My Favorite Albums of 1972

Below are an A-Z listing of my favorite albums released in 1982.  Lots of genres, and most likely, even in 2022, lots of albums that I still haven't heard.  All are studio or live, no greatest hits albums.  

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You

Al Green - Let's Stay Together

Alice Cooper - School's Out

Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach

Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted & Black

Belmonts - Cigars, Acappella, Candy

Bette Midler - Divine Miss M

Big Star - #1 Record

Bill Withers - Still Bill

Billy Paul - 360 Degrees Of Billy Paul

Bob Weir - Ace

Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Play The Blues

Carly Simon - No Secrets

Carole King - Rhymes & Reasons

Carpenters - A Song For You

Cat Stevens - Catch Bull At Four

Charley Pride - A Sunshiny Day With

Cheech & Chong - Big Bambu

Chicago - V

Chi-Lites - A Lonely Man

Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - Lead Me On

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

David Bowie - Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

Deep Purple - Machine Head

Dolly Parton - Touch Your Woman

Dolly Parton - My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner

Donny Hathaway - Live

Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street

Dr. John - Gumbo

Eagles - s/t

Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night

Electric Light Orchestra - s/t

Elton John - Honky Chateau

Elvis Presley - Now

Elvis Presley - As Recorded At Madison Square Garden

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy

Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees

Funkadelic - America Eats Its Young

Genesis - Foxtrot

George Carlin - Class Clown

George Jones - A Picture Of Me

George Jones & Tammy Wynette - Me and the First Lady

Grateful Dead - Europe 72

Harder They Come - Various Artists (Soundtrack)

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - s/t

Helen Reddy - I Am Woman

Howard Tate - s/t

Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother

Jackson 5 - Lookin' Through The Windows

Jackson Browne - s/t

James Taylor - Old Man Dog

Jerry Garcia - Garcia

Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins - Me & Chet

Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick

Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Joe Simon - Drowning In The Sea of Love

John Denver - Rocky Mountain High

Kris Kristofferson - Jesus Was A Capricorn

James Brown - There It Is

John Prine - Diamond In The Rough

Johnny Shines - s/t

Joni Mitchell - For The Roses

Leon Russell - Carney

Linda Ronstadt - s/t

Loretta Lynn - One's On The Way

Lou Reed - Transformer

Loudon Wainwright III - Album III

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - s/t

Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man

Merle Haggard - Let Me Tell You About A Song

Merle Haggard - It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)

Michael Jackson - Got To Be There

Michael Jackson - Ben

Michael Martin Murphey - Geronimo's Cadillac

Miles Davis - On The Corner

Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn

Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes

Neil Diamond - Hot August Night

Neil Young - Harvest

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Nilsson - Son Of Schmilsson

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken

O'Jays - Back Stabbers

Paul Simon - s/t

Pete Townshend - Who Came First

Randy Newman - Sail Away

Raspberries - s/t

Richard Thompson - Henry the Human Fly

Ricky Nelson - Garden Party

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - s/t

Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment

Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.

Roxy Music - s/t

Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill

Stephen Stills - Manassas

Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn

Temptations - All Directions

T. Rex - Slider

Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything

Santana - Caravanserai

Stevie Wonder - Music Of My Mind

Stevie Wonder - Talking Book

Stylistics - Round 2

Tom T. Hall - We All Got Together And ....

Tom T. Hall - Storyteller

Tower of Power - Bump City

Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview

Wailers - Catch A Fire

War - World Is A Ghetto

Waylon Jennings - Good Hearted Woman

Yes -Close To The Edge