Who doesn\u2019t love classic rock albums from the 1970s, particularly 1973? It was a fine year for the genre, and a surprising number of still-famous rock albums dropped that very year. Let\u2019s look at just three classic rock albums from 1973 that I think prove how excellent that decade was for music as a whole.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Dark Side Of The Moon\u2019 by Pink Floyd<\/p>\n
Well, there was no avoiding this one. This might just be the best album that came out in 1973, period. Though, I\u2019ll leave that up to your own personal opinion. Either way, few would argue against The Dark Side Of The Moon being one of the most legendary prog-rock albums of the 20th century. It\u2019s a concept album that explores the pressures that members of Pink Floyd faced with their increasing fame, along with the grief the band experienced with the departure of core member Syd Barrett. Songs like \u201cThe Great Gig In The Sky\u201d and \u201cMoney\u201d remain rock standards today.<\/p>\n
\u2018Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.\u2019 by Bruce Springsteen<\/p>\n
It may not get as much love as albums like Nebraska or Born In The U.S.A., but Bruce Springsteen\u2019s 1973 debut classic rock record is still an incredible feat for a then-new artist. Some of Springsteen\u2019s most beloved songs can be found on this early-career work, from \u201cBlinded By The Light\u201d to \u201cSpirit In The Night\u201d. And listeners at the time certainly vibed with Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., considering it made it to No. 60 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
\u2018Selling England By The Pound\u2019 by Genesis<\/p>\n
An awesome prog record makes it to our list of the best classic rock albums of 1973, this time from prog legends Genesis<\/a>. At the time, reviews of this record were surprisingly mixed. Some critics praised the album for being a breath of fresh air in a pop scene that had grown stale, while others criticized the lyrical content of the work for\u2026 being too British?<\/a> I\u2019m going to side with the positive reviews on this one.\u00a0<\/p>\n Selling England By The Pound is a smart examination of how culture evolves and changes, often for the worse. And musically, it\u2019s an excellent piece of work that inspired countless prog-rock bands that would follow in Genesis\u2019 footsteps.<\/p>\n Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who doesn\u2019t love classic rock albums from the 1970s, particularly 1973? It was a fine year for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2616,2617,88,216,2156],"class_list":{"0":"post-346721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-1970s","9":"tag-classic-rock","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-rock-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}