Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by 
meccalecca 
After years of love and psychedelic drugs, music takes some dark turns. Self-indulgence and excess leads to some prog classics as well as the most bloated wankery the world had ever heard. Bands started building more tension into their songs, while exploring more serious and depressing themes. And Brian Eno had his hands all over everything.
- Chart updated: 01/28/2023 20:15
- (Created: 03/17/2013 19:13).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1971 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1972 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1973 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1974 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1975 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1976 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1977 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1978 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1979 | 15 | 15% |
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| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| William Onyeabor | 3 | 3% | |
| Can | 3 | 3% | |
| T. Rex | 2 | 2% | |
| Big Star | 2 | 2% | |
| Funkadelic | 2 | 2% | |
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32 | 32% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 75 from 83rd to 8th Die Mensch·Maschine [The Man-Machine] by Kraftwerk |
| Up 69 from 88th to 19th Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome by Parliament |
| Up 65 from 92nd to 27th Right Time by Mighty Diamonds |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 39 from 35th to 74th Tomorrow by William Onyeabor |
| Down 38 from 27th to 65th Tago Mago by Can |
| Down 32 from 25th to 57th After The Gold Rush by Neil Young |
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90/100  | 05/21/2023 06:17 | AMS | | 93/100 |
100/100 | 05/20/2023 23:40 |  KitchenSink | | 100/100 |
90/100 | 05/20/2023 19:22 |  MadhattanJack | | 84/100 |
 90/100 | 05/13/2022 00:03 | Rm12398 | | 89/100 |
| 90/100 | 05/12/2022 17:16 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
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I appreciate this individual, concept-based collection. A number of my personal favs as well
ForegroundNoise 05/20/2020 19:48
Unlike so many of the '70s charts I see on this site this one is just bursting at the seams with personality. Will be sure to be surfing through for some undiscovered gems. Just some notes would top this off as the perfect chart for me!
911Turbo 05/03/2020 01:45
great list
what a nice surprise to see t-rex slider. dont see that to often and rated fairly high.
i only wish you could have given a personal description for each album.
thankyou for your effort
I dig it. You got style.
Splendid collection
great mix
Fantastic chart, love the strong West African presence!
Norman Bates 09/10/2015 18:14
Still need to listen to H'art songs... superb chart Jonny.
greatson 04/21/2015 20:49
Great Chart!
sssvnnn 01/07/2014 12:12
Brilliant
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