MeggaMusic : Best Albums of 1970
In alphabetical order, not in order of preference.
- Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (ATCO)
- Amon Düül II - Yeti (Liberty)
- Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar (Reprise)
- Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster // Death Walks Behind You (B & C / Elektra)
- Badfinger - Magic Christian Music (Apple)
- Beatles - Let It Be (Apple)
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Vertigo)
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Vertigo)
- Bob Dylan - Self Portrait (Columbia)
- Cactus - Cactus (ATCO)
- Can - Soundtracks (Liberty / UA)
- Canned Heat - Future Blues (Liberty)
- Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (Island)
- Chicago - Chicago (Columbia / CBS)
- C.O.B. - Spirit Of Love (CBS)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (Fantasy)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Pendulum (Fantasy)
- Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Déjà Vu (Atlantic)
- Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (Curtom / Buddah Records)
- Curved Air - Airconditioning (Warner Bros.)
- David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (RCA)
- Doors - Morrison Hotel (Elektra)
- Doris - Did You Give The World Some Love Today, Baby (Odeon, Sweden) ▶
- East of Eden - Snafu (Deram)
- Emahoy Tsegue Mariam Gabru - Jerusalem (Orphanage of Armed Forces Wives Assoc., Ethiopia)
- Embryo - Opal (Ohr)
- Fotheringay - Fotheringay (Island)
- Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge (Bizarre / Reprise)
- Free - Fire and Water (Island / A&M)
- Genesis - Trespass (Charisma / Philips / ABC)
- Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant (Vertigo)
- George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (Apple / EMI)
- Ginger Baker's Airforce - Ginger Baker's Airforce (Polydor)
- Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home (Capitol)
- Grateful Dead - American Beauty (Warner Bros.)
- Groundhogs - Thank Christ For The Bomb (Liberty)
- Guru Guru - UFO (Ohr)
- Hawkwind - Hawkwind (UA) ▶
- High Tide - High Tide (Liberty)
- Humble Pie - Humble Pie (A&M)
- James Gang - Rides Again (ABC)
- Jefferson Airplane - The Worst of Jefferson Airplane (RCA)
- Jethro Tull - Benefit (Chrysalis / Reprise)
- Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (Polydor / Capitol)
- Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon (Reprise)
- Julian's Treatment - A Time Before This (Young Blood)
- Keith Christmas - Fable Of The Wings (Polydor / B&C)
- Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (Philips)
- Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One (Pye)
- Krokodil - Swamp (Liberty / Second Battle)
- Lamb - A Sign Of Change (Fillmore)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (Atlantic)
- Lindisfarne - Nicely Out Of Tune (Charisma / Elektra)
- Magma - Magma / Kobaïa (Philips)
- Marsupilami - Marsupilami (Transatlantic)
- Mashmakhan - Mashmakhan (Epic)
- Michael Chapman - Fully Qualified Survivor (Harvest)
- Michael Chapman - Window (Harvest)
- Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (CBS / Columbia)
- Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (Threshold)
- Mort Garson - Didn't You Hear? (Custom Fidelity)
- Neil Young - After The Goldrush (Reprise)
- Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (Island)
- Oriental Sunshine - Dedicated To The Bird We Love (Philips) ▶
- Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (Harvest)
- Popol Vuh - Affenstunde (Liberty)
- Quill - Quill (Cotillion)
- Rodriguez - Cold Fact (Sussex Records)
- Santana - Abraxas (CBS / Columbia)
- Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Columbia)
- Soft Machine - Third (CBS)
- Spirit - Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus (Epic)
- Steamhammer - Mountains (B&C)
- Steeleye Span - Hark! The Village Wait (RCA Victor)
- Syd Barrett - Barrett (Harvest)
- Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (Harvest / EMI)
- Syrinx - Syrinx (True North)
- T2 - It'll All Work Out In Boomland (Decca)
- Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (Ohr / Virgin)
- Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green (Deram)
- The Guess Who - American Woman (RCA Victor)
- The Stooges - Fun House (Elektra)
- The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack (Tamla Motown)
- The Who - Live At Leeds (Polydor)
- Third Ear Band - Abelard And Heloise: Soundtrack (Munich TV / Voiceprint)
- Third Ear Band - Elements (Harvest)
- Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Beard Of Stars (Regal Zonophone)
- T. Rex - T. Rex (Fly Records)
- Uriah Heep - ...Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble... (Vertigo) ▶
- Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (Charisma)
- Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (Philips)
- Velvet Underground - Loaded (Cotillion / Atlantic)
- Yes - Time And A Word (Atlantic)
- Humble Pie - Humble Pie (A&M)
Approximate Genres
Eclectic, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelia, Space Rock, Prog Rock, Heavy Rock, Classic Rock, Folk-Rock, Art Rock, Alternative, Krautrock, Berlin-School, World Music, Tribal, Fusion, Future/Nu-Jazz, Worldbeat, Soul, Chillout, Hippy Music, Folk, Indian Classical, New-Age, Experimental/Avantgarde, Neoclassical, Electronic Pioneers, Crossover.
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