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1970
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Compilation
(28)
EP
(8)
Holiday
(5)
Live
(29)
LP
(950)
Score
(7)
Single
(68)
Soundtrack
(32)
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Avant-Garde Jazz
(5)
Baroque Pop
(7)
Blues Rock
(17)
Country
(19)
Experimental Rock
(6)
Folk
(47)
Folk Rock
(25)
Funk
(9)
Hard Rock
(17)
Jazz
(12)
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(8)
Krautrock
(6)
MPB
(7)
Pop
(20)
Pop Rock
(12)
Pop Soul
(7)
Progressive Rock
(21)
Psychedelic
(36)
Psychedelic Folk
(10)
Psychedelic Rock
(20)
Psychedelic Soul
(5)
Rock
(117)
Roots Rock
(5)
Singer-Songwriter
(30)
Soul
(25)
Sep 18
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
97
critic score
(7)
88
user score
(976)
May 8
The Beatles
Let It Be
75
critic score
(8)
79
user score
(857)
Oct 5
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III
92
critic score
(6)
83
user score
(667)
Apr 1
Miles Davis
Bitches Brew
100
critic score
(4)
90
user score
(652)
Oct 2
Pink Floyd
Atom Heart Mother
54
critic score
(6)
74
user score
(587)
Feb 13
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
97
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(564)
Sep 1
The Velvet Underground
Loaded
100
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(563)
Nov 4
David Bowie
The Man Who Sold the World
81
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(530)
Sep 19
Neil Young
After the Gold Rush
92
critic score
(5)
87
user score
(424)
Jul 7
The Stooges
Funhouse
99
critic score
(6)
86
user score
(400)
Jan 26
Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water
97
critic score
(5)
88
user score
(380)
Nov 1
Nick Drake
Bryter Layter
92
critic score
(3)
86
user score
(346)
Nov 27
George Harrison
All Things Must Pass
93
critic score
(4)
87
user score
(334)
Dec 11
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
95
critic score
(4)
84
user score
(313)
May 15
King Crimson
In the Wake of Poseidon
77
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(260)
Feb 9
The Doors
Morrison Hotel
83
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(231)
Dec
Nico
Desertshore
90
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(219)
Dec 10
King Crimson
Lizard
75
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(202)
Jul 17
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cosmo's Factory
96
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(198)
Nov 1
Grateful Dead
American Beauty
100
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(179)
Feb 28
Van Morrison
Moondance
95
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(167)
Nov 1
Tim Buckley
Starsailor
95
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(167)
1970
Exuma
Exuma
80
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(165)
Sep 1
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis
97
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(158)
Nov 9
Derek and The Dominos
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
100
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(155)
Dec 1
Vashti Bunyan
Just Another Diamond Day
90
critic score
(4)
84
user score
(144)
Jan 3
Syd Barrett
The Madcap Laughs
77
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(139)
Apr 17
Paul McCartney
McCartney
73
critic score
(5)
73
user score
(134)
Aug 31
The Beach Boys
Sunflower
93
critic score
(5)
81
user score
(133)
Oct 19
Bob Dylan
New Morning
76
critic score
(4)
73
user score
(128)
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Mar 2
Os Mutantes
A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado
80
critic score
(1)
88
user score
(126)
Jun 6
Soft Machine
Third
100
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(126)
Mar 1
Joni Mitchell
Ladies of the Canyon
83
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(124)
Sep 1
Santana
Abraxas
100
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(122)
Jun 3
Deep Purple
In Rock
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(112)
Nov 23
Cat Stevens
Tea for the Tillerman
100
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(110)
Jun 14
Grateful Dead
Workingman's Dead
98
critic score
(5)
79
user score
(104)
Nov 27
The Kinks
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
90
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(104)
Mar 11
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Déjà Vu
100
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(98)
Jun 8
Bob Dylan
Self Portrait
34
critic score
(3)
54
user score
(97)
Jan 1
Linda Perhacs
Parallelograms
87
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(96)
Jan 1
Amon Düül II
Yeti
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(79)
Oct 23
Genesis
Trespass
50
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(76)
1970
Jorge Ben
Força Bruta
90
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(72)
Mar 1
Rodriguez
Cold Fact
80
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(72)
Nov 27
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(70)
Feb 1
James Taylor
Sweet Baby James
100
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(69)
Aug 10
The Mothers of Invention
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
85
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(69)
Mar 25
Jimi Hendrix
Band of Gypsys
87
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(68)
Apr 10
Elton John
Elton John
65
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(64)
Oct 30
Elton John
Tumbleweed Connection
80
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(62)
May 16
The Who
Live at Leeds
100
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(61)
Nov 14
Syd Barrett
Barrett
65
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(61)
Sep 21
Can
Soundtracks
68
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(60)
Oct 1
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(58)
May 1
Tim Buckley
Lorca
60
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(57)
Aug 19
Carpenters
Close to You
65
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(55)
Feb 9
The Mothers of Invention
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
85
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(54)
Jul 6
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Stone Flower
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(52)
Dec 1
Captain Beefheart
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(51)
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