The REAL 100 Greatest Albums of the '70s by Classic Rock (2020)

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Classic Rock is a British magazine and website dedicated to rock music. These are their best albums of 1970s. (Probably a more interesting chart than most produced by music mags).
(Official website: https://www.loudersound.com/classic-rock)

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Dr. Feelgood

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

148

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76.

Live
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Foghat

Year of Release:

1977

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23 charts

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The REAL 100 Greatest Albums of the '70s composition

Year	Albums	%

1970	7	7%
1971	11	11%
1972	5	5%
1973	12	12%
1974	13	13%
1975	6	6%
1976	7	7%
1977	19	19%
1978	14	14%
1979	5	5%

Artist	Albums	%

Pink Floyd	1	1%
Journey	1	1%
Boston	1	1%
ZZ Top	1	1%
Rainbow	1	1%
Badfinger	1	1%
Tubeway Army	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	54	55%
	36	36%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	98	99%
Yes	1	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	97	98%
Yes	2	2%

Title	Source	Type	Published
Classic Rock: The Real 100 Greatest Albums Of The 70s	WayneMC	custom chart	2020
Die besten Alben der 70er	Classic Rock Deutschland	1970s decade chart	2018
Classic Rock Magazine: The Real 100 Greatest Albums Of The 70's	DJStuart79	custom chart	2016
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	elo269megv	1970s decade chart	2019
Top 100 Music Albums of 1977	vancevisuals	1977 year chart	2016
The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '70s	Planet Rock	1970s decade chart	2019
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	borninhockeytown	1970s decade chart	2019
Top 100 Music Albums of 1977	caseygow	1977 year chart	2020
Top 100 Music Albums of 1977	Vaggelis	1977 year chart	2014
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	nitomano	1970s decade chart	2023

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Listed below are 18 charts from recognised sources for 1970s. There are also 780 user submitted charts covering this period.

Title	Source	Type	Published
Die besten Alben der 70er	Classic Rock Deutschland	1970s decade chart	2018
The REAL 100 Greatest Albums of the '70s	Classic Rock	1970s decade chart	2020
Los 100 mejores discos de los años 70	Diariocrítico	1970s decade chart	2016
The 100 best albums of the 1970s	FACT	1970s decade chart	2014
Los 50 mejores discos de los 70	Indie Hoy	1970s decade chart	2014
Die besten Alben der 70er	laut	1970s decade chart	2018
Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1970s	New Music Express	1970s decade chart	1980
The 70 Best Albums of the 1970s	Paste	1970s decade chart	2012
Top 100 Albums of the 1970s	Pitchfork	1970s decade chart	2004
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
Greatest albums of the 1970s	Ultimate Record Collection (Magazine)	1970s decade chart	2019
The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1970s	Uncut	1970s decade chart	2023

Year charts

Title	Source	Type	Published
The Best Rock Albums of 2024	Classic Rock	2024 year chart	2024
Readers Poll of the Best Albums of 2023	Classic Rock	2023 year chart	2023
Classic Rock's 50 best rock albums of 2022	Classic Rock	2022 year chart	2022
The 50 Best Albums of 2021	Classic Rock	2021 year chart	2021
The 50 Best Albums of 2020	Classic Rock	2020 year chart	2020
Classic Rock's Best Albums Of 2019	Classic Rock	2019 year chart	2019
Classic Rock's 50 Best Albums Of 2018	Classic Rock	2018 year chart	2018
Classic Rock's Best Albums Of 2017	Classic Rock	2017 year chart	2017
Classic Rock's Best Albums Of 2016	Classic Rock	2016 year chart	2016
Classic Rock's Best Albums Of 2015	Classic Rock	2015 year chart	2015
Classic Rock's 50 Best Albums Of 2014	Classic Rock	2014 year chart	2014
Classic Rock's Best Albums Of 2013	Classic Rock	2013 year chart	2013
Best Albums 2008	Classic Rock	2008 year chart	2008
Classic Rock's Best Albums of 2006	Classic Rock	2006 year chart	2006
Best Albums 2005	Classic Rock	2005 year chart	2005

Decade charts

Title	Source	Type	Published
The REAL Greatest Albums of the '90s by Classic Rock	Classic Rock	1990s decade chart	2018
The REAL 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s	Classic Rock	1980s decade chart	2017
The REAL 100 Greatest Albums of the '70s	Classic Rock	1970s decade chart	2020

Overall charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
The 100 Greatest Rock Albums Of All Time	Classic Rock		2001

[Classic Rock was founded in 1998.]

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From Johnnyo 12/30/2024 17:35

I own 55 out of the 99 entries on this chart. Really great, predominantly heavy rock albums. Excellent chart

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