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The Best Pop Albums of 1971 by User Score
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1
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Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney - Ram
May 17th, 1971
Pop Rock
,
Folk Pop
,
Progressive Pop
USER SCORE
87
926 ratings
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2
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David Bowie - Hunky Dory
December 17th, 1971
Glam Rock
,
Pop Rock
,
Art Rock
USER SCORE
87
3,077 ratings
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3
.
Carole King - Tapestry
February 10th, 1971
Soft Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
86
908 ratings
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4
.
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
March 24th, 1971
Art Pop
,
French Pop
USER SCORE
83
407 ratings
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5
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The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
August 30th, 1971
Psychedelic Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Baroque Pop
USER SCORE
82
683 ratings
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6
.
Marcos Valle - Garra
January 1st, 1971
MPB
,
Samba
,
Baroque Pop
,
Psychedelic Pop
USER SCORE
82
17 ratings
Amazon
7
.
Françoise Hardy - La question
November 12th, 1971
French Pop
,
Chamber Folk
,
Chanson
USER SCORE
81
101 ratings
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8
.
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
March 16th, 1971
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Pop
USER SCORE
80
37 ratings
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9
.
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
November 1st, 1971
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Baroque Pop
,
Piano Rock
USER SCORE
80
202 ratings
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10
.
Jorge Ben - Negro é Lindo
MPB
,
Samba
,
Baroque Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
79
46 ratings
Amazon
11
.
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
October 1st, 1971
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
,
Folk Pop
,
Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
79
114 ratings
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12
.
Harry Nilsson - The Point!
January 1st, 1971
Pop
,
Spoken Word
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
79
28 ratings
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13
.
Colin Blunstone - One Year
November 0th, 1971
Baroque Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
79
25 ratings
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14
.
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
November 24th, 1971
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
79
112 ratings
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15
.
Joan Manuel Serrat - Mediterráneo
Singer-Songwriter
,
Baroque Pop
USER SCORE
78
30 ratings
Amazon
16
.
Todd Rundgren - Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
June 24th, 1971
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
78
23 ratings
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17
.
Barbra Streisand - Barbra Joan Streisand
August 1st, 1971
Soft Rock
,
Pop
USER SCORE
78
18 ratings
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18
.
Badfinger - Straight Up
December 13th, 1971
Rock
,
Power Pop
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
77
86 ratings
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19
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Elton John - Madman Across the Water
November 5th, 1971
Piano Rock
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
77
248 ratings
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20
.
Evinha - Cartão Postal
MPB
,
Samba
,
Jazz Pop
,
Motown Sound
USER SCORE
76
23 ratings
Amazon
21
.
Cher - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
September 1st, 1971
Baroque Pop
,
Folk Pop
USER SCORE
76
54 ratings
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22
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John Denver - Poems, Prayers & Promises
April 6th, 1971
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Country Pop
USER SCORE
75
35 ratings
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23
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Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
May 28th, 1971
Rock
,
Roots Rock
,
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
74
112 ratings
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24
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Carpenters - Carpenters
May 14th, 1971
Pop
,
Baroque Pop
USER SCORE
74
52 ratings
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25
.
America - America
December 29th, 1971
Soft Rock
,
Folk Pop
USER SCORE
73
108 ratings
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