Best Albums of 1976
Listed below are the best albums of 1976 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"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..." [+] Reply
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1976
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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
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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
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jhuik | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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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..." [+] Reply
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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
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1976
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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..." [+] Reply
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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
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1976
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646
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"Surprised to see this in 4th place. Consistently good with a great concept." Reply
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1976
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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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Romanelli | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1976
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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..." [+] Reply
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Crumpet | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1976
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 4 of 100
Best Albums of 1976 composition
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| Various Artists | 3 | 0% | |
| Golden Earring | 3 | 0% | |
| Can | 3 | 0% | |
| Fela Kuti & Africa 70 | 3 | 0% | |
| Gasolin' | 2 | 0% | |
| Vangelis | 2 | 0% | |
| Olivia Newton-John | 2 | 0% | |
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380 | 38% | |
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199 | 20% | |
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41 | 4% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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