So just how good was the A-Body back in its day?

My first car was a 69 charger and there was a few nice a-body cars around but most were non performance based cars and somewhat overlooked, speaking for my self anyway, till I bought a 73 Duster to drive since my Charger was a overcamed 383, I fell in love with the a-body after that everytime I drove my Charger it would feel like I was driving a huge Boat!! The Duster was way nicer to drive, since then I have had a few more and the A-bodys are the most fun to drive in my opinion,