Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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NickVolos 
- Chart updated: 11/03/2015 17:45
- (Created: 10/10/2013 22:13).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 10/10/2013]
Year of Release:
1973
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Year of Release:
1970
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[First added to this chart: 10/14/2013]
Year of Release:
1974
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1970
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[First added to this chart: 10/10/2013]
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1971
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1971 | 20 | 20% | |
| 1972 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1973 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1974 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1975 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1976 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1977 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1978 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1979 | 3 | 3% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Can | 3 | 3% | |
| Black Sabbath | 2 | 2% | |
| Wire | 2 | 2% | |
| Grateful Dead | 2 | 2% | |
| J.J. Cale | 2 | 2% | |
| Pavlov's Dog | 2 | 2% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 2% | |
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43 | 43% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 34 from 77th to 43rd Ege Bamyası by Can |
| Up 23 from 57th to 34th Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd |
| Up 7 from 48th to 41st The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 40th to 44th #1 Record by Big Star |
| Down 4 from 41st to 45th Another Green World by Eno |
| Down 4 from 42nd to 46th The Cosmic Jokers by The Cosmic Jokers |
| New entries |
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| Salisbury by Uriah Heep |
| Deuce by Rory Gallagher |
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| ! | 01/06/2021 11:29 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2020 23:52 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2020 14:04 | Emiliano | 14 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2018 10:07 |  phantom1305 | 291 | 92/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2017 00:11 |  bobbyb5 | 725 | 90/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 90.4/100, a mean average of 93.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.6/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 3.5.
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From bobbyb5 08/21/2017 00:11 | #196432
bobbyb5 08/21/2017 00:11 | #196432
Wow!!
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From Steppenwolf666 11/27/2015 12:53 | #153568
Very good and interesting list, maybe I should re-listen to Pavlovs Dog - I don't remember them being that good, but it was a long time ago.
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From thekrauter 01/19/2014 22:04 | #101017
Outstanding chart - love to see Hölderlin (even if No. 2 is a bit too high)
Funny: Sex Pistols - I love them too!
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Antonio-Pedro 11/23/2013 09:35 | #94167
Antonio-Pedro 11/23/2013 09:35 | #94167
Great to see that you enjoy Kraftwerk they are better than these days DJ
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bonafini 10/15/2013 19:28 | #88473
bonafini 10/15/2013 19:28 | #88473
I'm a little ashamed. I know like 10% of your choices... I'll have to start listening to krautrock sometime soon, I guess.
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sssvnnn 10/12/2013 22:27 | #88332
sssvnnn 10/12/2013 22:27 | #88332
Hello NickVolos, that is an impressing Krautrock Progrock list! You seem to be a big Kraut expert.
Nice to have some pre-punk, pre-wave bands in the end.
When are you going to puplish your Classical, Jazz and World music collections?
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| Best Artists of 1977 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. Television | |
| 5. Sex Pistols | |
| 6. Steely Dan | |
| 7. Billy Joel | |
| 8. Bob Marley & The Wailers | |
| 9. Bob Marley | |
| 10. The Clash | |
| 11. Iggy Pop | |
| 12. Kraftwerk | |
| 13. Wire | |
| 14. Ramones | |
| 15. Elvis Costello | |
| 16. Electric Light Orchestra | |
| 17. Talking Heads | |
| 18. Suicide | |
| 19. Meat Loaf | |
| 20. Fela Kuti |
