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 .)

11.

Pink Moon 

 Nick Drake

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,502 charts

Rank Score:

20,127

Rank in 1972:

3

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 87 (1,802 votes)

Comments:

142

12.

The Wall 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,202 charts

Rank Score:

30,119

Rank in 1979:

2

Rank in 1970s:

7

Overall Rank:

29

Average Rating:

 87 (3,409 votes)

Comments:

261

13.

Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,917 charts

Rank Score:

24,984

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 87 (2,270 votes)

Comments:

188

14.

Marquee Moon 

 Television

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,723 charts

Rank Score:

21,751

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 86 (1,832 votes)

Comments:

144

15.

Who's Next 

 The Who

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,129 charts

Rank Score:

24,144

Rank in 1971:

2

Rank in 1970s:

10

Overall Rank:

40

Average Rating:

 86 (2,485 votes)

Comments:

200

16.

Sticky Fingers 

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,590 charts

Rank Score:

19,296

Rank in 1971:

5

Rank in 1970s:

19

Overall Rank:

58

Average Rating:

 86 (1,862 votes)

Comments:

134

17.

Paranoid 

 Black Sabbath

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,643 charts

Rank Score:

19,384

Rank in 1970:

1

Rank in 1970s:

18

Overall Rank:

56

Average Rating:

 86 (2,028 votes)

Comments:

136

18.

Low 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,487 charts

Rank Score:

19,444

Rank in 1977:

4

Rank in 1970s:

17

Overall Rank:

55

Average Rating:

 86 (2,026 votes)

Comments:

168

19.

Red 

 King Crimson

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Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

838 charts

Rank Score:

10,428

Rank in 1974:

1

Rank in 1970s:

36

Overall Rank:

144

Average Rating:

 86 (1,053 votes)

Comments:

71

20.

After The Gold Rush 

 Neil Young

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,519 charts

Rank Score:

16,294

Rank in 1970:

2

Rank in 1970s:

22

Overall Rank:

82

Average Rating:

 86 (1,738 votes)

Comments:

129

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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 72/100).