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:

11,840

Rank in 1973:

4

Rank in 1970s:

33

Overall Rank:

124

Average Rating:

 84 (1,242 votes)

Comments:

92

42.

Fragile 

 Yes

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

781 charts

Rank Score:

6,985

Rank in 1971:

11

Rank in 1970s:

60

Overall Rank:

249

Average Rating:

 84 (1,064 votes)

Comments:

56

43.

Moondance 

 Van Morrison

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

948 charts

Rank Score:

9,256

Rank in 1970:

7

Rank in 1970s:

42

Overall Rank:

173

Average Rating:

 84 (1,116 votes)

Comments:

74

44.

Led Zeppelin III 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,120 charts

Rank Score:

9,019

Rank in 1970:

8

Rank in 1970s:

44

Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

 84 (1,945 votes)

Comments:

97

45.

Rust Never Sleeps 
Live

 Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

642 charts

Rank Score:

4,555

Rank in 1979:

8

Rank in 1970s:

95

Overall Rank:

393

Average Rating:

 84 (857 votes)

Comments:

43

46.

On The Beach 

 Neil Young

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Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

786 charts

Rank Score:

7,903

Rank in 1974:

2

Rank in 1970s:

52

Overall Rank:

212

Average Rating:

 84 (952 votes)

Comments:

62

47.

Fear Of Music 

 Talking Heads

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

842 charts

Rank Score:

7,296

Rank in 1979:

4

Rank in 1970s:

57

Overall Rank:

235

Average Rating:

 84 (1,061 votes)

Comments:

49

48.

Master Of Reality 

 Black Sabbath

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

675 charts

Rank Score:

5,698

Rank in 1971:

13

Rank in 1970s:

80

Overall Rank:

315

Average Rating:

 84 (1,010 votes)

Comments:

49

49.

Quadrophenia 

 The Who

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

917 charts

Rank Score:

8,539

Rank in 1973:

5

Rank in 1970s:

48

Overall Rank:

191

Average Rating:

 83 (1,318 votes)

Comments:

101

50.

Fun House 

 The Stooges

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

879 charts

Rank Score:

8,138

Rank in 1970:

10

Rank in 1970s:

49

Overall Rank:

204

Average Rating:

 83 (1,070 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).