Top 25 Music Albums of the 1970s
by Vasco 
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Lenght, Main Music Genre - Original Score (if 8.8 or more=Classic; if 9.8-10=Perfect)
- Chart updated: 12/31/2025 23:15
- (Created: 05/13/2017 14:31).
- Chart size: 25 albums.
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1h21, Progressive Rock - 10 (Fucked-Up-Kind-Of-Perfect) (Comfortably Numb; In The Flesh; The Trial)
[First added to this chart: 08/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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24,862
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41 min., Progressive Rock - 10 (Orwell-Would-Be-Proud-Perfect) (Pigs; Dogs; Sheep)
[First added to this chart: 08/14/2017]
Year of Release:
1977
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22,473
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42 min., Progressive Rock - 9.7 (Classic) (Time; Money; The Great Gig In The Sky)
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Year of Release:
1973
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59,402
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44 min., Progressive Rock - 9.5 (Classic) (Welcome To The Machine; Shine On..., Parts VI-IX; Have A Cigar)
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Year of Release:
1975
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44,229
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39 min., Post-Punk - 9.1 (Classic) (Day Of The Lords; Disorder; She's Lost Control)
[First added to this chart: 12/13/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
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21,503
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39 min., Progressive Rock - 8.9 (Classic)
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39 min., Art Rock - 8.8 (Classic) (Subterraneans; A New Carrer In A New Town; Sound And Vision)
[First added to this chart: 11/29/2019]
Year of Release:
1977
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16,714
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41 min., Progressive Rock - 8.8 (Classic) (Lucky Man; The Barbarian; Knife-Edge)
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1970
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985
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52 min., Progressive Rock - 8.6 (Atom Heart Mother; Fat Old Sun; If)
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1970
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2,720
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46 min., Progressive Rock - 8.5
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1971
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8,853
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Top 25 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3 | 12% | |
| 1971 | 5 | 20% | |
| 1972 | 1 | 4% | |
| 1973 | 1 | 4% | |
| 1974 | 1 | 4% | |
| 1975 | 2 | 8% | |
| 1976 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1977 | 4 | 16% | |
| 1978 | 2 | 8% | |
| 1979 | 6 | 24% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pink Floyd | 7 | 28% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 16% | |
| Gary Numan | 1 | 4% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 4% | |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 1 | 4% | |
| Harry Nilsson | 1 | 4% | |
| Throbbing Gristle | 1 | 4% | |
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From Larcx13 11/17/2020 16:33 | #260969
Larcx13 11/17/2020 16:33 | #260969
I mean Pink Floyd is great and all but let's say I cant help but notice a certain lack of variety on this list lol.
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