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: 3,401 charts Rank in 1973: 1 Rank Score: 176,190 Rank in 1970s 1 Overall Rank: 2 Average Rating:  92/100 (4,292 votes) Comments: 477 comments
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2.	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
	Year of Release: 1975 Appears in: 2,386 charts Rank in 1975: 1 Rank Score: 104,319 Rank in 1970s 3 Overall Rank: 11 Average Rating:  91/100 (3,181 votes) Comments: 254 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: 2,378 charts Rank in 1972: 1 Rank Score: 95,515 Rank in 1970s 4 Overall Rank: 15 Average Rating:  90/100 (2,752 votes) Comments: 240 comments
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4.	Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin
	Year of Release: 1971 Appears in: 2,515 charts Rank in 1971: 1 Rank Score: 105,966 Rank in 1970s 2 Overall Rank: 8 Average Rating:  90/100 (3,267 votes) Comments: 251 comments
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5.	Animals	Pink Floyd
	Year of Release: 1977 Appears in: 1,353 charts Rank in 1977: 2 Rank Score: 45,851 Rank in 1970s 12 Overall Rank: 42 Average Rating:  88/100 (2,131 votes) Comments: 145 comments
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6.	Hunky Dory	David Bowie
	Year of Release: 1971 Appears in: 1,418 charts Rank in 1971: 3 Rank Score: 41,387 Rank in 1970s 14 Overall Rank: 50 Average Rating:  88/100 (1,896 votes) Comments: 120 comments
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7.	Blood On The Tracks	Bob Dylan
	Year of Release: 1975 Appears in: 1,442 charts Rank in 1975: 2 Rank Score: 49,905 Rank in 1970s 11 Overall Rank: 35 Average Rating:  87/100 (1,735 votes) Comments: 124 comments
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8.	London Calling	The Clash
	Year of Release: 1979 Appears in: 2,298 charts Rank in 1979: 1 Rank Score: 94,766 Rank in 1970s 5 Overall Rank: 16 Average Rating:  87/100 (2,588 votes) Comments: 217 comments
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9.	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division
	Year of Release: 1979 Appears in: 1,535 charts Rank in 1979: 3 Rank Score: 50,264 Rank in 1970s 10 Overall Rank: 34 Average Rating:  87/100 (1,827 votes) Comments: 154 comments
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10.	Pink Moon	Nick Drake
	Year of Release: 1972 Appears in: 1,196 charts Rank in 1972: 3 Rank Score: 34,984 Rank in 1970s 17 Overall Rank: 63 Average Rating:  87/100 (1,430 votes) Comments: 118 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).