shaun

shaunline… dotcom

“What really matters is what you like, not what you are like… Books, records, films — these things matter.”
— High Fidelity

Etcetera

Best Songs of 1973

For these year-end lists, I like to undertake the seemingly impossibly task of creating an hours-long mix. The order you see below represents that effort, which you can listen to via Spotify and Apple Music. Sadly all 100 tracks aren't available, but you get the general idea. Track notes to come eventually or maybe never.

  1. Piano Man

    Piano Man

    Billy Joel

    Piano Man

    Columbia

    Notes

  2. Quadrophenia

    Love Reign O’er Me

    The Who

    Quadrophenia

    MCA

    Notes

  3. Aerosmith

    Dream On

    Aerosmith

    Aerosmith

    Columbia

    Notes

  4. Houses of the Holy

    Over the Hills and Far Away

    Led Zeppelin

    Houses of the Holy

    Atlantic

    Notes

  5. Ooh La La

    Ooh La La

    Faces

    Ooh La La

    Warner Bros.

    Notes

  6. Innervisions

    Higher Ground

    Stevie Wonder

    Innervisions

    Motown

    Notes

  7. Head Hunters

    Chameleon

    Herbie Hancock

    Head Hunters

    Columbia

    Notes

  8. The Payback

    The Payback

    James Brown

    The Payback

    Polydor

    Notes

  9. You've Got It Bad, Girl

    Sanford & Son Theme (The Streetbeater)

    Quincy Jones

    You’ve Got It Bad, Girl

    A&M

    Notes

  10. Soul Makossa

    Hihache

    Lafayette Afro Rock Band

    Soul Makossa

    Musidisc

    Notes

  11. Just Outside of Town

    Mango Meat

    Mandrill

    Just Outside of Town

    Polydor

    Notes

  12. Funky Kingston

    Country Road

    Toots & the Maytals

    Funky Kingston

    Dragon

    UK-only release

  13. Burnin'

    I Shot the Sheriff

    Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Burnin’

    Tuff Gong

    Notes

  14. Upendo Ni Pamoja

    Slipping Into Darkness

    Ramsey Lewis Trio

    Upendo Ni Pamoja

    Columbia

    Notes

  15. Deliver the Word

    Me and Baby Brother

    War

    Deliver the Word

    United Artists

    Notes

  16. Get It Together

    Get It Together

    The Jackson 5

    Get It Together

    Motown

    Notes

  17. Law of the Land

    Mama, I Got a Brand New Thing

    Undisputed Truth

    Law of the Land

    Gordy

    Notes

  18. Black & Blue

    Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)

    Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

    Black & Blue

    Philadelphia International

    Notes

  19. MFSB

    T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)

    MFSB

    MFSB

    Epic

    Notes

  20. Fantasy

    Believe in Humanity

    Carole King

    Fantasy

    Epic

    Notes

  21. Hey Now Hey

    Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)

    Aretha Franklin

    Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)

    Atlantic

    Notes

  22. Tyrone Davis - Without You

    Without You in My Life

    Tyrone Davis

    Without You in My Life

    Dakar

    Notes

  23. Call Me

    Here I Am (Come and Take Me)

    Al Green

    Call Me

    Hi

    Notes

  24. Pillow Talk

    Pillow Talk

    Sylvia

    Pillow Talk

    Vibration

    Notes

  25. Wovoka

    Come and Get Your Love

    Redbone

    Wovoka

    Epic

    Notes

  26. 3 + 3

    That Lady (Parts 1 & 2)

    The Isley Brothers

    3 + 3

    T-Neck

    Notes

  27. We're an American Band

    We’re an American Band

    Grand Funk

    We’re an American Band

    Capitol

    Notes

  28. Cyan

    Shambala

    Three Dog Night

    Cyan

    ABC/Dunhill

    Notes

  29. Bachman-Turner Overdrive II

    Takin’ Care of Business

    Bachman-Turner Overdrive

    Bachman-Turner Overdrive II

    Mercury

    Notes

  30. Moontan

    Radar Love

    Golden Earring

    Moontan

    MCA

    Notes

  31. Yeah!

    Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room

    Brownsville Station

    Yeah!

