Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by PanheadWarrior

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• Chart updated: 11/30/2023 02:45
• (Created: 02/02/2017 06:56).
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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,137 charts

Rank Score:

41,499

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 90 (3,971 votes)

Comments:

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Exodus 

 Bob Marley & The Wailers

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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

782 charts

Rank Score:

6,490

Rank in 1977:

8

Rank in 1970s:

63

Overall Rank:

261

Average Rating:

 82 (875 votes)

Comments:

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All Things Must Pass 

 George Harrison

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[First added to this chart: 02/20/2017]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,219 charts

Rank Score:

12,773

Rank in 1970:

3

Rank in 1970s:

27

Overall Rank:

99

Average Rating:

 85 (1,297 votes)

Comments:

115

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Boston 

 Boston

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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

743 charts

Rank Score:

5,948

Rank in 1976:

5

Rank in 1970s:

72

Overall Rank:

288

Average Rating:

 78 (942 votes)

Comments:

84

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Who's Next 

 The Who

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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,168 charts

Rank Score:

22,561

Rank in 1971:

2

Rank in 1970s:

10

Overall Rank:

40

Average Rating:

 86 (2,533 votes)

Comments:

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Bridge Over Troubled Water 

 Simon & Garfunkel

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[First added to this chart: 02/07/2017]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,273 charts

Rank Score:

12,390

Rank in 1970:

4

Rank in 1970s:

30

Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

 84 (1,522 votes)

Comments:

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Let It Be 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 02/20/2017]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,074 charts

Rank Score:

7,562

Rank in 1970:

11

Rank in 1970s:

52

Overall Rank:

216

Average Rating:

 80 (2,141 votes)

Comments:

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Van Halen 

 Van Halen

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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

677 charts

Rank Score:

4,599

Rank in 1978:

6

Rank in 1970s:

94

Overall Rank:

378

Average Rating:

 80 (871 votes)

Comments:

68

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Paranoid 

 Black Sabbath

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[First added to this chart: 02/22/2017]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,701 charts

Rank Score:

19,040

Rank in 1970:

1

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

52

Average Rating:

 86 (2,073 votes)

Comments:

137

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Physical Graffiti 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,349 charts

Rank Score:

12,596

Rank in 1975:

4

Rank in 1970s:

28

Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

 85 (2,039 votes)

Comments:

137

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	20	20%
1971	12	12%
1972	10	10%
1973	14	14%
1974	4	4%
1975	8	8%
1976	8	8%
1977	9	9%
1978	10	10%
1979	5	5%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	5	5%
Neil Young	5	5%
Led Zeppelin	5	5%
The Rolling Stones	3	3%
David Bowie	3	3%
Jim Croce	3	3%
Black Sabbath	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	42	42%
	41	41%
	8	8%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 15 from 29th to 14th Venus And Mars by Wings (UK)

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 14th to 15th Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
Down 1 from 15th to 16th Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Down 1 from 16th to 17th Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

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85/100	06/16/2017 16:16	desh79	1,279	93/100

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