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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43,409
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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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19,695
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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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9,798
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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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44,665
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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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18,729
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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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4,399
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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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1,483
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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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5,458
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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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25,152
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Fav Tracks - Sweet Jane, Rock and Roll & Oh Sweet Nuthin - Genre - Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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6,250
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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 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1976 | 7 | 7% | |
| 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% | |
| Wire | 3 | 3% | |
| Roxy Music | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| The Clash | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
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| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 21 from 63rd to 84th Let It Be by The Beatles |
| Down 20 from 53rd to 73rd All The Young Dudes by Mott The Hoople |
| Down 16 from 54th to 70th So Alone by Johnny Thunders |
| New entries |
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| Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division |
| Leavers |
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| Breakfast In America by Supertramp |
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