Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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- Chart updated: 08/28/2024 21:15
- (Created: 10/03/2019 19:04).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2019]
Year of Release:
1979
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21,136
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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2019]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
30,072
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Year of Release:
1973
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5,280
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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2019]
[First added to this chart: 10/03/2019]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
1,834
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Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
7,680
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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2019]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
16,552
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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2019]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
976
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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2019]
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1975
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15,004
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[First added to this chart: 10/03/2019]
Year of Release:
1970
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8,207
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1971 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1972 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1973 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1974 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1975 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1976 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1977 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1978 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1979 | 18 | 18% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Ramones | 3 | 3% | |
| AC/DC | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 3% | |
| Nick Drake | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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47 | 47% | |
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33 | 33% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 21 from 74th to 53rdRadio-Aktivität by Kraftwerk |
| Up 4 from 34th to 30thHighway To Hell by AC/DC |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 72nd to 75thThe Cars by The Cars |
| Down 3 from 73rd to 76thBridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel |
| Down 3 from 75th to 78thNeu! by Neu! |
| New entries |
|---|
| Funky Kingston by Toots & The Maytals |
| Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus) by The Stranglers |
| Country Life by Roxy Music |
| One Step Beyond... by Madness |
| Leavers |
|---|
| Solar Fire by Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
| Live At Leeds by The Who |
| Berlin by Lou Reed |
| Crisis? What Crisis? by Supertramp |
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