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 .)

21.

Innervisions 

 Stevie Wonder

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

1,150 charts

Rank Score:

13,014

Rank in 1973:

2

Rank in 1970s:

31

Overall Rank:

109

Average Rating:

 86 (1,281 votes)

Comments:

76

22.

Exile On Main St. 

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,911 charts

Rank Score:

22,507

Rank in 1972:

2

Rank in 1970s:

12

Overall Rank:

44

Average Rating:

 85 (2,296 votes)

Comments:

209

23.

Station To Station 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,058 charts

Rank Score:

13,299

Rank in 1976:

2

Rank in 1970s:

27

Overall Rank:

103

Average Rating:

 85 (1,508 votes)

Comments:

95

24.

What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,569 charts

Rank Score:

19,679

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 85 (1,887 votes)

Comments:

143

25.

Close To The Edge 

 Yes

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,134 charts

Rank Score:

14,379

Rank in 1972:

4

Rank in 1970s:

24

Overall Rank:

91

Average Rating:

 85 (1,419 votes)

Comments:

115

26.

Songs In The Key Of Life 

 Stevie Wonder

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Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,224 charts

Rank Score:

15,473

Rank in 1976:

1

Rank in 1970s:

23

Overall Rank:

86

Average Rating:

 85 (1,310 votes)

Comments:

86

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Houses Of The Holy 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

1,296 charts

Rank Score:

12,888

Rank in 1973:

3

Rank in 1970s:

32

Overall Rank:

110

Average Rating:

 85 (2,002 votes)

Comments:

116

28.

1962-1966 
Compilation

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

483

Rank in 1973:

62

Rank in 1970s:

555

Overall Rank:

3,102

Average Rating:

 85 (422 votes)

Comments:

19

29.

Decade 
Compilation

 Neil Young

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

270

Rank in 1977:

72

Rank in 1970s:

842

Overall Rank:

4,980

Average Rating:

 85 (266 votes)

Comments:

8

30.

Cosmo's Factory 

 Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

871 charts

Rank Score:

8,953

Rank in 1970:

8

Rank in 1970s:

44

Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

 85 (946 votes)

Comments:

55

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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).