The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '70s by Planet Rock (2019)

Planet Rock is the largest rock radio station in the UK. These are their best albums of 1970s. From a readers' poll in Issue 15 (2019).
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L.A. Woman 

 The Doors

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

995 charts

Rank Score:

8,483

Rank in 1971:

9

Rank in 1970s:

47

Overall Rank:

191

Average Rating:

 83 (1,382 votes)

Comments:

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42.

Crime Of The Century 

 Supertramp

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Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

668 charts

Rank Score:

6,531

Rank in 1974:

4

Rank in 1970s:

65

Overall Rank:

267

Average Rating:

 82 (782 votes)

Comments:

53

43.

Stormbringer 

 Deep Purple

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Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

336

Rank in 1974:

73

Rank in 1970s:

728

Overall Rank:

4,215

Average Rating:

 73 (175 votes)

Comments:

6

44.

News Of The World 

 Queen

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

353 charts

Rank Score:

1,877

Rank in 1977:

24

Rank in 1970s:

204

Overall Rank:

961

Average Rating:

 77 (631 votes)

Comments:

47

45.

Inflammable Material 

 Stiff Little Fingers

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

179 charts

Rank Score:

852

Rank in 1979:

38

Rank in 1970s:

373

Overall Rank:

1,955

Average Rating:

 78 (176 votes)

Comments:

7

46.

Alive! 
Live

 Kiss

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 1975:

46

Rank in 1970s:

492

Overall Rank:

2,634

Average Rating:

 72 (228 votes)

Comments:

23

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Hemispheres 

 Rush

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

374 charts

Rank Score:

2,900

Rank in 1978:

11

Rank in 1970s:

144

Overall Rank:

612

Average Rating:

 81 (578 votes)

Comments:

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48.

Queen 

 Queen

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

216 charts

Rank Score:

818

Rank in 1973:

42

Rank in 1970s:

386

Overall Rank:

2,026

Average Rating:

 74 (406 votes)

Comments:

19

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Abraxas 

 Santana

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

578 charts

Rank Score:

3,873

Rank in 1970:

17

Rank in 1970s:

107

Overall Rank:

466

Average Rating:

 81 (650 votes)

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50.

London Calling 

 The Clash

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,758 charts

Rank Score:

35,943

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,093 votes)

Comments:

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The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '70s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	10	10%
1971	10	10%
1972	11	11%
1973	15	15%
1974	8	8%
1975	10	10%
1976	11	11%
1977	8	8%
1978	7	7%
1979	10	10%

Artist	Albums	%
Deep Purple	6	6%
Black Sabbath	4	4%
Queen	4	4%
AC/DC	4	4%
David Bowie	3	3%
Aerosmith	3	3%
Neil Young	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	58	58%
	26	26%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '70s similarity to your chart(s)

Other 1970s decade charts

Listed below are 15 charts from recognised sources for 1970s. There are also 768 user submitted charts covering this period.

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Die besten Alben der 70er	Classic Rock Deutschland	1970s decade chart	2018
The REAL 100 Greatest Albums of the '70s	Classic Rock	1970s decade chart	2020
The 100 best albums of the 1970s	FACT	1970s decade chart	2014
Die besten Alben der 70er	laut	1970s decade chart	2018
Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1970s	New Music Express	1970s decade chart	1980
The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s	Paste	1970s decade chart	2012
Top 100 Albums of the 1970s	Pitchfork	1970s decade chart	2004
The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '70s	Planet Rock	1970s decade chart	2019
Die 100 besten Alben der 1970er Jahre	Popkultur.de	1970s decade chart	2020
50 Best Albums of the '70s	Q	1970s decade chart	1998
Die besten Platten: die 70er	Rolling Stone Deutschland	1970s decade chart	1997
250 Meisterwerke aus 5 Jahrzehnten - 70er	Sounds (DE)	1970s decade chart	2009
StuBru albums of 1970s	StuBru	1970s decade chart	2017
The Top 150 Albums of the ’70s	Treble	1970s decade chart	2019
The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1970s	Uncut	1970s decade chart	2023

Other charts by Planet Rock

Year charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
The 20 Greatest Albums of the Year	Planet Rock	2019 year chart	2019

Decade charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '70s	Planet Rock	1970s decade chart	2019

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