    Big Tree

    Notes

  32. Tres Hombres

    La Grange

    ZZ Top

    Tres Hombres

    London

    Notes

  33. Be What You Want To

    Be What You Want To

    Link Wray

    Be What You Want To

    Polydor

    Notes

  34. In the Right Place

    Right Place Wrong Time

    Dr. John

    In the Right Place

    ATCO

    Notes

  35. Dixie Chicken

    Dixie Chicken

    Little Feat

    Dixie Chicken

    Warner Bros.

    Notes

  36. Thomas Jefferson Kaye

    Collection Box

    Thomas Jefferson Kaye

    Thomas Jefferson Kaye

    Dunhill

    Notes

  37. Pronounced

    Tuesday’s Gone

    Lynyrd Skynyrd

    (Pronounced ’Leh-’Nérd ’Skin-’Nérd)

    MCA

    Notes

  38. Brothers and Sisters

    Ramblin’ Man

    The Allman Brothers Band

    Brothers and Sisters

    PCLC

    Notes

  39. Wake of the Flood

    Eyes of the World

    Grateful Dead

    Wake of the Flood

    Arista

    Notes

  40. The Marshall Tucker Band

    Can’t You See

    The Marshall Tucker Band

    The Marshall Tucker Band

    Capricorn

    Notes

  41. Sweet Revenge

    Sweet Revenge

    John Prine

    Sweet Revenge

    Atlantic

    Notes

  42. Mudcrutch - Mississippi

    Up in Mississippi (Tonight)

    Mudcrutch

    Up in Mississippi (Tonight) 7"

    Red Pepper

    Notes

  43. For Everyman

    Take It Easy

    Jackson Browne

    For Everyman

    Asylum

    Notes

  44. Shotgun Willie

    Shotgun Willie

    Willie Nelson

    Shotgun Willie

    Atlantic

    Notes

  45. Blue Ridge Rangers

    Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

    Blue Ridge Rangers

    Blue Ridge Rangers

    Fantasy

    Notes

  46. Any Old Wind That Blows

    If I Had a Hammer

    Johnny Cash

    Any Old Wind That Blows

    Columbia

    Notes

  47. My Tennessee Mountain Home

    My Tennessee Mountain Home

    Dolly Parton

    My Tennessee Mountain Home

    RCA

    Notes

  48. Don't Cry Now

    Silver Threads and Golden Needles

    Linda Ronstadt

    Don’t Cry Now

    Asylum

    Notes

  49. Takin' My Time

    You’ve Been in Love Too Long

    Bonnie Raitt

    Takin’ My Time

    Warner Bros.

    Notes

  50. Phew

    Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky

    Claudia Lennear

    Phew

    Warner Bros.

    Notes

  51. Betty Davis

    If I’m in Luck I Might Get Picked Up

    Betty Davis

    Betty Davis

    Just Sunshine

    Notes

  52. Ship Ahoy

    For the Love of Money

    The O’Jays

    Ship Ahoy

    Epic

    Notes

  53. Wild and Peaceful

    Jungle Boogie

    Kool & the Gang

    Wild and Peaceful

    De-Lite

    Notes

  54. Graham Central Station

    Hair

    Graham Central Station

    Graham Central Station

    Warner Bros. 19744444444?

    Notes

  55. Staple Singers - Be What You Are

    If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)

    The Staple Singers

    Be What You Are

    Stax

    Notes

  56. Second Time Round

    To You

    Cymande

    Second Time Round

    Janus

    Notes

  57. Facts of Life

    The Look of Love

    Bobby Womack

    Facts of Life

    United Artists

    Notes

  58. Imagination

    Midnight Train to Georgia

    Gladys Knight & The Pips

    Imagination

    Buddah

    Notes

  59. Taylored in Silk

    I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)

    Johnnie Taylor

    Taylored in Silk

    Stax

    Notes

  60. Hard Nose the Highway

    Warm Love

    Van Morrison

    Hard Nose the Highway

    Warner Bros.

    Notes

  61. Solid Air

    May You Never

    John Martyn

    Solid Air

    Island

    Notes

  62. What Color Is Love

    You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman

    Terry Callier

    What Color Is Love

    Cadet

    Notes

  63. Live at Carnegie Hall

    I Can’t Write Left-Handed

    Bill Withers

    Live at Carnegie Hall

    Columbia

    Notes

  64. Fresh

    Que Sera, Sera

    Sly and the Family Stone

    Fresh

    Epic

    Notes

  65. Living in the Material World

    Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)

    George Harrison

    Living in the Material World

    Capitol

    Notes

  66. Ringo

    Photograph

    Ringo Starr

    Ringo

    Parlophone

    Notes

  67. Mind Games

    Bring on the Lucie (Freda People)

    John Lennon

    Mind Games

    Apple

    Notes

  68. Band on the Run

    Band on the Run

    Wings

    Band on the Run

    Capitol

    Notes

  69. On the Third Day

    Showdown

    Electric Light Orchestra

    On the Third Day

    Warner Bros.

