Best Albums of the 1970s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1970s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 55,000 greatest album charts.

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1970s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1970	2,100	252,850	Paranoid (51st)by Black Sabbath
1971	2,197	320,622	Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (11th)by Led Zeppelin
1972	2,265	250,810	The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stard... (8th)by David Bowie
1973	2,146	256,729	The Dark Side Of The Moon (2nd)by Pink Floyd
1974	2,051	137,023	Red (141st)by King Crimson
1975	2,181	217,490	Wish You Were Here (6th)by Pink Floyd
1976	2,204	147,576	Songs In The Key Of Life (80th)by Stevie Wonder
1977	2,193	247,876	Rumours (21st)by Fleetwood Mac
1978	2,252	143,245	Darkness On The Edge Of Town (214th)by Bruce Springsteen
1979	2,173	204,847	London Calling (20th)by The Clash
Total	21,762	2,179,068

The best artists of the 1970s were Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, The Who and Stevie Wonder.

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Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,967 charts

Rank Score:

47,228

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Average Rating:

91 (4,015 votes)

Comments:

310

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Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,848 charts

Rank Score:

22,405

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,589 charts

Rank Score:

16,539

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28.

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,347 charts

Rank Score:

12,747

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Queen

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,401 charts

Rank Score:

12,213

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Eno

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

820 charts

Rank Score:

8,746

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Overall Rank:

177

Average Rating:

83 (1,029 votes)

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Horses

Patti Smith

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

994 charts

Rank Score:

8,288

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Overall Rank:

189

Average Rating:

81 (1,190 votes)

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125.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

549 charts

Rank Score:

3,234

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125

Overall Rank:

549

Average Rating:

82 (753 votes)

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159.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

411 charts

Rank Score:

2,529

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159

Overall Rank:

707

Average Rating:

80 (444 votes)

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160.

Fleetwood Mac (1975)

Fleetwood Mac

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

427 charts

Rank Score:

2,523

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160

Overall Rank:

709

Average Rating:

81 (632 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%

1970	109	11%
1971	98	10%
1972	100	10%
1973	107	11%
1974	98	10%
1975	101	10%
1976	86	9%
1977	94	9%
1978	108	11%
1979	99	10%

Artist	Albums	%

David Bowie	12	1%
Genesis	10	1%
Electric Light Orchestra	8	1%
Miles Davis	8	1%
Joni Mitchell	8	1%
AC/DC	8	1%
Pink Floyd	8	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	381	38%
	376	38%
	42	4%
	38	4%
	35	4%
	24	2%
	20	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	974	97%
Yes	26	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	941	94%
Yes	59	6%

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

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