Best Albums of 1970

« View best albums of 1969View best albums of 1971 »

Listed below are the best albums of 1970 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

1970 year summaryThe best artists of 1970 were Black Sabbath, Neil Young, George Harrison, Simon & Garfunkel, John Lennon, Miles Davis, Van Morrison, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Led Zeppelin and The Stooges.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,646 charts

Rank Score:

19,589

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

86 (2,037 votes)

Comments:

137

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,522 charts

Rank Score:

16,388

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,167 charts

Rank Score:

13,530

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

85 (1,269 votes)

Comments:

112

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,237 charts

Rank Score:

13,069

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

84 (1,490 votes)

Comments:

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,071 charts

Rank Score:

10,372

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

928 charts

Rank Score:

10,189

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

948 charts

Rank Score:

9,265

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,120 charts

Rank Score:

9,020

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

84 (1,946 votes)

Comments:

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

868 charts

Rank Score:

8,873

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

183

Average Rating:

85 (947 votes)

Comments:

10.

Fun House

The Stooges

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

879 charts

Rank Score:

8,141

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

Overall Rank:

204

Average Rating:

83 (1,071 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
99
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100

Best Albums of 1970 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	9	1%
Elvis Presley	7	1%
Matthews' Southern Comfort	4	0%
Johnny Cash	4	0%
The Beatles	4	0%
The Doors	3	0%
James Brown	3	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	451	45%
	265	26%
	36	4%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	25	2%
	16	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	951	95%
Yes	50	5%

Live?	Albums	%
No	970	97%
Yes	31	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	9	1%

« View best albums of 1969View best albums of 1971 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Best Artists of 2021
1. Little Simz
2. Black Country, New Road
3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
4. Weezer
5. Japanese Breakfast
6. Tyler, The Creator
7. Squid (2020s)
8. Black Midi
9. Low
10. Wolf Alice
11. Injury Reserve
12. Lana Del Rey
13. Silk Sonic
14. Lingua Ignota
15. Kristin Hayter
16. The War On Drugs
17. Spellling
18. Turnstile
19. Billie Eilish
20. 파란노을 [Parannoul]