Top 100 Albums of the 1970s by Pitchfork (2004)

Pitchfork is an American online music publication. These are their best albums of 1970s.
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Innervisions 

 Stevie Wonder

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

1,145 charts

Rank Score:

12,915

Rank in 1973:

2

Rank in 1970s:

31

Overall Rank:

111

Average Rating:

 86 (1,277 votes)

Comments:

75

47.

Call Me 

 Al Green

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

202 charts

Rank Score:

1,245

Rank in 1973:

29

Rank in 1970s:

281

Overall Rank:

1,393

Average Rating:

 79 (228 votes)

Comments:

13

56.

Future Days 

 Can

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

507 charts

Rank Score:

5,159

Rank in 1973:

10

Rank in 1970s:

88

Overall Rank:

350

Average Rating:

 83 (564 votes)

Comments:

27

68.

Head Hunters 

 Herbie Hancock

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

485 charts

Rank Score:

3,651

Rank in 1973:

13

Rank in 1970s:

114

Overall Rank:

491

Average Rating:

 82 (508 votes)

Comments:

28

69.

Faust IV 

 Faust

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

282 charts

Rank Score:

1,923

Rank in 1973:

25

Rank in 1970s:

198

Overall Rank:

935

Average Rating:

 80 (339 votes)

Comments:

12

70.

The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,040 charts

Rank Score:

71,322

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,199 votes)

Comments:

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71.

The Payback 

 James Brown

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

445

Rank in 1973:

65

Rank in 1970s:

596

Overall Rank:

3,311

Average Rating:

 77 (119 votes)

Comments:

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Houses Of The Holy 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

1,294 charts

Rank Score:

12,887

Rank in 1973:

3

Rank in 1970s:

32

Overall Rank:

112

Average Rating:

 85 (1,997 votes)

Comments:

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77.

Aladdin Sane 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

767 charts

Rank Score:

5,952

Rank in 1973:

9

Rank in 1970s:

76

Overall Rank:

304

Average Rating:

 83 (1,275 votes)

Comments:

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83.

Raw Power 

 Iggy And The Stooges

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

778 charts

Rank Score:

6,011

Rank in 1973:

8

Rank in 1970s:

75

Overall Rank:

298

Average Rating:

 83 (1,001 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	11	11%
1971	17	17%
1972	9	9%
1973	11	11%
1974	6	6%
1975	5	5%
1976	2	2%
1977	17	17%
1978	10	10%
1979	12	12%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	4	4%
Led Zeppelin	4	4%
Miles Davis	4	4%
David Bowie	4	4%
Can	3	3%
Brian Eno	3	3%
Wire	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	42	42%
	38	38%
	8	8%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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From splashfoop 08/16/2016 00:14

El orden simplemente no me cuadra.

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From stangetzaway 07/22/2016 23:46

The best of pitchfork's decade charts

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From craola 06/16/2014 21:21

Pink Floyd's Dark Side and The Wall beat out by the Ramones and Genesis not even charting for Selling England and The Lamb? It's hard to take Pitchfork seriously.

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From GandalfORiley345 05/02/2014 02:30

NO PINK FLOYD AT TOP 10, NOOOOO

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From Mercury 04/29/2014 03:50

Pitchfork's lists are dope. This ain't no exception.

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From tgarritsen 12/10/2013 02:37

It's great they chose too give recognition too funk with the addition of Sly and the familly stone and Funkadelic so high but I think the number one spot isn't really right.

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From Mother Nature's Son 08/29/2013 11:34

4 Miles Davis, 3 Wire albums, "Meddle" above "Dark Side of the Moon"? I don't know sometimes...

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