Top 44 Music Albums of 1976 by AAL2014

1976 is an interesting year. I feel it may be the overall weakest year of the decade, especially up to this point. At the moment you’ll only find 2 albums that also make my Top 100 main chart. However, the gold medal recipient on this chart is my favorite album of all time and second place is strongly set in my all time top 50… so there’s a few extra points for ‘76.

Here you’ll find a very solid top 10-15 and a number of unique records from there, but again it’s the apex records from this year that are carrying the weight.

• Chart updated: 04/21/2024 04:15
• (Created: 06/01/2016 17:30).
• Chart size: 44 albums.

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Songs In The Key Of Life 

 Stevie Wonder

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*Top 100* [First added to this chart: 11/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,224 charts

Rank Score:

15,467

Rank in 1976:

1

Rank in 1970s:

23

Overall Rank:

86

Average Rating:

 85 (1,309 votes)

Comments:

86

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Station To Station 

 David Bowie

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*Top 100* [First added to this chart: 02/07/2018]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,057 charts

Rank Score:

13,297

Rank in 1976:

2

Rank in 1970s:

28

Overall Rank:

104

Average Rating:

 85 (1,508 votes)

Comments:

95

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Scenery 

 福居良 [Ryo Fukui]

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[First added to this chart: 11/02/2023]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

575

Rank in 1976:

47

Rank in 1970s:

495

Overall Rank:

2,687

Average Rating:

 81 (94 votes)

Comments:

0

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Romantic Warrior 

 Return To Forever

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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

491

Rank in 1976:

52

Rank in 1970s:

550

Overall Rank:

3,057

Average Rating:

 74 (108 votes)

Comments:

4

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Hejira 

 Joni Mitchell

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[First added to this chart: 02/25/2018]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

361 charts

Rank Score:

3,707

Rank in 1976:

9

Rank in 1970s:

112

Overall Rank:

485

Average Rating:

 80 (429 votes)

Comments:

25

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Transformation (The Speed Of Love) 

 David Sancious & Tone

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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2023]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

8

Rank in 1976:

554

Rank in 1970s:

5,533

Overall Rank:

59,565

Average Rating:

 74 (1 vote)

Comments:

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A Trick Of The Tail 

 Genesis

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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

381 charts

Rank Score:

3,466

Rank in 1976:

10

Rank in 1970s:

121

Overall Rank:

524

Average Rating:

 80 (584 votes)

Comments:

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The Modern Lovers 

 The Modern Lovers

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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2023]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

508 charts

Rank Score:

4,016

Rank in 1976:

8

Rank in 1970s:

105

Overall Rank:

447

Average Rating:

 82 (589 votes)

Comments:

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Boston 

 Boston

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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

711 charts

Rank Score:

6,198

Rank in 1976:

5

Rank in 1970s:

72

Overall Rank:

286

Average Rating:

 78 (925 votes)

Comments:

83

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Ramones 

 Ramones

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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,012 charts

Rank Score:

7,517

Rank in 1976:

3

Rank in 1970s:

54

Overall Rank:

224

Average Rating:

 80 (1,271 votes)

Comments:

102

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Top 44 Music Albums of 1976 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Rush	2	5%
AC/DC	2	5%
Kiss	2	5%
Led Zeppelin	2	5%
Thin Lizzy	2	5%
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers	1	2%
Celeste (IT)	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	23	52%
	10	23%
	3	7%
	2	5%
	2	5%
	2	5%
	1	2%
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Top 44 Music Albums of 1976 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 2 from 12th to 10th Ramones by Ramones
Up 2 from 10th to 8th The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
Up 2 from 9th to 7th A Trick Of The Tail by Genesis

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 7th to 11th Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy
Down 1 from 8th to 9th Boston by Boston
Down 1 from 11th to 12th Rising by Rainbow

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