Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by Exist-en-ciel

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Progressive Folk, Symphonic Prog, Modern Classical

8.9/10

Tracks selection: Comme un sage & Lumières de vie

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1. Proloque 8.5
2. Comme un fou 9
3. Sommeil sans rêves 8.5
4. Chanson noire 9
5. Le premier ciel 9
6. L'exil 9
7. Le corridor 9
8. Lumières de vie 9
9. Comme un sage 9.5
10. Épilogue 8.5
[First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
Year of Release:
1976
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570
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog

8.8/10

Tracks selection: The Cinema Show, Firth of Fifth & Dancing With the Moonlit Knight

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1. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight 9
2. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 8.5
3. Firth of Fifth 9.5
4. More Fool Me 8
5. The Battle of Epping Forest 9
6. After the Ordeal 8.5
7. The Cinema Show 9.5
8. Aisle of Plenty 9
[First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
Year of Release:
1973
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11,161
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog

8.8/10

Tracks selection: The Musical Box, The Fountain of Salmasis & The Return of the Giant Hogweed

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1. The Musical Box 9.5
2. For Absent Friends 8
3. The Return of the Giant Hogweed 9.5
4. Seven Stones 8.5
5. Harold the Barrel 8.5
6. Harlequin 8.5
7. The Fountain of Salmacis 9.5
[First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
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1971
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2,467
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog

8.8/10

Tracks selection: Supper's Ready, Watcher of the Skies & Can-Utility and the Coastliners

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1. Watcher of the Skies 9.5
2. Time Table 8
3. Get 'Em Out by Friday 8.5
4. Can-Utility and the Coastliners 9
5. Horizons 8.5
6. Supper's Ready 9.5
[First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1972
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5,558
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Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Space Rock

8.7/10

Tracks selection: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) & Wish You Were Here

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1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) 9
2. Welcome to the Machine 8.5
3. Have a Cigar 8.5
4. Wish You Were Here 9
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9) 8.5
[First added to this chart: 08/29/2022]
Year of Release:
1975
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47,822
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog

8.7/10

Track selection: The Knife (live)

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1. Watcher of the Skies 8.5
2. Get 'Em Out by Friday 8.5
3. The Return of the Giant Hogweed 8.5
4. The Musical Box 9
5. The Knife 9
[First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
214
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Progressive Rock, Rock Opera, Symphonic Prog

8.7/10

Tracks selection: In the Cage, Carpet Crawl, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

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1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 9
2. Fly on a Windshield 9
3. Broadway Melody of 1974 8.5
4. Cuckoo Cocoon 8.5
5. In the Cage 9.5
6. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging 8.5
7. Back in N.Y.C. 9
8. Hairless Heart 8.5
9. Counting Out Time 8.5
10. Carpet Crawl 9.5
11. The Chamber of 32 Doors 8.5
12. Lilywhite Lilith 8.5
13. The Waiting Room 9
14. Anyway 8.5
15. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist 8.5
16. The Lamia 8.5
17. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats 8.5
18. The Colony of Slippermen 9
19. Ravine 8
20. The Light Dies Down on Broadway 8.5
21. Riding the Scree 8.5
22. In the Rapids 8.5
23. It 8.5
[First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1974
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6,952
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Symphony, Romanticism

8.6/10

Track selection: 1rst movement (Allegro con brio)

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1. I. Allegro con brio 9
2. II. Andante con moto 8.5
3. III. Allegro 8.5
4. IV. Allegro 8.5
[First added to this chart: 09/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
286
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Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock

8.6/10

Tracks selection: Time & Us and Them

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1. Speak to Me 8.5
2. Breathe 8.5
3. On the Run 8.5
4. Time 9
5. The Great Gig in the Sky 8.5
6. Money 8.5
7. Us and Them 9
8. Any Colour You Like 8.5
9. Brain Damage 8.5
10. Eclipse 8.5
[First added to this chart: 08/30/2022]
Year of Release:
1973
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66,475
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Progressive Folk, Symphonic Prog, French-Canadian Folk Music

8.6/10

Track selection: Histoires sans paroles

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1. Vert 8.5
2. Dixie 8.5
3. Depuis l'automne 8.5
4. En pleine face 8.5
5. Histoires sans paroles 9
[First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
Year of Release:
1975
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793
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year Albums %


1970 13 13%
1971 14 14%
1972 12 12%
1973 8 8%
1974 10 10%
1975 11 11%
1976 8 8%
1977 11 11%
1978 7 7%
1979 6 6%
Country Albums %


United Kingdom 41 41%
United States 27 27%
Canada 11 11%
Brazil 7 7%
Austria 4 4%
Germany 3 3%
Mixed Nationality 2 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Live? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%

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