Top 80 Music Albums of the 1970s
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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]
Year of Release:
1977
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Rank Score:
10,570
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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2020]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
21,078
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Year of Release:
1975
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44,680
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[First added to this chart: 01/19/2020]
Year of Release:
1977
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3,422
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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2020]
Year of Release:
1979
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30,890
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Year of Release:
1971
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38,663
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[First added to this chart: 08/17/2021]
Year of Release:
1977
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Rank Score:
1,731
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2020]
Year of Release:
1976
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6,897
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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 | % | |
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| 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% | |
| Radio Birdman | 1 | 1% | |
| David Bowie | 1 | 1% | |
| Francis Lai | 1 | 1% | |
| Umberto Tozzi | 1 | 1% | |
| Ramones | 1 | 1% | |
| Thin Lizzy | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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31 | 39% | |
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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
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 4 from 75th to 79th Maggot Brain by Funkadelic |
| Down 3 from 69th to 72nd A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra |
| Down 3 from 70th to 73rd Faust by Faust |
| New entries |
|---|
| A Mis 33 Años by Julio Iglesias |
| Life On The Line by Eddie & The Hot Rods |
| Machine Head by Deep Purple |
| Exuma by Exuma |
| The Cars by The Cars |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/30/2022 22:55 | telegram | 35 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2022 06:05 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2020 17:03 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
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From leniad 03/20/2022 06:06 | #283069
i have to dig into some of your choices
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From Larcx13 08/05/2020 13:22 | #256716
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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