Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by TheKing 
- Chart updated: 08/14/2024 07:15
- (Created: 12/18/2016 08:47).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1972
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5,073
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1970
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2,340
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1978
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4,373
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1979
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674
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1973
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2,346
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1974
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6,370
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1971
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4,306
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1971
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2,773
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Year of Release:
1977
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29,083
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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 | % | |
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| 1970 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1971 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1972 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1973 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1974 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1975 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1976 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1977 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1978 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1979 | 11 | 11% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Joni Mitchell | 2 | 2% | |
| Can | 2 | 2% | |
| Wire | 2 | 2% | |
| Kraftwerk | 2 | 2% | |
| Roxy Music | 2 | 2% | |
| Luis Alberto Spinetta | 2 | 2% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 2% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
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Up 74 from 82nd to 8th |
Up 73 from 80th to 7th |
Up 58 from 71st to 13th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 56 from 31st to 87th |
Down 46 from 35th to 81st |
Down 45 from 17th to 62nd |
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| ! | 08/19/2024 09:33 |  Tamthebam | 656 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2020 00:21 | leniad | 670 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2020 06:39 | DJENNY | 4,335 | 100/100 |
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bobbyb5 02/25/2017 05:50 | #186307
bobbyb5 02/25/2017 05:50 | #186307
I can yell you're a person of superior intelligence just by the fact that u included Nilsson Schmillson and No Secrets and From Here to Eternity. Not enough people are wise enough to do that.
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/19/2024 09:34 | #304809
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/19/2024 09:34 | #304809
Songs In The Key Of Life is missing Lol .....but apart from that this is a solid 70's chart (Edited)
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