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Best Albums of 1970 by User Score

Decade
Genre
Min. Ratings
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

1.

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
April 1st, 1970
Jazz Fusion
USER SCORE
90
540 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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2.

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
September 18th, 1970
Heavy Metal
USER SCORE
88
811 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Os Mutantes - A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado
March 2nd, 1970
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
88
100 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
September 19th, 1970
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
88
372 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

5.

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
January 26th, 1970
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
88
317 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
November 27th, 1970
Rock
USER SCORE
87
269 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

7.

Nico - Desertshore
December 0th, 1970
Avant-Folk
USER SCORE
86
184 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

8.

The Stooges - Funhouse
July 7th, 1970
Protopunk
USER SCORE
86
343 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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9.

Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
November 1st, 1970
Folk
USER SCORE
86
290 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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10.

Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
March 25th, 1970
Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
85
61 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
December 1st, 1970
Folk
USER SCORE
85
103 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Exuma - Exuma
Freak Folk
USER SCORE
85
107 reviews
Amazon
Spotify

13.

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
September 1st, 1970
Soul
USER SCORE
85
122 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
March 11th, 1970
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
85
89 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

The Who - Live at Leeds
May 16th, 1970
Rock
USER SCORE
85
54 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
February 13th, 1970
Heavy Metal
USER SCORE
85
464 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
November 1st, 1970
Blues Rock
USER SCORE
84
125 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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18.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
July 17th, 1970
Rock
USER SCORE
84
161 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

19.

John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
December 11th, 1970
Rock
USER SCORE
84
265 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
November 27th, 1970
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
84
79 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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21.

Van Morrison - Moondance
February 28th, 1970
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
84
151 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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22.

Grateful Dead - American Beauty
November 1st, 1970
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
84
142 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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23.

The Velvet Underground - Loaded
September 1st, 1970
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
84
495 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Jorge Ben - Força Bruta
MPB
USER SCORE
83
57 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Antônio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower
July 6th, 1970
Bossa Nova
USER SCORE
83
32 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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