Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by mrmcrook

The 70's was a fucking fantastic era for music. Laden with legendary bands and musicians.
I realize my chart has a few compilations and many people believe compilations shouldn't count. I have only included compilations from bands that have great music but I've failed to find a studio album from them which is worthy of a top 100 list.

Any footnotes are just personal ramblings for my own entertainment.
And to remind me of the joy the music brings before all memory is erased.

My top 100 from 208 albums from the 70's I own

• Chart updated: 5 days ago
• (Created: 09/27/2020 00:39).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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99.50 It was my older brothers record collection which gave me my first taste of music from a very young age. This was in it and one I used to sneak listens to when I could. Shows how timeless and fantastic it is as I still get the same joy out of it now as I did when I was 5. All hail the Floyd 08/24 [First added to this chart: 10/20/2020]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,138 charts

Rank Score:

60,008

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,333 votes)

Comments:

592

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The Wall 

 Pink Floyd

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96.920* When this came out, everyone had it and it was thrashed to death, specially 'Another Brick In The Wall'. So I chose not to like it as it was to commercial and I thought I was to cool to like what was popular. So it was only many years later when it had been forgotten that I had a decent listen to it and realized what the hype had been about. Now I love it to bits and listen to it often and those who thrashed it back in the day are over it. Ignorance can produce bliss. The best way to listen to this to fully gauge it's supremeness is in one sitting. A true masterpiece and the greatest concept album ever released. 12/25 [First added to this chart: 10/20/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,252 charts

Rank Score:

25,161

Rank in 1979:

2

Rank in 1970s:

7

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 86 (3,500 votes)

Comments:

268

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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91.80* The irony of this album is that even though 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond' & 'Wish you were Here' are the popular go to tracks, 'Welcome to the Machine' & 'Have a Cigar' are actually better. I think I've just been over saturated with the two main songs over the years 09/25 [First added to this chart: 10/20/2020]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

3,014 charts

Rank Score:

44,727

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

5

Average Rating:

 91 (4,057 votes)

Comments:

314

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Animals 

 Pink Floyd

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91.00 I had a dog once. He was my best mate. He's dead now. I well up every time I hear the song [First added to this chart: 10/20/2020]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,763 charts

Rank Score:

22,630

Rank in 1977:

2

Rank in 1970s:

8

Overall Rank:

35

Average Rating:

 88 (2,804 votes)

Comments:

202

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Relics 
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88.18 Put out in 1971. Worthy of having due to a number of tracks that aren't on albums. Singles, B-sides and previously unreleased. Hence I don't fully count this as a traditional compilation [First added to this chart: 10/20/2020]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

230

Rank in 1971:

91

Rank in 1970s:

926

Overall Rank:

5,786

Average Rating:

 77 (301 votes)

Comments:

12

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Atom Heart Mother 

 Pink Floyd

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85.00 The forgotten and ignored Floyd. This deserves much more accolades than it gets. There's a couple of places where they go off on experimental noise segments that let it down a fraction but overall it rightly holds it's place in the magnificent Floyd canon. Deserves to be placed higher than some of their albums ranked above it. [First added to this chart: 01/20/2022]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

530 charts

Rank Score:

2,744

Rank in 1970:

22

Rank in 1970s:

144

Overall Rank:

626

Average Rating:

 78 (1,292 votes)

Comments:

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Meddle 

 Pink Floyd

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81.66 Very good but not as epic as others. It does have some great tracks on it, 'Fearless' being my pick of the bunch. I've listened to it hundreds of times so I feel I can confidently say 'Echoes' is a bit over rated. Just my opinion, that's all. [First added to this chart: 10/20/2020]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,122 charts

Rank Score:

8,996

Rank in 1971:

8

Rank in 1970s:

41

Overall Rank:

162

Average Rating:

 84 (1,988 votes)

Comments:

103

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Country	Albums	%
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	23	23%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%

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