Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by PurpleHazel 
- Chart updated: 06/27/2019 05:45
- (Created: 09/16/2017 22:23).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/16/2017]
Year of Release:
1970
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1,896
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1970
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10,122
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Year of Release:
1973
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638
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1975
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2,374
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[First added to this chart: 09/16/2017]
Year of Release:
1971
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19,689
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[First added to this chart: 09/16/2017]
Year of Release:
1971
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4,286
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[First added to this chart: 09/16/2017]
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1971
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1,619
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[First added to this chart: 09/16/2017]
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1971
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1,421
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[First added to this chart: 09/16/2017]
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1970
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761
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1971 | 21 | 21% | |
| 1972 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1973 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1974 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1975 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1976 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1977 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1978 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1979 | 3 | 3% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| Parliament | 3 | 3% | |
| Funkadelic | 3 | 3% | |
| Betty Davis | 2 | 2% | |
| Herbie Hancock | 2 | 2% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 2 | 2% | |
| T. Rex | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 6 from 55th to 49th Before And After Science by Brian Eno |
| Up 4 from 18th to 14th Who's Next by The Who |
| Up 1 from 99th to 98th Lee Morgan by Lee Morgan |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 6th to 10th Lick My Decals Off, Baby by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band |
| Down 3 from 13th to 16th The Payback by James Brown |
| Down 3 from 15th to 18th Apostrophe (') by Frank Zappa |
| New entries |
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 Mingus At Antibesby Charles Mingus |
| Escalator Over The Hill by Carla Bley / Paul Haines |
| Roy Buchanan by Roy Buchanan |
| Leavers |
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 European Tour 1977by Carla Bley |
| Changes One by Charles Mingus |
| Lotus by Santana |
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