    Notes

  70. Rock On

    Rock On

    David Essex

    Rock On

    CBS

    Notes

  71. Vagabonds of the Western World

    The Rocker

    Thin Lizzy

    Vagabonds of the Western World

    Decca

    Notes

  72. Billion Dollar Babies

    No More Mr. Nice Guy

    Alice Cooper

    Billion Dollar Babies

    Warner Bros.

    Notes

  73. T-Rex - 20th Century Boy

    20th Century Boy

    T. Rex

    20th Century Boy 7"

    EMI

    Notes

  74. Raw Power

    Search and Destroy

    Iggy and The Stooges

    Raw Power

    Columbia

    Notes

  75. Aladdin Sane

    The Jean Genie

    David Bowie

    Aladdin Sane

    RCA

    Notes

  76. Here Come the Warm Jets

    Needles in the Camel’s Eye

    Brian Eno

    Here Come the Warm Jets

    Island

    Notes

  77. Dark Side of the Moon

    Money

    Pink Floyd

    Dark Side of the Moon

    Capitol

    Notes

  78. For Your Pleasure

    Editions of You

    Roxy Music

    For Your Pleasure

    Warner Bros.

    Notes

  79. Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player

    Crocodile Rock

    Elton John

    Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player

    MCA

    Notes

  80. There Goes Rhymin' Simon

    Kodachrome

    Paul Simon

    There Goes Rhymin’ Simon

    Columbia

    Notes

  81. Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ

    Blinded by the Light

    Bruce Springsteen

    Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ

    Columbia

    Notes

  82. Countdown to Ecstasy

    My Old School

    Steely Dan

    Countdown to Ecstasy

    MCA

    Notes

  83. The Captain and Me

    China Grove

    The Doobie Brothers

    The Captain and Me

    Warner Bros.

    Notes

  84. Spinners

    I’ll Be Around

    Spinners

    Spinners

    Atlantic

    Notes

  85. Stone Gon'

    Never, Never Gonna Give You Up

    Barry White

    Stone Gon’

    20th Century

    Notes

  86. Let's Get It On

    Let’s Get It On

    Marvin Gaye

    Let’s Get It On

    Tamla

    Notes

  87. Killing Me Softly

    Killing Me Softly With His Song

    Roberta Flack

    Killing Me Softly

    Atlantic

    Notes

  88. I Got a Name

    I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song

    Jim Croce

    I Got a Name

    ABC

    Notes

  89. Abandoned Luncheonette

    When the Morning Comes

    Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Abandoned Luncheonette

    Atlantic

    Notes

  90. Buckingham Nicks

    Crying in the Night

    Buckingham Nicks

    Buckingham Nicks

    Polydor

    Notes

  91. The Byrds

    Full Circle

    Byrds

    Byrds

    Asylum

    Notes

  92. Ever Changing Minstrel

    Ballad of Cody

    Bill Wilson

    Ever Changing Minstrel

    Windfall

    Notes

  93. Back in '72

    Turn the Page

    Bob Seger

    Back in ’72

    Reprise

    Notes

  94. Goats Head Soup

    Angie

    The Rolling Stones

    Goats Head Soup

    Rolling Stones

    Notes

  95. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

    Bob Dylan

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Columbia

    Notes

  96. GP

    A Song for You

    Gram Parsons

    GP

    Reprise

    Notes

  97. Closing Time

    I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You

    Tom Waits

    Closing Time

    Asylum

    Notes

  98. Attempted Mustache

    I Am the Way (New York Town)

    Loudon Wainwright III

    Attempted Mustache

    Columbia

    Notes

  99. The Free Electric Band

    The Free Electric Band

    Albert Hammond

    The Free Electric Band

    Mums

    Notes

  100. Sefronia

    Dolphins

    Tim Buckley

    Sefronia

    Discreet

    Notes