Best albums of the 1970s
Prog and hard rock spent the middle of the decade getting longer while dub and krautrock quietly assembled the rhythmic machinery that pop is still borrowing. Then punk turned up and told all of them to get to the point.
According to Riffiter listeners, the best album of the 1970s is What's Going On by Marvin Gaye, rated 4.7/5 by 17 listeners.
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Build a list or tier of your ownThe 1970s, year by year
Ten years, three records each. Every heading opens that year in full.
Best albums of 1970
940 albums
Best albums of 1971
875 albums
Best albums of 1972
921 albums
Best albums of 1973
1,026 albums
Best albums of 1975
1,029 albums
Best albums of 1976
1,110 albums
Best albums of 1977
1,088 albums
Best albums of 1978
1,133 albums
Best albums of the 1970s by genre
The genres that carried the period here, each with what listeners rate highest inside it.
Best Rock albums of the 1970s
2,586 albums from the 1970s
Best Jazz albums of the 1970s
1,614 albums from the 1970s
Best Pop albums of the 1970s
1,354 albums from the 1970s
Best Soul albums of the 1970s
1,052 albums from the 1970s
Best Funk albums of the 1970s
708 albums from the 1970s
The artists of the 1970s
Everyone who put a record out then, ordered by how listeners rate their catalog rather than by that one release.
