Top 5 - Albums Turning 50 This Year

5. Tres Hombres - ZZ Top - July 1973 One of the greatest opening riffs in La Grange and some of the best blues boogie ever.

4. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie - April 20, 1973 How do you follow up a star making turn with Ziggy Stardust? With this album.

3. Houses of the Holy - Led Zepplin - March 28, 1973 "We've done four already but now we're steady and then they went, one, two, three, four,…” Zepplin’s 5th album went diamond with over 10 million sold and is ranked 278 on Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums.

2. Quadrophenia - The Who - October 26, 1973 The double album tale of a working class mod kid that likes to fight and drink and do drugs. Who’d a thunk it would sound so good.

1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd - March 1, 1973 45 million copies sold. 976 weeks on Billboard. 4th best selling album of all time. Not bad stats and it is still such a great album.

What are your top albums turning 50 this year? 1973 was an awesome year for music!