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The Best Music of 1976
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1976. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1976, check out this list.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
| ABBA | Arrival | ☆ |
| AC/DC | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | ☆ |
| Aerosmith | Rocks | ☆ |
| Andraé Crouch & The Disciples | This is Another Day | ☆ |
| Aretha Franklin | Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" | ☆ |
| Bad Company | Run with the Pack | ☆ |
| Barry White | Let the Music Play | ☆ |
| Bill Conti | Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score | ☆ |
| Billy Joel | Turnstiles | ☆ |
| Blondie | Blondie | ☆ |
| Blue Oyster Cult | Agents of Fortune | ☆ |
| Bob Dylan | Desire | ☆ |
| Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Live Bullet | ☆ |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | Night Moves | ☆ |
| Boston | Boston | ☆ |
| Boz Scaggs | Silk Degrees | ☆ |
| Camel | Moonmadness | ☆ |
| David Bowie | Station To Station | ☆ |
| Diana Ross | Diana Ross | ☆ |
| Donna Summer | Four Seasons of Love | ☆ |
| Electric Light Orchestra | A New World Record | ☆ |
| Elvis Presley | The Sun Sessions | ☆ |
| Fela Kuti & Africa 70 | Zombie | ☆ |
| George Benson | Breezin' | ☆ |
| Heart | Dreamboat Annie | ☆ |
| Jackson Browne | The Pretender | ☆ |
| Jaco Pastorius | Jaco Pastorious | ☆ |
| Jean Michel Jarre | Oxygene | ☆ |
| Jeff Beck | Wired | ☆ |
| Jimmy Cliff | In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff | ☆ |
| Johnny Winter | Captured Live! | ☆ |
| Joni Mitchell | Hejira | ☆ |
| Judas Priest | Sad Wings of Destiny | ☆ |
| Kansas | Leftoverture | ☆ |
| KISS | Destroyer | ☆ |
| Klaus Schulze | Moondawn | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | The Song Remains The Same | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Presence | ☆ |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | One More From the Road | ☆ |
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band | The Roaring Silence | ☆ |
| Parliament | The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein | ☆ |
| Peter Frampton | Frampton Comes Alive! | ☆ |
| Peter Tosh | Legalize It | ☆ |
| Queen | A Day at the Races | ☆ |
| Rainbow | Rising | ☆ |
| Ramones | Ramones | ☆ |
| Randy Stonehill | Welcome to Paradise | ☆ |
| Return To Forever | Romantic Warrior | ☆ |
| Rod Stewart | A Night on the Town | ☆ |
| Rush | 2112 | ☆ |
| Stanley Clarke | School Days | ☆ |
| Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | ☆ |
| Steve Miller Band | Fly Like An Eagle | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | ☆ |
| Sun Ra | Cosmos | ☆ |
| Sweet | Give Us a Wink | ☆ |
| The Alan Parsons Project | Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe | ☆ |
| The Eagles | Hotel California | ☆ |
| The Isley Brothers | Harvest for the World | ☆ |
| The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers | ☆ |
| The Runaways | The Runaways | ☆ |
| Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | ☆ |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | ☆ |
| Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon | ☆ |
| Weather Report | Black Market | ☆ |
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
| 10cc | Things We Do For Love | ☆ |
| ABBA | Dancing Queen | ☆ |
| ABBA | Fernando | ☆ |
| ABBA | Knowing Me, Knowing You | ☆ |
| AC/DC | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | ☆ |
| AC/DC | Big Balls | ☆ |
| Aerosmith | Back In the Saddle | ☆ |
| Al Stewart | Year Of The Cat | ☆ |
| Andrea True Connection | More, More, More | ☆ |
| Atlanta Rhythm Section | So In To You | ☆ |
| Barbra Streisand | Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born) | ☆ |
| Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. | Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless) | ☆ |
| Barry Manilow | Looks Like We Made It | ☆ |
| Barry Manilow | Weekend in New England | ☆ |
| Bill Conti | Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) | ☆ |
| Billy Joel | New York State of Mind | ☆ |
| Billy Joel | Say Goodbye to Hollywood | ☆ |
| Blondie | Rip Her to Shreds | ☆ |
| Blondie | X Offender | ☆ |
| Blue Öyster Cult | (Don't Fear) The Reaper | ☆ |
| Bob Dylan | Hurricane | ☆ |
| Bob Seger | Rock and Roll Never Forgets | ☆ |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | Mainstreet | ☆ |
| Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band | Night Moves | ☆ |
| Boston | More Than A Feeling | ☆ |
