The 5 Worst Albums of 1973.

#5. Burt Reynolds : Ask Me What I Am

Ask Burt Reynolds what he is? An actor who can't sing.

#4. Danny Bonaduce

Here's an idea: let's get one of the Partridge Family kids who can't sing or play an instrument. Then we'll have him croon about "making love to you " with his "magic wand".

#3. Bob Dylan : Dylan

When Bob Dylan left CBS for Asylum his old label punished him by releasing this set of rejects. It's not totally wretched but it's the worst album Dylan ever made. Until Christmas in the Heart.

                                   # 2. Chris Knight and Maureen McCormick 

Sung with the painful earnestness of wholesome teenage TV stars who see their careers slipping away as the Partridge Family gains audience share.

#1: John Wayne: America Why I Love Her

John Wayne says the hippies have it all wrong. Sure we got wars, poverty, racism, crime and corrupt politcians, but what about that fireman who climbs a tree to set a kitten free? And he was serious.

40 Year Itch : An Album for the Silent Majority

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Face the flag son
...and thank God 
it's still there
-John Wayne


It is March 1973. The last American soldier leaves Vietnam and the Watergate scandal spreads to indict Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell. John Wayne, that most fearless of American cowboys, felt it was time to remind the rest of the country that the United States of America was still the greatest of them all.

    He recorded America, Why I Love Her in Nashville where an orchestra and chorus backed up his dramatic readings of ten poems written by Robert Mitchum's brother, John. "Why I Love Her" was Wayne's favorite. He read it at the 1964 Republican convention in San Francisco.



  The album entered the country charts March 24 and rose to #13. In the harrowing days following 9/11, the album enjoyed a resurgence in popularity.