Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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Listmeister 
- Chart updated: 03/12/2021 19:15
- (Created: 09/12/2013 23:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Breathe, breathe in the air. Don't be afraid to care. Believe, don't leave me. Look around. Choose your own ground.
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2013]
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1973
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59,030
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We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom. Teacher leave them kids alone. Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone. All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1979
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24,570
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I was a willow last night in a dream. I bent down over a clear running stream, I sang you the song that I heard from above, and you kept me alive with your sweet flowing love.
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2013]
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1975
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766
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No one ever left alive in nineteen hundred and eighty-five could ever do. She may be right, she may be fine, she may get love, but she won't get mine, 'cause I've got you. Oh I....., Oh I..... I just can't get enough of that sweet stuff: my little lady gets me high.
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1973
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6,305
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Show me your motion (tra-la-la la-la). Show me your motion (tra la-la-la-la) Show me your motion (tra-la-la la-la). She looks like a sugar and a plum plum plum.
[First added to this chart: 04/14/2014]
I understand about indecision, but I don't care if I get behind. People living in competition. All I want to is to have my peace of mind.
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2013]
Year of Release:
1976
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5,655
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So, come on you childhood heroes, won't you rise up from the pages of your comic books (your super-crooks) and show us all the way. Well, make your will and testament, won't you join your local government, we'll have Superman For President, and let Robin save the day.
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2013]
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1972
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5,096
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Foreign lights can hypnotise. Sparkle someone else's eyes. Now woman, I said get away. American woman, listen what I say-yay-yay-yay-yay.
[First added to this chart: 02/08/2018]
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1970
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401
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No one knows what it's like to be the bad man, to be the sad man behind blue eyes. No one knows what it's like to be hated, to be fated for telling only lies.
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2013]
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1971
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20,881
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Are you gonna take me home tonight, ohh down beside that red fire light. Are you gonna let it all hang out? Fat bottom girls, you make the rockin' world go round.
[First added to this chart: 07/25/2015]
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1978
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1,035
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1971 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1972 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1973 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1974 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1975 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1976 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1977 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1978 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1979 | 10 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| ABBA | 6 | 6% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 5 | 5% | |
| Gordon Lightfoot | 5 | 5% | |
| Eagles | 4 | 4% | |
| Various Artists | 4 | 4% | |
| The Who | 3 | 3% | |
| Queen | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 71 from 86th to 15thYou Can Tune A Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish by REO Speedwagon |
| Up 23 from 31st to 8thAmerican Woman by The Guess Who |
| Up 7 from 17th to 10thJazz by Queen |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 8 from 8th to 16thA Night At The Opera by Queen |
| Down 7 from 7th to 14thPassage by Carpenters |
| Down 6 from 11th to 17thThe Rocky Horror Picture Show by Various Artists |
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| 08/11/2018 19:06 |  dihansse | 309 | 84/100 | |
| 04/08/2017 09:57 |  bobbyb5 | 725 | 90/100 | |
| 09/07/2016 06:40 |  Leonard | 342 | 88/100 | |
| 06/29/2016 02:57 |  buzzdainer | 664 | 90/100 | |
| 11/06/2014 21:12 |  thedistantship | 162 | 84/100 |
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From bobbyb5 04/08/2017 10:00 | #188892
bobbyb5 04/08/2017 10:00 | #188892
Awesome 70s chart. I'm about to make Part 2 of my 70s, and the albums u got here are most of the ones I have in mind.
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From Leonard 09/07/2016 06:41 | #174459
Leonard 09/07/2016 06:41 | #174459
Five points Lynne-Wood-Bonus!
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From buzzdainer 05/31/2016 15:25 | #167410
buzzdainer 05/31/2016 15:25 | #167410
Very nice list! Great to see Boston and London Calling on there.
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From Listmeister 12/21/2015 22:48 | #154892
Listmeister 12/21/2015 22:48 | #154892
I agree, I'd rather not have Floyd in the top two spots, but what can I do? Those two albums are the best.
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From thedistantship 11/06/2014 21:13 | #126359
thedistantship 11/06/2014 21:13 | #126359
Yeah, I dont care for Floyd taking up the top two spots
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Arthurknight 10/23/2014 04:04 | #125055
Arthurknight 10/23/2014 04:04 | #125055
omnipotent pink floyd
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tgarritsen 12/19/2013 15:35 | #98082
tgarritsen 12/19/2013 15:35 | #98082
Great top 5 and good summary of the decade
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