| Boston | Peace Of Mind | ☆ |
| Boston | Foreplay/A Long Time | ☆ |
| Boston | Rock & Roll Band | ☆ |
| Boston | Smokin' | ☆ |
| Boz Scaggs | Lido Shuffle | ☆ |
| Boz Scaggs | Lowdown | ☆ |
| Bunny Wailer | Dreamland | ☆ |
| Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | ☆ |
| Cliff Richard | Devil Woman | ☆ |
| Climax Blues Band | Couldn't Get it Right | ☆ |
| David Soul | Don't Give Up on Us | ☆ |
| Diana Ross | Love Hangover | ☆ |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Livin' Thing | ☆ |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Telephone Line | ☆ |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Do Ya | ☆ |
| Elton John & Kiki Dee | Don't Go Breaking My Heart | ☆ |
| England Dan and John Ford Coley | I'd Really Love to See You Tonight | ☆ |
| Fela Kuti and Afrika 70 | Zombie | ☆ |
| George Benson | Breezin' | ☆ |
| George Jones and Tammy Wynette | Golden Ring | ☆ |
| Gordon Lightfoot | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | ☆ |
| Hall & Oates | Rich Girl | ☆ |
| Heart | Magic Man | ☆ |
| J.J. Cale | Cocaine | ☆ |
| Jackson Browne | The Pretender | ☆ |
| Jackson Browne | Here Comes Those Tears Again | ☆ |
| James Brown | Get Up Offa That Thing | ☆ |
| James Taylor | Shower the People | ☆ |
| Jean-Michel Jarre | Oxygene, Pt. IV | ☆ |
| Joan Armatrading | Down To Zero | ☆ |
| John Sebastian | Welcome Back | ☆ |
| Judas Priest | Victim of Changes | ☆ |
| Kansas | Carry On Wayward Son | ☆ |
| KC & The Sunshine Band | I'm Your Boogie Man | ☆ |
| KC and the Sunshine Band | (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty | ☆ |
| KC and the Sunshine Band | Keep It Comin' Love | ☆ |
| Kiss | Beth | ☆ |
| Kiss | Detroit Rock City | ☆ |
| Kiss | Shout It Out Loud | ☆ |
| Kiss | Hard Luck Woman | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Achilles' Last Stand | ☆ |
| Lou Rawls | You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine | ☆ |
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band | Blinded By the Light | ☆ |
| Peter Tosh | Legalize It | ☆ |
| Peter Tosh | No Sympathy | ☆ |
| Pratt and McClain | Happy Days (Theme From Happy Days) | ☆ |
| Queen | Somebody To Love | ☆ |
| Queen | Tie Your Mother Down | ☆ |
| Rainbow | Stargazer | ☆ |
| Rainbow | Tarot Woman | ☆ |
| Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop | ☆ |
| Ramones | I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend | ☆ |
| Ramones | Beat On The Brat | ☆ |
| Ramones | Judy Is a Punk | ☆ |
| Rod Stewart | Tonight's the Night | ☆ |
| Rod Stewart | The Killing of Georgie (Part 1 and 2) | ☆ |
| Rose Royce | Car Wash | ☆ |
| Rush | 2112 | ☆ |
| Sex Pistols | Anarchy In The U.K. | ☆ |
| Starbuck | Moonlight Feels Right | ☆ |
| Starland Vocal Band | Afternoon Delight | ☆ |
| Steve Miller Band | Fly Like An Eagle | ☆ |
| Steve Miller Band | Rock'n Me | ☆ |
| Steve Miller Band | Take The Money And Run | ☆ |
| Steve Miller Band | Serenade | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Sir Duke | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Isn't She Lovely | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | I Wish | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | As | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Pastime Paradise | ☆ |
| The Bee Gees | You Should Be Dancing | ☆ |
| The Bellamy Brothers | Let Your Love Flow | ☆ |
| The Damned | New Rose | ☆ |
| The Doobie Brothers | Takin' It To the Streets | ☆ |
| The Doobie Brothers | It Keeps You Runnin' | ☆ |
| The Eagles | Hotel California | ☆ |
| The Eagles | Life In The Fast Lane | ☆ |
| The Eagles | New Kid In Town | ☆ |
| The Modern Lovers | Roadrunner | ☆ |
| The Runaways | Cherry Bomb | ☆ |
| The Spinners | The Rubberband Man | ☆ |
| The Trammps | Disco Inferno | ☆ |
| Thelma Houston | Don't Leave Me This Way | ☆ |
| Thin Lizzy | The Boys Are Back In Town | ☆ |
| Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | ☆ |
| Thin Lizzy | Cowboy Song | ☆ |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | American Girl | ☆ |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Breakdown | ☆ |
| Tom Waits | The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King) | ☆ |
| Vicki Sue Robinson | Turn the Beat Around | ☆ |
| Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band | A Fifth of Beethoven | ☆ |
| Warren Zevon | Frank and Jesse James | ☆ |
| Warren Zevon | Poor Poor Pitiful Me | ☆ |
| Wild Cherry | Play That Funky Music | ☆ |
| Wings | Silly Love Songs | ☆ |
| Wings | Let 'Em In | ☆ |
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