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1972

Nick Drake - Pink Moon (english folk, his last studio album)

Blue Oyster Cult - Blue Oyster Cult (American hard rock/ psychedelic rock, debut album) 

The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. (English rock and roll, double album) 

Big Star - #1 Record (American power pop, debut album)

Neil Young - Harvest (Canadian-American folk rock / country rock) 

The Raspberries - The Raspberries (American power pop, debut album)

Deep Purple - Machine Head (English heavy metal) 

Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything (American pop rock / psychedelia, double album)

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (English glam rock, concept album) 

Jerry Garcia - Garcia (American country rock / psychedelia, solo album by Grateful Dead guitarist/vocalist) 

Steely Dan - Can’t Buy A Thrill (American soft rock, debut album) 

Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (British heavy metal) 

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (British progressive rock, concept album consisting of one 43 minute composition divided in two parts) 

Lou Reed - Transformer (American glam rock, solo album by Velvet Underground singer/guitarist, produced by David Bowie and Mark Ronson) 

Lou Reed - Lou Reed (American rock, debut solo album, eight new recordings of then-unreleased Velvet Underground material plus two new songs) 

T-Rex - The Slider (English glam rock) 

Yes - Close To The Edge (English progressive rock) 

Roxy Music - Roxy Music (English glam rock / experimental rock, debut album) 

Can - Ege Bamyasi (German krautrock / psychedelic rock) 

Elton John - Honky Chateau (English pop/rock) 

Elf - Elf (English blues rock / hard rock, debut for band featuring Ronnie James Dio)

Genesis - Foxtrot (English progressive rock) 

ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud (American blues rock) 

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Mardi Gras (American country-rock, their last album, only album recorded as a trio, and only album in which all members sing, write and produce their own songs) 

Alice Cooper - School’s Out (American hard rock / glam rock, loose concept album about high school) 

Gentle Giant - Octopus (English progressive rock) 

Gnidrolog - Lady Lake (English progressive rock / jazz rock) 

Frank Zappa - Grand Wazoo (American progressive rock / jazz fusion) 

Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (British-American soft rock)

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (American psychedelic soul / funk, soundtrack to the Blaxploitation film) 

America - America (British-American  folk rock / soft rock, debut, released in 1971 in the UK but a few months later in 1972 for the US)

Grateful Dead - Europe ‘72  (American roots rock / psychedelic rock, triple live album recorded over  a 1972 tour of Western Europe) 

Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond (American hard rock / space rock, supergroup featuring members of Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, and Johnny Winter’s backing band) 

Little Feat - Sailin’ Shoes (American southern rock)

Slade - Slayed? (British glam rock) 

Eagles - Eagles (American country rock, debut album) 

Aphrodite’s Child - 666 (double album, concept album inspired by the Book of Revelation, and final album for Greek progressive rock band featuring Vangelis) 

Beach Boys - Carl And The Passions - “So Tough” (American pop rock)  

Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (English heavy metal / progressive rock) 

Harry Nilsson - Son Of Shmilsson (American pop)

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