School's Out, Vol. 4, Machine Head, Live at Pompeii, Harvest … The list of albums turning 50 in 2022 is enormous, and the Wikimetal wondered: which is the best album among all those released in 1972?

In episode #340 of the Wikimetal , Daniel Dystyler, Erica Y. Roumieh, Nando Machado , and Pedro Tiepolo discussed the editorial staff's favorite albums , resulting in a really cool episode – click here to listen . And now, let's discuss which were your favorite albums, dear reader.

Black Sabbath 's Vol. 4 Deep Purple 's Machine Head came in second Wikimetal readers are clearly big fans of rock classics, but that wasn't all that was in the poll!

In third place, with 13% of the votes, was David Bowie 's The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust while live albums came in fourth and fifth: Deep Purple 's Made in Japan with 9%, and Pink Floyd 's Live at Pompeii , with 4%. See the full results below.

What is the best album of 1972?

  • Black Sabbath Vol. 4 (36%)
  • Machine Head, by Deep Purple (30%)
  • The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust, by David Bowie (13%)
  • Made in Japan, by Deep Purple (9%)
  • Live at Pompeii, by Pink Floyd (4%)
  • Mutants and Their Comets in the Land of Baurets, by Os Mutantes (4%)
  • Harvest, by Neil Young (3%)
  • School's Out, by Alice Cooper (2%)
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