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).
"Good Lord! This was the biggest shock for me on this site: seeing how underrated and obscure this musician/poet is. For so many of my friends here in South Africa this guy was huge. Bigger than Bob Marley. Here's a story to demonstrate just how much he meant to so many White lefties in SA: My fri..." [+] Reply
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Timhop | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This album is better than the eponymously title release in some ways - the production is beefier in the guitar area, which suits such songs like Hot Blooded, Double Vision and Lonely Children. However, it isn't quite as consistent as their predecessor as You're All I Am and I Have Waited So Long ..." [+] Reply
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
287
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Comments:
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"One of the first hard rock albums I bought so I have a soft spot for it. Kicking off full tilt with 'Let it Roll' & 'Shoot Shoot'. The slower numbers fit in well and the whole album has a great flow. Very under rated as anything Michael Schenker touched during this period is true gold." Reply
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"If You Buy this expecting a "rock album" or a doors album you may well be disappointed. There are bits of Doors music interspersed throughout Jim Morrison's poetry, which a lot of snooty poets will turn their noses up at. But whatever the quality of his poems, the result of that mix cre..." [+] Reply
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badfaith | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"With Frampton Comes Alive, one of the best live album you can find. Paul took some songs, like Venus and Mars/Rock Show, Maybe I'm Amazed, and gave them new life here. Long and Winding Road is so good on here. Actually all the songs he does from the Venus and Mars album, sound so much better on t..." [+] Reply
"Fun and pleasant. An album you could sit back and relax to." Reply
"Not quite as brilliant as, pieces of the sky, but, elite hotel, is still another lovely Emmylou Harris record. As always with Harris, there are some great songs including, together again, sweet dreams, and another beautiful Lennon-McCartney cover in, here,there and everywhere. Great stuff." Reply
"The record that changed flamenco music forever. Although La leyenda del tiempo is an amazing album, it must be pointed out that it wasn't the work of one man but a team effort instead. Camarón's out-of-this-world howling voice, García Lorca's sensitive verses, Ricardo Pachón's tasteful and forwar..." [+] Reply
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9999 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Surprised this Devo album is rated higher than some of the others. A solid album but their synth albums are much better" Reply
Total albums: 1,000. Page 80 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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