Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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Daydreamer 
- Chart updated: 07/18/2020 18:15
- (Created: 02/25/2017 19:00).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 03/13/2017]
Year of Release:
1972
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43,046
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Year of Release:
1973
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59,794
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Year of Release:
1975
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15,309
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Year of Release:
1975
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44,534
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Year of Release:
1975
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20,675
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Year of Release:
1977
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16,795
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[First added to this chart: 03/13/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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21,672
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[First added to this chart: 03/13/2017]
Year of Release:
1975
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11,665
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[First added to this chart: 03/13/2017]
Year of Release:
1971
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16,839
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[First added to this chart: 03/13/2017]
Year of Release:
1970
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18,789
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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 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1971 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1972 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1973 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1974 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1975 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1977 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1978 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1979 | 8 | 8% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| David Bowie | 8 | 8% | |
| Queen | 6 | 6% | |
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Neil Young | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Black Sabbath | 4 | 4% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 34 from 50th to 16thOn The Beach by Neil Young |
| Up 29 from 61st to 32ndExile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones |
| Up 26 from 57th to 31stTransformer by Lou Reed |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 52 from 48th to 100thMadman Across The Water by Elton John |
| Down 42 from 52nd to 94thRitchie Blackmore's Rainbow by Rainbow |
| Down 36 from 36th to 72ndJazz by Queen |
| Leavers |
|---|
| Blow By Blow by Jeff Beck |
| Santana (III) by Santana |
| Young Americans by David Bowie |
| Street-Legal by Bob Dylan |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 02/25/2022 13:52 |  IlMala | 178 | 95/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2020 21:00 | MasterOfPuppets | 174 | 91/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2020 17:54 |  buzzdainer | 669 | 90/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2018 10:57 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,830 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2017 23:14 |  bobbyb5 | 725 | 90/100 |
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From buzzdainer 07/18/2020 17:57 | #255774
buzzdainer 07/18/2020 17:57 | #255774
This is an outstanding seventies chart! You have a large number of albums by a relatively small number of artists, but who would really argue that David Bowie didn't completely dominate the musical landscape of the seventies? I've been listening to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars a fair bit lately, and it's really lost none of its allure for me over the years. "Starman" continues to blow my mind.
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| Best Artists of 1979 | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Clash | |
| 2. Pink Floyd | |
| 3. Joy Division | |
| 4. Talking Heads | |
| 5. Neil Young | |
| 6. Neil Young & Crazy Horse | |
| 7. Michael Jackson | |
| 8. Gang Of Four | |
| 9. Supertramp | |
| 10. AC/DC | |
| 11. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 12. The Police | |
| 13. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | |
| 14. Tom Petty | |
| 15. Gary Numan | |
| 16. Brian Eno | |
| 17. Buzzcocks | |
| 18. Public Image Ltd. | |
| 19. Elvis Costello | |
| 20. Elvis Costello And The Attractions |
