Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by 
Onater 
My Top 10 songs of the 70s:
10. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland (Born To Run, 1975)
9. David Bowie - Young Americans (Young Americans, 1975)
8. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue (Blood On The Tracks, 1975)
7. Joni Mitchell - The Last Time I Saw Richard (Blue, 1971)
6. Kermit - The Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie, 1979)
5. Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren (Starsailor, 1970)
4. Television - Marquee Moon (Marquee Moon, 1977)
3. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (Born To Run, 1975)
2. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (If You Could Read My Mind, 1970)
1. David Bowie - "Heroes" ("Heroes", 1977)
- Chart updated: 01/24/2019 10:15
- (Created: 10/08/2016 20:08).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"You who wish to conquer pain, you must learn what makes me kind. The crumbs of love that you offer me, they're the crumbs I've left behind."
Favourite Tracks: Sing Another Song Boys, Famous Blue Raincoat, Avalanche, Joan Of Arc, Last Year's Man [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite Tracks: Sing Another Song Boys, Famous Blue Raincoat, Avalanche, Joan Of Arc, Last Year's Man [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Year of Release:
1971
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"And now we rise, and we are everywhere."
Favourite Tracks: From The Morning, Pink Moon, Place To Be, Road, Which Will [First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]
Favourite Tracks: From The Morning, Pink Moon, Place To Be, Road, Which Will [First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]
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1972
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16,813
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"Richard, you haven't really changed, I said, it's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head, you got tombs in your eyes, but the songs you punched are dreaming, listen, they sing of love so sweet."
Favourite Tracks: The Last Time I Saw Richard, Blue, River, A Case Of You, All I Want [First added to this chart: 03/23/2017]
Favourite Tracks: The Last Time I Saw Richard, Blue, River, A Case Of You, All I Want [First added to this chart: 03/23/2017]
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1971
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I'm hesitant about calling this an album, but it is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
[First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]
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1978
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3,229
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"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think. Your sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the sink."
In an attempt to make fun of the genre of prog rock, Jethro Tull ended up accidentally making the greatest prog rock album of all time. It's like what I imagine it would sound like if Monty Python wrote a progressive rock album. Favourite tracks-wise, I'm using the named sections from the 40th anniversary edition.
Favourite Tracks: Really Don't Mind, Childhood Heroes, Tales Of Your Life, Childhood Heroes Reprise, The Poet And The Painter [First added to this chart: 10/10/2016]
In an attempt to make fun of the genre of prog rock, Jethro Tull ended up accidentally making the greatest prog rock album of all time. It's like what I imagine it would sound like if Monty Python wrote a progressive rock album. Favourite tracks-wise, I'm using the named sections from the 40th anniversary edition.
Favourite Tracks: Really Don't Mind, Childhood Heroes, Tales Of Your Life, Childhood Heroes Reprise, The Poet And The Painter [First added to this chart: 10/10/2016]
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1972
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"You can hide beneath your covers and study your pain, make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain. Waste your summers praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets."
Favourite tracks: Thunder Road, Jungleland, Born To Run, Backstreets [First added to this chart: 10/10/2016]
Favourite tracks: Thunder Road, Jungleland, Born To Run, Backstreets [First added to this chart: 10/10/2016]
Year of Release:
1975
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14,539
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"You see, war is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate."
This is the sound of a man who took his sadness and turned it into hope. Rather than moping about his problems, as many musicians have, Gaye did all he could to bring love and joy to as many people as he could. Call it corny and idealistic, but this is some of the most sincere and beautiful music ever written.
Favourite Tracks: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), What's Going On, Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler), What's Happening Brother [First added to this chart: 10/10/2016]
This is the sound of a man who took his sadness and turned it into hope. Rather than moping about his problems, as many musicians have, Gaye did all he could to bring love and joy to as many people as he could. Call it corny and idealistic, but this is some of the most sincere and beautiful music ever written.
Favourite Tracks: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), What's Going On, Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler), What's Happening Brother [First added to this chart: 10/10/2016]
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1971
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"A loaded gun won't set you free. So you say."
Favourite Tracks: Disorder, New Dawn Fades, Shadowplay, Day Of The Lords [First added to this chart: 10/10/2016]
Favourite Tracks: Disorder, New Dawn Fades, Shadowplay, Day Of The Lords [First added to this chart: 10/10/2016]
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1979
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"SEARCHING FOR MY BLACK DOPE, HALELELELELELUWAH!"
Side 1 is a bunch of cool, trippy, kinda spooky prog rock tracks. Side 2 is a massive, repetitive, hypnotic jam that grows in insanity throughout. Suddenly, the repetition and hypnotic rhythms of the first disc disappear on side 3 in favour of 17 minutes of scary, ambient, dissonant noise. The first half of side 4 is just ridiculous, and the second half returns to the style of the first few tracks. It's quite a journey to listen to, and not an easy one at that. But it is so hypnotic and weird, there aren't a lot of albums that can compare.
Favourite Tracks: Halleluwah, Oh Yeah, Paperhouse [First added to this chart: 10/27/2016]
Side 1 is a bunch of cool, trippy, kinda spooky prog rock tracks. Side 2 is a massive, repetitive, hypnotic jam that grows in insanity throughout. Suddenly, the repetition and hypnotic rhythms of the first disc disappear on side 3 in favour of 17 minutes of scary, ambient, dissonant noise. The first half of side 4 is just ridiculous, and the second half returns to the style of the first few tracks. It's quite a journey to listen to, and not an easy one at that. But it is so hypnotic and weird, there aren't a lot of albums that can compare.
Favourite Tracks: Halleluwah, Oh Yeah, Paperhouse [First added to this chart: 10/27/2016]
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1971
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"They check her flavor by sticking straws into her eyes."
Favourite Tracks: Hotel Overture, Escalator Over The Hill, Doctor Why, Why, Rawalpindi Blues, End Of Rawalpindi [First added to this chart: 07/08/2018]
Favourite Tracks: Hotel Overture, Escalator Over The Hill, Doctor Why, Why, Rawalpindi Blues, End Of Rawalpindi [First added to this chart: 07/08/2018]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1971 | 20 | 20% | |
| 1972 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1973 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1974 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1975 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1976 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1977 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1978 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1979 | 9 | 9% |
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| David Bowie | 7 | 7% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Neil Young | 5 | 5% | |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 3% | |
| Brian Eno | 3 | 3% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 3 | 3% | |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 3% | |
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42 | 42% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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10 | 10% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 21 from 40th to 19thBitches Brew by Miles Davis |
| Up 7 from 23rd to 16thThe Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis |
| Up 4 from 22nd to 18thSun Ship by John Coltrane |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 16th to 20thWish You Were Here by Pink Floyd |
| Down 4 from 17th to 21stThe Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd |
| Down 4 from 19th to 23rdMarquee Moon by Television |
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Great chart
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nice chart
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LedZep 03/04/2017 23:31 | #186834
Gotta listen to Supertramp! Great chart, and really tough choice that Thick as a Brick song.
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