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THE TOP 15 ARTISTS of the 1970's


TOP 100 TRACKS of the 1970's


1

4.26

1971

Imagine

John Lennon

Imagine

2

3.28

1975

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

A Night At The Opera

3

3.17

1979

I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor

Love Tracks

4

3.11

1978

Wuthering Heights

Kate Bush

The Kick Inside

5

3.10

1971

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

Marvin Gaye

What's Going On

6

2.67

1977

How Deep Is Your Love

The Bee Gees

Saturday Night Fever (Various Artists)

7

2.66

1974

Loving You

Minnie Riperton

Perfect Angel

8

2.37

1971

Riders On The Storm

The Doors

L.A.Woman

9

2.30

1970

Layla

Derek & The Dominoes

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

10

2.28

1971

Stairway To Heaven

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin IV

11

2.26

1974

You're The First, The Last, My Everything

Barry White

Can't Get Enough

12

2.20

1973

Angie

The Rolling Stones

Goat's Head Soup

13

2.19

1970

Son of A Preacher Man

Aretha Franklin

This Girl's In Love With You

14

2.13

1975

I'm Not In Love

10cc

The Original Soundtrack

15

1.88

1972

Children of The Revolution

T.Rex

Children of The Revolution (single)

16

1.75

1979

Teenage Kicks

The Undertones

The Undertones

17

1.71

1976

I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement

The Ramones

The Ramones

18

1.70

1977

Night Fever

The Bee Gees

Saturday Night Fever (Various Artists)

19

1.65

1972

Wild Child

Lou Reed

Lou Reed

20

1.60

1972

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

Let's Stay Together

21

1.59

1979

Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd

The Wall

22

1.59

1972

Rocket Man

Elton John

Honky Chateau

23

1.55

1972

Ladytron

Roxy Music

Roxy Music

24

1.55

1979

Rock With You

Michael Jackson

Off The Wall

25

1.55

1977

Sound and Vision

David Bowie

Low

26

1.54

1979

Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

Off The Wall

27

1.54

1971

Fearless

Pink Floyd

Meddle

28

1.54

1978

Grease (Is The Word)

Frankie Valli

Grease OST

29

1.54

1970

Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)

James Brown

Sex Machine

30

1.53

1975

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pts 1-5)

Pink Floyd

Wish You Were Here

31

1.53

1975

Never Can Say Goodbye

Gloria Gaynor

Never Can Say Goodbye

32

1.52

1975

90% of Me Is You

Gwen McCrae

Rockin' Chair

33

1.51

1975

Rockin' Chair

Gwen McCrae

Rockin' Chair

34

1.50

1971

Bang A Gong (Get It On)

T.Rex

Electric Warrior

35

1.50

1975

You Sexy Thing

Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

36

1.50

1978

Dreadlock Holiday

10cc

Bloody Tourists

37

1.49

1978

Sultans of Swing

Dire Straits

Dire Straits

38

1.47

1970

Since I've Been Loving You

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin III

39

1.47

1978

Heart of Glass

Blondie

Parallel Lines

40

1.47

1972

Heart of Gold

Neil Young

Harvest

41

1.47

1970

Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen

Santana

Abraxas

42

1.44

1975

I'll Come Running

Brian Eno

Another Green World

43

1.43

1972

If There Is Something

Roxy Music

Roxy Music

44

1.42

1978

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Rose Royce

Rose Royce III

45

1.41

1973

Us And Them

Pink Floyd

The Dark Side of The Moon

46

1.41

1974

Hasta Mañana Monsieur

Sparks

Kimono My House

47

1.41

1977

Disco Inferno

The Trammps

Saturday Night Fever (Various Artists)

48

1.40

1977

Anarchy In The UK

The Sex Pistols

Never Mind The Bollocks...

49

1.39

1973

Apache

Incredible Bongo Band (Michael Viner)

Bongo Rock

50

1.39

1978

Fade Away And Radiate

Blondie

Parallel Lines

51

1.38

1972

Out On The Weekend

Neil Young

Harvest

52

1.38

1972

Horse With No Name

America

America

53

1.37

1979

Healing of The Nation

Jacob Miller & Inner Circle

Wanted

54

1.37

1978

Boogie Oogie Oogie

A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

55

1.36

1977

Marquee Moon

Television

Marquee Moon

56

1.36

1974

Smile Please

Stevie Wonder

Fulfillingness' First Finale

57

1.36

1973

Beauty Queen

Roxy Music

For Your Pleasure

58

1.36

1977

No More Heroes

The Stranglers

No More Heroes

59

1.35

1977

Here He Comes

Brian Eno

Before And After Science

60

1.33

1971

L.A.Woman

The Doors

L.A.Woman

61

1.33

1971

Family Affair

Sly & The Family Stone

There's A Riot Goin' On

62

1.33

1976

Knowing Me, Knowing You

Abba

Arrival

63

1.32

1977

Mull of Kintyre

Paul McCartney & Wings

Mull of Kintyre (single)

64

1.32

1977

Man of Creation

Jah Scotchie

Man of Creation (single)

65

1.32

1978

The Model

Kraftwerk

The Man-Machine

66

1.31

1977

Bat Out of Hell

Meat Loaf

Bat Out of Hell

67

1.31

1972

Re-Make/Re-Model

Roxy Music

Roxy Music

68

1.31

1970

Woodstock

Matthews Southern Comfort

Woodstock (single)

69

1.30

1976

Dancing Queen

Abba

Arrival

70

1.30

1976

Ask The Angels

Patti Smith

Radio Ethiopia

71

1.30

1972

Nashville Blues

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

72

1.30

1972

Living In The Past

Jethro Tull

Living In The Past

73

1.30

1977

Brick House

The Commodores

The Commodores

74

1.30

1975

Make Me Believe In You

Patti Jo

Make Me Believe In You (single)

75

1.30

1979

Mind

Talking Heads

Fear of Music

76

1.30

1979

Get Up

Vernon Burch

Get Up

77

1.29

1973

The Payback

James Brown

The Payback

78

1.29

1970

Katmandu

Cat Stevens

Mona Bone Jakon

79

1.29

1972

2 H.B.

Roxy Music

Roxy Music

80

1.29

1976

Hurricane

Bob Dylan

Desire

81

1.28

1978

Ever Fallen In Love?

