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Best Albums of 1976 by User Score

Decade
Genre
Min. Ratings
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

1.

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
September 28th, 1976
Soul
USER SCORE
91
536 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

David Bowie - Station to Station
January 23rd, 1976
Art Rock
USER SCORE
89
873 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Belchior - Alucinação
MPB
USER SCORE
88
81 reviews
Amazon

4.

Invisible - El jardín de los presentes
September 29th, 1976
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
88
82 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver
Jazz
USER SCORE
88
51 reviews
Amazon

6.

Ryo Fukui - Scenery
January 1st, 1976
Jazz
USER SCORE
85
225 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

7.

The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
August 1st, 1976
Protopunk
USER SCORE
85
198 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Joni Mitchell - Hejira
November 1st, 1976
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
84
152 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Bob Dylan - Desire
January 5th, 1976
Rock
USER SCORE
84
240 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
September 11th, 1976
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
83
79 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
May 1st, 1976
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
83
83 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Jorge Ben - África Brasil
January 1st, 1976
MPB
USER SCORE
83
62 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia
Electronic
USER SCORE
83
274 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Cartola - Cartola
April 1st, 1976
USER SCORE
82
53 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Tom Waits - Small Change
September 1st, 1976
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
82
125 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia
October 1st, 1976
Protopunk
USER SCORE
82
63 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Rush - 2112
April 1st, 1976
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
82
258 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Rainbow - Rising
May 17th, 1976
Hard Rock
USER SCORE
81
86 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Marvin Gaye - I Want You
March 16th, 1976
Soul
USER SCORE
81
70 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène
December 5th, 1976
Electronic
USER SCORE
80
86 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
March 26th, 1976
Hard Rock
USER SCORE
80
52 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Ramones - Ramones
April 23rd, 1976
Punk Rock
USER SCORE
80
408 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
March 23rd, 1976
Heavy Metal
USER SCORE
79
74 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
January 19th, 1976
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
79
88 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
February 2nd, 1976
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
79
76 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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