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  • ELP - S/T  
  • Abraxas - Santana
  • Time & a Word - Yes
  • Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Zappa
  • Gentle Giant - S/T
  • J.C. Superstar - Soundtrack
  • John Barlycorn Must Die - Traffic
  • Trespass  - Genesis
  • Third - Soft Machine
  • Benefit - Jethro Tull


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote miamiscot Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2021 at 08:05
Not one of my favorite years for some reason...

Chicago - Chicago II
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - s/t
King Crimson - Lizard
The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Genesis - Trespass
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to HE
Web - I Spider
Traffic _ John Barleycorn Must Die
Comus - First Utterance
Yes - Time And A Word
Gentle Giant - s/t
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Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
Van der Graaf Generator - The Least we can do is Wave to Each Other
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
King Crimson - In the wake of Poseidon
King Crimson - Lizard
Genesis - Trespass
High Tide - High Tide
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Emerson Lake & Palmer
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Not familiar enough, of course, but;

1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - s/t
2. Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
3. Supertramp - s/t
4. Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother 
5. Jethro Tull - Benefit
6. Chicago - Chicago II

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7. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
8. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
X. Deep Purple - Deepl Purple In Rock


Absolutely love "The Least We Can Do" and "Benefit".
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ELP s/t

Genesis Trespass
Gentle Giant s/t
Caravan if I could etc

Zep 3
Tull Benefit


Zappa Hot Rats
Sabbath Paranoid.
Purple In rock


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Nucleus-Solar Plexus
ELP-ELP
King Crimson-In The Wake Of Poseidon
Colosseum-Daughter Of Time
Atomic Rooster-Death Walks Behind You
Quatermass-Quatermass
Wishbone Ash-Wishbone Ash
Beggars Opera-Act One
If-If
Genesis-Trespass
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1. CARAVAN If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
2. CROSBY,  STILLS, NASH & YOUNG Déjà Vu
3. EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4. SOFT MACHINE Third
5. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR H to He, Who Am the Only One
6. JOHN McLAUGHLIN Devotion
7. SUPERSISTER Present from Nancy
8. GENTLE GIANT Gentle Giant
9. GENESIS Trespass
10. LARRY CORYELL Spaces

11. AHORA MAZDA Ahora Mazda 
12. STEELEYE SPAN Hark! The Village Wait
13. DREAMS Dreams
14. ALICE COLTRANE Ptah, The El Daoud
15. SANTANA Abraxas
16. EGG Egg
17. CHICAGO II
18. KING CRIMSON Lizard
19. JAN GARBAREK Afric Pepperbird
20. YES Time and a Word

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King Crimson - Lizard
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Van der Graaf Generator -The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Linda Perhacs -Parallelograms
Soft Machine - Third
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am The Only One
Can - Soundtracks
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That year is surprisingly stacked! Today I'll take:

10. Beggar's Opera. Act One
09. Atomic Rooster. Death Walks Behind You
08. Gentle Giant. s/t
07. T2. It'll All Work Out in Boomland
06. King Crimson. In the Wake of Poseidon
05. Emerson, Lake & Palmer. s/t
04. Van der Graaf Generator. The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other
03. Genesis. Trespass
02. Van der Graaf Generator. H to He Who Am the Only One
01. King Crimson. Lizard

HM:
Black Widow. Sacrifice
Cressida. s/t
Pink Floyd. Atom Heart Mother
Rare Bird. As Your Mind Flies By
Raw Material. s/t

Okay, so pretty much any album between #2 to #8 deserves TOP3 and WOULD get there on another day. I'm constantly changing my mind on VDGG's internal battle, for example, and there was time I vouched for Gentle Giant's debut to be their best. Loads of five star albums in there. T2 always makes my day, although they left my heavy rotation a decade ago, similar to Atomic Rooster - a band I almost considered equal to Uriah Heep in high school.

Also a great year for less touted bands, Cressida, Rare Bird, Beggar's Opera, it's all gold - and I still left out fringe prog stuff, i.e. Santana, Lucifer's Friend, Miles... FAT YEAR
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Genesis
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I've got an extreme amount of favorite albums released in 1970, but I went for these ten:

Magma - Kobaïa
Soft Machine - Third
King Crimson - Lizard
Can - Soundtracks
Jethro Tull - Benefit
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One
Pentangle - Cruel Sister
Supersister - Present From Nancy
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - N°2

Plus these five that may not be "prog" as such, but somewhat related in one way or another:

Pearls Before Swine - The Use of Ashes
Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Brigitte Fontaine & Art Ensemble of Chicago - Comme à la radio
Jan Garbarek Quartet - Afric Pepperbird
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What a great year in music! One of my favorite years with massive number of magnificent prog-rock albums and prog-rock related.
I am so glad to see few lesser known bands on couple lists (Marsupilami, Beggars Opera, T2, Supersister, Web).

My Top 20 of 1970 Prog Albums:
1. King Crimson - Lizard
2. Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One 
3. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 
4. Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other 
5. Marsupilami - Marsupilami 
6. King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon 
7. Soft Machine - Third 
8. Egg - Egg 
9. Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You 
10. Genesis - Trespass 

11. Gracious - Gracious! 
12. Web - I Spider 
13. Rare Bird - As Your Mind Flies By 
14. Supersister - Present From Nancy 
15. Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant 
16. East of Eden - Snafu  
17. Julian's Treatment - A Time Before This 
18. Fairfield Parlour - From Home to Home 
19. T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland
20. Beggars Opera - Act One

HM - few non-prog or prog related albums:
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 
Black Sabbath - Paranoid 
Bobby Hutcherson - Now!
Locomotive - We Are Everything You See 
Steamhammer - Mountains
Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash

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