Top-rated albums of the 1970s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1970s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings.)

Rank	Album	Artist
1.	The Dark Side Of The Moon	Pink Floyd
	Year of Release: 1973 Appears in: 3,336 charts Rank in 1973: 1 Rank Score: 173,863 Rank in 1970s 1 Overall Rank: 2 Average Rating:  92/100 (4,170 votes) Comments: 462 comments
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2.	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
	Year of Release: 1975 Appears in: 2,323 charts Rank in 1975: 1 Rank Score: 102,065 Rank in 1970s 3 Overall Rank: 11 Average Rating:  91/100 (3,079 votes) Comments: 243 comments
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3.	The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars	David Bowie
	Year of Release: 1972 Appears in: 2,319 charts Rank in 1972: 1 Rank Score: 93,228 Rank in 1970s 5 Overall Rank: 16 Average Rating:  90/100 (2,661 votes) Comments: 233 comments
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4.	Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin
	Year of Release: 1971 Appears in: 2,461 charts Rank in 1971: 1 Rank Score: 104,563 Rank in 1970s 2 Overall Rank: 7 Average Rating:  90/100 (3,174 votes) Comments: 243 comments
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5.	Hunky Dory	David Bowie
	Year of Release: 1971 Appears in: 1,376 charts Rank in 1971: 3 Rank Score: 40,820 Rank in 1970s 13 Overall Rank: 49 Average Rating:  88/100 (1,835 votes) Comments: 117 comments
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6.	Animals	Pink Floyd
	Year of Release: 1977 Appears in: 1,314 charts Rank in 1977: 2 Rank Score: 44,838 Rank in 1970s 12 Overall Rank: 42 Average Rating:  88/100 (2,060 votes) Comments: 139 comments
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7.	Pink Moon	Nick Drake
	Year of Release: 1972 Appears in: 1,160 charts Rank in 1972: 3 Rank Score: 33,902 Rank in 1970s 17 Overall Rank: 63 Average Rating:  87/100 (1,376 votes) Comments: 118 comments
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8.	Blood On The Tracks	Bob Dylan
	Year of Release: 1975 Appears in: 1,396 charts Rank in 1975: 2 Rank Score: 49,283 Rank in 1970s 11 Overall Rank: 35 Average Rating:  87/100 (1,677 votes) Comments: 122 comments
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9.	London Calling	The Clash
	Year of Release: 1979 Appears in: 2,251 charts Rank in 1979: 1 Rank Score: 94,216 Rank in 1970s 4 Overall Rank: 15 Average Rating:  87/100 (2,508 votes) Comments: 214 comments
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10.	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division
	Year of Release: 1979 Appears in: 1,510 charts Rank in 1979: 3 Rank Score: 49,804 Rank in 1970s 10 Overall Rank: 33 Average Rating:  87/100 (1,767 votes) Comments: 148 comments
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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 73/100).