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Grateful Dead - American Beauty
November 1, 1970
Folk Rock
Critic Score
100
4
reviews
2
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Santana - Abraxas
September 1, 1970
Latin Rock
Critic Score
100
4
reviews
3
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The Stooges - Funhouse
July 7, 1970
Protopunk
Critic Score
100
4
reviews
4
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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
April 1, 1970
Jazz Fusion
Critic Score
100
4
reviews
5
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Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
November 9, 1970
Blues Rock
Critic Score
100
3 reviews
6
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The Velvet Underground - Loaded
September 1, 1970
Pop Rock
Critic Score
100
3 reviews
7
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James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
February 1, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
100
3 reviews
8
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Randy Newman - 12 Songs
April 1, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
9
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The Last Poets - The Last Poets
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
10
.
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
June 14, 1970
Folk Rock
Critic Score
98
5
reviews
11
.
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
January 26, 1970
Folk Rock
Critic Score
98
4
reviews
12
.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
February 13, 1970
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
97
3 reviews
13
.
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
September 18, 1970
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
97
7
reviews
14
.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
July 17, 1970
Southern Rock
Critic Score
96
3 reviews
15
.
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
December 11, 1970
Rock
Critic Score
95
4
reviews
16
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Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
September 1, 1970
Funk
Critic Score
95
4
reviews
17
.
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
November 27, 1970
Rock
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
18
.
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
November 1, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
19
.
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
June 1, 1970
Blues Rock
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
20
.
Van Morrison - Moondance
February 28, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
95
3 reviews
21
.
The Beach Boys - Sunflower
August 31, 1970
Pop Rock
Critic Score
93
5
reviews
22
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Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
December 1, 1970
Folk
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
23
.
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
September 19, 1970
Folk Rock
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
24
.
Flamin' Groovies - Flamingo
July 1, 1970
Critic Score
91
2 reviews
25
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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
October 5, 1970
Hard Rock
Critic Score
90
3 reviews
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