Top 40 Music Albums of 1970
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Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 07/20/2026 06:45
- (Created: 07/24/2017 12:45).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Best psychedelic folk album of the year
Best debut album of the year
Best UK album of the year
"Won't you miss me?
Wouldn't you miss me at all?"
I have loved this album for a long, long, time now. His decent into madness from the catalyst of LSD fully on display on this album and is both fascinating and incredibly sad at the same time. There is still so much talent on display here with the melodicism, vocals, and personal lyrics that are revealing both on the surface level and sometimes on a more ambiguous deeper level. The pain and aching on Dark Globe was the realest thing I had heard musically at the time, and it still hurts to hear it now.
10/10 songs: Dark Globe, Octopus, Terrapin, No Good Trying. [First added to this chart: 08/16/2017]
Best debut album of the year
Best UK album of the year
"Won't you miss me?
Wouldn't you miss me at all?"
I have loved this album for a long, long, time now. His decent into madness from the catalyst of LSD fully on display on this album and is both fascinating and incredibly sad at the same time. There is still so much talent on display here with the melodicism, vocals, and personal lyrics that are revealing both on the surface level and sometimes on a more ambiguous deeper level. The pain and aching on Dark Globe was the realest thing I had heard musically at the time, and it still hurts to hear it now.
10/10 songs: Dark Globe, Octopus, Terrapin, No Good Trying. [First added to this chart: 08/16/2017]
Year of Release:
1970
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1,601
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Best live album of the year
[First added to this chart: 12/13/2018]
Year of Release:
1970
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2,083
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Best space rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 10/16/2020]
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Best proto-punk album of the year
Best USA album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/16/2017]
Best USA album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/16/2017]
Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
7,444
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Best traditional doom metal hard rock heavy metal album of the year
[First added to this chart: 09/30/2018]
Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
18,111
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Best experimental rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 09/09/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
1,666
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Best rock pop rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 12/22/2017]
Year of Release:
1970
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5,999
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Best glam rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 07/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
1,642
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Best folk pop album of the year
[First added to this chart: 11/15/2018]
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1970
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11,695
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Best blues rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 09/22/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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2,955
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Total albums: 40. Page 1 of 4
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Top 40 Music Albums of 1970 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Black Sabbath | 2 | 5% | |
| Syd Barrett | 2 | 5% | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1 | 3% | |
| Neil Young | 1 | 3% | |
| The Who | 1 | 3% | |
| Curtis Mayfield | 1 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 1 | 3% | |
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