Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Rainbow Rising	May 17, 1976	93.2	69	5
2	Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny	Mar 23, 1976	92.3	61	4
3	Rush 2112	Apr 1, 1976	92.5	52	5
4	Boston Boston	Sep 1976	91.5	28	3
5	Kansas Leftoverture	Oct 21, 1976	94	15	1
6	Led Zeppelin Presence	Mar 31, 1976	88	30	2
7	Aerosmith Rocks	May 1976	89.3	20	2
8	Kiss Destroyer	Mar 15, 1976	88.7	21	2
9	Heart Dreamboat Annie	Mar 1976	93	6	1
10	Thin Lizzy Jailbreak	Mar 1976	89.2	14	0
11	AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	Sep 1976	87.9	17	2
12	Blue Oyster Cult Agents of Fortune	May 1976	89.8	10	0
13	UFO No Heavy Petting	1976	88.6	12	0
14	Queen A Day at the Races	Dec 18, 1976	86.4	19	2
15	Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same [Live]	Oct 22, 1976	85.6	20	1
16	Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy	Oct 1, 1976	81.1	40	7
17	Rush All the World's a Stage [Live]	Sep 1976	88.6	7	0
18	Thin Lizzy Johnny the Fox	Oct 1976	90	5	0
19	Ted Nugent Free-for-All	Oct 1976	91.7	3	0
20	Styx Crystal Ball	Oct 1, 1976	88.8	4	0
21	Deep Purple Made in Europe [Live]	1976	85.7	7	0
22	Scorpions Virgin Killer	Nov 22, 1976	85.1	8	1
23	ZZ Top Tejas	1976	83	5	0
24	Lynyrd Skynyrd Gimme Back My Bullets	Feb 1976	83.8	4	0
25	Triumph Triumph	1976	83.8	4	0
26	Uriah Heep High and Mighty	Jun 1976	85	3	0
27	Kiss Rock and Roll Over	Nov 11, 1976	78.9	11	1
28	Alice Cooper Alice Cooper Goes to Hell	1976	82	5	0
29	Journey Look Into the Future	Jan 1976	82	5	0
30	Lynyrd Skynyrd One More From the Road [Live]	Sep 1976	82.5	4	0
31	Budgie If I Were Britannia I'd Waive the Rules	1976	82.5	4	0

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