Top Albums of 1970
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
60
 Neil Young After the Gold Rush Country Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
2
77
 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
3
80
 Miles Davis Bitches Brew Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Fusion
4
89
 Derek and The Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs Blues Rock
5
101
 Van Morrison Moondance Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
6
104
 The Stooges Fun House Garage Rock, Proto-Punk
7
138
 Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water Folk Pop, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
8
157
 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà Vu Folk Rock
9
160
 Black Sabbath Paranoid Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
10
209
 Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory Swamp Rock
11
216
 Santana Abraxas Latin Rock
12
268
 The Velvet Underground Loaded Pop Rock
13
311
 The Who Live at Leeds Hard Rock
14
312
 George Harrison All Things Must Pass Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
15
401
 Grateful Dead American Beauty Country Rock, Folk Rock
16
445
 Randy Newman 12 Songs Singer/Songwriter
17
454
 Deep Purple Deep Purple in Rock Hard Rock
18
460
 Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead Country Rock, Folk Rock
19
461
 James Brown Sex Machine Funk, Soul
20
471
 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III Folk Rock, Hard Rock
21
489
 James Taylor Sweet Baby James Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock
22
497
 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
23
548
 Curtis Mayfield Curtis Chicago Soul
24
595
 The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! Rock
25
617
 The Beatles Let It Be Pop Rock
26
672
 Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die Progressive Rock
27
708
 Various Artists Woodstock Contemporary Folk, Film Soundtrack, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
28
722
 Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
29
766
 Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Rock, Singer/Songwriter
30
771
 Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
31
801
 MC5 Back in the USA Garage Rock, Hard Rock, Proto-Punk, Rock & Roll
32
838
 Tim Buckley Starsailor Avant-Folk, Experimental Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
33
850
 Free Fire and Water Hard Rock
34
987
 The Last Poets The Last Poets Poetry
35
1023
 The Soft Machine Third Canterbury Scene, Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock
36
1170
 The Doors Morrison Hotel Acid Rock, Blues Rock
37
1179
 Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen Blue Eyed Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Rock
38
1377
 The Kinks Lola versus Powerman and The Moneygoround, Part One Pop Rock
39
1455
 Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra Experimental Big Band
40
1496
 Rod Stewart Gasoline Alley Blues Rock, Folk Rock
41
1509
 Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus Psychedelic Rock
42
1561
 Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson/Me and Bobby McGee Outlaw Country, Singer/Songwriter
43
1603
 The Meters Look-Ka Py Py Funk
44
1622
 The Beach Boys Sunflower Pop Rock, Sunshine Pop
45
1640
 Joni Mitchell Ladies of the Canyon Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
46
1689
 Brigitte Fontaine & Art Ensemble of Chicago Comme à la Radio Chamber Jazz
47
1872
 Aretha Franklin Spirit in the Dark Deep Soul
48
1875
 David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World Glam Rock
49
1884
 Art Ensemble of Chicago Les Stances a Sophie Avant-Garde Jazz, Film Soundtrack
50
1888
 The Original London Concept Recording Jesus Christ Superstar Rock Opera, Show Tunes
51
1963
 The Doors Absolutely Live Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
52
2033
 Elton John Tumbleweed Connection Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
53
2042
 Vashti Bunyan Just Another Diamond Day Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
54
2148
 Donny Hathaway Everything Is Everything Chicago Soul
55
2176
 Linda Perhacs Parallelograms Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter
56
2204
 Stephen Stills Stephen Stills Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
57
2344
 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Lick My Decals Off, Baby Art Rock, Experimental Rock
58
2397
 Otis Redding/The Jimi Hendrix Experience Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Soul
59
2512
 Van Morrison His Band and The Street Choir Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
60
2561
 Swamp Dogg Total Destruction to Your Mind Soul
61
2563
 Third Ear Band Third Ear Band Free Folk, Progressive Folk
62
2605
 Willie Dixon I Am the Blues Chicago Blues
63
2642
 Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
64
2662
 Bill Fay Bill Fay Baroque Pop, Singer/Songwriter
65
2667
 Nico Desertshore Avant-Folk, Chamber Folk
66
2676
 Elton John Elton John Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
67
2762
 Amon Düül II Yeti Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock
68
2779
 Jesse Winchester Jesse Winchester Singer/Songwriter
69
2844
 John Phillips John Phillips (John the Wolfking of L.A.) Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
70
2848
 Delaney & Bonnie Delaney & Bonnie & Friends On Tour with Eric Clapton Blue Eyed Soul, Blues Rock
71
2984
 Funkadelic Funkadelic Funk Rock, P-Funk
72
2985
 Badfinger No Dice Power Pop

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer Progressive Rock
Syd Barrett Barrett Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Rock
Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship Blows Against the Empire Psychedelic Rock
Van der Graaf Generator H to He: Who Am the Only One Progressive Rock
U-Roy Version Galore Deejay
Peter Green The End of the Game Jam Band, Psychedelic Rock
Freddie Hubbard Red Clay Post-Bop, Soul Jazz
Carpenters Close to You Pop
The Temptations Psychedelic Shack Psychedelic Soul
Dusty Springfield From Dusty ... with Love/A Brand New Me Blue Eyed Soul
The Guess Who American Woman Hard Rock
The Band Stage Fright Folk Rock, Roots Rock
Emitt Rhodes Emitt Rhodes Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
B.B. King Indianola Mississippi Seeds Electric Blues
Funkadelic Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow Funk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Mountain Climbing! Blues Rock, Hard Rock
The Move Shazam Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock
The Allman Brothers Band Idlewild South Blues Rock, Southern Rock
Bob Dylan New Morning Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Jackson 5 ABC Funk, Pop Soul
James Gang Rides Again Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Bob Marley and The Wailers Soul Rebels Roots Reggae
Creedence Clearwater Revival Pendulum Country Rock, Roots Rock
High Tide High Tide Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Hot Tuna Hot Tuna Acoustic Blues
Eric Burdon & War Eric Burdon Declares War Funk, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelic Soul
John Cale Vintage Violence Art Rock, Baroque Pop
The Flying Burrito Bros Burrito Deluxe Country Rock
Lindisfarne Nicely out of Tune British Folk Rock
John Coltrane Transition Avant-Garde Jazz
The J. Geils Band The J. Geils Band Blues Rock
The Maytals Monkey Man Reggae
The Byrds (Untitled) Country Rock, Folk Rock
Little Feat Little Feat Roots Rock, Southern Rock
Charles Mingus The Great Concert of Charles Mingus Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
The Pretty Things Parachute Pop Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock
Shirley & Dolly Collins Love, Death & the Lady English Folk Music
John McLaughlin Devotion Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock
Alice Coltrane Ptah, the El Daoud Spiritual Jazz
Fairport Convention Full House British Folk Rock
Ornette Coleman The Art of the Improvisers Free Jazz
King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon Art Rock, Progressive Rock
Stevie Wonder Signed, Sealed & Delivered Soul
The Mothers of Invention Burnt Weeny Sandwich Avant-Prog, Jazz-Rock
The Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My Flesh Avant-Prog
Essra Mohawk Primordial Lovers Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band Experimental Rock
Johnny Winter Johnny Winter And Blues Rock
Michael Nesmith Magnetic South Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter
The Cables What Kind of World Rocksteady
Frank Zappa Chunga's Revenge Experimental Rock, Jazz-Rock