Best Albums of the 1970s
Explore the best albums of the 1970s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 61,000 charts
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"Good album, a bit underrated." Reply
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"Dylan's lightning quick follow up to the strange, self portrait, album. I wonder if Bob felt a little embarrassed or even guilty about it's release. Anyway, new morning, turned up just four months after portrait, and is certainly Dylan's best album since, John Wesley Harding, well, better than, s..." Reply
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1970
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"How can you argue with the cantina band." Reply
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"Holy shit! This is a definitive spiritual jazz album." Reply
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"Underated classic." Reply
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"Good progressive rock. My second ELP album I've listened to all the way through after the debut. I think I prefer the first a bit more just for the strength of the album's best cuts like Lucky Man and Take a Pebble, but I do think this is a little more consistently solid—no really standoutish wea..." Reply
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1972
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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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"They were invited to the White House, under the guise that they would not play one particular song. They played 'American Woman' anyway, and were kicked out. How badass is that?" Reply
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"Beatlesque… very beautiful and melodic" Reply
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"Great energy!" Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 63 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 | 96 | 10% | |
| 1975 | 96 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 89 | 9% | |
| 1977 | 91 | 9% | |
| 1978 | 103 | 10% | |
| 1979 | 104 | 10% |
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| Frank Zappa | 11 | 1% | |
| Neil Young | 11 | 1% | |
| David Bowie | 11 | 1% | |
| Elton John | 9 | 1% | |
| Genesis | 9 | 1% | |
| Bob Marley | 9 | 1% | |
| Paul McCartney | 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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Best Albums of the 1970s chart changes
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Up 3 from 16th to 13th |
Up 2 from 85th to 83rd |
Up 1 from 99th to 98th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 13th to 16th |
Down 2 from 73rd to 75th |
Down 2 from 83rd to 85th |
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