Top 100 Albums of the 1970s by Pitchfork (2004) 
Pitchfork is an American online music publication. These are their best albums of 1970s.
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Top 100 Albums of the 1970s composition
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| 1970 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1971 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1972 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1973 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1974 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1975 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1976 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1977 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1978 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1979 | 12 | 12% |
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| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
| Can | 3 | 3% | |
| Brian Eno | 3 | 3% | |
| Wire | 3 | 3% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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38 | 38% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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75/100  | 03/31/2023 06:00 | V1LL | | 83/100 |
65/100 | 12/11/2020 08:01 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
75/100 | 11/11/2020 13:06 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
75/100 | 08/17/2020 12:19 | Chrispeater | | 82/100 |
95/100 | 07/27/2020 14:41 |  Timestarter | | 90/100 |
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splashfoop 08/16/2016 00:14
El orden simplemente no me cuadra.
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craola 06/16/2014 21:21
Pink Floyd's Dark Side and The Wall beat out by the Ramones and Genesis not even charting for Selling England and The Lamb? It's hard to take Pitchfork seriously.
GandalfORiley345 05/02/2014 02:30
NO PINK FLOYD AT TOP 10, NOOOOO
Mercury 04/29/2014 03:50
Pitchfork's lists are dope. This ain't no exception.
tgarritsen 12/10/2013 02:37
It's great they chose too give recognition too funk with the addition of Sly and the familly stone and Funkadelic so high but I think the number one spot isn't really right.
Mother Nature's Son 08/29/2013 11:34
4 Miles Davis, 3 Wire albums, "Meddle" above "Dark Side of the Moon"? I don't know sometimes...
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