Best Albums of 1976

« View best albums of 1975View best albums of 1977 »

Listed below are the best albums of 1976 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

1976 year summaryThe best artists of 1976 were Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Ramones, Eagles, Boston, Genesis, Rush, Bob Dylan, The Modern Lovers and Joni Mitchell.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,227 charts

Rank Score:

15,524

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

85 (1,314 votes)

Comments:

Station To Station

David Bowie

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,058 charts

Rank Score:

13,177

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

105

Average Rating:

85 (1,511 votes)

Comments:

Ramones

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,013 charts

Rank Score:

7,444

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Eagles

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

823 charts

Rank Score:

6,775

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

258

Average Rating:

76 (1,215 votes)

Comments:

Boston

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

711 charts

Rank Score:

6,158

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

288

Average Rating:

78 (927 votes)

Comments:

2112

Rush

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

613 charts

Rank Score:

4,515

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

394

Average Rating:

80 (927 votes)

Comments:

Desire

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

619 charts

Rank Score:

4,209

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

509 charts

Rank Score:

3,984

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

105

Overall Rank:

451

Average Rating:

82 (591 votes)

Comments:

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

363 charts

Rank Score:

3,690

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

114

Overall Rank:

487

Average Rating:

80 (432 votes)

Comments:

10.

A Trick Of The Tail

Genesis

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

381 charts

Rank Score:

3,431

Rank in 1976:

Rank in 1970s:

123

Overall Rank:

530

Average Rating:

79 (585 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
99
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100

Best Albums of 1976 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	3	0%
Can	3	0%
Fela Kuti & Africa 70	3	0%
Golden Earring	3	0%
Electric Light Orchestra	2	0%
Os Tubarões	2	0%
Man	2	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	371	37%
	210	21%
	40	4%
	39	4%
	38	4%
	36	4%
	35	4%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	945	95%
Yes	55	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	957	96%
Yes	43	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

« View best albums of 1975View best albums of 1977 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Recent Member Charts
1. Schlager Best Albums 1985 by cicadelic (2024)
2. Top 55 Music Albums of 1980 by cicadelic (2024)
3. Top 46 Music Albums of 1979 by juanr1096 (2024)
4. Top albums of all time by female artists (100 - 200) by Johnnyo (2024)
5. The Wire's Top 50 Albums of 2014 by cicadelic (2024)
6. Best Ever Comedy Albums by LosWochos (2024)
7. Top 74 Music Albums of 2023 by joathome (2024)
8. Top 52 Music Albums of 2024 by MadhattanJack (2024)
9. Top 59 Music Albums of 2000 by juanr1096 (2024)
10. Top 60 Music Albums of the 2020s by migl (2024)
11. Top 61 Music Albums of the 1970s by zsolti (2024)
12. Depeche Mode by PAPPITUFO (2024)
13. Dire Straits by PAPPITUFO (2024)
14. Top 46 Music Albums of 2022 by migl (2024)
15. El Ultimo De La Fila / Los Burros by PAPPITUFO (2024)
16. Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by amirmishali (2024)
17. 601-700 by Rivera (2024)
18. 701-800 by Rivera (2024)
19. Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by NoAlarms (2024)
20. Top 8 Music Albums of 1960 by NoAlarms (2024)