Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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Brandon8 
- Chart updated: 09/06/2025 00:15
- (Created: 05/04/2020 00:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Fav Tracks - Moonage Daydream, Starman & Ziggy Stardust - Genre - Glam Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1972
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40,735
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Fav Tracks - Rocks Off, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Happy - Genres - Rock & Roll, Hard Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1972
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18,301
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Fav Tracks - Walk On The Wild Side, Perfect Day & Satellite Of Love - Genre - Glam Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1972
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9,308
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Fav Tracks - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I-V, Welcome To The Machine, Wish You Were Here - Genres -
Progressive rock, art rock, experimental rock [First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Progressive rock, art rock, experimental rock [First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1975
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41,898
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Fav Tracks - War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man - Genres - Heavy Metal
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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18,029
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Fav Tracks - Box of Rain, Friend of the Devil, Sugar Magnolia, Truckin’ - Genre - Country Rock, Folk Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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4,200
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Fav Tracks - Uncle John’s Band, Dire Wolf, Casey Jones - Genres - Folk Rock, Country Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/12/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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1,467
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Fav Tracks - Search and Destroy, Gimme Danger & Raw Power - Genre - Proto Punk
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1973
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5,167
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Favorite tracks - Another Brick In The Wall Part 2, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell - Genre - Progressive Rock, Art Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1979
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23,453
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Fav Tracks - Sweet Jane, Rock and Roll & Oh Sweet Nuthin - Genre - Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
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1970
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6,047
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1971 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1972 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1973 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1974 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1975 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1976 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1977 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1978 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1979 | 11 | 11% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| David Bowie | 6 | 6% | |
| Lou Reed | 4 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4% | |
| Roxy Music | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| Bob Marley | 3 | 3% | |
| Wire | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 34 from 88th to 54th |
Up 33 from 90th to 57th |
Up 27 from 92nd to 65th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 21 from 63rd to 84th |
Down 20 from 53rd to 73rd |
Down 16 from 54th to 70th |
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