Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by dihansse

These were my formative years in music although upto 1974 I didn't really experience rock music consciously.
I really started to listen to pop/rock music around 1975 but mainly via pop shows on tv and radio not via buying albums. Although around the years that punk broke I started taping cassettes from my small radio. I still remember the first song that I taped was Lust for Life and the second one was Hey Jude and that song is still marked in my head with the tingling of a glass because I suppose I must have touched a glass in the neighborhood of my radio.
That was also the period I was very heavy into hard rock which very much driven by a very good hardrock show on Dutch radio called "Beton" (in English: Concrete).
In fact this must be about the most interesting decade in music (in the real meaning of interesting because the best decade to me are still the nineties) because can you think about another decade in which so many styles of music originated and blossomed? From glam to hard rock to prog to soul and disco (sorry I need to get some Earth, Wind & Fire in this chart) to punk to ska to new wave and I forget with this all the good plain classic rock records being made in this decade like Rumours, Pink Floyd classics, etc etc.

• Chart updated: 09/26/2023 20:45
• (Created: 11/05/2015 22:10).
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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2015]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,911 charts

Rank Score:

50,794

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 91 (3,941 votes)

Comments:

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Deep Purple In Rock 

 Deep Purple

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[First added to this chart: 11/06/2015]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

512 charts

Rank Score:

3,778

Rank in 1970:

18

Rank in 1970s:

110

Overall Rank:

477

Average Rating:

 81 (651 votes)

Comments:

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For Your Pleasure 

 Roxy Music

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[First added to this chart: 11/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

508 charts

Rank Score:

3,679

Rank in 1973:

12

Rank in 1970s:

113

Overall Rank:

487

Average Rating:

 80 (634 votes)

Comments:

28

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Crime Of The Century 

 Supertramp

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[First added to this chart: 02/08/2016]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

665 charts

Rank Score:

6,572

Rank in 1974:

4

Rank in 1970s:

65

Overall Rank:

268

Average Rating:

 82 (780 votes)

Comments:

52

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 12/31/2015]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,070 charts

Rank Score:

44,375

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,897 votes)

Comments:

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2015]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,041 charts

Rank Score:

71,237

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,200 votes)

Comments:

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Overkill 

 Motörhead

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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

192 charts

Rank Score:

1,049

Rank in 1979:

27

Rank in 1970s:

321

Overall Rank:

1,632

Average Rating:

 80 (238 votes)

Comments:

13

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Rising 

 Rainbow

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[First added to this chart: 12/31/2017]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

337 charts

Rank Score:

2,627

Rank in 1976:

13

Rank in 1970s:

156

Overall Rank:

687

Average Rating:

 80 (382 votes)

Comments:

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Machine Head 

 Deep Purple

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[First added to this chart: 11/20/2015]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

777 charts

Rank Score:

7,098

Rank in 1972:

7

Rank in 1970s:

58

Overall Rank:

244

Average Rating:

 83 (987 votes)

Comments:

55

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols 

 Sex Pistols

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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2015]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,343 charts

Rank Score:

11,835

Rank in 1977:

5

Rank in 1970s:

33

Overall Rank:

124

Average Rating:

 80 (1,818 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	11	11%
1971	9	9%
1972	8	8%
1973	9	9%
1974	5	5%
1975	7	7%
1976	6	6%
1977	17	17%
1978	13	13%
1979	15	15%

Artist	Albums	%
Roxy Music	5	5%
Pink Floyd	5	5%
Electric Light Orchestra	4	4%
Status Quo	4	4%
David Bowie	3	3%
AC/DC	3	3%
Lou Reed	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	62	62%
	25	25%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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