BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1970*
POS-ALBUM-ARTIST-LABEL-PEAK MONTH 1 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER-SIMON & GARFUNKEL-COLUMBIA 2 LED ZEPPELIN II-LED ZEPPELIN-Atlantic 3 CHICAGO II-CHICAGO-Columbia 4 ABBEY ROAD?THE BEATLES-Apple 5 SANTANA-SANTANA-Columbia 6 GET READY?RARE EARTH-Rare Earth 7 EASY RIDER?ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK-Dunhill 8 BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID-Soundtrack-A&M 9 JOE COCKER!-Joe Cocker-A&M 10 WAS CAPTURED LIVE AT THE FORUM-Three Dog Night-Dunhill 11 Deja Vu-Crosby,Stills & Nash-Atlantic 12 Willy & The Poorboys-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 13 Blood,Sweat & Tears-Blood,Sweat & Tears-Columbia 14 Hair?Original Cast-RCA Victor 15 Sweet Baby James-James Taylor-Warner Brothers 16 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida?Iron Butterfly-Atco 17 American Woman-Guess Who-RCA 18 Grand Funk-Grand Funk Railroad-Capitol 19 Crosby,Stills & Nash-Crosby,Stills & Nash-Atlantic 20 Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head-BJ Thomas-Scepter 21 Stand!-Sly & The Family Stone-Epic 22 The Best Of Charley Pride-RCA Victor 23 Chicago Transit Authority-Chicago-Columbia 24 Woodstock Original Soundtrack-Various Artists-Cotillion 25 McCartney-Paul McCartney-Apple 26 The Isaac Hayes Movement-Isaac Hayes-Enterprise 27 Live In Las Vegas?Tom Jones-Parrot 28 Engelbert Humperdinck-Engelbert Humperdinck-Parrot 29 Green River-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 30 Cosno's Factory-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 31 Let It Be-Beatles-Apple 32 Mountain Climbing!?Mountain-Windfall 33 The Age Of Aquarius?The Fifth Dimension-Soul City 34 Band Of Gypsys-Jimi Hendrix-Reprise 35 It Ain?t Easy?Three Dog Night-Dunhill 36 Hot Buttered Soul-Isaac Hayes-Enterprise 37 To Our Children?s Children?s Children?The Moody Blues-Threshold 38 Steppenwolf Live-Steppenwolf-Dunhill 39 The Band-The Band-Capitol 40 I Want You Back-Jackson Five-Motown 41 Still Waters Run Deep?The Four Tops-Motown 42 Live At Leeds-Who-Decca 43 Blood,Sweat & Tears III-Blood,Sweat & Tears-Columbia 44 The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress?Flip Wilson-Little David 45 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere-Neil Young & Crazy Horse-Reprise 46 Suitable For Framing-Three Dog Night-Dunhill 47 Here Comes Bobby-Bobby Sherman-Metromedia 48 Let It Bleed-Rolling Stones-London 49 Hey Jude-Beatles-Apple 50 Psychedelic Shack-Temptations-Gordy 51 Greatest Hits-Fifth Dimension-Soul City 52 Closing The Gap-Michael Parks-MGM 53 ABC-Jackson Five-Motown 54 Hello,I'm Johnny Cash-Columbia 55 Ladies Of The Canyon?Joni Mitchell-Reprise 56 Swiss Movement-Les McCann & Eddie Harris-Atlantic 57 This Girl?s In Love With You?Aretha Franklin-Atlantic 58 Benefit?Jethro Tull-Reprise 59 Paint Your Wagon-Soundtrack-Paramount 60 Tommy?The Who-Decca 61 Candles In The Rain-Melanie-Buddah 62 Monster-Steppenwolf-Dunhill 63 Johnny Cash At San Quentin-Columbia 64 Self Portrait-Bob Dylan-Columbia 65 Closer To Home-Grand Funk Railroad-Capitol 66 Okie From Muskogee-Merle Haggard-Capitol 67 Live Peace In Toronto 1969?John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band-Apple 68 On Time-Grand Funk Railroad-Capitol 69 Cricklewood Green?Ten Years After-Deram 70 I?ll Never Fall In Love Again?Dionne Warwick-Scepter 71 Midnight Cowboy-Soundtrack-United Artists 72 Frijid Pink-Frijid Pink-Parrot 73 Tom-Tom Jones-Parrot 74 Touching You Touching Me?Neil Diamond-Uni 75 John B. Sebastian-MGM/Reprise 76 Volunteers?Jefferson Airplane-RCA Victor 77 Eric Burdon Declares ?War??Eric Burdon & War-MGM 78 On The Threshold Of A Dream-Moody Blues-Deram 79 Morrison Hotel-Doors-Elektra 80 Cold Blood-Cold Blood-San Francisco 81 Turning Point-John Mayall-Polydor 82 John Barleycorn Must Die-Traffic-United Artists 83 Ecology-Rare Earth-Rare Earth 84 Best Of Tommy James & The Shondells-Roulette 85 Bitches Brew-Miles Davis-Columbia 86 Funny Girl-Original Soundtrack-Columbia 87 Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison-Johnny Cash-Columbia 88 Completely Well-B.B. King-Bluesway 89 Little Woman?Bobby Sherman-Metromedia 90 The Sesame Street Book & Record?Original Television Cast-Columbia 91 2001:A Space Odyssey-Soundtrack-MGM 92 Twelve In A Roe-Tommy Roe-ABC 93 Try A Little Kindness-Glen Campbell-Capitol 94 Walking In Space-Quincy Jones-A&M 95 Just Plain Charley-Charley Pride 96 Diana Ross-Diana Ross-Motown 97 Bayou Country-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 98 The Last Poets-The Last Poets-Douglas 99 Puzzle People?The Temptations-Gordy 100 10 Years Together/The Best Of Peter,Paul & Mary-Warner Brothers * As published in the December 26,1970 issue of Billboard Magazine.