Album: (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Released: 13 August 1973

Recorded: March 27 – May 1, 1973 at Studio One, Doraville, Georgia, U.S.

Genre: Southern rock, Hard rock, Blues rock

Length: 43:03

Label: MCA

Producer: Al Kooper

Album: Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Released: 13 April 1973

Recorded: 6 October 1972, 4–11 December 1972, c. 18–24 January 1973 at Trident Studios, London and RCA Studios, New York and Nashville

Genre: Glam rock, Hard rock

Length: 40:47

Label: RCA Records

Producers: Ken Scott and David Bowie

Album: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings

Released: 5 December 1973 (US), 7 December 1973 (UK)2

Recorded: August–October 1973 at EMI Studios and ARC Studio, Lagos, Nigeria; AIR Studios, London

Genre: Rock

Length: 41:08 (UK version); 44:17 (US version)

Label: Apple

Producer: Paul McCartney

Album: Raw Power - The Stooges

Released: 7 February 1973

Recorded: September 10-October 6, 1972 at CBS Studios, Whitfield Street, London

Genre: Proto-punk, Hard rock

Length: 34:00

Label: Columbia

Producers: Iggy Pop and David Bowie

Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Released: 5 October 1973

Recorded: Château d’Hérouville, Hérouville, France, May 1973 using a 16 track tape recorder

Genre: Rock, Pop rock

Length: 76:20

Label: MCA (US), DJM (UK)

Producer: Gus Dudgeon

Album: Selling England by the Pound - Genesis

Released: October 1973

Recorded: August 1973 at Island Studios, London

Genre: Progressive rock, Art rock

Length: 53:50

Label: Charisma Atlantic

Producers: John Burns, Genesi

Album: Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

Released: 5 October 1970 (US) and on 23 October 1970 (UK)

Released: 3 August 1973

Recorded: The Record Plant(Los Angeles, California) and Media Sound Studios(New York, New York)

Genre: Soul, Funk, Rock, Jazz

Length: 44:12

Label: Tamla

Producers: Stevie Wonder, Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil

Album: Quadrophenia - The Who

Released: 26 October 1973 (UK),1 November 1973 (US)

Recorded: May–June 1972, May–September 1973 using 16-track recording at Olympic Studios, London, Ramport Studios in Battersea, London with Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio

Genre: Rock hard, Rock, Progressive rock

Length: 81:36

Label: Track, MCA

Producers: The Who, Executive producers:Kit Lambert Chris Stamp Pete Kameron, Associate producer: Glyn Johns (on “Is It in My Head?” and “Love Reign o’er Me”)

Album: Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin

Released: 28 March 1973

Recorded: December 1971 – August 1972 at Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Stargroves and Headley Grange;Island Studios, London

Genre: Hard rock, Heavy metal

Length: 40:57

Label: Atlantic

Producer: Jimmy Page

Album: The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Released: 1 March 1973

Recorded: June 1972 – January 1973 at Abbey Road Studios

Genre: Progressive rock

Length: 42:49

Label: Harvest

Producer: Pink Floyd