Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 by Tamthebam

• Chart updated: 02/29/2024 15:15
• (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:

1,521 charts

Rank Score:

16,326

Rank in 1970:

2

Rank in 1970s:

22

Overall Rank:

82

Average Rating:

 86 (1,740 votes)

Comments:

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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 

 John Lennon

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

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,069 charts

Rank Score:

10,319

Rank in 1970:

5

Rank in 1970s:

37

Overall Rank:

145

Average Rating:

 83 (1,381 votes)

Comments:

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Bridge Over Troubled Water 

 Simon & Garfunkel

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

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,236 charts

Rank Score:

13,182

Rank in 1970:

4

Rank in 1970s:

29

Overall Rank:

106

Average Rating:

 84 (1,487 votes)

Comments:

95

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Let It Be 

 The Beatles

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

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,043 charts

Rank Score:

7,719

Rank in 1970:

11

Rank in 1970s:

53

Overall Rank:

219

Average Rating:

 80 (2,098 votes)

Comments:

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The Man Who Sold The World 

 David Bowie

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

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

430 charts

Rank Score:

1,732

Rank in 1970:

30

Rank in 1970s:

217

Overall Rank:

1,027

Average Rating:

 78 (835 votes)

Comments:

45

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Bitches Brew 

 Miles Davis

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

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

926 charts

Rank Score:

10,104

Rank in 1970:

6

Rank in 1970s:

40

Overall Rank:

155

Average Rating:

 84 (1,153 votes)

Comments:

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Tumbleweed Connection 

 Elton John

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

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

261 charts

Rank Score:

1,653

Rank in 1970:

33

Rank in 1970s:

228

Overall Rank:

1,070

Average Rating:

 78 (369 votes)

Comments:

26

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T. Rex 

 T. Rex

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

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

183

Rank in 1970:

117

Rank in 1970s:

1,105

Overall Rank:

6,993

Average Rating:

 71 (80 votes)

Comments:

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Loaded 

 The Velvet Underground

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

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

848 charts

Rank Score:

6,864

Rank in 1970:

12

Rank in 1970s:

61

Overall Rank:

253

Average Rating:

 82 (1,218 votes)

Comments:

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A Beard Of Stars 

 Tyrannosaurus Rex

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

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

30

Rank in 1970:

302

Rank in 1970s:

3,205

Overall Rank:

28,241

Average Rating:

 70 (34 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Elton John	2	2%
Aretha Franklin	2	2%
Diana Ross	2	2%
Van Morrison	2	2%
Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	2%
The Supremes	2	2%
Grateful Dead	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	57	57%
	34	34%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	1	1%

Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 6 from 18th to 12th Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
Up 3 from 53rd to 50th Psychedelic Shack by The Temptations
Up 1 from 34th to 33rd Osmium by Parliament

Biggest fallers
Down 3 from 50th to 53rd Trespass by Genesis
Down 2 from 28th to 30th Signed, Sealed & Delivered by Stevie Wonder
Down 1 from 12th to 13th 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	1,092	86/100
100/100	03/20/2020 04:15	DJENNY	4,408	100/100
100/100	02/26/2020 05:39	Rhyner	1,382	99/100
95/100	11/20/2018 08:47	bobbyb5	728	90/100
90/100	08/24/2014 04:12	philbutrin	119	88/100

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This chart is rated in the top 7% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 88.3/100, a mean average of 90.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.6.

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95/100

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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85/100

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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90/100

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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