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Favorite Songs of the 1970s (Chronological)

 Decade Rating: 3.92. Ranked  #1 / 7.

5 songs per year, starting from 1970.

1970

    1) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath  ||  Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

    2) Neil Young - Tell Me Why  ||  Country Rock, Folk Rock

    3) Exuma - Mama Loi, Papa Loi  ||  Freak Folk, Caribbean Folk

    4) Miles Davis - Pharaoh's Dance  ||  Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz

    5) Santana - Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen  ||  Latin Rock

1971

    1) Joni Mitchell - All I Want  ||  Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk

    2) The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses  ||  Blues Rock

    3) Funkadelic - Super Stupid  ||  Funk Rock, Psychedelic Rock

    4) Comus - Drip Drip  ||  Freak Folk, Avant-Folk, Progressive Folk

    5) Leonard Cohen - Avalanche  ||  Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk

1972

    1) Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Paix  ||  Progressive Folk, Psychedelic Rock

    2) Nick Drake - From the Morning  ||  Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter

    3) Can - Vitamin C  ||  Krautrock

    4) David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide  ||  Pop Rock, Glam Rock

    5) Terry Callier - Dancing Girl  ||  Soul

1973

    1) Pink Floyd - Brain Damage  ||  Art Rock, Psychedelic Rock

    2) Aerosmith - Dream On  ||  Hard Rock

    3) Stevie Wonder - Living for the City  ||  Soul

    4) David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul  ||  Glam Rock, Art Rock

    5) New York Dolls - Trash  ||  Glam Rock, Proto-Punk

1974

    1) King Crimson - Starless  ||  Progressive Rock, Art Rock

    2) Nico - The End  ||  Darkwave, Avant-Folk

    3) The Electric Light Orchestra - Can't Get It Out of My Head  ||  Pop Rock

    4) Miles Davis - Calypso Frelimo  ||  Jazz Fusion

    5) Brian Eno - Third Uncle  ||  Art Rock, Art Pop

1975

    1) Patti Smith - Free Money  ||  Proto-Punk, Art Rock

    2) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here  ||  Art Rock, Progressive Rock

    3) Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue  ||  Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter

    4) Fela Kuti & The Africa '70 - Expensive Shit  ||  Afrobeat

    5) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody  ||  Art Rock, Rock Opera, Progressive Rock

1976

    1) Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line  ||  Symphonic Rock, Pop Rock

    2) Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely  ||  Soul

    3) Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper  ||  Hard Rock

    4) Joni Mitchell - Song for Sharon  ||  Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk

    5) Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son  ||  Hard Rock, Progressive Rock

1977

    1) David Bowie - Warszawa  ||  Art Rock

    2) Talking Heads - Psycho Killer  ||  Post-Punk, New Wave

    3) Steely Dan - Peg  ||  Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock

    4) Fleetwood Mac - The Chain  ||  Pop Rock, Soft Rock

    5) Bob Marley - Exodus  ||  Reggae

1978

    1) Wire - Practice Makes Perfect  ||  Post-Punk

    2) Pere Ubu - Non-Alignment Pact  ||  Post-Punk, Art Punk

    3) Throbbing Gristle - Hamburger Lady  ||  Industrial

    4) Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights  ||  Baroque Pop

    5) Peter Gabriel - Exposure  ||  Art Rock

1979

    1) This Heat - 24 Track Loop  ||  Tape Music, Industrial

    2) Gang of Four - Damaged Goods  ||  Post-Punk, Dance Punk

    3) Talking Heads - Cities  ||  Post-Punk

    4) ABBA - Voulez-vous  ||  Euro-Disco, Europop

    5) Joy Division - Disorder  ||  Post-Punk

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