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1970 Singer-Songwriter Album Releases
1969
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1970
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Nov 27
George Harrison
All Things Must Pass
93
critic score
(3)
88
user score
(1,214)
Jan 26
Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge over Troubled Water
98
critic score
(4)
86
user score
(1,101)
Dec 11
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
95
critic score
(4)
84
user score
(974)
Sep 19
Neil Young
After the Gold Rush
92
critic score
(5)
87
user score
(900)
Apr 17
Paul McCartney
McCartney
70
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(442)
Feb 28
Van Morrison
Moondance
94
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(386)
Dec 1
Vashti Bunyan
Just Another Diamond Day
92
critic score
(5)
83
user score
(381)
Jan 3
Syd Barrett
The Madcap Laughs
77
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(375)
Mar 1
Joni Mitchell
Ladies of the Canyon
82
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(342)
Nov 23
Cat Stevens
Tea for the Tillerman
80
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(318)
Oct 19
Bob Dylan
New Morning
82
critic score
(3)
71
user score
(276)
Nov
Linda Perhacs
Parallelograms
89
critic score
(5)
84
user score
(241)
Feb 1
James Taylor
Sweet Baby James
100
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(184)
Apr 10
Elton John
Elton John
65
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(174)
Mar 1
Rodriguez
Cold Fact
80
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(169)
May 1
Tim Buckley
Lorca
60
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(148)
Oct 30
Elton John
Tumbleweed Connection
73
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(145)
Mar 6
Charles Manson
Lie: The Love and Terror Cult
80
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(89)
Nov 23
George Harrison
My Sweet Lord
95
user score
(75)
Apr 1
Randy Newman
12 Songs
100
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(67)
Jan 20
Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge over Troubled Water
100
critic score
(1)
95
user score
(63)
Nov 15
Van Morrison
His Band and the Street Choir
80
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(57)
1970
Milton
Milton
80
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(51)
Nov 16
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
90
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(48)
Jul 1
Cat Stevens
Mona Bone Jakon
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(42)
Oct
Townes Van Zandt
Delta Momma Blues
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(35)
1970
Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque de Hollanda Nº 4
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(35)
Mar 4
Simon Finn
Pass the Distance
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(32)
1970
Kris Kristofferson
Kristofferson
90
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(32)
1970
Lee Hazlewood
Cowboy in Sweden
80
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(28)
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1970
Jards Macalé
Só Morto/ Burning Night
79
user score
(27)
Nov 23
George Harrison
Isn't It a Pity
96
user score
(24)
Sep 1
Emitt Rhodes
Emitt Rhodes
90
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(22)
Apr
Gordon Lightfoot
Sit Down Young Stranger
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(21)
May
Carole King
Writer
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(19)
1970
Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Beverly Copeland
74
user score
(19)
Mar 5
Michael Chapman
Fully Qualified Survivor
60
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(16)
1970
Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi
93
user score
(15)
Nov 25
Laura Nyro
Christmas and the Beads of Sweat
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(15)
1970
Paul McCartney
Maybe I'm Amazed
95
user score
(12)
Jan 1
Bill Fay
Bill Fay
70
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(12)
Mar 5
Mayo Thompson
Corky's Debt to His Father
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(10)
1970
Cat Stevens
Father and Son
92
user score
(10)
1970
Roy Harper
Flat Baroque and Berserk
60
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(10)
Aug 1
Donovan
Open Road
60
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(10)
Apr
Melanie
Candles in the Rain
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(9)
Jan 25
John Phillips
John Phillips (John, the Wolf King of L.A.)
84
critic score
(4)
59
user score
(7)
1970
Emitt Rhodes
The American Dream
80
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(5)
Oct 1
John Denver
Whose Garden Was This
40
critic score
(1)
41
user score
(4)
May 1
John Denver
Take Me to Tomorrow
60
critic score
(1)
55
user score
(4)
1970
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
80
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(4)
Jan 1
Ruthann Friedman
Constant Companion
90
critic score
(1)
61
user score
(3)
1970
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
76
user score
(3)
Feb
Phil Ochs
Greatest Hits
70
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(3)
Apr 1
Al Stewart
Zero She Flies
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(3)
1970
Perry Leopold
Experiment in Metaphysics
73
user score
(2)
Oct
Arlo Guthrie
Washington County
70
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(1)
Feb
Tom Rush
Wrong End of the Rainbow
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(1)
1970
Mark Melanson
Haunted Hearse
Mar
Mike Cooper
Do I Know You?
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