Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by Onater

My Top 10 songs of the 70s:
10. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland (Born To Run, 1975)
9. David Bowie - Young Americans (Young Americans, 1975)
8. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue (Blood On The Tracks, 1975)
7. Joni Mitchell - The Last Time I Saw Richard (Blue, 1971)
6. Kermit - The Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie, 1979)
5. Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren (Starsailor, 1970)
4. Television - Marquee Moon (Marquee Moon, 1977)
3. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (Born To Run, 1975)
2. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (If You Could Read My Mind, 1970)
1. David Bowie - "Heroes" ("Heroes", 1977)

• Chart updated: 01/24/2019 10:15
• (Created: 10/08/2016 20:08).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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1. (3) 2

Songs Of Love And Hate 

 Leonard Cohen

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"You who wish to conquer pain, you must learn what makes me kind. The crumbs of love that you offer me, they're the crumbs I've left behind."

Favourite Tracks: Sing Another Song Boys, Famous Blue Raincoat, Avalanche, Joan Of Arc, Last Year's Man [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

517 charts

Rank Score:

3,787

Rank in 1971:

21

Rank in 1970s:

108

Overall Rank:

468

Average Rating:

 83 (607 votes)

Comments:

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3. (2) 1

Blue 

 Joni Mitchell

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"Richard, you haven't really changed, I said, it's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head, you got tombs in your eyes, but the songs you punched are dreaming, listen, they sing of love so sweet."

Favourite Tracks: The Last Time I Saw Richard, Blue, River, A Case Of You, All I Want [First added to this chart: 03/23/2017]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,351 charts

Rank Score:

17,298

Rank in 1971:

6

Rank in 1970s:

20

Overall Rank:

70

Average Rating:

 85 (1,474 votes)

Comments:

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What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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"You see, war is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate."

This is the sound of a man who took his sadness and turned it into hope. Rather than moping about his problems, as many musicians have, Gaye did all he could to bring love and joy to as many people as he could. Call it corny and idealistic, but this is some of the most sincere and beautiful music ever written.

Favourite Tracks: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), What's Going On, Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler), What's Happening Brother [First added to this chart: 10/10/2016]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,591 charts

Rank Score:

19,805

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

48

Average Rating:

 85 (1,910 votes)

Comments:

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Tago Mago 

 Can

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"SEARCHING FOR MY BLACK DOPE, HALELELELELELUWAH!"

Side 1 is a bunch of cool, trippy, kinda spooky prog rock tracks. Side 2 is a massive, repetitive, hypnotic jam that grows in insanity throughout. Suddenly, the repetition and hypnotic rhythms of the first disc disappear on side 3 in favour of 17 minutes of scary, ambient, dissonant noise. The first half of side 4 is just ridiculous, and the second half returns to the style of the first few tracks. It's quite a journey to listen to, and not an easy one at that. But it is so hypnotic and weird, there aren't a lot of albums that can compare.

Favourite Tracks: Halleluwah, Oh Yeah, Paperhouse [First added to this chart: 10/27/2016]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

922 charts

Rank Score:

10,209

Rank in 1971:

7

Rank in 1970s:

37

Overall Rank:

146

Average Rating:

 83 (1,029 votes)

Comments:

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10. (11) 1

Escalator Over The Hill 

 Carla Bley / Paul Haines

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"They check her flavor by sticking straws into her eyes."

Favourite Tracks: Hotel Overture, Escalator Over The Hill, Doctor Why, Why, Rawalpindi Blues, End Of Rawalpindi [First added to this chart: 07/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

497

Rank in 1971:

61

Rank in 1970s:

541

Overall Rank:

3,014

Average Rating:

 73 (70 votes)

Comments:

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12. (13) 1

There's A Riot Goin' On 

 Sly & The Family Stone

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"You can't cry cause you'll look broke down, but you're cryin' anyway cause you're all broke down."

Favourite Tracks: Luv N' Haight, Family Affair, Runnin' Away, Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa [First added to this chart: 09/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

610 charts

Rank Score:

4,308

Rank in 1971:

19

Rank in 1970s:

98

Overall Rank:

411

Average Rating:

 81 (681 votes)

Comments:

36

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First Utterance 

 Comus

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"Hymen hunter, hands of steel, crack you open and your red flesh peel."

Favourite Tracks: The Herald, Diana, Drip Drip [First added to this chart: 07/08/2018]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

206 charts

Rank Score:

1,625

Rank in 1971:

31

Rank in 1970s:

228

Overall Rank:

1,083

Average Rating:

 79 (198 votes)

Comments:

13

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Sun Ship 

 John Coltrane

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Favourite Tracks: Dearly Beloved, Amen, Attaining [First added to this chart: 05/07/2018]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

98

Rank in 1971:

177

Rank in 1970s:

1,679

Overall Rank:

11,795

Average Rating:

 77 (48 votes)

Comments:

0

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Histoire De Melody Nelson 

 Serge Gainsbourg

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"Où es-tu Melody et ton corps disloqué? Hante-t-il l'archipel que peuplent les sirènes?"

Favourite Tracks: Melody, Ballade De Melody Nelson, Cargo Culte, L'Hôtel Particulier [First added to this chart: 02/25/2018]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

424 charts

Rank Score:

3,229

Rank in 1971:

23

Rank in 1970s:

126

Overall Rank:

550

Average Rating:

 81 (455 votes)

Comments:

15

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Maggot Brain 

 Funkadelic

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"Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time, for y'all have knocked her up. I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe. I was not offended, for I knew I had to rise above it all, or drown in my own shit."

Favourite Tracks: Maggot Brain, Super Stupid, Wars Of Armegeddon [First added to this chart: 09/05/2017]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

645 charts

Rank Score:

4,587

Rank in 1971:

18

Rank in 1970s:

96

Overall Rank:

384

Average Rating:

 82 (701 votes)

Comments:

46

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	14	14%
1971	20	20%
1972	9	9%
1973	10	10%
1974	9	9%
1975	8	8%
1976	4	4%
1977	11	11%
1978	6	6%
1979	9	9%

Artist	Albums	%
David Bowie	7	7%
Pink Floyd	5	5%
Joni Mitchell	3	3%
Neil Young	3	3%
Kraftwerk	3	3%
Black Sabbath	3	3%
Herbie Hancock	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	42	42%
	37	37%
	10	10%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 21 from 40th to 19th Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Up 7 from 23rd to 16th The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
Up 4 from 22nd to 18th Sun Ship by John Coltrane

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 16th to 20th Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Down 4 from 17th to 21st The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
Down 4 from 19th to 23rd Marquee Moon by Television

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95/100	04/26/2018 22:56	PaperVinnie	452	81/100
95/100	09/15/2017 09:58	TheSmiths82-87	1,838	83/100
90/100	09/14/2017 07:37	nitomano	82	78/100
90/100	03/04/2017 23:30	LedZep	1,094	84/100
80/100	01/14/2017 06:51	bobbyb5	727	90/100

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From PaperVinnie 04/26/2018 22:57

Great chart

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From nitomano 09/14/2017 07:38

nice chart

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From LedZep 03/04/2017 23:31

Gotta listen to Supertramp! Great chart, and really tough choice that Thick as a Brick song.

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