Best Albums of the 1970s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1970s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
"My favorite Santana album, which is not always easy to explain to people; but looking at the comments here and reflecting on the number of randomly met people who have joined in the opinion, perhaps I shouldn't bother?" Reply
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1972
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1,081
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"Why is this ranked so low? Jim Croce was one of the best songwriters of all time, not to mention a fantastic guitarist, singer and storyteller. He was in the same social circle as Arlo Guthrie, James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett, and I think he was simply the most talented of the four." Reply
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louisjwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1972
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1,079
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"This album is one my top 100 albums you can check out here. I think the Stranglers were the first punk band we heard of in Belgium, not because we heard the music but because there were a lot of scandal press messages that songs of the Stranglers were banned from the BBC, of course with "Peaches"..." [+] Reply
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dihansse | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Year of Release:
1977
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1,070
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"In 1978 the Queen band came up with an more relaxed and unpretentious album. Although without the complexity of previous albums, JAZZ are one of the most enjoyable albuns of the band. "Don´t Stop Me Now", "Leaving Home Ain't Easy" and my favorite "In Only Seven Days", with sweet and beautiful mel..." [+] Reply
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1978
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1,064
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"If you don't like country, you'll realize you do when you hear this." Reply
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poppmusic | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Year of Release:
1975
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1,061
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"In this record The Mahavishnu Orchestra flutuates between nice melodic phrases and virtuoso showoff. For a musician, you can spot all of their musical tricks after a few listens and that's a boring cause there's not much more left than that. Unlike Zappa, McLaughlin and Goodman are way to excited..." [+] Reply
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JoaoMoreira | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (4 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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Year of Release:
1971
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1,059
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"The thing with Gary Numan is...he's not that great of a songwriter. He writes these limited little tunes that aren't great...BUT, he makes them interesting. He is good at putting catchy riffs in his music, and cool sounding synths, that make his music very listenable, enjoyable and atmospheric. T..." [+] Reply
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1979
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1,048
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"Best ZZ top album. Great southern boogie rock'n'roll. Tres hombres, is superb sweaty fun featuring great tracks in, Jesus just left Chicago, beer drinkers and hell raisers, and, hot,blue and righteous. If you want some good time rock with feel, try this. Cool stuff." Reply
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1973
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1,043
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"The debut album from The Banshees is one of the great late seventies British releases. A stunning fusion of psychedelic rock, goth, new wave punk, and, pop art, the scream, is not just a great first record, it's also probably the Banshees best LP. Jigsaw feeling, mirage, and, switch, are all exce..." [+] Reply
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1978
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1,038
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"Has it's moments and is often labeled with the hugely influential tag (perhaps more in attitude then the music itself). It's certainly an interesting album that I'm still not quite sure how to rate. If their supposed lack of musical ability is true, then they've put the careers of a lot of bands ..." [+] Reply
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1979
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1,037
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 31 of 100
Best Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 110 | 11% | |
| 1971 | 99 | 10% | |
| 1972 | 97 | 10% | |
| 1973 | 112 | 11% | |
| 1974 | 94 | 9% | |
| 1975 | 97 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 89 | 9% | |
| 1977 | 93 | 9% | |
| 1978 | 106 | 11% | |
| 1979 | 103 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| David Bowie | 11 | 1% | |
| Yes | 9 | 1% | |
| Genesis | 9 | 1% | |
| Miles Davis | 8 | 1% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 8 | 1% | |
| Pink Floyd | 8 | 1% | |
| AC/DC | 8 | 1% | |
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388 | 39% | |
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373 | 37% | |
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43 | 4% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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| Best Artists of 1970 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Black Sabbath | |
| 2. Neil Young | |
| 3. George Harrison | |
| 4. Simon & Garfunkel | |
| 5. John Lennon | |
| 6. Miles Davis | |
| 7. Van Morrison | |
| 8. Creedence Clearwater Revival | |
| 9. Led Zeppelin | |
| 10. The Beatles | |
| 11. The Stooges | |
| 12. The Velvet Underground | |
| 13. Grateful Dead | |
| 14. Derek & The Dominos | |
| 15. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | |
| 16. Crosby, Stills & Nash | |
| 17. Santana | |
| 18. Carlos Santana | |
| 19. Deep Purple | |
| 20. Cat Stevens |
