Best Albums of 1976

Listed below are the best albums of 1976 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
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1976 year summaryThe best artists of 1976 were Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Ramones, Eagles, Boston, Bob Dylan, Genesis, Rush, Joni Mitchell and The Modern Lovers.
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1976
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1976
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"I just don’t get the bad ratings. It’s not in my top tier of Tull albums but I really like this album. Salamander is one of my top 10 favorite tracks by the band. Maybe it’s because this was the 2nd Tull album I heard after Thick As a Brick as I have a sibling who’s seven years older than me and ..."  [+]  Reply
- Simon_bramhall | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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Changesonebowie 
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"The remastered version of this one is fantastic! The SOUND is just wonderful. This is THE best single disc compilation I've heard of Bowie's early years, up to 1975-76. If you're a fan of his music, pick this one up if you haven't already done so!"  Reply
- rockinsteve | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1976
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"An energetic effort from Seger and the Silver Bullet Band at their peak in front of a home crowd in Detroit, which was the only place Seger had any rep at that point. This album makes me wish I was able to see this band in concert in this era even though most of Seger's future hits come after thi..."  [+]  Reply
- Villain | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1976
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"I love the Bob Ezrin produced solo records of the mid seventies. This is full of great songs that have a cinematic quality to them. You can hear the vaudeville coming through the speakers."  Reply
- Semjaza | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1976
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"White boy whipping out the N-word about a minute in. Can't play it around people without skipping that track, not unless you want to stop the party. "What was that lyric? Who's this guy? Why'd you put this on?" It kind of exemplifies the faux-bluesman-verging-on-blackface feel I sometimes get off..."  [+]  Reply
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Greatest Hits 
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"Every time i listen to this album, i really enjoy it.it not music that is seriously creative, but their is some very good versions of some songs on it. Desperado and you,re no good are the prime examples."  Reply
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