GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1973

[Bourbon]

1. The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
3. Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
5. Tom Waits - Closing Time
6. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
7. Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
8. John Prine - Sweet Revenge
9. Gregg Allman - Laid Back
10. The Marshall Tucker Band - Self Titled

 

[Slayed Necros]

1. Buck Owens and The Buckaroos - In the Palm of Your Hand
2. Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes
3. Tompall Glaser - Charlie
4. Mickey Newbury - Heaven Help the Child
5. Gene Clark - Roadmaster
6. Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
7. Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie
8. Tom T. Hall - The Rhymer and Other Five and Dimers
9. Billy Joe Shaver - Old Five and Dimers Like Me
10. Porter Wagoner - The Farmer

Thought I did this already. Great year for country. The song Old Five and Dimers appears on three of these albums but no one does it like Waylon.

 

[Somethingface]

1. Buck Owens and The Buckaroos - In the Palm of Your Hand
2. Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes
3. Tompall Glaser - Charlie
4. Mickey Newbury - Heaven Help the Child
5. Gene Clark - Roadmaster
6. Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
7. Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie
8. Tom T. Hall - The Rhymer and Other Five and Dimers
9. Billy Joe Shaver - Old Five and Dimers Like Me
10. Porter Wagoner - The Farmer

Thought I did this already. Great year for country. The song Old Five and Dimers appears on three of these albums but no one does it like Waylon.

Imagine copying half my list!

 

[challenge_everything]

Dear Sirs, I am very much desirous of submitting a list for your consideration and would humbly request a prolongation of the deadline. Yours, c_e.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

The desire is mutual, and liefly thus do I grant you this boon.

 

[Krow]

1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
3. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced (not typing that on mobile)
5. ZZ - Top - Tres Hombres
6. Camel - Camel
7. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
8. Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
9. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
10.

 

[challenge_everything]

1. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
2. Camel - Camel
3. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced...
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
5. Tom Waits - Closing Time
6. Hawkwind - Space Ritual
7. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
8. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
9. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
10. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters


HM:
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness & Eternity and Bird of Fire
Som Imaginario - Matanca do Porco
Soft Machine - Six and Seven
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh
Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic

 

[CiG]

The deadline is 15th of May 2020.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

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Yeah you got me. But I'll be sure to crank it out before the weekend is up.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#9 Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
(18 Points)

Genre(s):
Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock
Progressive Rock​

Those who voted:
@Oblivious Maximus #3
@Sirjack #3
@Krow #9

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#9 Hawkwind - Space Ritual
(18 Points)

Genre(s):
Space Rock, Heavy Psych
Poetry, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock​

Those who voted:
@CiG #4
@zabu of nΩd #5
@challenge_everything #6​

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#7 King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic
(19 Points)

Genre(s):
Progressive Rock
Experimental Rock, Avant-Prog​

Those who voted:
@crimsonfloyd #2
@Sirjack #8
@Somethingface #4

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#7 Camel - Camel
(19 Points)

Genre(s):
Progressive Rock
Symphonic Prog​

Those who voted:​

@zabu of nΩd #6
@Krow #6
@challenge_everything #2

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#6 Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
(24 Points)

Genre(s):
Progressive Rock
Symphonic Prog​

Those who voted:
@Einherjar86 #1
@Oblivious Maximus #1
@crimsonfloyd #10
@Somethingface #8

​

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#5 Tom Waits - Closing Time
(29 Points)

Genre(s):
Singer/Songwriter, Piano Blues
Jazz, Blues, Beat Poetry​

Those who voted:
@Einherjar86 #3
@Oblivious Maximus #2
@Bourbon #5
@challenge_everything #5

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#4 Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
(30 Points)

Genre(s):
Hard Rock, Glam Rock​

Those who voted:
@CiG #7
@HamburgerBoy #1
@Bloopy #6
@Krow #3
@challenge_everything #8

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#3 Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
(33 Points)

Genre(s):
Hard Rock
Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Progressive Rock​

Those who voted:
@Slammed #7
@Einherjar86 #7
@zabu of nΩd #4
@crimsonfloyd #6
@Krow #2
@challenge_everything #7

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#2 Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
(37 Points)

Genre(s):
Southern Rock
Blues Rock, Hard Rock​

Those who voted:
@CiG #5
@Bloopy #4
@Bourbon #2
@Krow #4
@challenge_everything #3

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#1 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
(66 Points)

Genre(s):
Art Rock, Progressive Rock
Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock​

Those who voted:
@Slammed #1
@Einherjar86 #2
@Bloopy #8
@zabu of nΩd #1
@crimsonfloyd #1
@Bourbon #4
@Krow #1
@challenge_everything #4

 

[challenge_everything]

First time in one of these polls, I can genuinely say I like every album in the list.