The Best Rock Albums of 1972

Today's post in 50 Years of Music, a section of my blog devoted to the best rock albums of the past fifty years, will include the best albums of 1972. I have covered 6 years of music in other posts (1965-71), which can be found by typing the year into the search bar at the top of my blog. Each post in 50 Years of Music is updated frequently, with new albums recommended by readers added to the posts. What's your favorite?

• David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars
• The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main St.
• Alice Cooper- School's Out
• Status Quo- Piledriver
• Neil Young- Harvest
• Yes- Closer to the Edge
• Foghat- Foghat
• Genesis- Foxtrot
• Todd Rundgren- Something/Anything? 
• Eagles- Eagles

Deep Purple- Machine Head (1972)

Machine Head is the sixth studio album by the British hard rock group Deep Purple released on March 25, 1972. The album is certified 2x Platinum in the United States and Gold in the United Kingdom. Machine Head peaked at #1 on the UK Albums Chart and at #7 on the U.S. Billboard Albums Chart.

Machine Head featured 2 singles-- "Smoke on the Water" and "Never Before." The first single charted at #4 and #21 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart and the UK Top 75 Singles Chart, respectively. "Never Before" charted at #35 on the UK Top 75 Singles Chart as well. Other notable songs on the album include: "Highway Star," "Space Truckin'," and "Pictures of Home."

Notable of the album is that it stayed in the top 40 in the charts of the United Kingdom for 20 weeks and on the Billboard 200 in the United States for 118 weeks. Also, the album has become a staple for hard rock and heavy metal music of the 1970s and had a developmental impact on those genres. Finally, the song "Smoke on the Water" was written about a Frank Zappa concert that members of Deep Purple had seen when they were scheduled to play at The Casino in Switzerland where other famous rock acts had played, such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Black Sabbath. An audience member shot a flare into the building's roof and the fire caused the band to have to abandon the venue and choose another for recording.

For two guitar covers by me of songs released in 1972, just click on the links to the YouTube videos: David Bowie - Suffragette City Cover; Status Quo - Big Fat Mama Cover

via (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcwxQc8wqR0); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXS293B6ZNE)

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