The Buzzcocks

Love Bites

82

1.28

1978

Fast Cars

The Buzzcocks

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

83

1.28

1974

Love The Life You Live

Black Heat

No Time To Burn

84

1.27

1977

Four Play

Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns

A Blow For Me, A Toot To You

85

1.27

1972

Make Up

Lou Reed

Transformer

86

1.27

1974

Watermelon Man

Herbie Hancock

Head Hunters

87

1.27

1972

Satellite of Love

Lou Reed

Transformer

88

1.27

1978

11:59

Blondie

Parallel Lines

89

1.26

1979

New Dawn Fades

Joy Division

Unknown Pleasures

90

1.26

1979

Jingo

Candido

Dancin' & Prancin'

91

1.26

1973

The Bogus Man

Roxy Music

For Your Pleasure

92

1.26

1974

Rock The Boat

Hues Corporation

Rockin' Soul

93

1.26

1974

Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe

Barry White

Can't Get Enough

94

1.25

1976

Blitzkrieg Bop

The Ramones

The Ramones

95

1.25

1978

'A' Bomb In Wardour Street

The Jam

All Mod Cons

96

1.25

1977

Fisherman

The Congos

The Heart of The Congos

97

1.25

1978

What Do I Get?

The Buzzcocks

What Do I Get? (single)

98

1.25

1977

More Than A Woman

The Bee Gees

Saturday Night Fever (Various Artists)

99

1.25

1979

Are Friends Electric?

Gary Numan

Replicas

100

1.25

1977

Venus

Television

Marquee Moon





TOP 40 ALBUMS of The 1970's

Pos.

Album

Year

Artist

Score  

New Votes
Pos ~ Neg


1

Saturday Night Fever (Various Artists)

1977

The Bee Gees

10.64
21 ~ 1

2

Ziggy Stardust

1972

David Bowie

8.72
1 ~ 2

3

The Ramones

1976

The Ramones

8.45
12 ~ -

4

Parallel Lines

1978

Blondie

8.22
3 ~ 1

5

Arrival

1976

Abba

6.21
8 ~ 2

6

Roxy Music

1972

Roxy Music

6.20
1 ~ -

7

What's Going On

1971

Marvin Gaye

6.18
15 ~ 4

8

Transformer

1972

Lou Reed

6.14
3 ~ 1

9

For Your Pleasure

1973

Roxy Music

5.76
3 ~ 7

10

L.A.Woman

1971

The Doors

5.44
10 ~ 1

11

Hunky Dory

1971

David Bowie

5.40
4 ~ 2

12

Pearl

1971

Janis Joplin

5.17
2 ~ 7

13

Imagine

1971

John Lennon

4.95
37 ~ 14

14

Wish You Were Here

1975

Pink Floyd

4.93
9 ~ -

15

The Heart of The Congos

1977

The Congos

4.85
- ~ -

16

Electric Warrior

1971

T.Rex

4.80
13 ~ 1

17

Marquee Moon

1977

Television

4.77
- ~ -

18

Desire

1976

Bob Dylan

4.75
3 ~ 1

19

A Night At The Opera

1975

Queen

4.68
20 ~ 1

20

Off The Wall

1979

Michael Jackson

4.56
6 ~ 13

21

Aqualung

1971

Jethro Tull

4.49
1 ~ 2

22

Can't Get Enough

1974

Barry White

4.33
3 ~ 6

23

Another Green World

1975

Brian Eno

4.26
- ~ 2

24

Innervisions

1973

Stevie Wonder

4.23
- ~ 3

25

Harvest

1972

Neil Young

4.14
2 ~ -

26

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

1973

Elton John

4.13
32 ~ 5

27

Rumours

1977

Fleetwood Mac

4.11
- ~ -

28

Fulfillingness' First Finale

1974

Stevie Wonder

4.02
2 ~ -

29

Wind And Wuthering

1976

Genesis

3.90
- ~ -

30

The Dark Side of The Moon

1973

Pink Floyd

3.77
11 ~ -

31

All Mod Cons

1978

The Jam

3.67
- ~ -

32

Before And After Science

1977

Brian Eno

3.61
- ~ -

33

Blue

1971

Joni Mitchell

3.55
12 ~ 2

34

Bolan's Zip Gun

1975

T.Rex

3.52
8 ~ 4

35

The Kick Inside

1978

Kate Bush

3.51
18 ~ 49

36

Here Come The Warm Jets

1974

Brian Eno

3.49
- ~ -

37

This Girl's In Love With You

1970

Aretha Franklin

3.36
3 ~ 1

38

Billion Dollar Babies

1973

Alice Cooper

3.36
- ~ 1

39

Meddle

1971

Pink Floyd

3.34
11 ~ 5

40

Kimono My House

1974

Sparks

3.33
1 ~ 4

Pos.

Album

Year

Artist

Score  

New Votes
Pos ~ Neg


 

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