1972 in music

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Albums released

• Album III - Loudon Wainwright III
• A Little Bit of Paul Davis - Paul Davis
• All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
• America - America
• American Pie - Don McLean
• Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
• Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan (debut)
• Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" - The Beach Boys
• Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Catch the Bull at Four - Cat Stevens
• Chicago V - Chicago
• Close to the Edge - Yes
• Dr. John's Gumbo - Dr. John
• Eat a Peach - The Allman Brothers Band
• Ege Bamyasi - Can
• Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
• Faust So Far - Faust (band)
• First Take - Roberta Flack
• For the Roses - Joni Mitchell
• Foxtrot - Genesis
• Fragile - Yes (USA Release)
• Free to Be... You and Me - Marlo Thomas & Friends
• Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt
• Give Tomorrow's Children One More Chance - Ocean
• Harvest - Neil Young
• The best selling album of the year in the United States. Features hits such as "Heart of Gold" and "Needle and the Damage Done". The album blends country music and rock and roll and a degree of experimentalism, all led by Young's guitar and songwriting talents.
• He Touched Me - Elvis Presley
• Honky Chateau - Elton John
• I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
• Il faut du temps - Dalida
• Infinite - Kazumi Watanabe
• Into the Purple Valley - Ry Cooder
• Live at Max's Kansas City - The Velvet Underground
• Live in Japan - Chicago
• Living in the Past - Jethro Tull
• Machine Head - Deep Purple
• This album contains the rock and roll staple "Smoke on the Water". The album is one of the first heavy metal records, as the style would come to be known.
• Made In Japan - Deep Purple
• Madman Across The Water - Elton John
• Music - Carol King
• Music of My Mind - Stevie Wonder
• Neu! - Neu!
• No Secrets - Carly Simon
• Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd
• Olympia 71 - Dalida
• One Man Dog - James Taylor
• Paul Simon - Paul Simon
• Pictures at an Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Pink Moon - Nick Drake
• Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
• Roy Orbison Sings - Roy Orbison
• Roxy Music - Roxy Music
• Sail Away - Randy Newman
• Saint Dominic's Preview - Van Morrison
• Seven Separate Fools - Three Dog Night
• Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - Simon and Garfunkel
• Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren
• Squawk - Budgie
• Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
• The Divine Miss M. - Bette Midler
• The Eagles - The Eagles
• The Grand Wazoo - Frank Zappa
• The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
• An early glam rock album. Included the American and British hit "Starman".
• The Soundtrack to Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
• Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
• Transformer - Lou Reed
• Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band