Top 92 Music Albums of the 1970s
by LittleMatt 
- Chart updated: 06/20/2022 15:45
- (Created: 12/27/2014 13:50).
- Chart size: 92 albums.
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Wish You Were Here United Kingdom Pink Floyd
Genre: Progressive Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Wish You Were Here, Welcome To The Machine, Have a Cigar. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Genre: Progressive Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Wish You Were Here, Welcome To The Machine, Have a Cigar. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1975
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41,510
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Genre: Folk Rock, Pop
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: The Boxer, Why Don't You Write Me, Song For The Asking [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: The Boxer, Why Don't You Write Me, Song For The Asking [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1970
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11,664
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Genre: Folk Rock, Southern Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Alabama, Heart of Gold, Old Man. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Alabama, Heart of Gold, Old Man. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1972
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11,579
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Genre: Soft Rock, Hard Rock.
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Victim Of Love, Pretty Maids All In A Row, Hotel California. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Victim Of Love, Pretty Maids All In A Row, Hotel California. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1976
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6,007
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Genre: Soft Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock.
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: The Chain, Go Your Own Way, Don't Stop. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: The Chain, Go Your Own Way, Don't Stop. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1977
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29,114
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Genre: Folk Rock, Hard Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Tangerine, Out On The Tiles, Thats The Way. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Tangerine, Out On The Tiles, Thats The Way. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
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1970
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7,870
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Genre: Folk Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Pink Moon, Know, Horn. [First added to this chart: 05/29/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Pink Moon, Know, Horn. [First added to this chart: 05/29/2015]
Year of Release:
1972
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16,586
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Genre: Hard Rock, Folk Rock, Blues
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Battle of Evermore, Going To California, Stairway To Heaven [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Battle of Evermore, Going To California, Stairway To Heaven [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1971
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36,078
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Genre: Progressive Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: One of These Days, Fearless, Echoes [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: One of These Days, Fearless, Echoes [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1971
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8,251
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Genre: Progressive Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Dogs, Pigs, Pigs on a Wing. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Dogs, Pigs, Pigs on a Wing. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1977
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21,067
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Total albums: 92. Page 1 of 10
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Top 92 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 7 | 8% | |
| 1971 | 10 | 11% | |
| 1972 | 11 | 12% | |
| 1973 | 10 | 11% | |
| 1974 | 9 | 10% | |
| 1975 | 11 | 12% | |
| 1976 | 13 | 14% | |
| 1977 | 7 | 8% | |
| 1978 | 7 | 8% | |
| 1979 | 7 | 8% |
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| Pink Floyd | 6 | 7% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5% | |
| Neil Young | 4 | 4% | |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 3% | |
| Frank Zappa | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 3 | 3% | |
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