POLL: Greatest Albums Of 1970 (Choose Five)

Taking over from @Hombre, I'll take us into the seventies.
Like him, I will be going by general consensus, and have used the following sites:
Best Albums of 1970
100 Greatest Albums of 1970
Acclaimed Music

 

My votes:

All Things Must Pass
Bridge Over Troubled Water
American Beauty
Workingman's Dead
Layla

John Lennon is my favorite Beatle, but I'm particularly not a fan of Plastic Ono Band. The music is all right, I like its raw sound; but I don't like the message of the record, or at least what I personally get from it. I love his work from 1971-75 though.

 

Tea For The Tillerman and Deja Vu are two of my favourite records. Never tire of them.

Also voted for Paranoid, After The Goldrush and Bridge Over Troubled Water. Regard them as fun but flawed.

Haven't heard fifteen of them. Don't like the rest.

Fairport's Full House & Lindisfarne's Nicely Out Of Tune are another two indispensable albums from 1970!

 

Wish they were here:

Lola (The Kinks)
Morrison Hotel (The Doors)
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus (Spirit)

 

All Things Must Pass
Paranoid
Layla
Barleycorn
Deja Vu

 

Top 5:
The Who Live at Leeds
The Pretty Things Parachute
The James Gang Rides Again
The Move Shazam
Steppenwolf 7
Plus:
The Move Looking On
Curved Air Air Conditioning
Badfinger No Dice
The Faces First Step
The Kinks Lola
Spirit Twelve Dreams
Deep Purple In Rock
Quicksilver What About Me?
Mountain Climbing!
Quatermass s/t
The Hollies Moving Finger (Confessions of the Mind)
King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon
Quicksilver Just for Love
John Lennon POB
Colosseum Daughter of Time
Genesis Trespass
Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again
Procol Harum Home
Pentangle Cruel Sister
Derek & the Dominos Layla
Alice Cooper Easy Action
Smith Minus Plus
Badfinger Magic Christian Music
Three Dog Night It Ain't Easy
Mott the Hoople Mad Shadows
George Harrison All Things Must Pass
Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Mothers Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Frank Zappa Chunga’s Revenge
Black Sabbath s/t
Steppenwolf Live
High Tide s/t
Black Sabbath Paranoid
CSN&Y Déjà vu
Poco s/t
Three Dog Night Naturally
The Grass Roots More Golden Grass
Lindisfarne Nicely Out Of Tune
Fotheringay s/t
Creedence Cosmo’s Factory
Eric Clapton s/t
Fleetwood Mac Kiln House
Grand Funk Closer to Home

 

I chose Deja Vu and Plastic Ono Band from this list

albums not on this list that I would choose are
Elton John and Tumbleweed Connection by Elton John
Beaucoups of Blues by Ringo Starr

 

Layla
Moondance
After the Gold Rush
Cosmo’s Factory
Workingman’s Dead

 

Here are all the albums that get the mBen Seal of Approval for this year. (My picks are bolded.)

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Burnt Weenie Sandwich - The Mothers of Invention
S/T - Black Sabbath
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
Nilsson Sings Newman - Harry Nilsson
S/T - Elton John
McCartney - Paul McCartney
Let It Be - The Beatles
Live at Leeds - The Who
Self Portrrait - Bob Dylan
Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead
Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart
Runt - Todd Rundgren
Fun House - The Stooges
Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers - The Firesign Theatre
Weasels Ripped My Flesh - The Mothers of Invention
Sunflower - The Beach Boys
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
Abraxas - Santana
Jesus Christ Superstar
Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
American Beauty - The Grateful Dead
The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
Loaded - The Velvet Underground
S/T - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One - The Kinks
Blows Against the Empire - Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship
Layla and other assorted love songs - Derek and the Dominoes
S/T - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

Honorable mention:
Hey Jude (The Beatles Again) - The Beatles

 

Voted for Layla, Deja Vu, Cosmo's Factory, John Barleycorn, and The Man Who Sold the World. Also want to vote for LZIII, Paranoid, Plastic Ono Band, Bitches Brew, Abraxas, After the Gold Rush, Black Sabbath, ATMP, and Live at Leeds (why isn't it on there?!). Ditto Let it Be or the Kinks' Lola vs. Powerman.

 

Live At Leeds I left off so as to stay strictly studio albums.

 

~"All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison
~"Plastic Ono Band" by John Lennon
~"Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel
~"Moondance" by Van Morrison
~"After The Goldrush" by Neil Young

Most Honorable Mention:
~Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
~Derek & The Dominoes
~Nick Drake

Honorable Mention:
The Grateful Dead
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Grateful Dead
Cat Stevens
The Stooges
Led Zeppelin
James Brown
David Bowie
Curtis Mayfield
Miles Davis
The Beach Boys

 

From above list:

LZ III
Deja Vu
Tea For Tillerman
After The Gold Rush
American Beauty

 

Black Sabbath + Paranoid
Bowie - MWSTW
Stooges - Funhouse

there's others (Lennon, Young, S&G, Led Zep III) that I like well enough, but not so much I'd consider them among my favorites of the year.

 

But...
"Let It Be" by The Beatles?
...and...
"Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One" by The Kinks?

Both, clearly did not make it... were they somewhere in 26-30?

Surprised, but my 5 vote getters are amazing already, but... those 2 are as great as any of my 5 choices & better than my 3 "Most HonorableMentions".

 

Led Zep III
In Rock
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Black Sabbath s/t
All Things Must Pass

 

Yes, they were.

 

The two Black Sabbath albums, the two solo Beatles albums and Derek & The Dominoes. I have been listening to those records for years.

 

Great bunch of albums

Paranoid
Bridge over troubled water
Bitches brew
Moondance
John barleycorn must die

Close misses - in rock, black sabbath, after the goldrush, tea for the tillerman, cosmos factory and lick my decals off

 

Definitely need to add The Who, Live at Leeds to the list.

 

I just realized Bryter Layter is 1971, so I'm replacing it with Lola Vs The Powerman by The Kinks.

 

1970 was obviously a great year for music, right up there with 1967. There are several more albums that deserve to be nominated, but in my
mind Let It Be isn't one of them. It has it's moments, but compared to other albums on this list and the Beatles catalog in general, it doesn't
measure up.
Layla
Bitches Brew
John Barleycorn
All Things Must Pass
Abraxas/Lick My Decals (can't make up my mind)

 

John Lennon -Plastic Ono Band
Stooges - Fun House
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

Choice not on list: The Who - Live at Leeds

 

ALL THINGS MUST PASS
DEJA VU
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
BRYTER LAYTER
COSMO'S FACTORY