1972
1972 saw glam rock's theatrical excess clash with soul's funkiest grooves, while prog-rock epics sprawled across albums with ambitious orchestration. The year captured music pivoting between pure escapism and raw emotional confession, as artists embraced both elaborate production and stripped-down authenticity.
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
Rocket Man
Elton John
Stuck In The Middle With You
Stealers Wheel
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress))
The Hollies
Immigrant Song (Live 1972)
Led Zeppelin
Alone Again
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Old Man
Neil Young
3:09
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Looking Glass
A Horse With No Name
America
Ain't No Sunshine (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)
Bill Withers
Life On Mars?
David Bowie
Rocky Mountain High
John Denver
Take It Easy (Live on MTV 1994)
Eagles
Amazing Grace
Elvis Presley
Smoke On the Water
Deep Purple
Papa Was A Rolling Stone
The Temptations
Changes
David Bowie
3:35
Me and Mrs. Jones
Billy Paul
4:33
Everything I Own
Bread
Dancing in the Moonlight
King Harvest
Too Late To Turn Back Now
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
You're So Vain
Carly Simon
Danny's Song
Loggins and Messina
2:53
Top Of The World
Carpenters
Crocodile Rock (Live At Madison Square Garden)
Elton John
4:07
My Ding-A-Ling
Chuck Berry
3:13
The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff
Oh Girl
The Chi-Lites
Song Song Blue (Stereo!)
Neil Diamond
Behind Blue Eyes
The Who