Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by newjlp 
So, what did I learn from this exercise? Well, it seems a lot of great punk and reggae tracks were only released as singles or EPs and weren't available on compilation albums until later decades. Also, the great Misfits "Static Age", although recorded in 1978, wasn't released in its entirety until 1997.
- Chart updated: 04/02/2016 17:45
- (Created: 02/23/2014 13:41).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1971
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1975
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1971 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1972 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1973 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1974 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1975 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1977 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1978 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1979 | 11 | 11% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Traffic | 2 | 2% | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | 2 | 2% | |
| Daniel Balavoine | 2 | 2% | |
| Roxy Music | 1 | 1% | |
| Frank Zappa | 1 | 1% | |
| Blondie | 1 | 1% | |
| Scorpions | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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47 | 47% | |
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24 | 24% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
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| New entries |
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| Queens Of Noise by The Runaways |
| Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned |
| Leavers |
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| Sabotage by Black Sabbath |
| Bad Company by Bad Company |
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