Best Albums of 1970
Listed below are the best albums of 1970 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 6 hours ago).
"The album consists of four extended jams of 18-19 minutes duration that combine minimalistic keyboards, outstanding jazz horns on three of the four jams (particularly, Hopper's 'Facelift'), saxophone, flute and, in Robert Wyatt, some of the greatest drumming ('Slightly All The Time') and expressi..." [+] Reply
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1970
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"The Dead will always be known as a touring band, and one of the best ever. Their genius came from turning their somewhat loosely constructed songs from the record into epic explorations on the stage. In 1970 they shocked everyone by releasing two folky, acoustic-based albums, just months apart. W..." [+] Reply
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"Not convinced Elton John is the genius he's said to be? Take a listen to this one and see if you change your mind. Don't have time for a whole album? Closer "Burn Down the Mission" should do just fine." Reply
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poppmusic | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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"This isn't an album that I can just listen to in the background. Whenever it comes on it puts me into a trance. No album has done atmosphere better than this one. When I hear this album, I AM in the Bahamas, lost in the woods as I happen upon a circle of people with musical instruments of all kin..." [+] Reply
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1970
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"Intro's of 'The Arrangement' and 'Woodstock'... she takes you to an other world with just a few chords." Reply
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1970
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"This album shows off everything that's great about The Beach Boys: the fact that they could do almost any genre from that time (maybe they should've left rock & roll, but okay); Brian Wilson's genius production techniques; Brian Wilson's out of the box thinking, he basically made Shoegazing with ..." [+] Reply
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Boltzmann | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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"I am so glad to see others acknowledging this album as a criminally underrated classic. It's in a weird place of history for the band, and served as a transition into what they would be known for, and people seemed to write it off because they assume it was just the band testing the waters of pro..." [+] Reply
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"Pity it's taken so long for his extraordinary talent to be recognised. Thanks to the award winning documentary "Searching For Sugarman", he is now getting the long overdue accolades he deserves. The film does fall short though on fact with no mention he was as popular in New Zealand and Australia..." [+] Reply
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1970
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"What more do I need to say..it's James Taylor. For those who like some mellow this is the real deal." Reply
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swhaze | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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"This is the best album that I discovered because of BEA. Thank you, thank you!" Reply
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btener11 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 4 of 100
Best Albums of 1970 composition
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| Various Artists | 9 | 1% | |
| Elvis Presley | 7 | 1% | |
| Johnny Cash | 4 | 0% | |
| Matthews' Southern Comfort | 4 | 0% | |
| James Brown | 4 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 0% | |
| The Doors | 3 | 0% | |
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447 | 45% | |
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259 | 26% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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