The Best Metal Albums of 1973

1973 (20 albums)

Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd	Aug 13, 1973	94.1	32	2
2	Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy	Mar 28, 1973	90.4	32	3
3	Budgie Never Turn Your Back on a Friend	Jun 1973	91.8	20	0
4	Queen Queen	Sep 4, 1973	90	16	2
5	Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath	Dec 1, 1973	87.5	28	4
6	Uriah Heep Sweet Freedom	Sep 1973	93	5	0
7	Uriah Heep Uriah Heep Live [Live]	Jun 1973	90.9	7	0
8	Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies	1973	87.2	11	0
9	ZZ Top Tres Hombres	1973	87.3	6	0
10	Aerosmith Aerosmith	Jan 1973	83.3	13	3
11	Montrose Montrose	Oct 17, 1973	88.3	3	0
12	Deep Purple Who Do We Think We Are!	Jan 26, 1973	78.9	15	0
13	The Who Quadrophenia	1973	82.5	6	1
14	Blue Oyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation	Feb 1973	83	5	0
15	Wishbone Ash Wishbone Four	Apr 1973	83.3	3	0
16	Thin Lizzy Vagabonds of the Western World	Sep 1973	81.7	3	0
17	Free Heartbreaker	1973	81.7	3	0
18	Nazareth Razamanaz	May 1973	80	3	0
19	Alice Cooper Muscle of Love	1973	73.6	7	1
20	Gary Moore Grinding Stone	May 1973	73.3	3	0