50 Best Albums of the '70s by Q (1998)

Q was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. These are their best albums of 1970s.
(Official website: www.qthemusic.com)

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 Elvis Costello And The Attractions

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

344 charts

Rank Score:

1,897

Rank in 1979:

16

Rank in 1970s:

201

Overall Rank:

949

Average Rating:

 79 (452 votes)

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50 Best Albums of the '70s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	3	6%
1971	6	12%
1972	4	8%
1973	6	12%
1974	1	2%
1975	6	12%
1976	1	2%
1977	11	22%
1978	4	8%
1979	8	16%

Artist	Albums	%
David Bowie	3	6%
Pink Floyd	2	4%
Led Zeppelin	2	4%
Stevie Wonder	2	4%
The Clash	2	4%
Michael Jackson	1	2%
The Jam	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	28	56%
	16	32%
	2	4%
	2	4%
	1	2%
	1	2%

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Other 1970s decade charts

Listed below are 15 charts from recognised sources for 1970s. There are also 765 user submitted charts covering this period.

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• The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s by Paste (1970s decade chart) (published 2012)
• Top 100 Albums of the 1970s by Pitchfork (1970s decade chart) (published 2004)
• The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '70s by Planet Rock (1970s decade chart) (published 2019)
• Die 100 besten Alben der 1970er Jahre by Popkultur.de (1970s decade chart) (published 2020)
• 50 Best Albums of the '70s by Q (1970s decade chart) (published 1998)
• Die besten Platten: die 70er by Rolling Stone Deutschland (1970s decade chart) (published 1997)
• 250 Meisterwerke aus 5 Jahrzehnten - 70er by Sounds (DE) (1970s decade chart) (published 2009)
• StuBru albums of 1970s by StuBru (1970s decade chart) (published 2017)
• The Top 150 Albums of the ’70s by Treble (1970s decade chart) (published 2019)
• The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1970s by Uncut (1970s decade chart) (published 2023)

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Decade charts

• The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '90s by Q (1990s decade chart) (published 2015)
• 50 Best Albums of the '70s by Q (1970s decade chart) (published 1998)

Overall charts

• Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Q (published 1997)
• 100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (published 2006)
• 100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (published 2003)

[Q was founded in 1986 and disbanded in 2020.]

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