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The Best Electronic Albums of the 1970s

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Electronic
- - Art Rock
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  - Funk
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  - Hard Rock
  - Jazz
  - Jazz Fusion
- - Krautrock
  - New Wave
  - Pop
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  - Post-Punk
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  - Punk
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul

1970s

1. Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

November 1, 1974

Critic Score

100

2 reviews

2. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

January 20, 1974

Critic Score

100

2 reviews

3. Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht

Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht

August 1, 1972

Critic Score

100

1 review

4. Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène

December 5, 1976

Critic Score

100

1 review

5. The Upsetters - Super Ape

The Upsetters - Super Ape

Critic Score

100

1 review

6. Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

Critic Score

100

1 review

7. Klaus Schulze - Moondawn

Klaus Schulze - Moondawn

April 16, 1976

Critic Score

100

1 review

8. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

August 10, 1979

Critic Score

98

4 reviews

9. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

March 1, 1977

Critic Score

95

4 reviews

10. Donna Summer - Bad Girls

Donna Summer - Bad Girls

April 25, 1979

Critic Score

95

2 reviews

11. Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack

Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack

November 15, 1977

Critic Score

94

2 reviews

12. Harmonia - Deluxe

Harmonia - Deluxe

August 20, 1975

Critic Score

90

2 reviews

13. Ashra - New Age of Earth

Ashra - New Age of Earth

January 1, 1976

Critic Score

90

1 review

14. Conrad Schnitzler - Rot

Conrad Schnitzler - Rot

Critic Score

90

1 review

15. Klaus Schulze - Cyborg

Klaus Schulze - Cyborg

Critic Score

90

1 review

16. Big Youth - Dreadlocks Dread

Big Youth - Dreadlocks Dread

January 1, 1975

Critic Score

90

1 review

17. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon

Tangerine Dream - Rubycon

March 21, 1975

Critic Score

90

1 review

18. Klaus Schulze - Mirage

Klaus Schulze - Mirage

April 0, 1977

Critic Score

90

1 review

19. Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure

Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure

February 1, 1979

Critic Score

90

1 review

20. Robert Ashley - In Sara, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women

Robert Ashley - In Sara, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women

July 25, 1974

Critic Score

90

1 review

21. Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby

Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby

August 27, 1975

Critic Score

90

1 review

22. Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear

Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear

October 1, 1976

Critic Score

90

1 review

23. Bruce Haack - The Electric Lucifer

Bruce Haack - The Electric Lucifer

May 1, 1970

Critic Score

89

3 reviews

24. Walter Gibbons - Jungle Music

Walter Gibbons - Jungle Music

January 8, 1976

Critic Score

88

3 reviews

25. Chic - Risqué

July 30, 1979

Critic Score

88

3 reviews

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