Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by Imaybeparanoid

Honorable mentions:

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo | Remember The Future - Nektar
Ashes Are Burning - Renaissance | Moonmadness - Camel | Horses - Patti Smith
Pink Flag - Wire | 2nd - Agitation Free | The Man-Machine - Kraftwerk
Raw Power - The Stooges | Innervisions - Stevie Wonder | Zuckerzeit - Cluster
Tapestry - Carole King | Force It - UFO | Cold Fact - Rodriguez | Neu! - Neu!
Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Jailbreak - Thin lizzy | Faust IV - Faust
Future Days - Can | Fear of Music - Talking Heads | Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead
Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One - The Kinks | Blue - Joni Mitchell
Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno | Songs of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen
The Madcap Laugh - Syd Barrett | Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit
Just Another Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan | Exodus - Bob Marley and The Wailers
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music | Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers
Band on The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings | Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan
Hero and Heroine - Strawbs | Third - Soft Machine | Fear - John Cale

• Chart updated: 01/15/2017 11:15
• (Created: 08/22/2015 13:57).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,129 charts

Rank Score:

60,293

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,331 votes)

Comments:

592

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,156 charts

Rank Score:

38,840

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,998 votes)

Comments:

306

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

3,007 charts

Rank Score:

44,882

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 91 (4,056 votes)

Comments:

313

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2015]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

3,015 charts

Rank Score:

43,632

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 90 (3,540 votes)

Comments:

304

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Who's Next 

 The Who

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,189 charts

Rank Score:

21,168

Rank in 1971:

2

Rank in 1970s:

10

Overall Rank:

40

Average Rating:

 86 (2,564 votes)

Comments:

201

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Cosmo's Factory 

 Creedence Clearwater Revival

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2015]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

909 charts

Rank Score:

8,303

Rank in 1970:

8

Rank in 1970s:

43

Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

 85 (983 votes)

Comments:

58

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Aqualung 

 Jethro Tull

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

748 charts

Rank Score:

5,293

Rank in 1971:

14

Rank in 1970s:

79

Overall Rank:

319

Average Rating:

 83 (990 votes)

Comments:

59

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Red 

 King Crimson

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[First added to this chart: 09/03/2015]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

893 charts

Rank Score:

10,243

Rank in 1974:

1

Rank in 1970s:

35

Overall Rank:

133

Average Rating:

 86 (1,102 votes)

Comments:

72

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Master Of Reality 

 Black Sabbath

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[First added to this chart: 08/22/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

731 charts

Rank Score:

5,546

Rank in 1971:

13

Rank in 1970s:

75

Overall Rank:

307

Average Rating:

 84 (1,057 votes)

Comments:

51

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Harvest 

 Neil Young

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[First added to this chart: 09/03/2015]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,381 charts

Rank Score:

12,450

Rank in 1972:

5

Rank in 1970s:

26

Overall Rank:

98

Average Rating:

 85 (1,729 votes)

Comments:

96

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Country	Albums	%
	59	59%
	27	27%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	1	1%

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
100/100  !	01/19/2017 00:13	CharlieBarley	477	94/100
95/100  !	11/05/2016 12:50	Seab	2,005	93/100
100/100  !	06/07/2016 16:23	chriskarman	50	93/100
100/100  !	12/07/2015 22:04	Robert Anton Wil	120	91/100
95/100  !	11/12/2015 18:50	LedZep	1,104	84/100

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From CharlieBarley 12/13/2016 17:01 | #180068

41 albums in common. Good chart. Enjoyed it. Top quality. My favourite decade for music. Great to see so many of my favourite albums. Particularly good to see I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard and Linda Thompson. Amazing record. I'd forgotten about that one. Good 70s list.

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From LedZep 11/12/2015 18:50 | #152858

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