Top 94 Music Albums of the 1970s
by 
briggs54 
Honorable mentions:
AC/DC: Powerage
Al Green: Call Me
Anne Briggs: S/T
Aphrodite's Child: 666
Billy Joel: The Stranger
David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name
Debris': Static Disposal
Earwax: Association
Faust: So Far
Fela Kuti: Zombie
Freddie Hubbard: Red Clay
Gang Of Four: Entertainment!
Gato Barbieri: Latin America
Germs: GI
Gloria Gaynor: Never Can Say Goodbye
Groundhogs: Thank Christ For The Bomb
Guy Clark: Old No. 1
Henry Cow: Unrest
Hiro Yanagida: Milk Time
James Newton: Mystery School
Jean-Luc Ponty: King Kong
Jeanne Lee: Conspiracy
Joe McPhee: Nation Time
John Martyn: Inside Out
Judee Sill: S/T
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Leo Kottke: 6 & 12 String Guitar (1971)
Linda Perhacs: Parallelograms (1970)
Magma: Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh
McCoy Tyner: Enlightenment (1973)
Michael Hoenig: Departure From The Northern Wasteland
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells
Milton Nascimento: Clube Da Esquina (1972)
New York Dolls: S/T (1973)
Nick Drake: Bryter Layter (1970)
Norma Winstone: Edge of Time
Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction (1971)
Pataphonie: Le Matin Blanc (1978)
Patti Smith: Radio Ethiopia
Paul Motian: Conception Vessel
Pere Ubu: Dub Housing
Peter Green: The End Of The Game
Phoebe Snow: S/T
Ralph Towner: Diary
Randy Newman: 12 Songs (1970)
Randy Weston: Blues To Africa
Rod Stewart-Every Picture Tells A Story
Roy Harper: Stormcock (1971)
Sam Rivers: Streams
Sun Ra: Space Is The Place (1973)
Taj Mahal Travellers: July 15 1972 (1972)
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks: Everything
Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts
Warren Zevon: S/T
Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric
Wild Tchoupitoulas: S/T (1976)
Yabby You: Conquering Lion (1972)
- Chart updated: 07/25/2017 15:45
- (Created: 06/09/2014 10:33).
- Chart size: 94 albums.
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1972
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1972
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1971
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1974
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1971
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1974
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1973
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Total albums: 94. Page 1 of 10
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Top 94 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 12 | 13% | |
| 1971 | 19 | 20% | |
| 1972 | 13 | 14% | |
| 1973 | 13 | 14% | |
| 1974 | 8 | 9% | |
| 1975 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1976 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1977 | 10 | 11% | |
| 1978 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1979 | 4 | 4% |
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| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 2% | |
| John Fahey | 2 | 2% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 2% | |
| Faust | 2 | 2% | |
| The Clash | 2 | 2% | |
| Can | 2 | 2% | |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 2% | |
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45 | 48% | |
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24 | 26% | |
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9 | 10% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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From decemberhotel 06/26/2015 22:22 | #144643
decemberhotel 06/26/2015 22:22 | #144643
Nice list. A lot of those artists I haven't heard of. Love seeing more than one Funkadelic album.
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