| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1970 |
| TOP 100 POP ALBUMS (As published in the December 26, 1970, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | CHICAGO (Columbia) |
| 2 | DEJA VU – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic) |
| 3 | BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER – Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia) |
| 4 | WOODSTOCK – Original Soundtrack / Various Artists (Cotillion) |
| 5 | ABBEY ROAD – The Beatles (Apple) |
| 6 | SANTANA (Columbia) |
| 7 | LED ZEPPELIN II (Atlantic) |
| 8 | JOE COCKER! (A&M) |
| 9 | McCARTNEY – Paul McCartney (Apple) |
| 10 | EASY RIDER – Original Soundtrack (Dunhill) |
| 11 | BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID – Original Soundtrack / Burt Bacharach (A&M) |
| 12 | LIVE AT LEEDS – The Who (Decca) |
| 13 | AMERICAN WOMAN – The Guess Who (RCA Victor) |
| 14 | LET IT BE – The Beatles (Apple) |
| 15 | GET READY – Rare Earth (Rare Earth) |
| 16 | WILLY AND THE POORBOYS – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy) |
| 17 | SWEET BABY JAMES – James Taylor (Warner Bros.) |
| 18 | RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD – B. J. Thomas (Scepter) |
| 19 | LIVE IN LAS VEGAS – Tom Jones (Parrot) |
| 20 | HAIR – Original Broadway Cast (RCA Victor) |
| 21 | ABC – The Jackson 5 (Motown) |
| 22 | HEY JUDE – The Beatles (Apple) |
| 23 | COSMO’S FACTORY – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy) |
| 24 | ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (Parrot) |
| 25 | LET IT BLEED – The Rolling Stones (London) |
| 26 | CLOSER TO HOME – Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol) |
| 27 | IT AIN’T EASY – Three Dog Night (Dunhill) |
| 28 | GREATEST HITS – The 5th Dimension (Soul City) |
| 29 | BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS 3 (Columbia) |
| 30 | CLIMBING! – Mountain (Windfall) |
| 31 | THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT (Enterprise) |
| 32 | BAND OF GYPSYS – Jimi Hendrix (Reprise) |
| 33 | CAPTURED LIVE AT THE FORUM – Three Dog Night (Dunhill) |
| 34 | BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS (Columbia) |
| 35 | MORRISON HOTEL – The Doors (Elektra) |
| 36 | STEPPENWOLF LIVE (Dunhill) |
| 37 | HELLO, I’M JOHNNY CASH (Columbia) |
| 38 | JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE – Traffic (United Artists) |
| 39 | SELF PORTRAIT – Bob Dylan (Columbia) |
| 40 | DIANA ROSS PRESENTS THE JACKSON 5 (Motown) |
| 41 | THE AGE OF AQUARIUS – The 5th Dimension (Soul City) |
| 42 | IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA – Iron Butterfly (Atco) |
| 43 | THE BAND (Capitol) |
| 44 | THE BEST OF PETER, PAUL & MARY: (Ten) YEARS TOGETHER (Warner Bros.) |
| 45 | ECOLOGY – Rare Earth (Rare Earth) |
| 46 | TOM – Tom Jones (Parrot) |
| 47 | DIANA ROSS (Motown) |
| 48 | TOMMY – The Who (Decca) |
| 49 | PSYCHEDELIC SHACK – The Temptations (Gordy) |
| 50 | GRAND FUNK – Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol) |
| 51 | HERE COMES BOBBY – Bobby Sherman (Metromedia) |
| 52 | CANDLES IN THE RAIN – Melanie (Buddah) |
| 53 | CROSBY, STILLS & NASH (Atlantic) |
| 54 | BENEFIT – Jethro Tull (Reprise) |
| 55 | ON STAGE – FEBRUARY, 1970 – Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) |
| 56 | LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO 1969 – The Plastic Ono Band (Apple) |
| 57 | ERIC CLAPTON (Atco) |
| 58 | MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN – Joe Cocker (A&M) |
| 59 | ABSOLUTELY LIVE – The Doors (Elektra) |
| 60 | FRIJID PINK (Parrot) |
| 61 | JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN – The James Gang (ABC) |
| 62 | LADIES OF THE CANYON – Joni Mitchell (Reprise) |
| 63 | ALBUM 1700 – Peter, Paul & Mary (Warner Bros.) |
| 64 | LIVE CREAM (Atco) |
| 65 | ON THE WATERS – Bread (Elektra) |
| 66 | VOLUNTEERS – Jefferson Airplane (RCA Victor) |
| 67 | GOLD – Neil Diamond (Uni) |
| 68 | TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS – Glen Campbell (Capitol) |
| 69 | STAGE FRIGHT – The Band (Capitol) |
| 70 | THE DEVIL MADE ME BUY THIS DRESS – Flip Wilson (Little David) |
| 71 | THE BEST OF CHARLEY PRIDE (RCA Victor) |
| 72 | ERIC BURDON DECLARES “WAR” – Eric Burdon & War (MGM) |
| 73 | THE SESAME STREET BOOK & RECORD – Original TV Cast (Columbia) |
| 74 | CRICKLEWOOD GREEN – Ten Years After (Deram) |
| 75 | MONSTER – Steppenwolf (Dunhill) |
| 76 | OPEN ROAD – Donovan (Epic) |
| 77 | 12 IN A ROE / TOMMY ROE’S GREATEST HITS (ABC) |
| 78 | A QUESTION OF BALANCE – The Moody Blues (Threshold) |
| 79 | JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN (Columbia) |
| 80 | HOT TUNA (RCA Victor) |
| 81 | ALONE TOGETHER – Dave Mason (Blue Thumb) |
| 82 | AFTER THE GOLD RUSH – Neil Young (Reprise) |
| 83 | TO OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN’S CHILDREN – The Moody Blues (Threshold) |
| 84 | WE MADE IT HAPPEN – Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot) |
| 85 | PUZZLE PEOPLE – The Temptations (Gordy) |
| 86 | TOUCHING YOU, TOUCHING ME – Neil Diamond (Uni) |
| 87 | THIRD ALBUM – The Jackson 5 (Motown) |
| 88 | SEE – The Rascals (Atlantic) |
| 89 | LITTLE WOMAN – Bobby Sherman (Metromedia) |
| 90 | THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) |
| 91 | GREEN RIVER – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy) |
| 92 | IRON BUTTERFLY LIVE (Atco) |
| 93 | I AM THE PRESIDENT – David Frye (Elektra) |
| 94 | SPIRIT IN THE DARK – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) |
| 95 | HOME – Procol Harum (A&M) |
| 96 | I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN – Dionne Warwick (Scepter) |
| 97 | WORKINGMAN’S DEAD – The Grateful Dead (Warner Bros.) |
| 98 | BARBRA STREISAND’S GREATEST HITS (Columbia) |
| 99 | STILL WATERS RUN DEEP – The Four Tops (Motown) |
| 100 | JOHN B. SEBASTIAN (MGM / Reprise) |