Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 by Tamthebam

• Chart updated: 05/22/2025 08:45
• (Created: 08/24/2013 17:07).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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After The Gold Rush 

 Neil Young

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[First added to this chart: 08/24/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,579 charts

Rank Score:

15,215

Rank in 1970:

2

Rank in 1970s:

23

Overall Rank:

83

Average Rating:

 86 (1,778 votes)

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Ladies Of The Canyon 

 Joni Mitchell

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[First added to this chart: 08/24/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

260 charts

Rank Score:

1,294

Rank in 1970:

36

Rank in 1970s:

263

Overall Rank:

1,335

Average Rating:

 80 (305 votes)

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Stage Fright 

 The Band

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[First added to this chart: 10/23/2021]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

416

Rank in 1970:

68

Rank in 1970s:

622

Overall Rank:

3,536

Average Rating:

 76 (151 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Diana Ross	2	2%
Grateful Dead	2	2%
Aretha Franklin	2	2%
Funkadelic	2	2%
Van Morrison	2	2%
Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	2%
Elton John	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	56	56%
	35	35%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 4 from 14th to 10th A Beard Of Stars by Tyrannosaurus Rex

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 10th to 12th Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
Down 1 from 12th to 13th Greatest Hits by Sly & The Family Stone
Down 1 from 13th to 14th Moondance by Van Morrison

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
95/100	11/26/2020 13:30	Larcx13	1,141	86/100
100/100	03/20/2020 04:15	DJENNY	4,365	100/100
100/100	02/26/2020 05:39	Rhyner	1,448	99/100
95/100	11/20/2018 08:47	bobbyb5	725	90/100
90/100	08/24/2014 04:12	philbutrin	118	88/100

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From bobbyb5 11/20/2018 08:55

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

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80/100

From Decurso 05/28/2014 04:54

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.

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From Tamthebam 10/30/2013 14:14

I have revaluated this chart I had a long think about it and moved "Layla........" to a higher position. It was at No.50 its now 14. I've made a few other small changes.

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From tgarritsen 10/23/2013 15:23

Good list but Layla and other assorted love songs is way to low in my opinion.

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From Johnnyo 08/29/2013 18:34

This is a really great chart. One of the best year charts around.

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From neeele 08/24/2013 15:09

A Brand New Me is a great choice, that song Let Me Get In Your Way is epic.

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