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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"What a brilliant musical journey. A perfect record for someone who wants something challenging but engaging. Captivating." Reply
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"Underated classic." Reply
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"Probably ELP's most diverse release, which mean best for some listeners and more uneven to others. Overall, I completely agree to with it's placement as fourth among the group's albums." Reply
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1972
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"Belchior's 2nd record and his greatest classic _ almost all of the tracks are pretty well-known in Brazil and were rerecorded several times by other artists. It's like a Dylan-inspired record in terms of lyrics, with the themes of "the new" and "the youth" being recurrent, as well as a fixation o..." Reply
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"An absolutely beautiful album from an artist who is criminally overlooked. Quite lovely music from start to finish. Sublime." Reply
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1972
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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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"A mellow meditation from a master." Reply
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"A very funky release from the master." Reply
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1970
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"Great album from the underrated Alice Coltrane. The title track and, mantra, the two longest tracks are obviously the more ambitious ones, while, turiya, and, blue Nile, are more intimate. Very good record, nice heavy metal cover too." Reply
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 | 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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