Top 43 Music Albums of 1970
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- Chart updated: 03/10/2026 13:15
- (Created: 09/24/2013 14:43).
- Chart size: 43 albums.
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George Harrison launches his post-Beatles career in style with an epic and classy demonstration of what he couldn't do within the Fab Four. A major songwriter and guitar player at his creative peak. Even Phil Spector's Wall of Sound is thrilling. The best album by a solo Beatle?
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1970
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11,741
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A concise collection of superb songs by a band more famous for their extended jams.
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1970
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4,149
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Following the break-up of the Beatles, John and Yoko started a psycho-therapy with Doctor Arthur "Primal Scream" Janov. The result? This stark masterpiece of confessionnal songwriting, minimalist in its arrangements, intense and wounded. Terrific, harrowing stuff.
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1970
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8,874
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A magnificent and eclectic collection of songs. No wonder its follow-up ("Harvest") sold in vast quantities: the expectations could only be very high after this.
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1970
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14,015
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Rockier than usual. A peak in Donovan's career.
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Their break-up album is also their most finely crafted, as well as a commercial juggernaut. As often, Simon has the magic songwriting touch.
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1970
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One side electric, one side acoustic; my favorite by this band.
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1970
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A delicious second offering.
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1971*
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5,361
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The greatest live rock album of all time?
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1970
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2,083
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A scathing, but humorous, attack on the music business and the star-making machinery. Terrific songs and Ray Davies vocal interpretations.
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1970
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Top 43 Music Albums of 1970 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Frank Zappa | 2 | 5% | |
| Grateful Dead | 2 | 5% | |
| Ringo Starr | 2 | 5% | |
| Syd Barrett | 2 | 5% | |
| Nick Drake | 1 | 2% | |
| Carlos Santana | 1 | 2% | |
| Elton John | 1 | 2% | |
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Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/30/2013 17:07 | #89818
Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/30/2013 17:07 | #89818
Nice chart some famous albuns and some unknowns
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Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/03/2025 00:56 | #309199
Fantastic! Great notes! (Edited)
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