Top 20 Music Albums of 1976
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My favourite albums of 1976.
- Chart updated: 12/10/2015 20:15
- (Created: 09/16/2013 00:51).
- Chart size: 20 albums.
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15 big ones by The Beach Boys... well, almost! Opener "Rock and Roll Music" wasn't the most successful choice of song to cover, but otherwise nothing but an adorable album that contains a few great original compositions besides the majority of charming cover versions of oldies. A guilty pleasure, but essential if you're a fan of nostalgia!
Favourite tracks: "It's O.K.", "Talk to Me" & "Palisades Park" [First added to this chart: 11/03/2013]
Favourite tracks: "It's O.K.", "Talk to Me" & "Palisades Park" [First added to this chart: 11/03/2013]
The real start of David Bowie as weird and spacey and now adopting "the thin white duke" persona. There's a lot of funk and soul thrown into the mix. The title track despite being 10 minutes long goes by like that!
Favourite tracks: "Station to Station" & "TVC 15" [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Station to Station" & "TVC 15" [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
Year of Release:
1976
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11,732
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Spending a day at the races is nearly as succesful as spending a night at the opera. I'm not so sure about the Japanese lyrics in "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" though!
Favourite tracks: "You Take My Breath Away", "Somebody to Love" & "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" [First added to this chart: 09/18/2013]
Favourite tracks: "You Take My Breath Away", "Somebody to Love" & "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" [First added to this chart: 09/18/2013]
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1976
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1,905
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With the title "Thirty Three & 1/3", you would've expected an album with a duration of 33 & 1/3 minutes perhaps, but the album is in fact 39 minutes & 1/4 minutes long! It includes "This Song", Harrison's satire on his court case with plagiarism of "My Sweet Lord". Overall, a strong and, compared to any previous George Harrison album, more upbeat collection of songs, at times quite funky and soulful.
Favourite tracks: "Woman Don't You Cry for Me" & "Dear One" [First added to this chart: 11/22/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Woman Don't You Cry for Me" & "Dear One" [First added to this chart: 11/22/2013]
ELO's mission: set a new world record! While not exactly the best-selling album of all time, not in 1976 either, ELO did win many new fans and had their big commercial breakthrough with the album. Practically perfect with only catchy songs and even big hits, ELO ensured stardom with infectious feel-good power and a universal sound that belongs to somewhere above the clouds. So fine an album it is!
Favourite tracks: "Telephone Line" & "Livin' Thing" [First added to this chart: 02/08/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Telephone Line" & "Livin' Thing" [First added to this chart: 02/08/2014]
Year of Release:
1976
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2,956
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The arrival of some of the finest, catchy pop tunes of all time. Knowing ABBA is knowing the beauty of existence. Truly life-affirming, delightful and heartwarming. The peak of the Swedish Beatlemania!
Favourite tracks: "Dancing Queen" & "Knowing Me, Knowing You" [First added to this chart: 01/13/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Dancing Queen" & "Knowing Me, Knowing You" [First added to this chart: 01/13/2015]
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1976
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1,376
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Desire for more Bob Dylan? You've come to the right place, my friend! This is another great 70s Dylan album which has that extra magical something just like "Blood on the Tracks" had, but with more exotic instrumentation such as violin soloing, accordions, mandolins, loads of female background vocals and so on. Should satisfy any Bob Dylan fan, but might also be able to convince non-Dylan fans who weren't sold on his stuff from his classic "ground-breaking" 60s era as it's sonically a completely different deal.
Favourite tracks: "Hurricane" & "Joey" [First added to this chart: 09/28/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Hurricane" & "Joey" [First added to this chart: 09/28/2014]
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1976
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4,065
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Songs in the key of Stevie Wonder. Lots of them! A gorgeous, ambitious journey of quality funk/soul.
Favourite tracks: "Pastime Paradise" & "Joy Inside My Tears" [First added to this chart: 08/14/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Pastime Paradise" & "Joy Inside My Tears" [First added to this chart: 08/14/2014]
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1976
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15,648
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The daddy uncool of albums, but boy, is it great danceable fun or what? Will do anything but take the heat off you!
Favourite tracks: "Daddy Cool" & "No Woman, No Cry" [First added to this chart: 05/22/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Daddy Cool" & "No Woman, No Cry" [First added to this chart: 05/22/2015]
Slade are nobody's fools. They just do their dirty work delivering a varied package that both rocks and "pops"! A perfect album to get on up to.
Favourite tracks: "Nobody's Fool" & "Did Ya Mama Ever Tell Ya" [First added to this chart: 12/10/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Nobody's Fool" & "Did Ya Mama Ever Tell Ya" [First added to this chart: 12/10/2015]
Total albums: 20. Page 1 of 2
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Top 20 Music Albums of 1976 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Electric Light Orchestra | 1 | 5% | |
| Eagles | 1 | 5% | |
| ABBA | 1 | 5% | |
| Vangelis | 1 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 1 | 5% | |
| Ramones | 1 | 5% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 1 | 5% | |
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Top 20 Music Albums of 1976 chart changes
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| Down 1 from 13th to 14thA Trick Of The Tail by Genesis |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15thStratosfear by Tangerine Dream |
| Down 1 from 15th to 16thHotel California by Eagles |
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| Wings At The Speed Of Sound by Wings |
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