Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by ThuramThugood

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Best tracks of the 1970s (TBC - unfinished)

The Guess Who (AW) - American Woman. 98
Pink Floyd - Time (TDSOTM) 97
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin Paradiseプラットホーム 92
*Kazumi Watanabe (EW - JAP - Aug 77) - On The Horizon 91
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (TDSOTM) 91
Pink Floyd - Us And Them (TDSOTM) 88
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka] (JAP - AIH - Dec 77) - Sexy Dance 88
Pink Floyd - Breathe (TDSOTM) 87
The Guess Who (AW - re-release) - Got To Find Another Way. 86
Casiopea (JAP - Cas - May 79) - Space Road 85
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - パンプキン・パラダイス 85
Casiopea (JAP - Cas - May 79) - Midnight Rendezvous 85
* 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] (Sshower - JAP - Jul 77) - 振子の山羊 85
Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (TDSOTM) 85
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka] (JAP - AIH - Dec 77) - An Insatiable High 84
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka] (JAP - AIH - Dec 77) - E.S.P. 84
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka] (JAP - AIH - Dec 77) - Sundrops 84
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin ParadiseInamura-Ga-Saki 84
Casiopea (JAP - Cas - May 79) - Tears Of The Star 84
Pink Floyd - Money (TDSOTM) 84
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka] (JAP - AIH - Dec 77) - Good (Bad?) Old Days 83
The Guess Who (AW) - 8:15. 83
Casiopea (JAP - Cas - May 79) - Far Away 83
The Guess Who (AW) - No Sugar Tonight /New Mother Nature. 83
Casiopea (JAP - Cas - May 79) - Dream Hill 83
The Guess Who (AW) - Proper Stranger. 83
Pink Floyd - Eclipse (TDSOTM) 83
The Guess Who (AW) - No Time. 82
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin Paradiseサンディ 82
* 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] (Sshower - JAP - Jul 77) - 何もいらない 82
The Guess Who (AW) - When Friends Fall Out. 81
* 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] (Sshower - JAP - Jul 77) - 都会 81
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin Paradiseフレッシュ・レモネード 80
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin Paradise遠い夏の日 80
The Guess Who (AW) - Humpty's Blues/American Woman (Epilogue). 80
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka] (JAP - AIH - Dec 77) - M 5. 79
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin Paradiseハーバー・ライト 78
* 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] (Sshower - JAP - Jul 77) - Sargasso Sea 78
* 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] (Sshower - JAP - Jul 77) - Law Of Nature 78
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin Paradiseさみしがりや 77
The Guess Who (AW) - Talisman. 77
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin Paradise風の中に 77
* 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] (Sshower - JAP - Jul 77) - Summer Connection 77
* 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] (Sshower - JAP - Jul 77) - 誰のために 76
* 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] (Sshower - JAP - Jul 77) - くすりをたくさん (So Many Medicines) 76
Casiopea (JAP - Cas - May 79) - Swallow 76
Casiopea (JAP - Cas - May 79) - Time Limit 74
Casiopea (JAP - Cas - May 79) - Black Joke 73
* 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki] (Sshower - JAP - Jul 77) - Silent Screamer 72
*Kazumi Watanabe (EW - JAP - Aug 77) - The Second Wind 72
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin Paradiseエリス 72
*Kazumi Watanabe (EW - JAP - Aug 77) - Endless Way 72
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka] (JAP - AIH - Dec 77) - Malibu 72
Super Pumpkin (JAP - PP - Mar 78) - Pumpkin Paradiseカリプソ・レディ 70
細野晴臣 [Haruomi Hosono] (JAP - Pac - Jun 78) - Kiska 70
*Kazumi Watanabe (EW - JAP - Aug 77) - Sadness 70
細野晴臣 [Haruomi Hosono] (JAP - Pac - Jun 78) - Cosmic Surfin' 70

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...To Be Continued 
United States Isaac Hayes
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Album Rating: 92.67
(556/6)

1.Monologue: Ike's Rap. 98
2.Our Day Will Come. 92
3.The Look Of Love. 92
4.Medley: Monologue/Ike's Mood I. 100
5.You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'. 96
6.Runnin' Out Of Fools. 78 [First added to this chart: 05/20/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
38 charts
Rank Score:
196
Rank in 1970:
113
Rank in 1970s:
1,044
Overall Rank:
6,619
Average Rating:
 75 (38 votes)
Comments:
2
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Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One 
United Kingdom The Kinks
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[First added to this chart: 04/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
397 charts
Rank Score:
2,841
Rank in 1970:
22
Rank in 1970s:
144
Overall Rank:
615
Average Rating:
 81 (498 votes)
Comments:
29
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Histoire De Melody Nelson 
France Serge Gainsbourg
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2020]
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
433 charts
Rank Score:
3,142
Rank in 1971:
23
Rank in 1970s:
127
Overall Rank:
558
Average Rating:
 81 (459 votes)
Comments:
15
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Radio Ethiopia 
United States Patti Smith Group
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Album Rating: 88.43
(619/7)

