Top 100 Music Albums of 1971
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Tamthebam 
- Chart updated: 04/26/2026 09:15
- (Created: 08/24/2013 19:02).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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The first L.P. I ever owned. I still play it today a great album every track is good. Best tracks are Get It, On Life's A Gas and Jeepster the closing track Rip Off and the opening track Mambo Sun would have been great singles.
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1971
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4,677
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Another great Bowie album from the 70's (1971) this was the album before Ziggy and contains the standards Life On Mars, Changes & Oh You Pretty Things/ But the album is more than that it shows Bowie progressing as a singer & songwriter Quicksand & The Bewlay Brothers are brilliant tracks and along with Queen Bitch & Andy Warhol make this a must have album.
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1971
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18,872
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This is my favourite Stones album quickly followed by Exile On Main St. Sticky Fingers is a great album but songs such as Sister Morphine, Bitch & Wild Horses along with Brown sugar deserve a special mention.
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1971
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16,484
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1971
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18,780
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1971
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37,600
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1971
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15,820
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1971
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8,555
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1971
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1,643
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[First added to this chart: 08/24/2013]
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1971
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4,036
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 2% | |
| Ann Peebles | 2 | 2% | |
| Dory Previn | 2 | 2% | |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | 2 | 2% | |
| Carole King | 2 | 2% | |
| T. Rex | 2 | 2% | |
| Isaac Hayes | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 2 from 91st to 89thGivin' It Back by The Isley Brothers |
| Up 2 from 90th to 88thStanding Ovation by Gladys Knight & The Pips |
| Up 1 from 92nd to 91stTouch by The Supremes |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 10 from 70th to 80th4 Way Street by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| Down 4 from 88th to 92ndMessage From The Country by The Move |
| Down 1 from 80th to 81stIn Hearing Of Atomic Rooster by Atomic Rooster |
| New entries |
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| Flyback 2 - The Best Of T.Rex by T. Rex |
| Leavers |
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| E Pluribus Funk by Grand Funk Railroad |
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| 12/15/2025 11:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 156 | 97/100 | |
| 03/20/2020 04:15 | DJENNY | 4,337 | 100/100 | |
| 02/26/2020 05:39 |  Rhyner | 1,452 | 99/100 | |
| 01/14/2017 09:19 |  bobbyb5 | 725 | 90/100 | |
| 02/01/2014 15:30 | PauloPaz | 1,759 | 89/100 |
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bobbyb5 02/18/2017 11:10 | #185896
Awesome. I never had 47 in common with someone.
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