Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by RoundTheBend

I have finished my survey of the 1970s. I fairly proud of the experience I had listening to 228 albums to bring this list together. It was done "mathematically" and on a ranking system. I don't even trust my own subjective opinion past 20 albums, so this ranking system really helped me decide on albums past rank 20. I feel this method 85% represents my opinion and better than if I were just doing opinion additions to the chart.

Some of this I don't agree with though... I tried to do it mathmatically, but some great albums (london calling, the wall, and exile on main street) I'd probably have in my top 20 if it weren't some filler... not sure what to do about that. Stay true to my faulty math or my faulty opinion...

I also excluded best of collections except for Decade... it's such a more enjoyable listening experience than any other Neil Young album.

• Chart updated: 04/14/2016 03:15
• (Created: 01/26/2012 07:50).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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97 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,132 charts

Rank Score:

60,078

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,333 votes)

Comments:

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Déjà Vu 

 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

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93.5 [First added to this chart: 04/03/2016]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

771 charts

Rank Score:

5,082

Rank in 1970:

15

Rank in 1970s:

83

Overall Rank:

336

Average Rating:

 83 (899 votes)

Comments:

57

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Bridge Over Troubled Water 

 Simon & Garfunkel

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93.1 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,288 charts

Rank Score:

12,046

Rank in 1970:

4

Rank in 1970s:

29

Overall Rank:

104

Average Rating:

 84 (1,541 votes)

Comments:

97

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Moondance 

 Van Morrison

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92.5 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

986 charts

Rank Score:

8,693

Rank in 1970:

7

Rank in 1970s:

42

Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

 84 (1,154 votes)

Comments:

76

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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 

 John Lennon

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91.8 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,108 charts

Rank Score:

9,482

Rank in 1970:

5

Rank in 1970s:

37

Overall Rank:

147

Average Rating:

 83 (1,428 votes)

Comments:

128

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Paranoid 

 Black Sabbath

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91.8 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,732 charts

Rank Score:

18,731

Rank in 1970:

1

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 86 (2,102 votes)

Comments:

139

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Imagine 

 John Lennon

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90.5 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

840 charts

Rank Score:

4,680

Rank in 1971:

17

Rank in 1970s:

89

Overall Rank:

359

Average Rating:

 81 (1,164 votes)

Comments:

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Let It Be 

 The Beatles

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90 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,082 charts

Rank Score:

7,339

Rank in 1970:

11

Rank in 1970s:

51

Overall Rank:

213

Average Rating:

 80 (2,158 votes)

Comments:

128

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Some Girls 

 The Rolling Stones

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89.5 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

617 charts

Rank Score:

3,175

Rank in 1978:

8

Rank in 1970s:

123

Overall Rank:

544

Average Rating:

 80 (964 votes)

Comments:

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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89.3 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2012]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,157 charts

Rank Score:

38,663

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (4,000 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Country	Albums	%
	43	43%
	43	43%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%

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From Jbalbinolr 11/22/2017 19:25 | #201848

Unique ranking.

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From bobbyb5 02/25/2017 18:34 | #186332

Hey, u know what? I thought the exact same thing about Decade. Sometimes a compilation takes on a life of its own and becomes something new. I only include comps with this characteristic. Because I feel comps are kinda like cheating. The few I do include are so extraordinary that it would be wrong NOT to. Hot Rocks and Supremes Anthology and a couple others. Shit like that. Its just a good idea sometimes. Heh heh.

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From Daydreamer 01/22/2017 14:55 | #183864

Very nice, Pink Floyd really dominated the 70's and it shows. I think mine won't be to different when I get around to making it.

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From Error Finn 03/04/2012 00:10 | #37780

good to see Hooker´N´Heat

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From paladisiac 02/09/2012 23:28 | #36646

Good chart. One of these days i'll make a concerted effort to check out "ABC" in its entirety.

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