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2023
List Aggregate
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1970 Contemporary Folk Album Releases
1969
1971
1970
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Clear
Jan 26
Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge over Troubled Water
98
critic score
(4)
86
user score
(1,086)
Dec
Nico
Desertshore
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(519)
May
Exuma
Exuma
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(469)
Dec 1
Vashti Bunyan
Just Another Diamond Day
92
critic score
(5)
83
user score
(378)
Jan 3
Syd Barrett
The Madcap Laughs
77
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(373)
Mar 1
Joni Mitchell
Ladies of the Canyon
82
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(340)
Nov
Linda Perhacs
Parallelograms
89
critic score
(5)
84
user score
(239)
May 1
Tim Buckley
Lorca
60
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(148)
Nov 14
Syd Barrett
Barrett
65
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(146)
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
96
user score
(74)
Dec
Exuma
Exuma II
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(67)
1970
Milton
Milton
80
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(51)
Jun
Third Ear Band
Third Ear Band
80
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(48)
Dec 18
T. Rex
T. Rex
65
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(46)
Jul 1
Cat Stevens
Mona Bone Jakon
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(42)
Mar 4
Simon Finn
Pass the Distance
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(32)
Mar 13
T. Rex
A Beard Of Stars
80
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(26)
Nov 1
Fabrizio De André
La Buona Novella
100
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(22)
Apr
Gordon Lightfoot
Sit Down Young Stranger
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(21)
Jan 1
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
80
critic score
(2)
64
user score
(20)
1970
Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Beverly Copeland
74
user score
(19)
Apr 24
Trees
The Garden of Jane Delawney
60
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(17)
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)
Aug 1
Pearls Before Swine
The Use of Ashes
80
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(13)
Jul 11
Pentangle
Cruel Sister
65
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(11)
Jan 1
Bill Fay
Bill Fay
70
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(11)
Mar 5
Mayo Thompson
Corky's Debt to His Father
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(10)
Jan 1
Geoff & Maria Muldaur
Pottery Pie
71
user score
(10)
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1970
Cat Stevens
Father and Son
92
user score
(10)
Apr
Melanie
Candles in the Rain
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(9)
1970
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes
N°2
83
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(9)
Apr 1
Al Stewart
Zero She Flies
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(3)
Jan 1
Ruthann Friedman
Constant Companion
90
critic score
(1)
61
user score
(3)
1970
O Terço
O Têrço
71
user score
(3)
1970
Perry Leopold
Experiment in Metaphysics
73
user score
(2)
Feb
Phil Ochs
Greatest Hits
70
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(2)
Jan 20
Almendra
Muchacha (Ojos de Papel)
74
user score
(2)
1970
The Wolfe Tones
Rifles of the IRA
68
user score
(1)
1970
Alice
Alice
72
user score
(1)
1970
Areski Belkacem
Un Beau Matin
88
user score
(1)
1970
The Original Caste
One Tin Soldier
84
user score
(1)
1970
Matthews' Southern Comfort
Matthews' Southern Comfort
55
user score
(1)
1970
We Five
Catch the Wind
1970
John Buck Wilkin
In Search of Food, Clothing, Shelter & Sex
1970
Mark Melanson
Haunted Hearse
1970
Harbinger
Second Coming
40
critic score
(1)
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