Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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- Chart updated: 07/23/2016 00:15
- (Created: 11/01/2015 22:52).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Best Songs: Mother, Isolation
[First added to this chart: 11/01/2015]
Year of Release:
1970
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9,464
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Best Songs: Dogs, Pigs on a Wing
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Year of Release:
1977
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22,638
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Best Songs: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt. VI-IX), Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pt. I-V)
[First added to this chart: 11/01/2015]
Year of Release:
1975
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44,741
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Best songs: Let Me roll It, Nineteen Hundred & Eighty Five
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Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
6,440
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Best Songs: Cheap Day Return, Wind-Up
[First added to this chart: 11/01/2015]
Year of Release:
1971
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5,268
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Best Songs: Uncle Remus, Stink Foot
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Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
1,511
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Best Songs: Let It Be, Across the Universe
[First added to this chart: 11/01/2015]
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1970
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7,332
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Best Songs: I Don't Want To Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Want To Die, Gimme Some Truth
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Year of Release:
1971
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4,676
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Best songs: Becalmed, Over Fire Island
[First added to this chart: 11/01/2015]
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1975
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8,110
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Best songs: Pretzel Logic, With a Gun
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Year of Release:
1974
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1,922
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1971 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1972 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1973 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1974 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1975 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1977 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1978 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1979 | 6 | 6% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| David Bowie | 6 | 6% | |
| Frank Zappa | 6 | 6% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Black Sabbath | 5 | 5% | |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 4% | |
| Wings (UK) | 4 | 4% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/15/2019 03:07 | dexmc | 135 | 67/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2019 16:40 | NSPE | 350 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2019 18:20 |  Rhyner | 1,457 | 99/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2017 09:32 |  bobbyb5 | 725 | 90/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2015 16:54 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
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From dexmc 03/15/2019 03:09 | #233563
Nice chart. Nice to see a lot of Zappa, some Dire Straits...Badfinger, All Things Must Pass. Check out the first 3 Little Feat albums you might like em.
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