Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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dmercado 
- Chart updated: 08/14/2018 04:45
- (Created: 07/03/2014 18:47).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
31,173
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Year of Release:
1977
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5,854
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[First added to this chart: 07/03/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
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1,240
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1971 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1972 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1973 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1974 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1975 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1977 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1978 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1979 | 7 | 7% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| David Bowie | 7 | 7% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| Queen | 3 | 3% | |
| The Clash | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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43 | 43% | |
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38 | 38% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 64 from 78th to 14th Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones |
| Up 55 from 84th to 29th Loaded by The Velvet Underground |
| Up 44 from 76th to 32nd Harvest by Neil Young |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 40 from 51st to 91st L.A. Woman by The Doors |
| Down 36 from 62nd to 98th Outlandos D'Amour by The Police |
| Down 34 from 41st to 75th Kaya by Bob Marley & The Wailers |
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From bobbyb5 09/15/2017 08:12 | #198034
bobbyb5 09/15/2017 08:12 | #198034
Awesome. You have to be a very smart and a very cool person to have Sweet Baby James and From Here to Eternity in your top 100. Like I do. Heh heh
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|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
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