Top 57 Music Albums of the 1970s by VanillaBean 
- Chart updated: 08/31/2023 21:45
- (Created: 02/10/2013 02:33).
- Chart size: 57 albums.
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Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
2,969
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Top 57 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 8 | 14% | |
| 1971 | 14 | 25% | |
| 1972 | 6 | 11% | |
| 1973 | 4 | 7% | |
| 1974 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1975 | 5 | 9% | |
| 1976 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1977 | 8 | 14% | |
| 1978 | 6 | 11% | |
| 1979 | 4 | 7% |
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| Pink Floyd | 5 | 9% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 7% | |
| David Bowie | 4 | 7% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 5% | |
| Steely Dan | 2 | 4% | |
| John Lennon | 2 | 4% | |
| Can | 2 | 4% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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27 | 47% | |
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20 | 35% | |
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3 | 5% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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Top 57 Music Albums of the 1970s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 8 from 9th to 1st Aja by Steely Dan |
| Up 2 from 12th to 10th Surf's Up by The Beach Boys |
| Up 2 from 11th to 9th Maggot Brain by Funkadelic |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 7th to 11th Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin |
| Down 2 from 10th to 12th Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin |
| Down 1 from 1st to 2nd Disco Club by Black Devil Disco Club |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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 85/100  | 01/14/2014 21:10 |  tgarritsen | | 86/100 |
| 100/100 | 11/04/2013 20:54 | JusticeDone | | 96/100 |
| 80/100 | 07/03/2013 02:43 | edubs | | 89/100 |
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From tgarritsen 01/14/2014 21:10
tgarritsen 01/14/2014 21:10
Good chart and nice to see some Sly and the Family Stone
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80/100
From edubs 07/03/2013 02:43
"On the Corner" - an interesting choice there.
1974 and 1978 not represented on the list - those seem to be the two weakest years of the 70s for albums. '73 was huge - so was '75
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