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Highest Rated Albums of 1970
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Avant-Garde Jazz
Baroque Pop
Blues Rock
Contemporary Folk
Country
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Experimental Rock
Folk
Folk Rock
Hard Rock
Jazz
Pop
Pop Rock
Pop Soul
Progressive Rock
Psychedelia
Psychedelic Folk
Psychedelic Rock
R&B
Rock
Roots Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
1970s
1970
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1974
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1979
1
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Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra
January 0, 1970
Score
100
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2
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Charlie Rich - The Fabulous Charlie Rich
January 0, 1970
Country
,
Country Soul
Score
100
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3
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Wayne Shorter - Super Nova
March 0, 1970
Jazz
Score
100
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4
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McCoy Tyner - Expansions
June 0, 1970
Modal Jazz
,
Post-Bop
Score
100
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5
.
Elvis Presley - That's the Way It Is
November 11, 1970
Blue-Eyed Soul
,
Country Pop
Score
100
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6
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The Firesign Theatre - Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers
Comedy
Score
100
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7
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The Stooges - Fun House
July 7, 1970
Garage Rock
,
Proto-punk
,
Hard Rock
Score
100
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8
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The Beach Boys - Sunflower
August 31, 1970
Sunshine Pop
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
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9
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Randy Newman - 12 Songs
April 1, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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10
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Black Sabbath - Paranoid
September 18, 1970
Heavy Metal
,
Hard Rock
Score
100
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11
.
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
December 11, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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12
.
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
June 14, 1970
Folk Rock
,
Country Rock
Score
100
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13
.
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
November 1, 1970
Country Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Americana
Score
100
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14
.
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
February 1, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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15
.
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
April 1, 1970
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Jazz Fusion
Score
100
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16
.
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
September 1, 1970
Pop Rock
Score
100
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17
.
Santana - Abraxas
September 23, 1970
Psychedelic Rock
,
Latin Rock
Score
100
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18
.
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
February 9, 1970
Blues Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
100
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19
.
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
September 19, 1970
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Country Rock
Score
100
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20
.
Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
November 9, 1970
Blues Rock
,
Jam Band
Score
100
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21
.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
July 17, 1970
Roots Rock
Score
100
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22
.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
February 13, 1970
Heavy Metal
,
Hard Rock
Score
100
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23
.
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
January 26, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Pop
Score
100
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24
.
Van Morrison - Moondance
January 27, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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25
.
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
November 27, 1970
Folk Rock
,
Pop Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Rolling Stone awarded albums throughout 1970.
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