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100 Favorite Albums of the 1970s: 80-61

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80. ABBA- Arrival

79. MC5- Back in the USA

78. Roxy Music- Roxy Music

77. Talking Heads- More Songs About Buildings and Food

Paste: #26 on adjusted list

Pitchfork: #34 on adjusted list

76. Bruce Springsteen- The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

75. Neil Young- Time Fades Away

74. Sly and the Family Stone- There’s a Riot Goin’ On

Paste: #16 on adjusted list

Pitchfork: #4 on adjusted list

73. Gang of Four- Entertainment!

Paste: #50 on adjusted list

Pitchfork: #8 on adjusted list

72. Van Halen- Van Halen

Pitchfork: #48 on adjusted list

71. Neil Young- Comes a Time

70. Janis Joplin- Pearl

69. Iggy Pop- Lust for Life

Paste: beginning of comparison; excluded

Pitchfork: #44 on adjusted list

68. Bob Marley- Exodus

Paste: excluded

67. B.B. King- Live at Cook County Jail

Paste: excluded

66. Marvin Gaye- What’s Going On

Paste: +56

Pitchfork: #36 on adjusted list

65. Miles Davis- A Tribute to Jack Johnson

Paste: excluded

Pitchfork: beginning of comparison; +24

64. George Harrison- All Things Must Pass

Paste: +29

Pitchfork: +8

63. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young- Deja vu

Paste: +15

Pitchfork: excluded

62. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin III

Paste: two-album rule exclusion by Paste

Pitchfork: +40

61. The Specials- Specials

Paste: excluded

Pitchfork: +30

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100 Favorite Albums of the 1970s: 100-81

About three months ago, I posted my 100 Favorite Albums of the 1980s in five installments. In the next couple of weeks, I’ll be posting my top 100 of the ’70s.

With the ’80s, I compared my list with those of Paste and Slant. Because Slant hasn’t ranked the LPs for this particular decade, I decided to use Pitchfork’s list in addition to Paste’s recent picks.

As I did last time, I quantified the differences between my list and those of the two online magazines. I controlled for albums I have not heard (and took into consideration Paste’s two-album limit). This resulted in 61 albums I had heard on Paste’s lists and 65 on Pitchfork’s. A “+” indicates the album was higher on their list, and a “-“ indicates the album was higher on mine. I only used my top 61 and my top 65 to compare with the respective lists, but I posted all of my picks anyway.

100. Van Morrison- Tupelo Honey