Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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Mattdup279 
I miss the easier days of worshiping dad-rock.
- Chart updated: 11/20/2020 05:15
- (Created: 06/09/2016 15:25).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1972
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40,422
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1979
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20,351
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1973
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55,876
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1971
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8,779
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Year of Release:
1979
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28,909
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1978
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2,205
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1970
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8,777
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1975
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41,535
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1973
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6,806
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1972
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1971 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1972 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1973 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1974 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1975 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1976 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1977 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1978 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1979 | 11 | 11% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| David Bowie | 7 | 7% | |
| Pink Floyd | 7 | 7% | |
| Neil Young | 6 | 6% | |
| Miles Davis | 5 | 5% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Can | 4 | 4% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
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Up 17 from 38th to 21st |
Up 14 from 45th to 31st |
Up 14 from 41st to 27th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 17 from 21st to 38th |
Down 15 from 15th to 30th |
Down 13 from 19th to 32nd |
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| ! | 02/27/2018 16:25 | Thad | 151 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2017 23:06 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,828 | 83/100 |
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Looking through your decade charts right now and I gotta say we have strikingly similar tastes. Used to have Tago Mago in my overall top 5 but changed my mind and had to switch it with Ege Bamyasi. Can is fantastic.
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