as far as I can tell.

January 1974 according to Wiki but the label says 1973.

Must admit I always thought it was from 1973.

well if i do the whole decade it will be in the 74 poll you just need to wait a month to vote for it

Never mind:

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As Bee OK said upthread, UK release was November 1973.

US release 74 then?

John Martyn juuuuust barely edges it past Can and Todd Rundgren for me

same!

Few other notable LPs from '73...yeah the 70s are just the peak of recorded music, so much money to be made back then.

the Who- Quadrophenia
Hawkwind- Space Ritual (the un-named Hawkwind LP from '73)
Emerson Lake & Palmer- Brain Salad Surgery
Aerosmith - s/t debut
Queen - s/t debut
Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells
Tom Waits- Closing Time
Rory Gallagher- Tattoo
Johnny WInter- Still Alive and Well
the Faces- Ooh La La
Rick Wakeman- The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Willie Nelson- Shotgun Willie
Alex Harvey Band - Next
Steve Miller- The Joker
Doobie Brothers- The Captain and Me
Santana & John McLaughlin- Love Devotion Surrender
Golden Earring- Moontan
Leon Russell- Leon Live
Caravan- For Girls that Grow Plump in the Night

reflex vote for Faust IV, which is also my favourite record of that year

tough, but went with Lark's Tongues over Future Days or For Your Pleasure

I don't know that one

Reasonable as apparently I made it up ;-)

But devotion IS peace, as I keep telling my disciples.

My daughter was looking at year-by-year playlists and asked, "Is this really a song from the year you were born?"

And then she played Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer".

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Tried to reply to this a couple of nights ago but my keyboard was acting weird.
Was The Sting that year? Cos i think that's one of the main musical themes in that isn't it?
I think we got a best of Scott Joplin record sometime around then and i think it was something that was being played around to some extent. So you'd be hearing it, which might mean even more than in his actual heyday.

This one was difficult, but eventually it came down to Cosmic Slop vs Innervisions, and I went with Funkadelic.

i suspect the latter will win this poll

heard an excellent '73 record tonight that didn't make this list, Cymande's Second Time Round:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glw7iJ7w2OE

innervisions is great, but it already won '73 best album grammy, i don't feel like it particularly needs my praise

It must've won a fair few ilx polls over the years too

There wasn't a Pazz & Jop in 1973 (one of the early years that got skipped, evidently) but I did what is allegedly Rolling Stone's year-end roundup:

1973

Jan 17, 1974 issue - "1973 MUSIC AWARDS"

SONG OF THE YEAR
Paul Simon, "American Tune"

SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR
Alan Price, O Lucky Man!

BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
[left to right, top]
The Beach Boys
Holland

Jackson Browne
For Everyman

Jimmy Cliff and company
The Harder They Come

[left to right, bottom]
Paul McCartney
Band on the Run

Mott the Hoople
Mott

Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon

SPECIAL MERIT ALBUMS
Elton John, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
The Kinks, Preservation Act I
Maria Muldaur
The Rolling Stones, Goat's Head Soup
The Spinners
The Who, Quadrophenia

BEST SINGLES OF THE YEAR
Marvin Gaye, "Let's Get It On"
Dobie Gray, "Drift Away"
The O'Jays, "Love Train"
Carly Simon, "You're So Vain"
Stories, "Brother Louie"

Also NME didn't start their end of year critic list until the next year but here's the results of their reader poll

NME Pop Poll Results For 1973

• Album - Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon
• Bass - Paul Mccartney
• Best Dressed LP – Yes - Yessongs
• Discjockey - John Peel
• Drums - Carl Palmer
• Female Singer - Diana Ross
• Female Singer Uk - Maggie Bell
• Guitar - Eric Clapton
• Instrumental Personality - Roy Wood
• Male Singer - David Bowie
• Male Singer Uk - David Bowie
• Most Overrated Single - Dawn-Tie A Yellow Ribbon
• New Group/Most Promising - Golden Earring
• Piano/Keyboards - Rick Wakeman
• Producer - David Bowie
• Radio Show - Sound Of The 70s
• Single - Golden Earring-Radar Love
• Songwriters - Elton John/Bernie Taupin
• Soul Act - Stevie Wonder
• Stage Band/Live Act - Alice Cooper
• Tv Show - The Old Grey Whistle Test
• Vocal Group - Yes
• Vocal Group UK - Yes

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/poppoll.html

Has Golden Earring fulfilled its promise?

Their latest album, from 2012, is titled Tits 'n Ass, so I'm tempted to say no.

radar love was definitely the single of 1973. when that song came on in the disco everyone went down to the knees and whirled around with the hair. remember at the time boys & girls had long hair.

There is some nice psychedelic moments on Moontan, it's a pretty good LP.

yes fans were clearly the greta van fleet fans of their day

or possibly people voted _before_ hearing "tales from topographic oceans"

voted dolls, though mott would have given it a run for its money if it were on there. from my year of birth -- misterioso? buddy holly? little richard?

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I thought about voting for the Can but decided it would get plenty of votes without me, so I voted for Funkadelic instead.

Nice top 2. "Mother Of Pearl" off Stranded is all-time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUJqZxikSNo