Top 56 Music Albums of the 1970s by pjohnsongolf

• Chart updated: 07/13/2021 05:15
• (Created: 11/12/2018 05:29).
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Animals 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,730 charts

Rank Score:

24,726

Rank in 1977:

2

Rank in 1970s:

8

Overall Rank:

35

Average Rating:

 88 (2,759 votes)

Comments:

200

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,945 charts

Rank Score:

23,889

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 86 (2,298 votes)

Comments:

189

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Close To The Edge 

 Yes

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,165 charts

Rank Score:

14,645

Rank in 1972:

4

Rank in 1970s:

24

Overall Rank:

88

Average Rating:

 85 (1,439 votes)

Comments:

117

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A Night At The Opera 

 Queen

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[First added to this chart: 02/15/2021]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,395 charts

Rank Score:

12,654

Rank in 1975:

5

Rank in 1970s:

31

Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

 83 (1,908 votes)

Comments:

129

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Marquee Moon 

 Television

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,757 charts

Rank Score:

21,402

Rank in 1977:

3

Rank in 1970s:

13

Overall Rank:

45

Average Rating:

 86 (1,858 votes)

Comments:

145

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Wish You Were Here 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

2,947 charts

Rank Score:

48,597

Rank in 1975:

1

Rank in 1970s:

2

Overall Rank:

6

Average Rating:

 91 (3,991 votes)

Comments:

309

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Fragile 

 Yes

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

796 charts

Rank Score:

6,822

Rank in 1971:

11

Rank in 1970s:

61

Overall Rank:

251

Average Rating:

 84 (1,076 votes)

Comments:

56

8. (9) 1

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

 David Bowie

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,962 charts

Rank Score:

48,180

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 90 (3,480 votes)

Comments:

300

9. (7) 2

Thick As A Brick 

 Jethro Tull

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

632 charts

Rank Score:

5,910

Rank in 1972:

8

Rank in 1970s:

74

Overall Rank:

297

Average Rating:

 83 (831 votes)

Comments:

44

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Meddle 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2018]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,107 charts

Rank Score:

10,112

Rank in 1971:

8

Rank in 1970s:

39

Overall Rank:

149

Average Rating:

 84 (1,952 votes)

Comments:

103

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Top 56 Music Albums of the 1970s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	6	11%
1971	9	16%
1972	7	13%
1973	4	7%
1974	4	7%
1975	4	7%
1976	3	5%
1977	12	21%
1978	3	5%
1979	4	7%

Artist	Albums	%
Pink Floyd	7	13%
David Bowie	3	5%
Talking Heads	3	5%
Yes	2	4%
Queen	2	4%
Neil Young	2	4%
Jethro Tull	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	31	55%
	19	34%
	3	5%
	2	4%
	1	2%

Top 56 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 1 from 9th to 8th The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
Up 1 from 8th to 7th Fragile by Yes

Biggest fallers
Down 23 from 16th to 39th News Of The World by Queen
Down 22 from 33rd to 55th Octave by The Moody Blues
Down 20 from 24th to 44th The Clash by The Clash

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Low by David Bowie
Journey In Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane
Fun House by The Stooges
After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
Another Green World by Eno
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Who's Next by The Who
Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
Apostrophe (') by Frank Zappa
Trans Europa Express by Kraftwerk
Harvest by Neil Young
Pink Flag by Wire
Tago Mago by Can
Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
The Best Of The Guess Who by The Guess Who
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

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