Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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junodog4 
- Chart updated: 07/19/2026 16:45
- (Created: 02/07/2012 09:40).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1971 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1972 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1973 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1974 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1975 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1976 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1977 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1978 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1979 | 13 | 13% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Neil Young | 5 | 5% | |
| Aerosmith | 5 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Queen | 3 | 3% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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43 | 43% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 12th to 8thThe Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 8th to 9thThe Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd |
| Down 1 from 9th to 10thBridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel |
| Down 1 from 10th to 11thToys In The Attic by Aerosmith |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/26/2022 13:12 |  Larcx13 | 1,139 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2022 09:14 |  desh79 | 1,274 | 93/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2021 21:19 |  Rhyner | 1,452 | 99/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2021 18:19 |  NowhereMan | 293 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2021 11:49 | MasterOfPuppets | 174 | 91/100 |
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buzzdainer 07/19/2016 16:06 | #171534
Outstanding seventies chart! London Calling, Some Girls, Blood on the Tracks, and Sticky Fingers are all such great albums. Also nice to see Stevie Wonder amply represented in your selections. Great work overall!
jhuik 12/14/2012 02:53 | #57852
We now have 46 albums in common and your love for Zep and the Who is just so damned appropriate. Your chart is even more typically Canadian than mine with great rankings for Gord Lightfoot and the Guess Who. Nice job all around.
Very good
RoundTheBend 04/06/2012 09:40 | #39533
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