What? No Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper or Van Morrison? 'Shame on you!' says a reader, unhappy with our omissions. Is an apology in order?
That was the question posed in my Jan. 15 Sunday Arts+Culture article, “Is 1973 the second-best year ever for great albums? From Bob Marley to Little Feat, you tell us!”
Here are my Top 5 for that year : “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Elton John ; “Dark Side of the Moon,” Pink Floyd; “There Goes Rhymin’ Simon,” Paul Simon; “Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only the Piano Player,” Elton John; “Innervisions,” Stevie Wonder.Shame on you! Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath and Mike Oldfield all had great albums in ‘73. “A Passion Play” was, admittedly, not Tull’s best, but still a great listen when high.
Here are my five favorite 1973 albums: “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Elton John; “Dark Side of the Moon,” Pink Floyd; “Innervisions,” Stevie Wonder; “Countdown to Ecstasy,” Steely Dan; “Brothers and Sisters,” The Allman Brothers BandYour Article on the “Magic of 1973” had one unbelievable omission ... the legendary Alice Cooper! The album was “Billion Dollar Babies.
I remember some others from ’73, however, that were exceptional as well: “Mystery to Me,” Fleetwood Mac,; “Brothers and Sisters,” the Allman Brothers Band; “On the Road,” Traffic; and “Time Fades Away,” Neil Young. Linda Ronstadt and Genesis also had fine releases, but I don’t recall the titles at the moment.
Jackson Browne, “For Everyman”: Perhaps second to “Late for the Sky” in 1974, but each of his first five albums define for me what makes the early ‘70s the Golden Age of pop music.
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