Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 by 
AAL2014 
1970 recently became my first year chart to break 40 entries and will most likely be the first to crack 50 soon too. (Future me here.. this chart is close to being the first of my Year charts to crack 100 entries!!)
This is a beyond impressively deep year which currently features two of my top 100 favorite albums with a handful of others not far behind. There are a number of years with more of my very favorite records at the top of their respective lists, but I’m not sure there’s a year with a more stacked top 35. This is a TOUGH chart.
- Chart updated: 08/09/2025 03:45
- (Created: 06/02/2016 00:48).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/27/2023]
Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
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[First added to this chart: 01/22/2022]
Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| King Crimson | 2 | 2% | |
| Grateful Dead | 2 | 2% | |
| The Mothers Of Invention | 2 | 2% | |
| Exuma | 2 | 2% | |
| Badfinger | 2 | 2% | |
| Elton John | 2 | 2% | |
| Van Der Graaf Generator | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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42 | 42% | |
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34 | 34% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 67th to 68th The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett |
| Down 1 from 68th to 69th Electronic Meditation by Tangerine Dream |
| Down 1 from 69th to 70th Funkadelic by Funkadelic |
| New entries |
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 The Realityby Bruce & Vlady |
| Leavers |
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 Self Portraitby Bob Dylan |
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