Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by bertrandu

Updated Jul 5 2019

Rating of # 1 : 5/5
Rating of # 100 : 4,64/5
Average rating : 4,93/5

• Chart updated: 07/05/2019 10:15
• (Created: 03/12/2014 20:12).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Pink Moon 

 Nick Drake

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[First added to this chart: 05/21/2014]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,503 charts

Rank Score:

20,146

Rank in 1972:

3

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 87 (1,805 votes)

Comments:

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Future Days 

 Can

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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

508 charts

Rank Score:

5,170

Rank in 1973:

10

Rank in 1970s:

88

Overall Rank:

348

Average Rating:

 83 (564 votes)

Comments:

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Harvest 

 Neil Young

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[First added to this chart: 03/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,322 charts

Rank Score:

13,193

Rank in 1972:

5

Rank in 1970s:

30

Overall Rank:

107

Average Rating:

 84 (1,667 votes)

Comments:

95

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Transformer 

 Lou Reed

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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2014]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,212 charts

Rank Score:

11,133

Rank in 1972:

6

Rank in 1970s:

35

Overall Rank:

137

Average Rating:

 83 (1,509 votes)

Comments:

89

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Berlin 

 Lou Reed

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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

465 charts

Rank Score:

3,237

Rank in 1973:

16

Rank in 1970s:

127

Overall Rank:

554

Average Rating:

 80 (612 votes)

Comments:

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Stormcock 

 Roy Harper

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[First added to this chart: 12/29/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

847

Rank in 1971:

45

Rank in 1970s:

375

Overall Rank:

1,966

Average Rating:

 79 (127 votes)

Comments:

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Marquee Moon 

 Television

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[First added to this chart: 05/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,723 charts

Rank Score:

21,725

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 86 (1,832 votes)

Comments:

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After The Gold Rush 

 Neil Young

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[First added to this chart: 05/13/2014]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,520 charts

Rank Score:

16,258

Rank in 1970:

2

Rank in 1970s:

22

Overall Rank:

82

Average Rating:

 86 (1,739 votes)

Comments:

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Hunky Dory 

 David Bowie

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[First added to this chart: 05/08/2014]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,800 charts

Rank Score:

22,080

Rank in 1971:

3

Rank in 1970s:

13

Overall Rank:

46

Average Rating:

 87 (2,376 votes)

Comments:

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Rock Bottom 

 Robert Wyatt

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[First added to this chart: 10/30/2014]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

427 charts

Rank Score:

4,179

Rank in 1974:

5

Rank in 1970s:

104

Overall Rank:

430

Average Rating:

 79 (548 votes)

Comments:

43

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	14	14%
1971	21	21%
1972	17	17%
1973	13	13%
1974	9	9%
1975	8	8%
1976	7	7%
1977	4	4%
1978	5	5%
1979	2	2%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	5	5%
Genesis	4	4%
Neil Young	4	4%
David Bowie	3	3%
Led Zeppelin	2	2%
Lou Reed	2	2%
Curtis Mayfield	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	50	50%
	25	25%
	9	9%
	7	7%
	5	5%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 16 from 97th to 81st For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
Up 7 from 91st to 84th Équinoxe by Jean Michel Jarre
Up 6 from 89th to 83rd The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers

Biggest fallers
Down 14 from 77th to 91st Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones
Down 13 from 79th to 92nd The Wall by Pink Floyd
Down 9 from 86th to 95th Paul Simon by Paul Simon

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Vous Et Nous by Brigitte Fontaine & Areski Belkacem
Hejira by Joni Mitchell
A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren
The Man Who Sold The World by David Bowie

Leavers
Animals by Pink Floyd
My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello
Low by David Bowie
Sail Away by Randy Newman
Breakfast In America by Supertramp
Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

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95/100	04/28/2020 15:24	pctrooper	336	88/100
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95/100	05/16/2018 16:45	LittleMatt	108	80/100
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From LittleMatt 05/16/2018 16:45

Nice!

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From buzzdainer 07/01/2016 19:01

Outstanding chart! Lots of less familiar choices here among obvious classics such as Pink Moon and Who's Next.

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From ribeiro85 05/12/2015 18:54

Fantastic chart!! RAM at the first place!! NICE! My favorite beatle solo album.

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From thedistantship 10/21/2014 01:06

ram on man, ram on

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From newjlp 08/22/2014 11:06

Some nice picks. Thanks for introducing me to Daniel Balavoine - Face Amour.. is a great album!

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