Editing 1972 in music (section)

===July===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |4
| ''[[American Gothic (album)|American Gothic]]'' || [[David Ackles]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Waka/Jawaka]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[The Harder They Come (soundtrack)|The Harder They Come]]'' || [[Jimmy Cliff]] || Soundtrack
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Chicago V]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Son of Schmilsson]]'' || [[Harry Nilsson]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |11
| ''[[Super Fly (soundtrack)|Super Fly]]'' || [[Curtis Mayfield]] || Soundtrack
|-

|rowspan="1" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Full Circle (The Doors album)|Full Circle]]'' || [[The Doors]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Long John Silver (album)|Long John Silver]]'' || [[Jefferson Airplane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Straight Shooter (James Gang album)|Straight Shooter]]'' || [[James Gang]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |21
| ''[[I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash album)|I Can See Clearly Now]]'' || [[Johnny Nash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Never a Dull Moment (Rod Stewart album)|Never a Dull Moment]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Slider]]'' || [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |27
| ''[[All Directions]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flying High Together]]'' || [[The Miracles|Smokey Robinson & The Miracles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" valign="top" | –
| ''[[Seven Separate Fools]]'' || [[Three Dog Night]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Toulouse Street]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Academy in Peril]]'' || [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Captain Beyond (album)|Captain Beyond]]'' || [[Captain Beyond]] ||-
|-
|''[[Feel Good (Ike & Tina Turner album)|Feel Good]]''|| [[Ike & Tina Turner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Exercises (album)|Exercises]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Foghat (1972 album)|Foghat]]'' || [[Foghat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music Is the Message]]'' || [[Kool & the Gang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saint Dominic's Preview]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Moods (Neil Diamond album)|Moods]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] ||-
|-
| ''White Witch'' || [[White Witch (band)|White Witch]] ||-
|-
|''[[Someplace Else Now]]''|| [[Lesley Gore]] ||-
|-
|''[[Sparks (Sparks album)|Sparks]]''|| [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] || Debut under final name
|-
|}