Best Albums of 1970
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"I'm not a huge fan of heavy metal, but this album is just plain great music irrelevant of genre. Black Sabbath's second album (the first was also released in 1970) features one of the best side's of music ever, featuring "War Pigs", "Iron Man", and the stellar title track, along with "Planet Cara..." Reply
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souplipton | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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"A prime example of "less is more," this album was recorded in Neil Young's basement. A young guitar prodigy, Nils Lofgren, was forced to play the piano, and didn't touch a guitar during any of the recording sessions. The piano was used subtley but it added an incredible amount of beauty to each s..." Reply
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1970
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"All things must pass, has got to be the best solo Beatle record ever. Due to being sidelined in the fab four, George had stockpiled a wealth of tracks just screaming out to be recorded. How the Beatles didn't end up recording the song, all things must pass, is incredible, and George tells us the ..." Reply
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1970
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"These songs seem to have always existed, perhaps even before they were written... timeless Classics on an album which I think, let me check, ... yes, it is law to own a copy." Reply
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badfaith | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I remember when this came out in 1970 just after the Beatles broke up, which was an emotional experience in and of itself...but when he sings "I don't believe in Beatles" in "God"(Which IMO is one of the greatest songs), I just didn't want to hear it..it was a bad year for pop music, the Beatles ..." Reply
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ffudnebbuh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1970
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"A fantastic and very important album in the history of music and you have to applaud the experimentation of his compositions. It is a genius recording that is packed full of great performances from everyone on the album. Obviously Miles himself is fantastic but you have to give so much credit to ..." Reply
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"I am an October child and this is an October album. You listen to it and you can't help but get that Fall feeling, leaves yellowing, crops picked up and lots of thanks to be given to the soil, the land, our home. A masterpiece from a great composer. There are no doubts in my mind that they will s..." Reply
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Robert Anton Wilson | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This is by far the most consistent Creedence project with it being full of great songs and brilliant instrumental work. They take a more bluesy approach on here and it really pays off for them and for us as they command songs like Travelin' Band, Run Through The Jungle and Up Around The Bend. The..." Reply
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"Led Zeppelin 3, is always thought of as the weakest of their first four albums, and in a way I can see why as it only contains one true Zeppelin classic in the excellent blues, since I've been loving you, it's brilliant, the best blues Zeppelin ever did. It could be argued that, immigrant song, i..." Reply
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"Some of the best rock ever. Punk starts with early Who and the Stooges." Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 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% | |
| Lee "Scratch" Perry | 3 | 0% | |
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447 | 45% | |
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258 | 26% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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18 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 1970 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 10 from 76th to 66th |
Up 9 from 71st to 62nd |
Up 3 from 83rd to 80th |
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Down 3 from 65th to 68th |
Down 2 from 67th to 69th |
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