Best Albums of 1976

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31.

Silk Degrees 

 Boz Scaggs

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"Boz's album is a superb collection of blue eyed soul with a smidgen of rock. Lowdown is wondeful with a truly brilliant groove but the album is solid throughout"  Reply

- Willie24 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (6 helpful | 1 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

787

Rank in 1976:

31

Rank in 1970s:

383

Overall Rank:

2,093

Average Rating:

 73 (164 votes)

Comments:

5

32.

High Voltage (International) 
Compilation

 AC/DC

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"In 1975, the musicians had already recorded two records, "High Voltage" and "T.N.T.", but they were popular only in Australia and New Zealand, and the rest of the world was not covered by the capabilities of the Australian record company Albert Productions, which released these discs. But it turn..."" In 1975, the musicians had already recorded two records, "High Voltage" and "T.N.T.", but they were popular only in Australia and New Zealand, and the rest of the world was not covered by the capabilities of the Australian record company Albert Productions, which released these discs. But it turned out that someone was still watching the Australian music market, and in early 1976, a major American, but rather international, label Atlantic Records deigned to offer its services to the coolest Australian rock band. He signed a contract with AC/DC, which, in addition to releasing records in very large numbers, allowed the band to tour all over the world. It is clear that this was a breakthrough on the world music scene, followed by a visit to the rock Olympus, and the AC/DC musicians rushed to urgently record their new album for Atlantic. We only managed to record a couple of songs, but the new benefactors hurried us – there was no time to work on recording, they say, the album was urgently needed. And since there is no finished album, we will release a collection, since there are plenty of songs for it. That's how the "international" version of "High Voltage" appeared, they didn't even come up with a new name for it, but simply took the latest "Australian" album of the band "T.N.T.", threw out a couple of songs from it, replacing them with two tracks from the first version of "High Voltage". That's how AC/DC's "first international album" turned out, which is included in the main discography not as a compilation, but as a full-fledged LP. And for a very long time, almost the whole world did not even suspect the real state of affairs, since information for music lovers began to appear only in the CD era, when the two "firstborn" bands began to spread around the world on a new type of media, first pirated, and then officially."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

142 charts

Rank Score:

786

Rank in 1976:

32

Rank in 1970s:

387

Overall Rank:

2,101

Average Rating:

 79 (232 votes)

Comments:

15

33.

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 

 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

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"Tom Petty's debut album is full of enjoyable unpretentious rock'n'roll. Featuring some good songs; breakdown, and, anything that's rock'n'roll, are fine, but without doubt the best track is the superb, American girl, still Petty's best song in my opinion. Petty would go on to make better albums(D...""Tom Petty's debut album is full of enjoyable unpretentious rock'n'roll. Featuring some good songs; breakdown, and, anything that's rock'n'roll, are fine, but without doubt the best track is the superb, American girl, still Petty's best song in my opinion. Petty would go on to make better albums(Damn the torpedoes, being his best), but this is one of his most enjoyable. A good start to a great career. "  [+]  Reply

- garycottier | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

217 charts

Rank Score:

764

Rank in 1976:

33

Rank in 1970s:

394

Overall Rank:

2,147

Average Rating:

 77 (277 votes)

Comments:

21

34.

Fly Like An Eagle 

 Steve Miller Band

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"This is Steve-O at his peak. Some great deep tracks here including Mercury Blues, Wild Mountain Honey and a revision of Sam Cooke's You Send Me that makes it all Steve's own."  Reply

- jhuik | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

239 charts

Rank Score:

759

Rank in 1976:

34

Rank in 1970s:

396

Overall Rank:

2,153

Average Rating:

 78 (254 votes)

Comments:

17

35.

El Jardín De Los Presentes 

 Invisible

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"One of Spinneta's finest works. Solid on both instrumentation and lyrics, I guess non-spanish speakers won't appreciate this as much as it should, but it's certainly a classic album in Argentina. The last three tracks are glorious..."  Reply

- Altsoul | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

744

Rank in 1976:

35

Rank in 1970s:

402

Overall Rank:

2,181

Average Rating:

 80 (122 votes)

Comments:

8

36.

Year Of The Cat 

 Al Stewart

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"On a morning from a Bogart movie; In a country where they turn back time; You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime; She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like a watercolor in the rain; Don't bother asking for explanations She'll just tell you that she c...""On a morning from a Bogart movie; In a country where they turn back time; You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime; She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like a watercolor in the rain; Don't bother asking for explanations She'll just tell you that she came; In the year of the cat. Is there a more visual set of lyrics? This, the Title Song alone is worth the price of admission for this Album. The above lyric is an example of Al Stewarts song writing skills, an underrated artist... "A year of the Cat" is his finest hour, I highly recommend ."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

182 charts

Rank Score:

727

Rank in 1976:

36

Rank in 1970s:

410

Overall Rank:

2,227

Average Rating:

 78 (222 votes)

Comments:

9

37.

Still Life 

 Van Der Graaf Generator

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"Peter Hammill is another unrecognised English musical genius. Perhaps the first to recognise that the voice is another instrument to experiment with. Still Life just resonates with pain, wonder, melancholy and hope. No weak songs, but the title track and Childhood's end are masterpieces."  Reply

- FieryGunHand | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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.

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

648

Rank in 1976:

37

Rank in 1970s:

444

Overall Rank:

2,436

Average Rating:

 77 (143 votes)

Comments:

7

38.

Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe 

 The Alan Parsons Project

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"Surprised to see this in 4th place. Consistently good with a great concept."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

144 charts

Rank Score:

628

Rank in 1976:

38

Rank in 1970s:

453

Overall Rank:

2,504

Average Rating:

 76 (198 votes)

Comments:

7

39.

Warren Zevon 

 Warren Zevon

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"One of the greatest albums of the 70's...and of all time. Y'all need to HEAR this!"  Reply

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Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

617

Rank in 1976:

39

Rank in 1970s:

462

Overall Rank:

2,540

Average Rating:

 77 (154 votes)

Comments:

4

40.

Turnstiles 

 Billy Joel

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"Turnstiles is one of Billy's greatest albums, with several classic tracks, however, it also has without a doubt the worst song he ever wrote, the mindless, unimpressive sequence of sounds known as "All You Want to do is Dance". Get the album, skip that track. Other than that though, this is a gre...""Turnstiles is one of Billy's greatest albums, with several classic tracks, however, it also has without a doubt the worst song he ever wrote, the mindless, unimpressive sequence of sounds known as "All You Want to do is Dance". Get the album, skip that track. Other than that though, this is a great album. The A-side is ok, the best track there being 'Summer Highland Falls', some may think of it as a pretentious song, but it's also a very good one. Side A also features the nice 'New York State of Mind' and the great 'Say Goodbye to Hollywood'. Along with the song that shall not be named, of course. The B-side of this album, however, is absolutely fantastic. The weakest song on this side is the beautiful 'James' and the other 3 tracks are some of Joel's all time best. 'Angry Young Man' is a perfect pop track, 'I've Loved These Days' is a great nostalgia trip and 'Miami 2017' (Though not prophetic) is his best ever rock song."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 1976:

40

Rank in 1970s:

479

Overall Rank:

2,645

Average Rating:

 76 (216 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of 1976 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	3	0%
Golden Earring	3	0%
Can	3	0%
Fela Kuti & Africa 70	3	0%
Olivia Newton-John	2	0%
Os Tubarões	2	0%
Van Der Graaf Generator	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	379	38%
	201	20%
	41	4%
	40	4%
	39	4%
	37	4%
	33	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	948	95%
Yes	52	5%

Live?	Albums	%
No	956	96%
Yes	44	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%