Top-rated albums of the 1970s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1970s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

41.

Selling England By The Pound 

 Genesis

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

977 charts

Rank Score:

11,734

Rank in 1973:

4

Rank in 1970s:

34

Overall Rank:

125

Average Rating:

 84 (1,243 votes)

Comments:

92

42.

Moondance 

 Van Morrison

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

948 charts

Rank Score:

9,273

Rank in 1970:

7

Rank in 1970s:

42

Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

 84 (1,118 votes)

Comments:

74

43.

Fragile 

 Yes

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

781 charts

Rank Score:

6,954

Rank in 1971:

11

Rank in 1970s:

60

Overall Rank:

249

Average Rating:

 84 (1,065 votes)

Comments:

56

44.

Rust Never Sleeps 
Live

 Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

646 charts

Rank Score:

4,629

Rank in 1979:

8

Rank in 1970s:

94

Overall Rank:

385

Average Rating:

 84 (859 votes)

Comments:

43

45.

Led Zeppelin III 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,120 charts

Rank Score:

9,025

Rank in 1970:

8

Rank in 1970s:

44

Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

 84 (1,946 votes)

Comments:

97

46.

On The Beach 

 Neil Young

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Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

791 charts

Rank Score:

7,942

Rank in 1974:

2

Rank in 1970s:

52

Overall Rank:

208

Average Rating:

 84 (956 votes)

Comments:

62

47.

Fear Of Music 

 Talking Heads

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

841 charts

Rank Score:

7,260

Rank in 1979:

4

Rank in 1970s:

56

Overall Rank:

234

Average Rating:

 84 (1,062 votes)

Comments:

49

48.

Master Of Reality 

 Black Sabbath

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

676 charts

Rank Score:

5,665

Rank in 1971:

13

Rank in 1970s:

81

Overall Rank:

317

Average Rating:

 84 (1,013 votes)

Comments:

49

49.

Quadrophenia 

 The Who

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

916 charts

Rank Score:

8,458

Rank in 1973:

5

Rank in 1970s:

48

Overall Rank:

193

Average Rating:

 83 (1,319 votes)

Comments:

101

50.

Fun House 

 The Stooges

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

879 charts

Rank Score:

8,147

Rank in 1970:

10

Rank in 1970s:

49

Overall Rank:

203

Average Rating:

 83 (1,071 votes)

Comments:

70

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).