Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by AAL2014

I view the 1970's as popular music's finest decade. There are great acts that spawned in the 60's, 80's, 90's, and 00's of course, but pound for pound, year after year, album after album, looking at the output from the 1970's makes me feel nostalgic even though I wasn't around.

• Chart updated: 04/25/2024 01:15
• (Created: 07/15/2015 19:04).
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Born To Run 

 Bruce Springsteen

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One of the most important records there has ever been for me. Absolutely love this thing. So powerful and will always be the score to my youth and youth itself. [First added to this chart: 07/16/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,558 charts

Rank Score:

17,301

Rank in 1975:

3

Rank in 1970s:

21

Overall Rank:

71

Average Rating:

 83 (1,930 votes)

Comments:

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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Blood on the Tracks can be Heartbreaking or wound-mending depending on when you find yourself listening to it. This is my favorite Dylan album. Love his voice here, his songs, his meditations. A tremendously strong and important record for me and many many others. [First added to this chart: 07/16/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,818 charts

Rank Score:

23,541

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,136 votes)

Comments:

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Blow By Blow 

 Jeff Beck

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I adore this record and if you have any kind feelings toward the fusion era I believe you will too. Slinky and groovy and fun. Beck and his band are on fire here with some outstanding George Martin production and arrangements! [First added to this chart: 04/20/2020]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

679

Rank in 1975:

41

Rank in 1970s:

451

Overall Rank:

2,368

Average Rating:

 79 (181 votes)

Comments:

13

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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If I can just paraphrase what I say about this album on my main chart:

Wish You Were Here is one of “those albums”. You turn it on, you sit for what feels like fifteen minutes, it’s over, and you’ve been blown away once again by this amazing record.

Tight in concept and in structure, this album is an all timer. [First added to this chart: 07/16/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,918 charts

Rank Score:

50,841

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 91 (3,957 votes)

Comments:

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Another Green World 

 Brian Eno

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Another Green World resides in its own little auditory world. When you visit this world, things are different. The angular and quirky Sky Saw welcomes us to this ceiling on the floor world of abstractness.

Oh yeah, and the Big Ship is such an incredible and moving piece. One of my favorites ever. [First added to this chart: 02/15/2021]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

801 charts

Rank Score:

9,183

Rank in 1975:

6

Rank in 1970s:

43

Overall Rank:

177

Average Rating:

 83 (1,009 votes)

Comments:

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A Night At The Opera 

 Queen

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Queen reaches their apex in terms of what it means to be Queen with this one. This album is all over the place in a number of ways but man, as a whole, there’s nothing like this, only imitators in its wake. [First added to this chart: 07/16/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,385 charts

Rank Score:

13,352

Rank in 1975:

5

Rank in 1970s:

27

Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

 83 (1,883 votes)

Comments:

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Physical Graffiti 

 Led Zeppelin

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Disc 1 might be the greatest disc of a double album ever. Some gripping and foreboding classics here and it’s also when Zeppelin got "funk" music right. [First added to this chart: 07/16/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,319 charts

Rank Score:

13,367

Rank in 1975:

4

Rank in 1970s:

26

Overall Rank:

100

Average Rating:

 85 (2,005 votes)

Comments:

135

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The Köln Concert 
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 Keith Jarrett

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I love this album’s backstory nearly as much as I enjoy the music. A breathtaking set of music from the head and heart for the head and the heart. Take this record in on a walk, in the shower, over a meal, however the heck you can. [First added to this chart: 07/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

253 charts

Rank Score:

2,047

Rank in 1975:

13

Rank in 1970s:

189

Overall Rank:

874

Average Rating:

 82 (268 votes)

Comments:

7

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Believe It 

 The New Tony Williams Lifetime

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Some of the best drumming of the genre or ever, Tony Williams leaves me speechless everytime I hear him play, Allan Holdsworth's work and chemistry with Tony on this record is vivid and makes this one an instrumental album worth keeping in regular rotation. [First added to this chart: 04/20/2020]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

59

Rank in 1975:

226

Rank in 1970s:

2,360

Overall Rank:

18,100

Average Rating:

 77 (12 votes)

Comments:

1

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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns 

 Joni Mitchell

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[First added to this chart: 03/27/2023]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

302 charts

Rank Score:

2,385

Rank in 1975:

10

Rank in 1970s:

168

Overall Rank:

752

Average Rating:

 80 (393 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	10	10%
1971	18	18%
1972	14	14%
1973	11	11%
1974	8	8%
1975	13	13%
1976	8	8%
1977	10	10%
1978	5	5%
1979	3	3%

Artist	Albums	%
David Bowie	4	4%
Joni Mitchell	4	4%
Pink Floyd	3	3%
Black Sabbath	3	3%
Yes	3	3%
The Who	3	3%
Genesis	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	40	40%
	40	40%
	7	7%
	7	7%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 3 from 69th to 66th The Inner Mounting Flame by The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin
Up 2 from 74th to 72nd Curtis by Curtis Mayfield
Up 2 from 73rd to 71st Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

Biggest fallers
Down 3 from 65th to 68th I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard & Linda Thompson
Down 3 from 70th to 73rd Aqualung by Jethro Tull
Down 3 from 71st to 74th Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo

New entries
Sextant by Herbie Hancock

Leavers
Sin After Sin by Judas Priest

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95/100	04/21/2022 13:11	Larcx13	1,092	86/100
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From jdenny2018 04/24/2018 05:51

AAL, Blood on the tracks, Made in japan, and most of your 41-50 were the new listens. Thanks for the welcome, still getting used to posting in forums and what not

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From AAL2014 04/24/2018 05:23

jdenny, thanks for your comments and ratings on these charts. I actually haven't touched this chart in over a year, maybe longer. Although the albums closer to the top would probably remain the same or close to it, there's a lot of work to be done yet with this chart.

Inner Mounting Flame will definitely be here when I get around to updating it. I had yet to even listen to it when I compiled this chart initially.

May I ask what future listens you took from this?

Welcome to the site!

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From jdenny2018 04/24/2018 03:07

Solid list. Definitely gave me a couple ideas for future listens. Definitely would've chosen Inner mounting flame over birds of fire

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