Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by ERadio

Along with the Beatles, many of these albums shaped my youngest musical opinions. Actually, #19, #23, and #35 are some of the first records I put on a turntable...Thanks, Dad!
The 50 or so AOR albums fairly represent my early musical interests, while the Punk, Post-Punk and more offbeat stuff is more in line with current frame of mind. The 70's had some great music, didn't it? Cheers.

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[First added to this chart: 06/02/2016]
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1970
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5,251
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[First added to this chart: 06/02/2016]
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1977
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6,412
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33. (=)
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1976
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6,222
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[First added to this chart: 06/02/2016]
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1972
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50,307
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[First added to this chart: 06/03/2016]
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1970
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156
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[First added to this chart: 06/04/2016]
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1970
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33
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[First added to this chart: 06/02/2016]
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1975
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23,717
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[First added to this chart: 06/06/2016]
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1973
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12,884
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[First added to this chart: 06/02/2016]
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1971
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19,352
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[First added to this chart: 06/03/2016]
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1970
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6,930
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year Albums %


1970 17 17%
1971 9 9%
1972 7 7%
1973 11 11%
1974 4 4%
1975 5 5%
1976 7 7%
1977 15 15%
1978 10 10%
1979 15 15%
Artist Albums %


Pink Floyd 5 5%
Led Zeppelin 4 4%
Marvin Gaye 3 3%
Stevie Wonder 3 3%
The Rolling Stones 3 3%
Ramones 3 3%
Neil Young 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United States 43 43%
United Kingdom 43 43%
Jamaica 4 4%
Mixed Nationality 4 4%
Canada 3 3%
Australia 2 2%
Germany 1 1%
Compilation? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 4 from 31st to 27th
Van Halen
by Van Halen
Climber Up 3 from 44th to 41st
My Aim Is True
by Elvis Costello
Climber Up 1 from 60th to 59th
This Year's Model
by Elvis Costello
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 1 from 27th to 28th
Animals
by Pink Floyd
Faller Down 1 from 28th to 29th
I Am The Blues
by Willie Dixon
Faller Down 1 from 29th to 30th
Led Zeppelin III
by Led Zeppelin

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