The Top 150 Albums of the ’70s by Treble (2019)

Treble is a music website covering a wide spectrum of music, ranging from electronic to punk to metal to hip-hop, with a particular focus on independent and underground artists. These are their best albums of 1970s.
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1.

London Calling 

 The Clash

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,786 charts

Rank Score:

34,468

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,121 votes)

Comments:

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2.

Maggot Brain 

 Funkadelic

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

642 charts

Rank Score:

4,589

Rank in 1971:

18

Rank in 1970s:

96

Overall Rank:

383

Average Rating:

 82 (701 votes)

Comments:

46

3.

Rumours 

 Fleetwood Mac

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

2,238 charts

Rank Score:

33,096

Rank in 1977:

1

Rank in 1970s:

6

Overall Rank:

21

Average Rating:

 87 (2,578 votes)

Comments:

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4.

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

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

2,962 charts

Rank Score:

48,180

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 90 (3,480 votes)

Comments:

300

5.

Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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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:

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6.

What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,590 charts

Rank Score:

19,730

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

49

Average Rating:

 85 (1,910 votes)

Comments:

144

7.

Innervisions 

 Stevie Wonder

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Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

1,180 charts

Rank Score:

13,164

Rank in 1973:

2

Rank in 1970s:

25

Overall Rank:

97

Average Rating:

 86 (1,296 votes)

Comments:

78

8.

Blue 

 Joni Mitchell

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,349 charts

Rank Score:

17,314

Rank in 1971:

6

Rank in 1970s:

20

Overall Rank:

69

Average Rating:

 85 (1,473 votes)

Comments:

111

9.

Low 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,519 charts

Rank Score:

18,777

Rank in 1977:

4

Rank in 1970s:

18

Overall Rank:

57

Average Rating:

 86 (2,050 votes)

Comments:

168

10.

Fear Of Music 

 Talking Heads

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

858 charts

Rank Score:

7,349

Rank in 1979:

4

Rank in 1970s:

54

Overall Rank:

226

Average Rating:

 84 (1,076 votes)

Comments:

50

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The Top 150 Albums of the ’70s composition

Year	Albums	%
1970	11	11%
1971	13	13%
1972	14	14%
1973	10	10%
1974	7	7%
1975	7	7%
1976	4	4%
1977	14	14%
1978	10	10%
1979	10	10%

Artist	Albums	%
David Bowie	4	4%
Stevie Wonder	3	3%
Neil Young	3	3%
Marvin Gaye	2	2%
Various Artists	2	2%
Joni Mitchell	2	2%
Big Star	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	46	46%
	37	37%
	6	6%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	1	1%
	1	1%

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The 100 best albums of the 1970s	FACT	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
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The Top 150 Albums of the ’70s	Treble	1970s decade chart	2019

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