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: 4 hours ago).
"There's a little more going on in this album than is obvious at first Whilst Yes do not have their ultimate lineup (missing Steve Howe and Rick Wakemam), this is an important transitionary album, and very progressive with more than a little infusion of psychedelia. Some say that the orchestral wo..." [+] Reply
"Including a number of tracks that can't be found on studio albums this is cleverly pitched towards beatles completionists This was released years before the red and blue double lp sets where most of those loose ends would resurface" Reply
"One of the greatest progressive lp's of all time. A pity not many people know about it. Great guitar playing and singing on extended tracks - brilliant." Reply
"Cat's best album, IMO. The raw production most of the songs makes it hold up well almost 50 years later, I guess the acoustic nature of folk music is generally rather timeless in style. Funny piece of trivia: the name of the album was Cat's name for a certain, uh, masculine part of his body - whi..." [+] Reply
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1970
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288
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"A unique voice of his time. Mr. Hazlewood was a consummate producer and songwriter. If you like the offbeat you'll probably like this record." Reply
"Not as great as, Pink and grey, but a very good album, underrated in my opinion. It's a slow burner of an album but gets better with each listen. Good record." Reply
"I think this is The Pretty Things best album, alongside "SF Sorrow". This is a concept album of sorts, it's the anti-Sgt. Pepper. It has a dark pessimistic mood that incapsulates the late sixties decadence of inner cities." Reply
"This is Zappa and the original Mothers' last album (recorded over the same period of Weasels Ripped My Flesh). This masterpiece is a long instrumental ride through the lands of fantasy that does not attempt a definitive system, but finds instead spontaneity and grace of true genius. The centerpie..." [+] Reply
"I really don't get how this can be the top TYA's album here. Maybe because of the hit "Love Like a Man"? It's not bad, but it's very hard rock oriented, has less of the typical TYA's style (jazzy rhythms, dark bluesy feel), and still Ssssh (which is also quite hard rock oriented) has more memorab..." [+] Reply
"Sometimes an album comes out of nowhere and just steals your heart. You didn’t see it coming. You didn’t expect it. The crush starts off unassumingly enough. But then it grows. It creeps under you skin and forges with your muscles, with your tissues. Its just one of those albums that gets better ..." [+] Reply
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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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