Top-rated albums of the 1970s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1970s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,043 charts

Rank Score:

70,849

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,206 votes)

Comments:

582

2.

Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,914 charts

Rank Score:

50,552

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

8

Average Rating:

 91 (3,947 votes)

Comments:

308

3.

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,935 charts

Rank Score:

49,936

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 90 (3,449 votes)

Comments:

299

4.

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,071 charts

Rank Score:

44,163

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (3,902 votes)

Comments:

300

5.

Animals 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,712 charts

Rank Score:

25,552

Rank in 1977:

2

Rank in 1970s:

8

Overall Rank:

36

Average Rating:

 88 (2,722 votes)

Comments:

198

6.

Hunky Dory 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,801 charts

Rank Score:

22,027

Rank in 1971:

3

Rank in 1970s:

13

Overall Rank:

46

Average Rating:

 87 (2,378 votes)

Comments:

159

7.

Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,813 charts

Rank Score:

23,499

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,133 votes)

Comments:

165

8.

1967-1970 
Compilation

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

843

Rank in 1973:

41

Rank in 1970s:

379

Overall Rank:

1,976

Average Rating:

 87 (487 votes)

Comments:

22

9.

London Calling 

 The Clash

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,754 charts

Rank Score:

36,129

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,085 votes)

Comments:

256

10.

Rumours 

 Fleetwood Mac

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

2,195 charts

Rank Score:

33,992

Rank in 1977:

1

Rank in 1970s:

6

Overall Rank:

21

Average Rating:

 87 (2,539 votes)

Comments:

183

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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).