Best Albums of the 1970s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1970s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 49,000 greatest album charts.

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1970s decade summary
YearAlbums 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.
19701,899270,886
19711,963352,292
19722,000277,733
19731,909284,487
19741,780144,239
Red (155th)by King Crimson
19751,942241,173
19761,921158,780
19771,935271,314
19781,970150,019
19791,926226,803
Total19,2452,377,726

The best artists of the 1970s were Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Black Sabbath and Genesis.
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1975
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25,790
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1972
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25,005
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1971
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24,086
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1977
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23,801
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1972
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21,692
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1977
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20,932
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1970
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20,788
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1971
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20,693
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1971
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20,431
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1975
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18,745
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100

Best Albums of the 1970s composition

Year Albums %


1970 105 11%
1971 101 10%
1972 101 10%
1973 111 11%
1974 95 10%
1975 99 10%
1976 92 9%
1977 90 9%
1978 109 11%
1979 97 10%
Artist Albums %


David Bowie 11 1%
Genesis 10 1%
Yes 9 1%
Jethro Tull 9 1%
Pink Floyd 8 1%
Elton John 8 1%
The Rolling Stones 8 1%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 388 39%
United States 372 37%
Canada 41 4%
Germany 40 4%
Mixed Nationality 35 4%
Brazil 22 2%
Jamaica 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 976 98%
Yes 24 2%
Live? Albums %
No 944 94%
Yes 56 6%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 988 99%
Yes 12 1%
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