Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by ThuramThugood

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
Buy album United States
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:
40 charts
Rank Score:
201
Rank in 1970:
111
Rank in 1970s:
1,010
Overall Rank:
6,453
Average Rating:
 76 (43 votes)
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Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One 
United Kingdom The Kinks
Buy album United States
[First added to this chart: 04/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
Appears in:
407 charts
Rank Score:
2,737
Rank in 1970:
21
Rank in 1970s:
142
Overall Rank:
623
Average Rating:
 81 (513 votes)
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Histoire De Melody Nelson 
France Serge Gainsbourg
Buy album United States
[First added to this chart: 04/21/2020]
Year of Release:
1971
Appears in:
436 charts
Rank Score:
2,933
Rank in 1971:
23
Rank in 1970s:
130
Overall Rank:
574
Average Rating:
 81 (473 votes)
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Radio Ethiopia 
United States Patti Smith Group
Buy album United States
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:
212 charts
Rank Score:
922
Rank in 1976:
28
Rank in 1970s:
345
Overall Rank:
1,823
Average Rating:
 78 (251 votes)
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Nino And Radiah 
France Nino Ferrer
Buy album United States
[First added to this chart: 04/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1974
Appears in:
9 charts
Rank Score:
102
Rank in 1974:
160
Rank in 1970s:
1,607
Overall Rank:
11,438
Average Rating:
 74 (13 votes)
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Expensive Shit 
Nigeria Fela Kuti & Africa 70
Buy album United States
[First added to this chart: 04/15/2020]
Year of Release:
1975
Appears in:
249 charts
Rank Score:
1,627
Rank in 1975:
16
Rank in 1970s:
221
Overall Rank:
1,067
Average Rating:
 80 (238 votes)
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Unknown Pleasures 
United Kingdom Joy Division
Buy album United States
[First added to this chart: 04/21/2020]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
1,983 charts
Rank Score:
21,311
Rank in 1979:
3
Rank in 1970s:
9
Overall Rank:
39
Average Rating:
Top rated album (86/100 - 2348 votes)  86 (2,348 votes)
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Low 
United Kingdom David Bowie
Buy album United States
[First added to this chart: 04/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1977
Appears in:
1,537 charts
Rank Score:
16,589
Rank in 1977:
4
Rank in 1970s:
19
Overall Rank:
64
Average Rating:
Top rated album (86/100 - 2089 votes)  86 (2,089 votes)
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Black Moses 
United States Isaac Hayes
Buy album United States
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:
91 charts
Rank Score:
348
Rank in 1971:
74
Rank in 1970s:
699
Overall Rank:
4,127
Average Rating:
 74 (76 votes)
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Time And Place 
United States Lee Moses
Buy album United States
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:
43 charts
Rank Score:
130
Rank in 1971:
139
Rank in 1970s:
1,368
Overall Rank:
9,316
Average Rating:
 80 (30 votes)
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

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