Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by 2nd-Impressions

As I listen to more albums, I'm going to update this list and add them! ^^
Here's a list of some of the albums I'm going to be ranking in the future...

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

Yes - Fragile (1971)
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (1971)
Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971)
Sly & the Family Stone - There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971)
Janis Joplin - Pearl (1971)
Can - Tago Mago (1971)
Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)

Nick Drake - Pink Moon (1972)
Alice Cooper - School’s Out (1972)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (1972)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972)
Lou Reed - Transformer (1972)

The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)
Genesis - Selling England By the Pound (1973)
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973)
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973)

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (1975)
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Starship - Red Octopus (1975)
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends (1975)

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Ramones - Ramones (1976)
David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)
Rush - 2112 (1976)
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)
Trooper - Two for the Show (1976)

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks (1977)
Eric Clapton - Slowhand (1977)
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (1977)
Trooper - Knock Em Dead Kid (1977)
Wire - Pink Flag (1977)
Simple Dreams - Linda Rondstadt (1977)

Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)
Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour (1978)
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978)

The Police - Regatta de Blanc (1979)
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
The Motels - The Motels (1979)
Fleetwood Mac - Tush (1979)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979)

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2020]
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1973
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1977
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1971
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1971
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1970
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1977
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1976
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1974
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1971
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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2020]
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1973
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year Albums %


1970 18 18%
1971 15 15%
1972 6 6%
1973 12 12%
1974 6 6%
1975 12 12%
1976 9 9%
1977 13 13%
1978 4 4%
1979 5 5%
Artist Albums %


Elton John 7 7%
David Bowie 6 6%
Pink Floyd 4 4%
Led Zeppelin 4 4%
Steely Dan 3 3%
Stevie Wonder 3 3%
Billy Joel 3 3%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 48 48%
United States 36 36%
Mixed Nationality 7 7%
Canada 6 6%
Australia 1 1%
Jamaica 1 1%
Sweden 1 1%
Live? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 11/16/2021 19:10
Great chart! Nice intro with good selections as well.
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From 09/27/2020 09:26
Same top 2 and 39 in common, great chart.
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From 08/23/2020 10:03
This is pretty great. Only a couple here I don't like and everything else I do like. Yeah, you really should get around to rating Sweet Baby James cuz it's one of the top 10 albums of the 70s. It's even one of my top 10 of all time. And Trans Europe Express is my number one album of the 70s
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