Best Albums of the 1970s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1970s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 7 hours ago).
"Composed, performed and produced by Jarre, a French pioneer of electronic music, the album starts with with a quiet, peaceful mood in "Part I" and it picks up the pace in "Part II" where it literally blossoms melodically and rhythmically. The musical journey transitions to "Part III", a more refl..." [+] Reply
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NickVolos | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1976
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"This is a seriously great album that would be on my chart if we had more room. It will probably be on my chart soon anyway. Ugh, 40 albums does not go very far. You explain whats great about Steely Dan really with two words; Jazz Cocaine. The bands use of cocaine has been widely chronicalled. It ..." [+] Reply
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1974
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1,888
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"What an outstanding display of guitar work that demands your attention right from the start. This is one of the best guitar performances I have ever heard on a prog rock record with them synchronising so well with the other instruments. This makes for a cohesive listen for us and one that never s..." [+] Reply
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1972
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"Brian Eno, ex-keyboardist of Roxy Music, is one of the most influential figures in rock music having single-handedly changed the course of its trajectory on at least three occasions. Firstly he fused pop and electronics in an experimental way and thus changed the very notion of what a 'pop song' ..." [+] Reply
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1977
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"Possibly the greatest live album ever made. Worth owning the album for the incredible versions of Child In Time and Smoke On The Water, the latter with a slightly different guitar chord intro to the studio version. For a live album, the recording quality is superb. An album made to live on vinyl!" Reply
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1972
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"Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno make this album one of the most brilliant that I've ever heard. You generally don't see this one in best album charts, and that's a shame. Here we have some of the most important songs in Roxy Music's history. There is some great work here with sythesizers and sound clip..." [+] Reply
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1972
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1,830
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"Autobahn suffers from 2112 syndrome; an amazing 20 minute epic on one side of the record, encompassing everything great the group had done up to that point, followed by a seemingly random assortment of good songs on the other side that pale in comparison to the first song/side, making for a puzzl..." [+] Reply
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teague | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1974
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1,827
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"This is ranked outside the top 500 albums! Incomprehensible!! This is a real classic- so much energy, humour and personality. This album is a joy. So many classics including their peerless cover of "a message to you Rudy". The pace never lets up and the tracks simply burst out of the speakers. Hi..." [+] Reply
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1979
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1,819
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"Zuma ranks as one of the very best and consistent of Neil's huge catalogue. In my opinion it's vastly superior to his more celebrated but, in truth, uneven works like Goldrush and Harvest. Nowhere, Tonight, Rust and Zuma are the essential Young albums to have in any music collection." Reply
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1975
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1,767
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"Queen's most mainstream sounding album since their start is this one. Not a bad thing. Diverse album too, which includes slow piano ballads like All Dead All Dead and My Melancholy Blues, rock songs like It's Late, We Will Rock You, Sheer Heart Attack, among others, and an interesting psychedelic..." [+] Reply
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1977
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 20 of 100
Best Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 109 | 11% | |
| 1971 | 100 | 10% | |
| 1972 | 99 | 10% | |
| 1973 | 117 | 12% | |
| 1974 | 98 | 10% | |
| 1975 | 98 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 92 | 9% | |
| 1977 | 94 | 9% | |
| 1978 | 108 | 11% | |
| 1979 | 104 | 10% |
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| David Bowie | 11 | 1% | |
| Yes | 9 | 1% | |
| Genesis | 9 | 1% | |
| Pink Floyd | 8 | 1% | |
| AC/DC | 8 | 1% | |
| Elton John | 8 | 1% | |
| Queen | 8 | 1% | |
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403 | 40% | |
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375 | 37% | |
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43 | 4% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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