Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by sszwalbenest

Chart updated: 02/07/2025 13:15
(Created: 07/25/2013 02:15).
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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

[First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,277 charts

Rank Score:

12,294

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

84 (1,525 votes)

Comments:

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Aja

Steely Dan

[First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

820 charts

Rank Score:

9,478

Rank in 1977:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

158

Average Rating:

83 (994 votes)

Comments:

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Tea For The Tillerman

Cat Stevens

[First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

532 charts

Rank Score:

3,204

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

125

Overall Rank:

550

Average Rating:

81 (677 votes)

Comments:

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Folksongs & Ballads

Tia Blake And Her Folk-Group

[First added to this chart: 03/24/2021]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

182

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Blue

Joni Mitchell

[First added to this chart: 11/11/2016]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,371 charts

Rank Score:

16,958

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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,221 charts

Rank Score:

12,730

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

100

Average Rating:

85 (1,298 votes)

Comments:

115

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Just Another Diamond Day

Vashti Bunyan

[First added to this chart: 02/12/2017]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

269 charts

Rank Score:

1,809

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

209

Overall Rank:

979

Average Rating:

80 (271 votes)

Comments:

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Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

[First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,293 charts

Rank Score:

15,937

Rank in 1976:

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

85 (1,350 votes)

Comments:

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Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

[First added to this chart: 01/02/2014]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,970 charts

Rank Score:

22,980

Rank in 1979:

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

86 (2,319 votes)

Comments:

190

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Harvest

Neil Young

[First added to this chart: 07/24/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,371 charts

Rank Score:

12,808

Rank in 1972:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

85 (1,710 votes)

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%

1970	20	20%
1971	19	19%
1972	11	11%
1973	8	8%
1974	7	7%
1975	4	4%
1976	6	6%
1977	15	15%
1978	3	3%
1979	7	7%

Artist	Albums	%

Neil Young	5	5%
Joni Mitchell	5	5%
David Bowie	4	4%
Steely Dan	4	4%
Pink Floyd	3	3%
Black Sabbath	3	3%
Stevie Wonder	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%

	40	40%
	33	33%
	12	12%
	6	6%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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Live?	Albums	%
No	93	93%
Yes	7	7%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	98	98%
Yes	2	2%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 81st to 82nd Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
Down 1 from 82nd to 83rd Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
Down 1 from 83rd to 84th Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

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Leavers
Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	AvalancheGrips	1970s decade chart	2022
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	Juneof44	1970s decade chart	2020
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	Pastiche	1970s decade chart	2025
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	decemberhotel	1970s decade chart	2015

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Best Artists of the 1970s
1. Pink Floyd
2. David Bowie
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Neil Young
5. The Rolling Stones
6. The Clash
7. Fleetwood Mac
8. Black Sabbath
9. Stevie Wonder
10. The Who
11. Genesis
12. Brian Eno
13. Joni Mitchell
14. Paul McCartney
15. Bob Dylan
16. Yes
17. Bob Marley
18. Bruce Springsteen
19. Nick Drake
20. Marvin Gaye

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