1.Ask The Angels. 74
2.Ain't It Strange. 95
3.Poppies. 94
4.Pissing In A River. 100
5.Pumping (My Heart). 91
6.Distant Fingers. 78
7.Radio Ethiopia. 87
8.Abyssinia. (N/a. 76. N/a) [First added to this chart: 07/22/2022]
Year of Release:
1976
Appears in:
205 charts
Rank Score:
983
Rank in 1976:
28
Rank in 1970s:
335
Overall Rank:
1,724
Average Rating:
 78 (246 votes)
Comments:
13
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Nino And Radiah 
France Nino Ferrer
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[First added to this chart: 04/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1974
Appears in:
9 charts
Rank Score:
105
Rank in 1974:
162
Rank in 1970s:
1,581
Overall Rank:
11,079
Average Rating:
 74 (13 votes)
Comments:
1
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Expensive Shit 
Nigeria Fela Kuti & Africa 70
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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2020]
Year of Release:
1975
Appears in:
243 charts
Rank Score:
1,686
Rank in 1975:
16
Rank in 1970s:
219
Overall Rank:
1,041
Average Rating:
 80 (232 votes)
Comments:
7
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Unknown Pleasures 
United Kingdom Joy Division
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2020]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
1,962 charts
Rank Score:
23,083
Rank in 1979:
3
Rank in 1970s:
9
Overall Rank:
38
Average Rating:
Top rated 86 (2,315 votes)
Comments:
190
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Low 
United Kingdom David Bowie
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1977
Appears in:
1,531 charts
Rank Score:
18,004
Rank in 1977:
4
Rank in 1970s:
19
Overall Rank:
62
Average Rating:
Top rated 86 (2,063 votes)
Comments:
168
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Black Moses 
United States Isaac Hayes
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Album Rating: 85.65
(1,456/17)

One of the most iconic album covers of all time. First side is superb.

1.Never Can Say Goodbye. 84
2.(They Long To Be) Close To You. 85
3.Nothing Takes The Place Of You. 86
4.Man's Temptation. 94
5.Never Gonna Give You Up. 80
6.Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love. (100/96). 98
7.Need To Belong To Someone. 80
8.Good Love. 84
9.Medley: Ike's Rap III / Your Love Is So Doggone Good. (81/90). 90
10.For The Good Times. 83
11.I'll Never Fall In Love Again. 72
12.Part-Time Love. 78
13.Medley: Ike's Rap IV / A Brand New Me. (92/88). 90
14.Going In Circles. 83 [First added to this chart: 05/18/2022]
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
87 charts
Rank Score:
290
Rank in 1971:
81
Rank in 1970s:
803
Overall Rank:
4,777
Average Rating:
 74 (69 votes)
Comments:
3
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Time And Place 
United States Lee Moses
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Album Rating: 85.76
(770/9)

If only ‘Dark End Of The Street’ was included, it would be a top-10 all time chart botherer.

1.Time And Place [Lp Version]. 78
2.Got That Will. 84
3.What You Don't Want Me To Be. 91
4.California Dreaming. 96
5.Every Boy And Girl. 83
6.Hey Joe. 98
7.Free At Last. 80
8.Would You Give Up Everything. 76
9.Adorable One. 84 [First added to this chart: 05/20/2022]
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
42 charts
Rank Score:
158
Rank in 1971:
122
Rank in 1970s:
1,209
Overall Rank:
7,923
Average Rating:
 80 (29 votes)
Comments:
4
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year Albums %


1970 6 6%
1971 12 12%
1972 9 9%
1973 4 4%
1974 10 10%
1975 5 5%
1976 35 35%
1977 10 10%
1978 3 3%
1979 6 6%
Country Albums %


United States 41 41%
United Kingdom 18 18%
Jamaica 10 10%
France 7 7%
Nigeria 6 6%
Japan 5 5%
Brazil 3 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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1. Giant Steps by John Coltrane
2. Sketches Of Spain by Miles Davis
3. At Last! by Etta James
4. Blues & Roots by Charles Mingus
5. Elvis Is Back! by Elvis Presley
6. Joan Baez by Joan Baez
7. We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite by Max Roach
8. Soul Station by Hank Mobley
9. Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters
10. The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery by Wes Montgomery
11. Portrait In Jazz by Bill Evans Trio
12. A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers
13. Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba
14. Ella In Berlin by Ella Fitzgerald
15. Drums Of Passion by Olatunji
16. Walk Don't Run by The Ventures
17. The Big Beat by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
18. Rockin' At The Hops by Chuck Berry
19. Presents Charles Mingus by Charles Mingus
20. Open Sesame by Freddie Hubbard
 
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