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Best Albums of the 1970s by User Score
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1
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Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
September 28th, 1976
Soul
USER SCORE
93
3,696 ratings
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2
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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
September 12th, 1975
Art Rock
,
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
93
8,706 ratings
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3
.
The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Hard Rock
,
Blues Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
,
Heavy Psych
USER SCORE
92
48 ratings
Amazon
4
.
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
June 16th, 1972
Glam Rock
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
92
6,737 ratings
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5
.
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
May 21st, 1971
Soul
USER SCORE
92
4,610 ratings
Amazon
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6
.
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
March 1st, 1973
Art Rock
,
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
91
10,352 ratings
Amazon
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7
.
Magma - Magma Live
Jazz Fusion
,
Zeuhl
USER SCORE
90
13 ratings
Amazon
8
.
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
April 1st, 1970
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Jazz Fusion
USER SCORE
90
2,402 ratings
Amazon
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9
.
Pink Floyd - Animals
January 21st, 1977
Progressive Rock
,
Art Rock
USER SCORE
90
5,698 ratings
Amazon
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10
.
Joni Mitchell - Blue
June 22nd, 1971
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
90
2,321 ratings
Amazon
Music
11
.
Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube Da Esquina
March 0th, 1972
MPB
USER SCORE
90
1,524 ratings
Amazon
Music
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12
.
Chico Buarque - Construção
November 0th, 1971
MPB
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Samba
USER SCORE
90
875 ratings
Amazon
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Spotify
13
.
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
February 25th, 1972
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
90
4,129 ratings
Amazon
Music
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14
.
Nino Rota - The Godfather
Cinematic Classical
,
Third Stream
USER SCORE
90
84 ratings
Amazon
Music
15
.
King Crimson - Red
October 6th, 1974
Progressive Rock
,
Art Rock
USER SCORE
90
2,644 ratings
Amazon
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16
.
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
August 3rd, 1973
Soul
USER SCORE
89
1,769 ratings
Amazon
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17
.
Bill Conti - Rocky
November 12th, 1976
Cinematic Classical
,
Jazz Fusion
,
Lounge
USER SCORE
89
14 ratings
Amazon
Music
18
.
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
September 18th, 1970
Heavy Metal
,
Hard Rock
USER SCORE
89
4,288 ratings
Amazon
Music
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19
.
David Bowie - Station to Station
January 23rd, 1976
Art Rock
,
Funk Rock
USER SCORE
89
2,915 ratings
Amazon
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20
.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
November 8th, 1971
Hard Rock
USER SCORE
89
4,034 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
David Bowie - Low
January 14th, 1977
Art Rock
,
Ambient
USER SCORE
89
3,675 ratings
Amazon
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22
.
Television - Marquee Moon
February 8th, 1977
Art Punk
,
Post-Punk
,
Art Rock
USER SCORE
89
2,647 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Gene Harris - Astral Signal
USER SCORE
89
10 ratings
Amazon
24
.
Clara Nunes - Clara Nunes
USER SCORE
89
10 ratings
Amazon
25
.
Novos Baianos - Acabou Chorare
MPB
,
Samba
USER SCORE
89
725 ratings
Amazon
Music
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