Top-rated albums of 1971

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1971 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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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:

300

2.

Hunky Dory 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,800 charts

Rank Score:

22,102

Rank in 1971:

3

Rank in 1970s:

13

Overall Rank:

46

Average Rating:

 87 (2,376 votes)

Comments:

159

3.

Who's Next 

 The Who

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,130 charts

Rank Score:

24,174

Rank in 1971:

2

Rank in 1970s:

10

Overall Rank:

40

Average Rating:

 86 (2,486 votes)

Comments:

200

4.

Sticky Fingers 

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,590 charts

Rank Score:

19,292

Rank in 1971:

5

Rank in 1970s:

19

Overall Rank:

57

Average Rating:

 86 (1,863 votes)

Comments:

134

5.

What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,567 charts

Rank Score:

19,704

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 85 (1,884 votes)

Comments:

143

6.

Blue 

 Joni Mitchell

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,329 charts

Rank Score:

17,086

Rank in 1971:

6

Rank in 1970s:

21

Overall Rank:

76

Average Rating:

 85 (1,450 votes)

Comments:

108

7.

Meddle 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,091 charts

Rank Score:

10,250

Rank in 1971:

7

Rank in 1970s:

38

Overall Rank:

148

Average Rating:

 84 (1,925 votes)

Comments:

103

8.

Hot Rocks 1964–1971 
Compilation

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

820

Rank in 1971:

46

Rank in 1970s:

389

Overall Rank:

2,024

Average Rating:

 84 (263 votes)

Comments:

9

9.

Fragile 

 Yes

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

781 charts

Rank Score:

7,019

Rank in 1971:

11

Rank in 1970s:

60

Overall Rank:

247

Average Rating:

 84 (1,064 votes)

Comments:

56

10.

Master Of Reality 

 Black Sabbath

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

674 charts

Rank Score:

5,729

Rank in 1971:

13

Rank in 1970s:

80

Overall Rank:

315

Average Rating:

 84 (1,006 votes)

Comments:

49

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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).