top 35 albums of 1970

top 30 albums of 1970


1. MILES DAVIS. A Tribute To Jack Johnson. Col.

2. VAN MORRISON. Moondance. WB

3. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. Loaded. Atl.

4. MILES DAVIS. Live-Evil. Col.

5. JOE COCKER. Mad Dogs & Englishmen. A&M

6. NEIL YOUNG. After the Gold Rush. Rep.

7. THE BEACH BOYS. Sunflower. WB

8. RANDY NEWMAN. 12 Songs. WB

9. GRATEFUL DEAD. American Beauty. WB

10. JANIS JOPLIN. Pearl. Col.

11. GRATEFUL DEAD. Workingman’s Dead. WB

12. CAROLE KING. Tapestry. Epic

13. THE BEATLES. Let It Be. Cap.

14. THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION. Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Biz.

15. THE KINKS. Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Part One. Rep.

16. SOFT MACHINE. Third. Col.

17. THE BYRDS. Untitled. Col.

18. FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS. Burrito Deluxe. A&M

19. JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND. Apple

20. FRANK ZAPPA. Chunga’s Reveng. Biz.

21. NICK DRAKE. Bryter Layer. Hannibal

22. LARRY CORYELL. Spaces. Van.

23. CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, & YOUNG. Deja Vu. Atl.

24. JOHN McLAUGHLIN. Devotion. Douglas

25. ALICE COLTRANE. Journey In Satchidananda. MCA

26. BLODWYN PIG. Getting To This. A&M

27. CAT STEVENS. Tea for the Tillerman. A&M

28. LED ZEPPELIN. III. Atl.

29. JIMI HENDRIX & THE BAND OF GYPSYS. Cap.

30. DELANEY & BONNIE. To Bonnie from Delaney. Atco

31. AL KOOPER. Easy Does It. Col.

32. STEPHEN STILLS. Atl.

33. ELTON JOHN. Tumbleweed Connection. MCA

34. FLEETWOOD MAC. Kiln House. Rep.

35. LIBBY TITUS. Col.