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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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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12,025
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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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6,050
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Genre: Soft Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Beautiful, Smackwater Jack,I Feel The Earth Move [First added to this chart: 02/25/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Beautiful, Smackwater Jack,I Feel The Earth Move [First added to this chart: 02/25/2015]
Year of Release:
1971
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6,470
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Genre: New Wave
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: You're All I've Got Tonight,My Best Friend's Girl, Moving In Stereo [First added to this chart: 12/30/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: You're All I've Got Tonight,My Best Friend's Girl, Moving In Stereo [First added to this chart: 12/30/2015]
Year of Release:
1978
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5,625
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Genre: Psychedelic, Baroque Pop, Art Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Lookin' Out My Back Door, Long As I Can See The Light, Who'll Stop The Rain [First added to this chart: 02/25/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Lookin' Out My Back Door, Long As I Can See The Light, Who'll Stop The Rain [First added to this chart: 02/25/2015]
Year of Release:
1970
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8,274
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Genre: Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner, Tenderness On The Block, Werewolves Of London. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner, Tenderness On The Block, Werewolves Of London. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
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1,332
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Genre: Experimental
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: I Have Been In You, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, Jewish Princess [First added to this chart: 02/06/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: I Have Been In You, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, Jewish Princess [First added to this chart: 02/06/2015]
Year of Release:
1979
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619
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Genre: Soft Rock
Top 2 Tracks on the Album: Saturn Nights, Only In Your Heart, Ventura Highway [First added to this chart: 12/27/2018]
Top 2 Tracks on the Album: Saturn Nights, Only In Your Heart, Ventura Highway [First added to this chart: 12/27/2018]
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Genre: Art Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Why Does It Hurt When I Pee, Crew Slut, Joe's Garage [First added to this chart: 06/20/2022]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Why Does It Hurt When I Pee, Crew Slut, Joe's Garage [First added to this chart: 06/20/2022]
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1979
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Genre: Art Rock
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Cosmik Debris, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It [First added to this chart: 08/20/2015]
Top 3 Tracks on the Album: Cosmik Debris, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It [First added to this chart: 08/20/2015]
Year of Release:
1974
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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% | |
| Frank Zappa | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 3 | 3% | |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 3% | |
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