Pitchfork: The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s

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#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1977	Low	David Bowie	Album	4.45	25
2	1979	London Calling	The Clash	Single	5	8
3	1977	Marquee Moon	Television	Album	4.2	23
4	1971	There’s a Riot Goin’ On	Sly & the Family Stone	Album	3.35	21
5	1975	Blood on the Tracks	Bob Dylan	Album	4.2	28
6	1977	Trans Europa Express	Kraftwerk	Album	4.15	33
7	1971	[Led Zeppelin IV]	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.8	86
8	1979	Entertainment!	Gang of Four	Album	4.5	17
9	1979	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division	Album	4.3	55
10	1975	Another Green World	Eno	Album	4.05	18
11	1972	Exile on Main St.	The Rolling Stones	Album	4.25	53
12	1970	Fun House	The Stooges	Album	4.2	21
13	1972	Pink Moon	Nick Drake	Album	4.15	15
14	1970	Loaded	The Velvet Underground	Album	4.1	21
15	1971	Who’s Next	The Who	Album	4.4	68
16	1979	Singles Going Steady	Buzzcocks	Album + Compilation	3.25	12
17	1971	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	Album	4	11
18	1970	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	Album	4.5	47
19	1972	Ege Bamyası	Can	Album	4.1	19
20	1971	Electric Warrior	T. Rex	Album	3.4	36
21	1971	Histoire de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	Album	3.25	9
22	1977	Pink Flag	Wire	Album	4.15	13
23	1976	Ramones	Ramones	Album	4.25	21
24	1973	Here Come the Warm Jets	Brian Eno	Album	4.15	20
25	1972	Neu!	Neu!	Album	3.75	13
26	1973	Innervisions	Stevie Wonder	Album	4.65	35
27	1970	Led Zeppelin III	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.4	61
28	1970	Let It Be	The Beatles	Album	4	56
29	1971	Tago Mago	Can	Album	4.15	26
30	1972	On the Corner	Miles Davis	Album	4.25	15
31	1979	Fear of Music	Talking Heads	Album	4.2	61
32	1979	The Wall	Pink Floyd	Album	4.5	94
33	1978	Chairs Missing	Wire	Album	3.8	12
34	1977	Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track	Various Artists	Album + Soundtrack	4.5	31
35	1979	Y	The Pop Group	Album	3.5	8
36	1975	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	Album	4.65	119
37	1977	My Aim Is True	Elvis Costello	Album	3.4	21
38	1979	Drums and Wires	XTC	Album	4.5	34
39	1977	Suicide	Suicide	Album	3.6	13
40	1976	The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers	Album	4.25	16
41	1977	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	Album	4.3	80
42	1979	Specials	The Specials	Album	3.75	21
43	1979	Off the Wall	Michael Jackson	Album	3.8	43
44	1977	The Clash	The Clash	Album	4.15	27
45	1978	More Songs About Buildings and Food	Talking Heads	Album	4	69
46	1977	Heart of the Congos	The Congos	Album	3.65	12
47	1973	Call Me	Al Green	Album	4.6	10
48	1971	Live‐Evil	Miles Davis	Album + Live	5	12
49	1971	What’s Going On	Marvin Gaye	Album	4.35	47
50	1970	Starsailor	Tim Buckley	Album	3	7
51	1977	Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols	Sex Pistols	Album	4.3	53
52	1978	This Year’s Model	Elvis Costello	Album	4.35	25
53	1978	Music for 18 Musicians	Steve Reich	Album	5	7
54	1970	Cosmo’s Factory	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Album	4.45	36
55	1971	Bryter Layter	Nick Drake	Album	4.25	14
56	1973	Future Days	Can	Album	4.5	14
57	1972	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	Album	3.4	15
58	1971	Jack Johnson	Miles Davis	Album + Soundtrack	5	18
59	1977	Rocket to Russia	Ramones	Album	4	15
60	1970	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band	Album	4.2	28
61	1971	Surf’s Up	The Beach Boys	Album	3.7	7
62	1978	The Cars	The Cars	Album	4.25	28
63	1974	Zuckerzeit	Cluster	Album	4	6
64	1977	Lust for Life	Iggy Pop	Album	3.65	16
65	1974	On the Beach	Neil Young	Album	4.15	16
66	1978	3rd	Big Star	Album	3.65	11
67	1971	Meddle	Pink Floyd	Album	4.3	65
68	1973	Head Hunters	Herbie Hancock	Album	3.9	33
69	1973	Faust IV	Faust	Album	3.4	8
70	1973	The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd	Album	4.75	146
71	1973	The Payback	James Brown	Album	5	4
72	1974	Red	King Crimson	Album	4.4	34
73	1978	Van Halen	Van Halen	Album	4.1	36
74	1971	Songs of Love and Hate	Leonard Cohen	Album	4.3	18
75	1973	Houses of the Holy	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.45	51
76	1978	Parallel Lines	Blondie	Album	4.2	25
77	1973	Aladdin Sane	David Bowie	Album	3.85	32
78	1975	Expensive Shit	Fela Ransome Kuti	Album	3.6	6
79	1972	Sail Away	Randy Newman	Album	4	7
80	1971	Hunky Dory	David Bowie	Album	4.3	36
81	1972	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars	David Bowie	Album	4.55	62
82	1970	All Things Must Pass	George Harrison	Album	4.45	27
83	1973	Raw Power	Iggy and The Stooges	Album	3.5	25
84	1971	Nilsson Schmilsson	Nilsson	Album	2.5	17
85	1979	154	Wire	Album	3.75	13
86	1971	Blue	Joni Mitchell	Album	4.15	29
87	1973	For Your Pleasure	Roxy Music	Album	3.8	15
88	1977	From Here to Eternity	Giorgio Moroder	Album	4.35	12
89	1978	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!	DEVO	Album	4.15	12
90	1976	Zombie	Fẹla and Afrika 70	Album	3.5	18
91	1979	20 Jazz Funk Greats	Throbbing Gristle	Album	4	15
92	1978	Die Mensch·Maschine	Kraftwerk	Album	4.25	32
93	1970	Band of Gypsys	Jimi Hendrix	Album + Live	4.2	28
94	1974	Starless and Bible Black	King Crimson	Album	4.2	21
95	1975	Physical Graffiti	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.05	43
96	1977	The Idiot	Iggy Pop	Album	3.6	13
97	1972	The Harder They Come	Various Artists	Album + Soundtrack	4	16
98	1974	Rock Bottom	Robert Wyatt	Album	4.65	10
99	1970	After the Gold Rush	Neil Young	Album	4.5	28
100	1977	Before and After Science	Brian Eno	Album	4	15

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