Top 100 Music Albums of 1970
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Tamthebam 
- Chart updated: 12/22/2025 13:15
- (Created: 08/24/2013 17:07).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Grateful Dead | 2 | 2% | |
| Funkadelic | 2 | 2% | |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 2% | |
| Elton John | 2 | 2% | |
| Cat Stevens | 2 | 2% | |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 2% | |
| Isaac Hayes | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 3 from 31st to 28thCurtis by Curtis Mayfield |
| Up 1 from 39th to 38thWorkingman's Dead by Grateful Dead |
| Up 1 from 36th to 35thLive At Leeds by The Who |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 26th to 30thSpirit In The Dark by Aretha Franklin |
| Down 2 from 34th to 36thAmerican Beauty by Grateful Dead |
| Down 1 from 30th to 31stChapter Two by Roberta Flack |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 12/15/2025 11:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 153 | 98/100 | |
| 11/26/2020 13:30 |  Larcx13 | 1,138 | 86/100 | |
| 03/20/2020 04:15 | DJENNY | 4,338 | 100/100 | |
| 02/26/2020 05:39 |  Rhyner | 1,452 | 99/100 | |
| 11/20/2018 08:47 |  bobbyb5 | 725 | 90/100 |
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bobbyb5 11/20/2018 08:55 | #225265
Holy cow, this is great. Hardly anybody picks stuff like Grand Funk. Or The Temptations or Diana Ross. Not sure why not, because those last two are pretty good, especially considering how weak Motown albums were in those days. Those were much better than average. And also Untitled by The Byrds is another one that gets ignored. Even though it has several good tracks on it. Ditto for This Girls in Love With You and Carpenters. I like that one better than all the Aretha albums preceding it, as a matter of fact. Ha ha
Decurso 05/28/2014 04:54 | #113103
A lot these selections are not really to my taste, but there is some good variety and I'm glad to see the love for Bridge Over Troubled Water and Loaded. Great albums both.
tgarritsen 10/23/2013 15:23 | #88954
Good list but Layla and other assorted love songs is way to low in my opinion.
This is a really great chart. One of the best year charts around.
A Brand New Me is a great choice, that song Let Me Get In Your Way is epic.
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