Best Albums of the 1970s
Explore the best albums of the 1970s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts
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"I chose this to be the first Thin Lizzy album I listen to in hopes of getting into their catalog after only hearing Jailbreak a couple years ago. I enjoyed most of Fighting quite a bit including Wild One and King's Vengeance which show Phil's prowess as a writer and the band's ahead of the curve ..." Reply
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"Easy and fun, good" Reply
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"Couldn't think of a more apt title for an album" Reply
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""Papa Is A Rolling Stone" is my all-time favorite song. Gives me chills every time I listen to it. Norman Whitfield's production is flawless: a string arrangement that doesn't soften the impact at all, the trumpet, Dennis Coffey's tasty guitar, and, of course, that awesome bass ostinato. The pinn..." Reply
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"Willie right in the midst of his outlaw stage. So much better than the Nudie suit crap of his time." Reply
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"Excellent album from this German progressive band. This is rarely seen on vinyl so happy to have picked up a near mint copy at a antiques fair. The vocals are more spoken on this particular album but made up for with the top notch instrumentation." Reply
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"Good album!! Some of the songs are great (Getting closer, Arrow through me) some weaker, but still not an average album just a bit inconsistent." Reply
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"Hard Luck Woman is my guilty pleasure song, but other than that I think this is one of the worse 70s Kiss records" Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 100 of 100
Best Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 111 | 11% | |
| 1971 | 100 | 10% | |
| 1972 | 97 | 10% | |
| 1973 | 113 | 11% | |
| 1974 | 95 | 10% | |
| 1975 | 96 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 90 | 9% | |
| 1977 | 91 | 9% | |
| 1978 | 104 | 10% | |
| 1979 | 103 | 10% |
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| Frank Zappa | 11 | 1% | |
| Neil Young | 11 | 1% | |
| David Bowie | 11 | 1% | |
| Genesis | 9 | 1% | |
| Bob Marley | 9 | 1% | |
| Paul McCartney | 9 | 1% | |
| Yes | 9 | 1% | |
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385 | 39% | |
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375 | 38% | |
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42 | 4% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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