Best Albums of 1970
Listed below are the best albums of 1970 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 6 hours ago).
"The fact that LET IT BE is considered a fiasco, says rather a lot about what standards we're accustomed to by the Beatles." Reply
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swhaze | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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"Play this album at night (preferably with a thunderstorm outside), turn all the lights out, light only candles, turn it up loud and this will be on your top 100 (or 10). The song suite leading up to and including N.I.B. will blow your head off!! I play this every Halloween at parties & it's a sma..." [+] Reply
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1970
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"This is the VU's worst album (not counting Squeeze, of course), which means it is also one of the best albums of all-time." Reply
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HyperBully | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (10 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1970
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"Great band cutting loose, recorded badly but what can you do. Even if you're sick of the title song, the first three sides are great for just hearing Clapton and Jim Gordon and all these guys doing their thing. Bobby Whitlock, of course, is the piano player and second singer on this album. If you..." [+] Reply
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1970
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"Crosby, Stills & Nash released their first album very succesful in 1969, and in 1970 with the addition of Neil Young they were ready to release a second album, "Deja Vu". The three original members were all experienced songwriters and great singers, and with Neil Young on top of the hat, it could..." [+] Reply
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1970
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5,154
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"This album really ought to be in the top 100. I'm realizing how hard I'm finding it to write accurate description of these albums, rather, why I like them. I like them because the underlying music is good. That's all there is too it." Reply
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revolver94 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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"One of my favorite albums of all time, not a weak track to avoid. Carlos is at his creative peak and the percussion is measured and not over indulging. Would love the release of an official live document from that period. It would be all downhill from there. Santana III is all over the place and ..." [+] Reply
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1970
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"This album is part of my personal Album top 100 (I was tempted to put "Deepest Purple: the very best of Deep Purple" in this top 100 because there are so many fantistic Deep Purple songs which don't appear on this album like "Highway Star" and many others, but I chose this one because it does sta..." [+] Reply
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dihansse | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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"Someone here commented "A gospel choir has to cover this entire album at my funeral", really without exaggeration, this album seems to be spiritual, it's like a compilation due to the quantity of great songs, with a difference, it's a portrait of a specific moment, without the coldness of a colle..." [+] Reply
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1970
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"Solid album all the way through; lots of blues-rock goodness with Morrison's iconic vocals and lyrics. Roadhouse Blues, Waiting for the Sun, and Peace Frog are the highlights, but I also quite like You Make Me Real. Everything else is enjoyable." Reply
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1970
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100
Best Albums of 1970 composition
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| Various Artists | 9 | 1% | |
| Elvis Presley | 7 | 1% | |
| Johnny Cash | 4 | 0% | |
| James Brown | 4 | 0% | |
| Matthews' Southern Comfort | 4 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 0% | |
| The Move | 3 | 0% | |
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448 | 45% | |
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260 | 26% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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18 | 2% | |
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