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: 2 hours ago).
"tim rice isn't religious at all and webber is too big to say that he isn't, but doesn't talk about it. I suppose they think this is funny, "jesus christ superstar," "this jesus must die." lol, rice was knighted. the album was originally banned for blasphemy, anything by guys this huge to do such ..." [+] Reply
"I found the British version a this album a couple of days ago with one scratch on the cover does anyone know what it would be worth in the states" Reply
"Excellent composition, beautifully delivered. I like this one even more than the more acclaimed Journey." Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Nothing but the greatest country album AND the greatest acoustic singer/songwriter album in the same package. Includes the classic Me and Bobby McGee of course, but another four or five lesser known tracks are just as brilliant, To Beat the Devil being the foremost. If you don't like Kris Kristof..." [+] Reply
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Bork | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Stylish like a girl dancing samba on the Cobacabana with the Corcovado turning red with the setting sum" Reply
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Jboy56 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"UNITL IT BECOMES PART OF YOU This is my third time trying to review this album. My first review started with… It’s sorta ironic that this was viewed as Dylan’s comeback album after the supposed debacle of Self-Portrait. Because Self-Portrait towers of over it and makes this album feel sort incons..." [+] Reply
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Repo | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (7 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1970
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"They were invited to the White House, under the guise that they would not play one particular song. They played 'American Woman' anyway, and were kicked out. How badass is that?" Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1970
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"James Brown's absolute highpoint is hard to pinpoint, as he released such a gigantic amount of records in his golden age, and for that same reason the records themselves were often filled with uninteresting fillers plus unimaginative reruns. To finish off the TV analogy they invented the album eq..." [+] Reply
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Boltzmann | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Year of Release:
1970
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406
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"One of my earliest vinyl’s I bought that I never considered was hard rock but had an arena rock style. I’ve played this album over and over from every media format that came out over time. I’m Your Captain is probably the most recognizable song heard on the radio at that time. I love both version..." [+] Reply
"After the musically and thematically ambitious The Band, Stage Fright is a much more modest and stripped back effort. The songs are much more personal, with the group telling their own stories rather than America’s stories; the title track is about Robertson’s struggle with stage fright in his ca..." [+] Reply
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Best Albums of 1970 composition
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| Various Artists | 9 | 1% | |
| Elvis Presley | 7 | 1% | |
| Matthews' Southern Comfort | 4 | 0% | |
| James Brown | 4 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 0% | |
| Johnny Cash | 4 | 0% | |
| Grant Green | 3 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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446 | 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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18 | 2% | |
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| Best Artists of the 1970s | |
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| 1. Pink Floyd | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Led Zeppelin | |
| 4. Neil Young | |
| 5. The Rolling Stones | |
| 6. Black Sabbath | |
| 7. The Clash | |
| 8. Fleetwood Mac | |
| 9. Stevie Wonder | |
| 10. The Who |
