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: 1 hour ago).
"Play this album at night (preferably with a thunderstorm outside), turn all the lights out, light only candles, turn it up loud and this will be on your top 100 (or 10). The song suite leading up to and including N.I.B. will blow your head off!! I play this every Halloween at parties & it's a sma..." [+] Reply
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1970
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6,286
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"The track ratings for this album are all wrong. How are Rudy and Asylum, two of the best tracks, the lowest rated ones? How is the brilliant Hide in Your Shell only 85/100? How is the relatively corny School the highest rated track? How are Bloody Well Right and Dreamer not at the bottom? You're ..." [+] Reply
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Onater | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (8 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1974
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6,285
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"I've always respected Blondie as a singles band and pick any one of the plethora of Blondie Best Of's out there and you've got yourself a slam dunk winner Having said that 'Parallel Lines' is a great album as an album and is easily their best 'Parallel Lines' is some thing of a strange beast that..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1978
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6,280
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"This one has everything Bob Marley was, a political men, worried about his people, but also a man of peace, love and faith. He really should be put up there with the greats." Reply
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1977
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6,255
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"I keep hearing from posters on many albums (not just this one) that seem to think that because an album is popular (especially on classic rock radio stations) that it is "overplayed" and therefore we should subtract points from the album. If this is truly the case, then "Who's Next", "Led Zeppeli..." [+] Reply
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1976
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6,241
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"Many people seem to forget about this album. At the first listen, this album seems tediously long and overdone, with five instrumentals (counting Fish) and long songs with seemingly random transitions and bridges. However, after many listens, this album slowly turns into an instantly recognizable..." [+] Reply
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1971
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6,184
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"This is the VU's worst album (not counting Squeeze, of course), which means it is also one of the best albums of all-time." Reply
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HyperBully | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (10 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1970
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"1977 what a year, co-writing and producing Iggy's classics, Lust For Life, & The Idiot, & also blessing the world with Low, he then followed that lot up with Heroes, it must be hard being David Bowie, in a word, GENIUS!" Reply
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1977
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6,027
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"A classic punk record full of energy and urgency. It's not quite The Clash of, London calling, a few years down the line, this is a much more rawer and looser band. Good songs, but I don't think there's anything spectacular, but that doesn't really matter, it's an album, and it does exactly what ..." [+] Reply
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1977
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5,753
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"My father gave me this CD as a kid because I got a guitar for christmas. I've listened to this album at least 50 times. It's amazing!" Reply
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ptaylor1989 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (9 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1976
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 7 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% |
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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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