Best Albums of the 1970s
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"Great funk album. Standout tracks, red hot mamma and I’ll stay. 2nd favourite funkadelic album after, yet you guessed it, maggot brain. Tough call though. Both great albums." Reply
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1974
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"If you like Stephen Still's first 2 solo albums then this is worth a listen too." Reply
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1972
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"This album suffers from being sandwiched between the two very best Alice Cooper albums. Still, it features his most well known hit. Give "Blue Turk" a listen. That's another of those genius Alice numbers that sneaks up on you with its brilliance and irreverence...and that cabaret style..." Reply
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1972
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"Super solid live record, obviously the second half is the highlight of it, but don't let that fool you; it's a consistently good album from start to finish and the performances are amazing, Cheap Trick at their very best." Reply
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Crhmgs | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1978
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"A superb album from start to finish, this album has it all, vocal drones, spaces whispers, VCS Synthi bleeps, flute, sax, glissando guitar, ever evolving rhythms and a real variety of music to assault your senses. My favourite tracks are Master Builder, A Sprinkling of Clouds and Perfect Mystery." Reply
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1974
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"A classic soundtrack composed by a master of the genre." Reply
"UNITL IT BECOMES PART OF YOU This is my third time trying to review this album. My first review started with… It’s sorta ironic that this was viewed as Dylan’s comeback album after the supposed debacle of Self-Portrait. Because Self-Portrait towers of over it and makes this album feel sort incons..." [+] Reply
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Repo | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (7 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1970
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"Enticing and whimsical. It's way more "out there" than any other of Coltrane's albums." Reply
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seb7 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"DO not actually understand the high rating and position of this album, not bad but just too odd." Reply
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Jboy56 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"The music is varied and interesting with the high points being a romping version of Aaron Copeland’s Hoedown and Greg Lake’s deliciously simple From the Beginning The Endless Enigma is a track which allows all of the band to demonstrate their incredible musical abilities and Greg Lake's vocal per..." [+] Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 62 of 100
Best Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 111 | 11% | |
| 1971 | 101 | 10% | |
| 1972 | 95 | 10% | |
| 1973 | 113 | 11% | |
| 1974 | 95 | 10% | |
| 1975 | 97 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 90 | 9% | |
| 1977 | 91 | 9% | |
| 1978 | 104 | 10% | |
| 1979 | 103 | 10% |
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| Neil Young | 11 | 1% | |
| David Bowie | 11 | 1% | |
| Frank Zappa | 11 | 1% | |
| Paul McCartney | 9 | 1% | |
| Yes | 9 | 1% | |
| Genesis | 9 | 1% | |
| Bob Marley | 9 | 1% | |
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385 | 39% | |
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376 | 38% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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