Top 80 Music Albums of the 1970s
by 
zwiebel 
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My main interest in music is 90s and 00s. I made previous decades just to show some respects to pioneers.
My 50s-70s charts are one album per band for those decades
- Chart updated: 04/12/2022 00:45
- (Created: 10/18/2019 10:23).
- Chart size: 80 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 10/18/2019]
[First added to this chart: 10/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1977
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10,389
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[First added to this chart: 10/18/2019]
[First added to this chart: 02/02/2020]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
20,418
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[First added to this chart: 10/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
42,174
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2020]
Year of Release:
1977
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Rank Score:
3,304
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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2020]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
29,114
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[First added to this chart: 10/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1971
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36,598
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[First added to this chart: 08/17/2021]
Year of Release:
1977
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Rank Score:
1,741
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2020]
Year of Release:
1976
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Rank Score:
6,858
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Total albums: 80. Page 1 of 8
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Top 80 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8 | 10% | |
| 1971 | 7 | 9% | |
| 1972 | 7 | 9% | |
| 1973 | 5 | 6% | |
| 1974 | 4 | 5% | |
| 1975 | 8 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 5 | 6% | |
| 1977 | 17 | 21% | |
| 1978 | 7 | 9% | |
| 1979 | 12 | 15% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 2 | 3% | |
| 山崎ハコ [Hako Yamasaki] | 1 | 1% | |
| Talking Heads | 1 | 1% | |
| The Clash | 1 | 1% | |
| Sid Vicious | 1 | 1% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 1 | 1% | |
| Chris De Burgh | 1 | 1% | |
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30 | 38% | |
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23 | 29% | |
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5 | 6% | |
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5 | 6% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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Top 80 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
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Down 3 from 69th to 72nd |
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| ! | 03/30/2022 22:55 | telegram | 35 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2022 06:05 | leniad | 669 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2020 17:03 |  Larcx13 | 1,139 | 86/100 |
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leniad 03/20/2022 06:06 | #283069
i have to dig into some of your choices
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Larcx13 08/05/2020 13:22 | #256716
LMFAO!! That #1 pick is hilarious. Love the shout out to Sex Pistols but London Calling is SO much better. I guess you were going for 1 album per artist, still Pink Floyd and Zeppelin should be higher than at least The Who... I get personal taste and all but a little bit of objectivity never hurt anybody. Ramones in your top 10 though hell yeah! Also you're missing Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan which is one of the best records released in the 70s.
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