Albums from 1973

I was born seven days before Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” was released in America. Since then, I’ve noticed that “Houses of the Holy”, Can’s “Future Days”, The Stooges “Raw Power”, and Funkadelic’s “Cosmic Slop” were all released in 1973. That’s five stone-cold stunners.

I wonder what else there is?

Roxy Music, “For Your Pleasure”. I was 30 days old.

Stevie Wonder, “Innervisions”.

Bowie, “Aladdin Sane”. Jaaaaang.

The Who, “Quadrophenia”. It means something to Eddie Vedder. The movie’s alright (like the kids).

“Band on the Run”. I mean, it’s a thing.

“(Pronounced ‘l?h-’nérd ‘skin-’nérd)”. It’s got “Free Bird” (and “Simple Man” and “Tuesday’s Gone”. Pretty heavy).

“Shotgun Willie”

“The Harder They Come”

“Let’s Get it On”

“Greetings from Asbury Park” aaaand “The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle”.

Queen’s debut (!)

“Piano Man”

“Buckingham Nicks”

“Goats Head Soup”

“New York Dolls” (!)

Friggin’ “Tubular Bells”

Aerosmith’s debut! The debuts that came out that year were pretty insane.

“Tres Hombres”!

“Space Ritual”

The Blue and Red compilations from the Beatles.

“The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get”

“Killing Me Softly”

“Faust IV”

That’s a good year. It’s not 1967 or 1987 but, you could entertain yourself on a desert island of just that stuff. I’m not even counting things from people like Paul Simon, Elton John or “Larks Tongue in Aspic” that I don’t have any great connection with. There’s still “Ooh La La” that I marginally like.