Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by album guru joe 
Awesome decade of music...Singer/Songwriter, Proto Punk, Glam, Prog Rock, Early Electronica, Heavy Metal/Hard Rock, Stadium Rock, Funk/Disco, Raggae/Dub, Punk, Post-Punk & New Wave...and much more :)
- Chart updated: 10/15/2012 12:26
- (Created: 01/25/2012 13:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1971 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1972 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1973 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1974 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1975 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1976 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1977 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1978 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1979 | 6 | 6% |
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| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 3% | |
| Kraftwerk | 2 | 2% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 2 | 2% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 2% | |
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48 | 48% | |
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36 | 36% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
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| Down 2 from 94th to 96th Selling England By The Pound by Genesis |
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85/100  | 04/28/2024 01:31 |  Purplepash | | 88/100 |
90/100 | 08/22/2020 04:59 | roberto71 | | 93/100 |
95/100 | 11/05/2016 12:54 | Seab | | 93/100 |
100/100 | 11/14/2013 14:22 |  tgarritsen | | 86/100 |
90/100 | 03/14/2013 06:10 |  ~SMiLE~ | | 81/100 |
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excellent
tgarritsen 11/14/2013 14:21
One big list of classics. I like it.
ffudnebbuh 10/15/2012 14:09
solid chart
ProfessorSquid 05/22/2012 03:45
I could quibble over the order, but it's not worth the time. As a Bob Dylan fan I would, however, have a hard time not putting Desire or Blood on the Tracks in the Top 10.
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