Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by Jimmy Dread

Ahhh the 70s - my favourite musical decade by far, and so much so there's at least another 50 albums/artists that could easily be in here without a moment's hesitation. Born on the day before the year that punk broke, you could argue that I was destined to fall in love with the decade of my birth. But look at the variety - folk, funk, MPB, soul, punk, jazz, disco, post-punk, and critically the emergence of Jamaica as a bona fide musical contender. All find a home here, and rightly so. Forever finding nuggets to shoehorn into this chart so likely to be pretty fluid - if you'd told me I'd have a smattering of jazz LPs in here a couple of years ago I'd have scoffed. Repetitions with my overall 100 generally ignored, and more comments to follow (in addition to those that have probably been here since the earth cooled). Feedback, criticisms, recommendations all welcome (unless it's anything to do with listening to The Wall, Springsteen or ELP - there's a whole slew of boring dad-rockers on BEA if that's your bag). Jimmy, January 2021

• Chart updated: 01/22/2021 15:15
• (Created: 01/24/2012 18:55).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Die Mensch·Maschine 

 Kraftwerk

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PICK - Neonlicht. Buried in the depths of my Dad's electronic music collection, behind the Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis cassettes, was a copy of Autobahn, which I took the opportunity to borrow on many an ocassion. Have always preferred to listen to Kraftwerk in their German guise - the monotone vocal meanderings of a Dusseldorffian muttering in their native tongue just highlights the beauty of the music lying in wait behind... [First added to this chart: 01/24/2012]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

640 charts

Rank Score:

4,468

Rank in 1978:

5

Rank in 1970s:

92

Overall Rank:

375

Average Rating:

 82 (734 votes)

Comments:

29

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Country	Albums	%
	38	38%
	28	28%
	15	15%
	6	6%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
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90/100  !	09/23/2020 07:14	Purplepash	1,696	88/100
100/100  !	09/22/2020 17:19	DommeDamian	1,004	89/100
95/100  !	09/22/2020 08:55	BraddlesHendo	497	91/100
100/100  !	09/22/2020 08:29	desh79	1,278	93/100
90/100  !	02/06/2020 22:37	Rhyner	1,457	99/100

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From ForegroundNoise 02/06/2020 10:00 | #247535

Your charts are always a joy to behold Jimmy, but this one happens to shine particularly bright. For a list that's limited to 1970-1979, you delicately interweave decades of memories so that your relationship with a time you experienced mostly second hand somehow transcends the limits its releases are bound to, the 70s' shockwaves rippling through your life long after 1980 came rolling around. A pleasure to thumb through- though should I really be surprised at this point?

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From WayneMC 10/20/2016 19:32 | #177227

I've invested in 3 or 4 in your list....thanks. All Brazilian albums. Now I'll check some of the reggae albums I don't know. I would have rated this 95/100 with a bit more soul.

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From meccalecca 06/27/2016 16:17 | #169997

Amazing chart. Still needs more funky stuff from Africa, especially William Onyeabor

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From baystateoftheart 06/26/2016 21:33 | #169948

Amazing chart and great comments! So much to add to my wishlist!

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From WayneMC 05/15/2016 01:02 | #165986

A few I don't know, however I'll be checking some out, certainly the Brazilian albums.

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From neilgee 09/25/2015 17:18 | #150446

Interesting 100 Jim. There's certainly a few I've missed there, which is embarrassing because I was buying records in that era (I bought my first single in 1973 when you weren't yet born), but I'll mention Sugar Minott because I only first heard him in 1980 (on the John Peel show). In fact it's mostly the raggae stuff I've missed because 80 was when I went through my raggae phase and most of my collection is from 80 and after. Didn't know much about it before then (outside of Bob Marley) so it's good to find someone who has listened to what I missed and has rated it for me!

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From daveybaker 04/26/2013 15:56 | #74496

Great chart, I shall dig out my copy of "Heart of the Congos" tonight and give it a spin. Have to agree about Chic too.

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