The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s by Paste (2012)

Paste is a monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. These are their best albums of 1970s.
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1.

Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,815 charts

Rank Score:

23,487

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,134 votes)

Comments:

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2.

What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,570 charts

Rank Score:

19,662

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

16

Overall Rank:

53

Average Rating:

 85 (1,888 votes)

Comments:

143

3.

Exile On Main St. 

 The Rolling Stones

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,913 charts

Rank Score:

22,482

Rank in 1972:

2

Rank in 1970s:

12

Overall Rank:

44

Average Rating:

 85 (2,297 votes)

Comments:

209

4.

The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,042 charts

Rank Score:

70,948

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,210 votes)

Comments:

582

5.

Born To Run 

 Bruce Springsteen

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,555 charts

Rank Score:

17,226

Rank in 1975:

3

Rank in 1970s:

20

Overall Rank:

71

Average Rating:

 83 (1,930 votes)

Comments:

132

6.

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,070 charts

Rank Score:

44,271

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,904 votes)

Comments:

300

7.

Bitches Brew 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

927 charts

Rank Score:

10,103

Rank in 1970:

6

Rank in 1970s:

40

Overall Rank:

153

Average Rating:

 84 (1,154 votes)

Comments:

72

8.

Ramones 

 Ramones

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Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

1,013 charts

Rank Score:

7,493

Rank in 1976:

3

Rank in 1970s:

54

Overall Rank:

225

Average Rating:

 80 (1,273 votes)

Comments:

102

9.

Marquee Moon 

 Television

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,726 charts

Rank Score:

21,715

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

14

Overall Rank:

47

Average Rating:

 86 (1,836 votes)

Comments:

144

10.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols 

 Sex Pistols

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,343 charts

Rank Score:

11,788

Rank in 1977:

5

Rank in 1970s:

33

Overall Rank:

124

Average Rating:

 80 (1,819 votes)

Comments:

145

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The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	11	16%
1971	13	19%
1972	8	11%
1973	6	9%
1974	0	0%
1975	5	7%
1976	6	9%
1977	8	11%
1978	8	11%
1979	5	7%

Artist	Albums	%
Bruce Springsteen	2	3%
Led Zeppelin	2	3%
Elvis Costello	2	3%
The Allman Brothers Band	2	3%
Joni Mitchell	2	3%
Neil Young	2	3%
David Bowie	2	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	32	46%
	25	36%
	5	7%
	5	7%
	2	3%
	1	1%

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The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '70s	Planet Rock	1970s decade chart	2019
Die 100 besten Alben der 1970er Jahre	Popkultur.de	1970s decade chart	2020
50 Best Albums of the '70s	Q	1970s decade chart	1998
Die besten Platten: die 70er	Rolling Stone Deutschland	1970s decade chart	1997
250 Meisterwerke aus 5 Jahrzehnten - 70er	Sounds (DE)	1970s decade chart	2009
StuBru albums of 1970s	StuBru	1970s decade chart	2017
The Top 150 Albums of the ’70s	Treble	1970s decade chart	2019
The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1970s	Uncut	1970s decade chart	2023

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80/100	11/11/2020 13:07	Larcx13	1,092	86/100
75/100	08/19/2020 18:56	Chrispeater	138	82/100
90/100	07/27/2020 14:41	Timestarter	114	90/100

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From AMEIER 01/19/2015 15:52

I'll give my applause for Blood on the Tracks on te TOP. Cheers!

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From GandalfORiley345 05/02/2014 02:46

this list is really decent, nice and no repetitive artists

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From tgarritsen 10/16/2013 23:52

Really good list. They didn't want to focus on any particular artists since there's no artists with more then two albums on this list.

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From nutso42 09/10/2013 15:08

Aside from the glaring lack of London Calling, this is an excellent chart.

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