Wednesday, January 3, 2001

McQ's Favorite Albums Of 1970

Highest Recommends
1. Third - Soft Machine
2. Layla, And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek And The Dominos
3. Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit
4. Loaded - The Velvet Underground
5. Starsailor - Tim Buckley
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
7. Moondance - Van Morrison

Strong Recommends
8. Abraxas - Santana
9. Fun House - The Stooges
10. Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
11. Cosmos Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
12. Led Zeppelin III
13. Bryter Later - Nick Drake

Solid Recommends
14. After The Goldrush - Neil Young
15. Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
16. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
17. Lola Vs. The Powerman & The Money-Go-Round - The Kinks
18. Live At Monterey - Otis Redding/Jimi Hendrix
19. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
20. 12 Songs - Randy Newman
21. The J. Geils Band
22. John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
23. Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
24. Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley
25. Morrison Hotel - The Doors

Mild Recommends
26. Fire & Water - Free
27. His Band And The Street Choir - Van Morrison
28. Woodstock - Official Soundtrack

You Decide 
29. Band Of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix
30. Pendulum - Creedence Clearwater Revival

1970 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Assess In Full
Absolutely Live - The Doors
American Beauty - The Grateful Dead
Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
Back In The USA - MC5
Barrett - Syd Barrett
Climbing! - Mountain
Close To You - Carpenters
Comme A La Radio - Brigitte Fontain & The Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Curtis - Curtis Mayfield
Desertshore - Nico
Elton John
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Everything Is Everything - Donny Hathaway
Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic
Funkadelic
Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart
Get Yer Ya-Yas Out - The Rolling Stones
In Rock - Deep Purple
Jesus Christ Superstar - The Original London Concept Recording
John Phillips (John The Wolfking Of L.A.)
Ladies Of The Canyon - Joni Mitchell
Les Stance A Sophie - Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Let It Be - The Beatles
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden
Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Captain Beefheart
Live At Leeds - The Who
Look-Ky Py Py - The Meters
Jessie Winchester
Just Another Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan
Kristofferson - Kris Kristofferson
Mad Dogs And Englishmen - Joe Cocker
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Psychedelic Shack - The Temptations
Sex Machine - James Brown
Sunflower - The Beach Boys
Spirit In The Dark - Aretha Franklin
Stage Fright - The Band
Stephen Stills
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens
The End Game - Peter Green
The James Gang Rides Again
The Last Poets
The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett
The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
Third Ear Band
Total Destruction Of Your Mind - Swamp Dog
Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
Version Galore - I Roy!
Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead
Yeti - Amun Duul II

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