Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
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- Chart updated: 01/13/2013 22:48
- (Created: 11/21/2012 05:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2012]
Year of Release:
1971
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16,209
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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2012]
Year of Release:
1970
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14,772
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Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
3,607
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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2012]
Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
7,430
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1971 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1972 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1973 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1974 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1975 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1976 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1977 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1978 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1979 | 12 | 12% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| Wire | 3 | 3% | |
| Eno | 3 | 3% | |
| Can | 3 | 3% | |
| Pere Ubu | 3 | 3% | |
| Tim Buckley | 2 | 2% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 2% | |
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38 | 38% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 88th to 89th Faust by Faust |
| Down 1 from 89th to 90th Radio City by Big Star |
| Down 1 from 90th to 91st On The Beach by Neil Young |
| New entries |
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| Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen |
| Leavers |
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| Paranoid by Black Sabbath |
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| ! | 09/28/2017 15:28 |  bobbyb5 | 725 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2014 17:14 | thekrauter | 107 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2013 22:59 | brun027 | 246 | 97/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2013 08:07 |  greatson | 906 | 80/100 |
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cestuneblague 10/04/2021 21:27 | #274680
cestuneblague 10/04/2021 21:27 | #274680
C'est la superlatif. Juste... besoin d'un peu plus de francais
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From thekrauter 03/23/2014 17:14 | #107269
Wow, pretty cool chart!!!
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From greatson 10/02/2013 08:08 | #87428
greatson 10/02/2013 08:08 | #87428
The albums are good with very special and extreme music.
The whole list is to depressive for me and I don´t think it refects the spirit of the 70`s.
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