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).
"Beautifully arranged (perhaps second only to the Carpenters), wonderfully harmonized and evocative in its celebration of childhood - an essential LP for big kids and their little kids too. I'm totally and utterly hooked by this sunshine-pop masterpiece, and if your mind is wired in a similar way ..." [+] Reply
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Jimmy Dread | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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""A Question of Balance" from 1970 was my first Moody Blues album, which I bought while it was still on the charts. It was first and foremost the single "Question" I had noticed in the radio. After purchasing the album, I hated to admit to myself that the other tracks did not live up to my hopes a..." [+] Reply
"love this album. really big seller in the late 70s.(ECM-1-1114)" Reply
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ffudnebbuh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Amazing album! A great selection of songs which will grace any collection! Substitute, I Can See For Miles, I'm A Boy, My Generation and Pinball Wizard were my favorites." Reply
"I can't say enough positive things about this multi-genre music. They were so great, so innovative, so ahead of their time, able to cross over into any genre, and their songs are so, so enduring. Fan of rock ? This stuff rocks. Need the funk? This is funk 101. Wanna dance? How could you not! Need..." [+] Reply
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swhaze | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"In 1978 Alice Cooper decided to make a record telling his real life at the moment: the fight against alcoholism. With the help of Bernie Taupin (Elton John's lyricist), he produced one of the best albums of his career (in my opinion, THE best). A first line studio musicians band, a varied, well c..." [+] Reply
"A little more refined than their debut but in a similar vein. No bad tracks but also no top quality ones either. Still a cracking album." Reply
"Got a promo of this album from the Warner rep when it came out and we played it in the store all the time..when people came in the store, they looked up at the speakers and at each other like what in the hell were they hearing..funny...but'nowaxjim", wasn't there a version of Handel's Hallelujah ..." [+] Reply
- ffudnebbuh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Their first album might be better overall, but it doesn't have "Blanch comme la neige/Perrine etait servante"..It is one of my most favorite album tracks of any genre, partly in french based on a 16th century tune, but perfectly arranged and captures a mood that I have never heard outsi..." [+] Reply
- ffudnebbuh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 97 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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