Top 94 Music Albums of the 1970s by briggs54

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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)

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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2015]
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1971
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1974
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1977
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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2015]
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[First added to this chart: 07/27/2015]
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Top 94 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year Albums %


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%
Artist Albums %


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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Country Albums %


United States 44 47%
United Kingdom 24 26%
Germany 9 10%
Jamaica 5 5%
Mixed Nationality 3 3%
France 2 2%
Canada 2 2%
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Live? Albums %
No 92 98%
Yes 2 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 93 99%
Yes 1 1%

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Nice list. A lot of those artists I haven't heard of. Love seeing more than one Funkadelic album.
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