Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by Hayden

This list is very silly because it could be 500+ albums and I'd still be missing stuff.

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[First added to this chart: 12/23/2014]
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1971
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[First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]
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1971
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[First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]
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1971
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6,294
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[First added to this chart: 12/23/2014]
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1971
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1,215
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[First added to this chart: 02/27/2022]
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1971
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58
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[First added to this chart: 03/04/2018]
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1971
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374
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[First added to this chart: 05/06/2021]
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1971
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266
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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2019]
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1971
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146
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[First added to this chart: 09/17/2020]
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1971
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179
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[First added to this chart: 09/17/2020]
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1971
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166
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year Albums %


1970 10 10%
1971 17 17%
1972 14 14%
1973 7 7%
1974 9 9%
1975 8 8%
1976 5 5%
1977 8 8%
1978 10 10%
1979 11 11%
Country Albums %


United States 39 39%
United Kingdom 15 15%
Jamaica 9 9%
Brazil 8 8%
Nigeria 5 5%
Mixed Nationality 4 4%
Canada 4 4%
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Live? Albums %
No 94 94%
Yes 6 6%

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From 01/09/2024 10:23
Very cool chart
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From 12/09/2020 02:20
Great list! A lot I still have to check out. Unfortunately I kind of skipped over the 70s.
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From 12/11/2018 19:30
Great chart -- acknowledges classics, makes unexpected picks, incorporates sometimes-overlooked genres and countries of origin. Probably my favorite 70's chart, leaves me with a lot to check out.
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From 12/11/2018 09:18
Really love this chart; great mix of the classics with underground favourites, great to see The Sinking Of The Titanic and Pavilion Of Dreams both so high. I think the chart greatly benefits from your international diversity; far too often do I see 'Best of the 70s' charts that fail to have anything not from US/UK/Canada. Would love to see some notes (à la your overall chart) for a perfect score!!
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From 03/04/2018 21:18
Interesting list, can't blame ya for putting Unknown Pleasures on the #1 spot (I should put it on my list too actually, totally forgot about that album). I hope I remember checking out the stuff from here I don't know yet.
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From 03/04/2018 20:23
Very nice 70s chart.
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From 03/04/2018 11:16
Lovely chart! (Maybe check out mine?)
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From 10/27/2013 18:04
I f you are looking for a musical vision of the 70s that is one of these
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From 09/30/2013 21:12
Great
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From 04/05/2012 14:23
anything which has loaded deserves a decent rating
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