60 Albums 1973

Back again to the 60 favorite albums in my collection lists from each year. A lot of my all time favorite albums came out in 1973. It was also my last year in the Navy so it was a big life transition year of leaving the military and preparing for college.

I don't think I purchased much music in 1973 but I made up for it the following year getting what I had missed. This was a year that several of my favorite artists of the time were releasing multiple albums. Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley, David Bowie,  and Roxy Music all have two albums on this list. This was certainly a year for what would eventually be known as Classic Rock. I still listen to much of this list today.

1. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
2. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch A Fire
3. Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
4. Stevie Wonder - Innervision
5. David Bowie - Alladin Sane
6. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
7. Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
8. Santana - Welcome
9. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
10. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Roxy Music - Stranded
12. David Bowie - Pin Ups
13. Eric Clapton - Rainbow Concert
14. Yes - Yessongs
15. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin'
16. Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
17. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
18. Steely Dan - Countdown To Esctasy
19. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
20. Can - Future Days 
21. The Persuasions - We Still Ain't Got No Band
22. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
23. Lou Reed - Berlin
24. Traffic - Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
25. King Crimson - Lark's Tongues In Aspic
26. Jackson Browne - For Everyman
27. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
28. Gram Parsons - GP
29. The Heptones - Book Of Rules
30. Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh
31. John Martyn - Solid Air
32. Mott The Hoople - Mott
33. Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
34. John Cale - Paris 1919
35. Jesse Colin Young - Song For Juli
36. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
37. String Driven Thing - The Machine That Cried
38. The Who - Quadrophenia
39. The Beach Boys - Holland
40. John Lennon - Mind Games
41. The Stooges - Raw Power
42. John Prine - Sweet Revenge
43. Van Morrison - Hard Nose The Highway
44. The Blue Ridge Rangers - The Blue Ridge Rangers
45. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
46. Mahavisnu John McLaughlin & Carlos Santana - Love Devotion Surrender
47. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
48. Dr. John - In The Right Place
49. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
50. Hawkwind - Space Ritual
51. The Rolling Stones - Goat Head Soup
52. Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood
53. Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day
54. Judee Sill - Heartfood
55. Neu! - Neu! 2
56. Chick Corea and Gary Burton - Crystal Silence
57. Gong - Flying Teapot
58. Al Stewart - Past, Present and Future
59. Paul Simon - There's Go Rhymin' Simon
60. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells