The Best Rock Albums of 1973

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 1973. I have covered 7 years of music in other posts (1965-1972), 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?

• Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
• The Who- Quadrophenia
• Todd Rundgren- A Wizard, a True Star
• ZZ Top- Tres Hombres
• John Lennon- Mind Games
• Genesis- Selling England By The Pound
• Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
• Paul McCartney & Wings- Band on the Run
• George Harrison- Living in the Material World
• Ringo Starr- Ringo
• Foghat- Rock 'n' Roll
• Joe Walsh- The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
• Lynyrd Skynyrd- Pronounced 'lēh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd'
• Grand Funk Railroad- We're An American Band
• Todd Rundgren- A Wizard, a True Star 
• Alice Cooper- Billion Dollar Babies; Muscle of Love 
• Eagles- Desperado 
• James Gang- Bang

Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Pink Floyd released on March 1, 1973. The album is a concept album, meaning all the songs on the album pertain to a specific set of concepts/themes. Themes included in the Dark Side of the Moon include conflict, greed, passing of time, and mental illnesses particularly insanity. The album is certified 15x Platinum in the United States, 2x Platinum in Canada, and 9x Platinum in the United Kingdom. Dark Side of the Moon was popular in many countries with a 16x Platinum certification in New Zealand as well as a 14x Platinum certification in Australia. The album charted at #2 on the UK Albums Chart and at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Top Tapes & LPs Chart.

Dark Side of the Moon included 2 singles with B-sides: "Money"/"Any Colour You Like" and "Time"/"Us and Them." Other notable songs on the album include: "Brain Damage/Eclipse," "Us and Them," and "Breathe."

Notable of the album is that it has circulated around the "music-sphere" for years that supposedly the Dark Side of the Moon was recorded to be an alternate musical accompaniment to the film The Wizard of Oz, no kidding. The modified film, titled "The Dark Side of Oz" has been created by someone on YouTube who has edited out the original sound of the film and has inserted Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in a loop for the entirety of the film. If any Pink Floyd fans out there have not seen it, I highly recommend looking the video up on YouTube. You will never look at The Wizard of Oz the same way again.

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