Another Top Ten? Yeah, But...
Well, yes, it’s ridiculously late for a 1972 Ten Best list, but after seeing everyone else’s, I wanted to add a footnote. Maybe a little perspective. It’s, strange to me how everyone acknowledged the importance of black music in 1972 — it was, for trend-watchers, a Very Big Year for black music — but almost completely ignored it when it came time to listing the year’s best music.
Another Top Ten? Yeah, But...
TIGHTEN UP
by Vine Aletti
Well, yes, it’s ridiculously late for a 1972 Ten Best list, but after seeing everyone else’s, I wanted to add a footnote. Maybe a little perspective. It’s, strange to me how everyone acknowledged the importance of black music in 1972 — it was, for trend-watchers, a Very Big Year for black music — but almost completely ignored it when it came time to listing the year’s best music. I’m not interested in analyzing the situation, but was anybody really listening, or just reading the charts? It really dismays me to realize that out of all the critics in the Fusion poll, only three or four listed black albums in their ten best .