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 56,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

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

81.

Time And A Word

Yes

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

316

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

761

Overall Rank:

4,463

Average Rating:

74 (171 votes)

Comments:

82.

Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

308

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

777

Overall Rank:

4,562

Average Rating:

74 (96 votes)

Comments:

83.

Hey Jude
Compilation

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

784

Overall Rank:

4,602

Average Rating:

80 (137 votes)

Comments:

84.

Cowboy In Sweden
Soundtrack

Lee Hazlewood

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

303

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

786

Overall Rank:

4,622

Average Rating:

76 (48 votes)

Comments:

85.

For Alto

Anthony Braxton

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

297

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

795

Overall Rank:

4,687

Average Rating:

74 (69 votes)

Comments:

86.

Closer To Home

Grand Funk Railroad

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

297

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

796

Overall Rank:

4,691

Average Rating:

77 (78 votes)

Comments:

87.

If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You

Caravan

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

296

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

800

Overall Rank:

4,712

Average Rating:

77 (113 votes)

Comments:

88.

Soundtracks

Can

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

287

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

811

Overall Rank:

4,829

Average Rating:

78 (149 votes)

Comments:

89.

Cricklewood Green

Ten Years After

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

814

Overall Rank:

4,850

Average Rating:

75 (87 votes)

Comments:

90.

Red Clay

Freddie Hubbard

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

283

Rank in 1970:

Rank in 1970s:

817

Overall Rank:

4,883

Average Rating:

76 (60 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
...
8
9
10
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 9 of 100

Best Albums of 1970 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	10	1%
Elvis Presley	7	1%
The Beatles	4	0%
James Brown	4	0%
Johnny Cash	4	0%
Matthews' Southern Comfort	4	0%
The Upsetters	3	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	456	46%
	261	26%
	35	4%
	34	3%
	29	3%
	23	2%
	15	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	950	95%
Yes	50	5%

Live?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	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.

Email Address
Forgotten passwords and other site notifications are sent to the email address saved on your profile. If you've changed your email address recently, please remember to update it on your profile page. (If you can't remember your password, and your email address is out of date, please contact us for assistance getting back into your account).