Top-rated albums of 1971

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1971 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

31.

Nursery Cryme 

 Genesis

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

373 charts

Rank Score:

2,562

Rank in 1971:

25

Rank in 1970s:

161

Overall Rank:

705

Average Rating:

 81 (565 votes)

Comments:

34

32.

In The Land Of Grey And Pink 

 Caravan

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

283 charts

Rank Score:

2,068

Rank in 1971:

27

Rank in 1970s:

187

Overall Rank:

866

Average Rating:

 81 (319 votes)

Comments:

21

33.

Live-Evil 
Live

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

461

Rank in 1971:

67

Rank in 1970s:

582

Overall Rank:

3,219

Average Rating:

 81 (129 votes)

Comments:

3

34.

Pieces Of A Man 

 Gil Scott-Heron

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

1,181

Rank in 1971:

40

Rank in 1970s:

291

Overall Rank:

1,466

Average Rating:

 80 (191 votes)

Comments:

6

35.

Pearl 

 Janis Joplin

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

485 charts

Rank Score:

2,863

Rank in 1971:

24

Rank in 1970s:

146

Overall Rank:

619

Average Rating:

 80 (552 votes)

Comments:

30

36.

Killer 

 Alice Cooper

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

176 charts

Rank Score:

1,197

Rank in 1971:

38

Rank in 1970s:

286

Overall Rank:

1,441

Average Rating:

 80 (262 votes)

Comments:

13

37.

Pawn Hearts 

 Van Der Graaf Generator

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

220 charts

Rank Score:

1,594

Rank in 1971:

32

Rank in 1970s:

237

Overall Rank:

1,106

Average Rating:

 80 (264 votes)

Comments:

13

38.

The Inner Mounting Flame 

 The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

246 charts

Rank Score:

1,193

Rank in 1971:

39

Rank in 1970s:

289

Overall Rank:

1,449

Average Rating:

 80 (281 votes)

Comments:

13

39.

First Utterance 

 Comus

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

200 charts

Rank Score:

1,585

Rank in 1971:

33

Rank in 1970s:

239

Overall Rank:

1,114

Average Rating:

 80 (195 votes)

Comments:

13

40.

Love It To Death 

 Alice Cooper

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

145 charts

Rank Score:

640

Rank in 1971:

55

Rank in 1970s:

468

Overall Rank:

2,472

Average Rating:

 79 (224 votes)

Comments:

11

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).