Favorite #1 Album 1973

Lots of great albums that year, but I voted for Elvis.

 

Tough call between Pink Floyd and the Allman Brothers Band (my favorite band)- Dark Side of the Moon, it's an all-timer.

 

I voted for "Dark Side Of The Moon" by Pink Floyd

Level I:
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

Level II:
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway
George Harrison - Living In The Material World
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup

Level IIa:
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
War - The World Is A Ghetto
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player

Level IIIa:
Carly Simon - No Secrets
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

Level IVa:
Eric Weissberg - Dueling Banjos
Diana Ross/Soundtrack - Lady Sings The Blues
Elvis Presley - Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite
Chicago - Chicago VI
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play

 

I actually had this conversation with my friend the other day:
Did you know The Who never had a #1 record in the US?
Quadrophenia wasn't #1?
No, Elton John held them back at #2.
I like Elton John.
He's ok but Quadrophenia is an amazingly great album and should have been #1- at least for one week. I don't know what people were smoking back then

 

Quadrophenia is the clear winner poll or not,sorry Floyd

 

So an album not in the poll - an album that doesn't QUALIFY for the poll - is the "clear winner" because you like it more? Oy...

 

It was a tie again for me I went with Goat's Head as I knew my other choice (PF - Dark Side) was going to be the landslide winner.
Kevin

 

Hmmm, I see I debated a bit between the most popular and the second most popular choice--and eventually took DARK SIDE over GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD.

JcS

 

This was a tough one for me also. It was a choice between War, Zep and Floyd (with EJ in there for good measure).

I ended up going for Dark Side of the Moon - it is just such a classic and inspiring recording, on a level of it's own. A record by which other records are judged.

 

Floyd. There some good titles in amongst the rest but nothing for me that hits the status of being an out and out classic. Every track is a winner.

 

Goats Head Soup.

 

That was an easy one. DSOTM.

 

Quad. was their highest charter. Who's Next is the bigger surprise. As a single album it only reached #4. If it was a different poll, say the greatest albums that didn't go #1, these 2 would be right up there.

 

Went with the ABB here.

 

Easy, Dark Side Of The Moon.

 

Zep for me!

 

Okay, I would have voted for Pink Floyd, but I didn't see it when I voted. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road got the nod.

 

This is a no-brainer - A Passion Play.

 

DSOTM.