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: 3,368 charts Rank in 1973: 1 Rank Score: 175,145 Rank in 1970s 1 Overall Rank: 2 Average Rating:  92/100 (4,233 votes) Comments: 468 comments
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2.	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
	Year of Release: 1975 Appears in: 2,349 charts Rank in 1975: 1 Rank Score: 103,160 Rank in 1970s 3 Overall Rank: 11 Average Rating:  91/100 (3,133 votes) Comments: 245 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: 2,358 charts Rank in 1972: 1 Rank Score: 94,768 Rank in 1970s 4 Overall Rank: 15 Average Rating:  90/100 (2,709 votes) Comments: 237 comments
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4.	Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin
	Year of Release: 1971 Appears in: 2,494 charts Rank in 1971: 1 Rank Score: 105,560 Rank in 1970s 2 Overall Rank: 7 Average Rating:  90/100 (3,223 votes) Comments: 247 comments
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5.	Hunky Dory	David Bowie
	Year of Release: 1971 Appears in: 1,397 charts Rank in 1971: 3 Rank Score: 41,256 Rank in 1970s 14 Overall Rank: 50 Average Rating:  88/100 (1,869 votes) Comments: 117 comments
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6.	Animals	Pink Floyd
	Year of Release: 1977 Appears in: 1,324 charts Rank in 1977: 2 Rank Score: 45,092 Rank in 1970s 12 Overall Rank: 42 Average Rating:  88/100 (2,099 votes) Comments: 142 comments
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7.	London Calling	The Clash
	Year of Release: 1979 Appears in: 2,281 charts Rank in 1979: 1 Rank Score: 94,748 Rank in 1970s 5 Overall Rank: 16 Average Rating:  87/100 (2,555 votes) Comments: 215 comments
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8.	Blood On The Tracks	Bob Dylan
	Year of Release: 1975 Appears in: 1,424 charts Rank in 1975: 2 Rank Score: 49,794 Rank in 1970s 11 Overall Rank: 35 Average Rating:  87/100 (1,714 votes) Comments: 123 comments
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9.	Pink Moon	Nick Drake
	Year of Release: 1972 Appears in: 1,174 charts Rank in 1972: 3 Rank Score: 34,663 Rank in 1970s 17 Overall Rank: 63 Average Rating:  87/100 (1,409 votes) Comments: 118 comments
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10.	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division
	Year of Release: 1979 Appears in: 1,519 charts Rank in 1979: 3 Rank Score: 50,086 Rank in 1970s 10 Overall Rank: 33 Average Rating:  87/100 (1,802 votes) Comments: 151 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).