Best Albums of 1976
Explore the best albums of 1976, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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"When an album that is genius is also not as great as it should be. It's not easy to get this inside your head. Almost all songs are great but also all songs are too way extended and the brilliance gets lost. That's the main issue with Stevie Wonder. The guys a genius without a doubt but it feels ..." [+] Reply
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JoaoMoreira | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1976
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"I have found my favourite Bowie album! I seriously wasn't expecting it to be this good! Every track is a stunner! Now I better go listen to Ziggy Stardust, after which I will have listened to the top 4 albums by him on this site." Reply
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1976
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11,570
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"Not everything that's influential has to be respected. Did it bring rock music back to its basics? Yes. Do I want to go back to "ga ga goo goo" and diapers? No." Reply
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1976
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6,845
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"If you're considering getting this album, do it! You will not regret it. The lyrics in Wasted time I'm sure we can all somehow relate to" Reply
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1976
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6,129
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"My father gave me this CD as a kid because I got a guitar for christmas. I've listened to this album at least 50 times. It's amazing!" Reply
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ptaylor1989 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (10 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1976
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"One of Dylan's records that doesn't get anywhere near the amount of praise that it deserves. The songs on here are just fantastic and have a brilliant range in terms of song writing and instrumentation. We have a song as phenomenal as Hurricane opening the album and then one of Dylan's most perso..." [+] Reply
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1976
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4,123
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"This is really growing on me. In some ways it's the most desolate and stark "road trip" album ever relased. In other ways, after seven albums of blissful ignorance and woe, Mitchell finally sounds content and in control. An existential masterpiece." Reply
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poppmusic | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1976
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"Passage to Bangkok is one of my all time favourite Rush tracks, this is a masterpiece album with no weak fillers. Have recently re purchased the vinyl edition as mint, it sounds superb. I love the way Geddy Lee assumes the parts of High Priest and innocent re-discoverer of music on side 1." Reply
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1976
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"he is arguably better than Lou Reed... but Lou Reed came first." Reply
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1976
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3,477
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"Classical music, hard rock, and pop perfection. There may not be any guitar solos or explicitly deep lyrics, but Lynne does what he does best here." Reply
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1976
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Best Albums of 1976 composition
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| Chick Corea | 3 | 0% | |
| Can | 3 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 3 | 0% | |
| Fela Kuti | 3 | 0% | |
| Grand Funk Railroad | 3 | 0% | |
| Golden Earring | 3 | 0% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 2 | 0% | |
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381 | 38% | |
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199 | 20% | |
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41 | 4% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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