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Best albums of 1973

Released in 1973 · Ranked by critics

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51
Aerosmith
Aerosmith
5 January 1973Blues rock, hard rock, rock
6.8
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Piano Man
Billy Joel
9 November 1973Americana, classic rock, country rock
6.7

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Where My Heart Is
Ronnie Milsap
1 September 1973Country
8.0
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"Krig-Ha, Bandolo"
Raul Seixas
21 July 1973Alternative rock, classic rock, latin
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53

My Tennessee Mountain Home

21 April 1973Country, country folk, country pop

6.6

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Steve Miller Band

19 October 1973Blues rock, pop rock, rock

6.3

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1 January 1973Country rock, folk rock, rock

6.0

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19 October 1973Classic rock, glam rock, pop rock

5.8

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Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Bachman–Turner Overdrive

17 May 1973Boogie rock, hard rock, rock

5.8

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8 January 1973Art rock, pop, pop rock

5.7

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Hard Nose the Highway

1 August 1973Blue-eyed soul, blues rock, contemporary folk

5.6

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Electric Light Orchestra II

Electric Light Orchestra

2 March 1973Art rock, classic rock, pop

5.4

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Red Rose Speedway

4 May 1973Blues, classic rock, mainstream rock

5.2

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16 July 1973Pop, pop rock, rock

5.0

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Beck, Bogert & Appice

Beck, Bogert & Appice

1 January 1973Blues rock, rock

4.9

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9 May 1973Ballad, country pop, easy listening

3.7

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16 November 1973Folk rock, rock, rock and roll

1.8

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11 July 1973Country

9.2

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Michael Jackson

13 April 1973Folk pop, motown, pop

6.8

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1 January 1973Classic rock, hard rock, pop

8.3

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Stan Getz & Bill Evans

1 January 1973Jazz

7.8

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1 December 1973Contemporary folk, folk rock, pop rock

5.2

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Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)

1 December 1973Country, folk

8.5

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Feeling the Space

23 November 1973Avant-garde, experimental rock, rock

5.5

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Cortical Art III

1 November 1973Electroacoustic, electronic, experimental

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High on the Hog

Black Oak Arkansas

23 October 1973Rock, rockabilly, rock and roll

9.0

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Three Dog Night

9 October 1973Classic rock, rock

6.0

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Teddy Pendergrass

1 October 1973Ballad, disco, soul

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Jesse Colin Young

1 September 1973Folk rock

8.0

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Killing Me Softly

1 August 1973Pop, r&b, soul

9.0

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Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man

9 July 1973Country

9.0

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Touch Me in the Morning

22 June 1973Disco, pop, soul

6.3

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The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get

18 June 1973Acoustic rock, arena rock, blues rock

9.0

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1 June 1973Country

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The Faust Tapes

25 May 1973Electronic, experimental, krautrock

8.0

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The J. Geils Band

12 April 1973Blues rock, pop rock, rock

7.2

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20 March 1973Psychedelic

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7 March 1973Mpb

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In the Right Place

25 February 1973Blues, blues rock, classic rock

8.7

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1 February 1973Blues rock, classic rock, rock

9.2

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11 January 1973Blues rock, classic rock, pop rock

7.7

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Eu Quero É Botar Meu Bloco Na Rua

Sérgio Sampaio

8 January 1973Mpb

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1 January 1973Electronic, electronica, folk rock

7.0

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The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia

1 January 1973Pop

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1 January 1973Country, country rock, rock

9.2

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1 January 1973Pop

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1 January 1973Blues rock, classic rock, hard rock

6.0

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Let’s Build a World Together

George Jones & Tammy Wynette

1 January 1973Country

5.0

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1 January 1973Classic rock, pop rock, rock

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1 January 1973Funk, jazz-funk, soul

8.3

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