Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s by Exist-en-ciel 
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
8.8/10
Tracks selection: The Cinema Show, Firth of Fifth & Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
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1. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight 9
2. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 8.5
3. Firth of Fifth 9.5
4. More Fool Me 8
5. The Battle of Epping Forest 9
6. After the Ordeal 8.5
7. The Cinema Show 9.5
8. Aisle of Plenty 9 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
8.8/10
Tracks selection: The Cinema Show, Firth of Fifth & Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
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1. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight 9
2. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 8.5
3. Firth of Fifth 9.5
4. More Fool Me 8
5. The Battle of Epping Forest 9
6. After the Ordeal 8.5
7. The Cinema Show 9.5
8. Aisle of Plenty 9 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
Year of Release:
1973
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Rank Score:
11,073
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
8.8/10
Tracks selection: The Musical Box, The Fountain of Salmasis & The Return of the Giant Hogweed
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1. The Musical Box 9.5
2. For Absent Friends 8
3. The Return of the Giant Hogweed 9.5
4. Seven Stones 8.5
5. Harold the Barrel 8.5
6. Harlequin 8.5
7. The Fountain of Salmacis 9.5 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
8.8/10
Tracks selection: The Musical Box, The Fountain of Salmasis & The Return of the Giant Hogweed
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1. The Musical Box 9.5
2. For Absent Friends 8
3. The Return of the Giant Hogweed 9.5
4. Seven Stones 8.5
5. Harold the Barrel 8.5
6. Harlequin 8.5
7. The Fountain of Salmacis 9.5 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
2,467
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
8.8/10
Tracks selection: Supper's Ready, Watcher of the Skies & Can-Utility and the Coastliners
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1. Watcher of the Skies 9.5
2. Time Table 8
3. Get 'Em Out by Friday 8.5
4. Can-Utility and the Coastliners 9
5. Horizons 8.5
6. Supper's Ready 9.5 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
8.8/10
Tracks selection: Supper's Ready, Watcher of the Skies & Can-Utility and the Coastliners
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1. Watcher of the Skies 9.5
2. Time Table 8
3. Get 'Em Out by Friday 8.5
4. Can-Utility and the Coastliners 9
5. Horizons 8.5
6. Supper's Ready 9.5 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1972
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5,500
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
8.7/10
Track selection: The Knife (live)
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1. Watcher of the Skies 8.5
2. Get 'Em Out by Friday 8.5
3. The Return of the Giant Hogweed 8.5
4. The Musical Box 9
5. The Knife 9 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
8.7/10
Track selection: The Knife (live)
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1. Watcher of the Skies 8.5
2. Get 'Em Out by Friday 8.5
3. The Return of the Giant Hogweed 8.5
4. The Musical Box 9
5. The Knife 9 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
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Progressive Rock, Rock Opera, Symphonic Prog
8.7/10
Tracks selection: In the Cage, Carpet Crawl, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
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1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 9
2. Fly on a Windshield 9
3. Broadway Melody of 1974 8.5
4. Cuckoo Cocoon 8.5
5. In the Cage 9.5
6. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging 8.5
7. Back in N.Y.C. 9
8. Hairless Heart 8.5
9. Counting Out Time 8.5
10. Carpet Crawl 9.5
11. The Chamber of 32 Doors 8.5
12. Lilywhite Lilith 8.5
13. The Waiting Room 9
14. Anyway 8.5
15. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist 8.5
16. The Lamia 8.5
17. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats 8.5
18. The Colony of Slippermen 9
19. Ravine 8
20. The Light Dies Down on Broadway 8.5
21. Riding the Scree 8.5
22. In the Rapids 8.5
23. It 8.5 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
8.7/10
Tracks selection: In the Cage, Carpet Crawl, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
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1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 9
2. Fly on a Windshield 9
3. Broadway Melody of 1974 8.5
4. Cuckoo Cocoon 8.5
5. In the Cage 9.5
6. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging 8.5
7. Back in N.Y.C. 9
8. Hairless Heart 8.5
9. Counting Out Time 8.5
10. Carpet Crawl 9.5
11. The Chamber of 32 Doors 8.5
12. Lilywhite Lilith 8.5
13. The Waiting Room 9
14. Anyway 8.5
15. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist 8.5
16. The Lamia 8.5
17. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats 8.5
18. The Colony of Slippermen 9
19. Ravine 8
20. The Light Dies Down on Broadway 8.5
21. Riding the Scree 8.5
22. In the Rapids 8.5
23. It 8.5 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
6,901
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog, Progressive Folk
8.6/10
Track selection: Stagnation
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1. Looking for Someone 8.5
2. White Mountain 8.5
3. Visions of Angels 8
4. Stagnation 9
5. Dusk 8.5
6. The Knife 9 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
8.6/10
Track selection: Stagnation
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1. Looking for Someone 8.5
2. White Mountain 8.5
3. Visions of Angels 8
4. Stagnation 9
5. Dusk 8.5
6. The Knife 9 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
1,199
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog, Progressive Pop
8.5/10
Track selection: Los Endos
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1. Dance on a Volcano 8.5
2. Entangled 8.5
3. Squonk 8.5
4. Mad Man Moon 8.5
5. Robbery, Assault and Battery 8.5
6. Ripples 8.5
7. A Trick of the Tail 8
8. Los Endos 9 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
8.5/10
Track selection: Los Endos
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1. Dance on a Volcano 8.5
2. Entangled 8.5
3. Squonk 8.5
4. Mad Man Moon 8.5
5. Robbery, Assault and Battery 8.5
6. Ripples 8.5
7. A Trick of the Tail 8
8. Los Endos 9 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1976
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Rank Score:
3,151
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
8.5/10
Track selection: Afterglow
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1. Eleventh Earl of Mar 8.5
2. One for the Vine 8.5
3. Your Own Special Way 8
4. Wot Gorilla? 8.5
5. All in a Mouse's Night 8.5
6. Blood on the Rooftops 8.5
7. 'Unquiet slumbers for the sleepers... 8.5
8. ...in that quiet earth' 8.5
9. Afterglow 9 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
8.5/10
Track selection: Afterglow
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1. Eleventh Earl of Mar 8.5
2. One for the Vine 8.5
3. Your Own Special Way 8
4. Wot Gorilla? 8.5
5. All in a Mouse's Night 8.5
6. Blood on the Rooftops 8.5
7. 'Unquiet slumbers for the sleepers... 8.5
8. ...in that quiet earth' 8.5
9. Afterglow 9 [First added to this chart: 08/26/2022]
Year of Release:
1976
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Rank Score:
1,429
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Progressive Rock, Progressive Pop
7.8/10
Track selection: Follow You Follow Me
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1. Down and Out 8
2. Undertow 8
3. Ballad of Big 7.5
4. Snowbound 7.5
5. Burning Rope 8
6. Deep in the Motherlode 8
7. Many Too Many 8
8. Scenes From a Night's Dream 7.5
9. Say It's Alright Joe 7.5
10. The Lady Lies 8
11. Follow You Follow Me 8.5 [First added to this chart: 08/27/2022]
7.8/10
Track selection: Follow You Follow Me
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1. Down and Out 8
2. Undertow 8
3. Ballad of Big 7.5
4. Snowbound 7.5
5. Burning Rope 8
6. Deep in the Motherlode 8
7. Many Too Many 8
8. Scenes From a Night's Dream 7.5
9. Say It's Alright Joe 7.5
10. The Lady Lies 8
11. Follow You Follow Me 8.5 [First added to this chart: 08/27/2022]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
794
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1971 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1972 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1973 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1974 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1975 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1976 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1977 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1978 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1979 | 6 | 6% |
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| Genesis | 9 | 9% | |
| Pink Floyd | 7 | 7% | |
| Alice Coltrane | 4 | 4% | |
| Curtis Mayfield | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Joni Mitchell | 3 | 3% | |
| Harmonium | 3 | 3% | |
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41 | 41% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| Best Artists of the 1970s | |
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| 1. Pink Floyd | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Led Zeppelin | |
| 4. Neil Young | |
| 5. The Rolling Stones | |
| 6. The Clash | |
| 7. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 8. Black Sabbath | |
| 9. The Who | |
| 10. Stevie Wonder | |
| 11. Genesis | |
| 12. Paul McCartney | |
| 13. Joni Mitchell | |
| 14. Bob Dylan | |
| 15. Yes | |
| 16. Bob Marley | |
| 17. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 18. Brian Eno | |
| 19. Nick Drake | |
| 20. Marvin Gaye |