The Best of Top of the Pops '73 is a 1973 compilation album released by the Top of the Poppers, who were well-known for their cover-versions of popular songs during the 1970s. Despite negative reviews, the album sold quite well, and was recently re-released on CD and iTunes

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. The album contains songs recorded by the Top of the Poppers during 1973.

Tracklisting

1. Tie a Yellow Ribbon
   Tie a Yellow Ribbon
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2. I Love You Love Me Love
   I Love You Love Me Love
   "I Love You Love Me Love" was a popular song by Gary Glitter.Written by Gary Glitter and Mike Leander and produced by Mike Leander, "I Love You Love Me Love" was Glitter's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in November 1973, and establishing itself as...
   
   
3. Get Down
4. Welcome Home
   Welcome Home (1973 song)
   "Welcome Home" was a song made popular by Peters and Lee.Originally written by Jean Alphonse Dupre and Stanislas Beldone in French and translated into English by Bryan Blackburn the record was produced by Johnny Franz...
   
   
5. Blockbuster
6. The Twelfth of Never
   The Twelfth of Never
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7. See My Baby Jive
   See My Baby Jive
   See My Baby Jive was a song by the British glam rock band Wizzard.Written and produced by Roy Wood, See My Baby Jive was the second single by Wood's band and their first to reach number one in the UK, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in May 1973...
   
   
8. Can The Can
   Can the Can
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9. Eye Level
10. Rubber Bullets
11. Daydreamer
12. I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)
13. Young Love
14. Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
    Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
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Reception

Largely panned by critics when it was originally released, today the album's reputation has improved, with Allmusic reviewer Dave Thompson saying that "producer Bruce Baxter was nothing if not absurdly ambitious" and that "Indeed, the only performances that you really need to avoid are the ones that were despicable to begin with"[]

See also

• Top of the Pops (record series)
  Top of the Pops (record series)
  Top of the Pops is the name of a series of records issued by Pickwick Records on their Hallmark label, which contain anonymous cover versions of recent and current hit singles. The recordings were intended to replicate the sound of the original hits as closely as possible...
  
  
• Hallmark Records
  Hallmark Records
  Hallmark Records is a British record label. It was founded in the 1960s and recently revived. The revived company has since become a major publisher of budget CDs in the UK, issuing both public domain and copyrighted material. The company has also re-issued some of its albums from the 1960s and...