Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by dihansse

These were my formative years in music although upto 1974 I didn't really experience rock music consciously.
I really started to listen to pop/rock music around 1975 but mainly via pop shows on tv and radio not via buying albums. Although around the years that punk broke I started taping cassettes from my small radio. I still remember the first song that I taped was Lust for Life and the second one was Hey Jude and that song is still marked in my head with the tingling of a glass because I suppose I must have touched a glass in the neighborhood of my radio.
That was also the period I was very heavy into hard rock which very much driven by a very good hardrock show on Dutch radio called "Beton" (in English: Concrete).
In fact this must be about the most interesting decade in music (in the real meaning of interesting because the best decade to me are still the nineties) because can you think about another decade in which so many styles of music originated and blossomed? From glam to hard rock to prog to soul and disco (sorry I need to get some Earth, Wind & Fire in this chart) to punk to ska to new wave and I forget with this all the good plain classic rock records being made in this decade like Rumours, Pink Floyd classics, etc etc.

• Chart updated: 09/26/2023 20:45
• (Created: 11/05/2015 22:10).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Marquee Moon 

 Television

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[First added to this chart: 02/08/2016]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,723 charts

Rank Score:

21,735

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 86 (1,832 votes)

Comments:

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,913 charts

Rank Score:

50,797

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 91 (3,944 votes)

Comments:

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Deep Purple In Rock 

 Deep Purple

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[First added to this chart: 11/06/2015]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

512 charts

Rank Score:

3,774

Rank in 1970:

18

Rank in 1970s:

110

Overall Rank:

478

Average Rating:

 81 (652 votes)

Comments:

35

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(I'm) Stranded 

 The Saints

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[First added to this chart: 07/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

559

Rank in 1977:

50

Rank in 1970s:

503

Overall Rank:

2,767

Average Rating:

 76 (116 votes)

Comments:

7

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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs 

 Derek & The Dominos

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[First added to this chart: 11/06/2015]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

754 charts

Rank Score:

6,439

Rank in 1970:

13

Rank in 1970s:

66

Overall Rank:

272

Average Rating:

 81 (940 votes)

Comments:

65

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For Your Pleasure 

 Roxy Music

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[First added to this chart: 11/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

508 charts

Rank Score:

3,676

Rank in 1973:

12

Rank in 1970s:

113

Overall Rank:

487

Average Rating:

 80 (633 votes)

Comments:

28

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Let There Be Rock 

 AC/DC

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[First added to this chart: 06/07/2018]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

257 charts

Rank Score:

1,566

Rank in 1977:

26

Rank in 1970s:

239

Overall Rank:

1,130

Average Rating:

 78 (430 votes)

Comments:

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Crime Of The Century 

 Supertramp

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[First added to this chart: 02/08/2016]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

666 charts

Rank Score:

6,567

Rank in 1974:

4

Rank in 1970s:

65

Overall Rank:

268

Average Rating:

 82 (781 votes)

Comments:

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Fear Of Music 

 Talking Heads

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[First added to this chart: 12/04/2015]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

840 charts

Rank Score:

7,312

Rank in 1979:

4

Rank in 1970s:

56

Overall Rank:

233

Average Rating:

 84 (1,060 votes)

Comments:

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 12/31/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,070 charts

Rank Score:

44,321

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,900 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	11	11%
1971	9	9%
1972	8	8%
1973	9	9%
1974	5	5%
1975	7	7%
1976	6	6%
1977	17	17%
1978	13	13%
1979	15	15%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	5	5%
Roxy Music	5	5%
Electric Light Orchestra	4	4%
Status Quo	4	4%
Motörhead	3	3%
Deep Purple	3	3%
Black Sabbath	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	62	62%
	25	25%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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