Back to the Chart Archive index

Top Albums of The Decade: 1970s
1	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water
2	Simon & Garfunkel	Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
3	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours
4	Pink Floyd	Dark Side Of The Moon
5	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells
6	Abba	Greatest Hits
7	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell
8	Original Soundtrack	Saturday Night Fever
9	Perry Como	And I Love You So
10	The Carpenters	The Singles 1969-1973

Top Albums of 1970
1	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water
2	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II
3	Original Soundtrack	Easy Rider
4	Original Soundtrack	Paint Your Wagon
5	Various Artists	Motown Chartbusters Volume 3
7	The Beatles	Let It Be
8	The Beatles	Abbey Road
8	Deep Purple	Deep Purple In Rock
9	Paul McCartney	McCartney
10	Andy Williams	Andy Williams Greatest Hits

Top Albums of 1971
1	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water
2	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells A Story
3	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers
4	T.Rex	Electric Warrior
5	Various Artists	Motown Chartbusters Volume 5
6	James Taylor	Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
7	The Moody Blues	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
8	Andy Williams	Andy Williams Greatest Hits
9	Paul and Linda McCartney	Ram
10	Carole King	Tapestry

Top Albums of 1972
1	Various artists (K-Tel)	20 Dynamic Hits
2	Various artists (K-Tel)	20 All Time Hits Of The 50's
3	Simon & Garfunkel	Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
4	Rod Stewart	Never A Dull Moment
5	Various artists (Arcade)	20 Fantastic Hits
6	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water
7	Slade	Slade Alive
8	Lindisfarne	Fog On The Tyne
9	Various artists (K-Tel)	25 Rockin' And Rollin' Greats
10	Don McLean	American Pie

Top Albums of 1973
1	Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
2	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane
3	Simon & Garfunkel	Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
4	Peters & Lee	We Can Make It
5	The Beatles	The Beatles 1967-1970
6	Pink Floyd	Dark Side Of The Moon
7	Gilbert O'Sullivan	Back To Front
8	David Bowie	Hunky Dory
9	The Beatles	The Beatles 1962-1966
10	Perry Como	And I Love You So

Top Albums of 1974
1	The Carpenters	The Singles 1969-1973
2	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band On The Run
3	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells
4	Elvis Presley	Elvis's 40 Greatest Hits
5	Pink Floyd	Dark Side Of The Moon
6	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
7	The Bay City Rollers	Rollin'
8	Perry Como	And I Love You So
9	Simon & Garfunkel	Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
10	Slade	Old New Borrowed And Blue

Top Albums of 1975
1	Stylistics	The Best Of The Stylistics
2	Bay City Rollers	Once Upon A Star
3	Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing
4	The Carpenters	Horizon
5	Elvis Presley	Elvis's 40 Greatest Hits
6	Jim Reeves	40 Golden Greats
7	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells
8	Elton John	Elton John's Greatest Hits
9	Wings	Venus And Mars
10	The Carpenters	The Singles 1969-1973

Top Albums of 1976
1	Abba	Greatest Hits
2	The Beach Boys	20 Golden Greats
3	Demise Roussos	Forever And Ever
4	Wings	Wings At The Speed Of Sound
5	Rod Stewart	A Night On The Town
6	John Denver	Live In London
7	Glen Campbell	20 Golden Greats
8	Neil Sedaka	Laughter And Tears
9	The Eagles	Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
10	Slim Whitman	The Very Best Of Slim Whitman

Top Albums of 1977
1	Abba	Arrival
2	The Shadows	20 Golden Greats
3	Diana Ross & The Supremes	20 Golden Greats
4	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours
5	Original Soundtrack	A Star Is Born
6	Bread	The Sound Of Bread
7	Various artists (K-Tel)	Disco Fever
8	Abba	Greatest Hits
9	The Eagles	Hotel California
10	Leo Sayer	Endless Flight

Top Albums of 1978
1	Original Soundtrack	Saturday Night Fever
2	Original Soundtrack	Grease
3	Abba	The Album
4	Boney M	Nightflight To Venus
5	Nat 'King' Cole	20 Golden Greats
6	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours
7	Electric Light Orchestra	Out Of The Blue
8	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	20 Golden Greats
9	Don Williams	Images
10	Kate Bush	The Kick Inside

Top Albums of 1979
1	Blondie	Parallel Lines
2	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery
3	Leo Sayer	The Very Best Of Leo Sayer
4	Supertramp	Breakfast In America
5	Abba	Voulez Vous
6	Barbra Streisand	Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2
7	The Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown
8	Abba	Greatest Hits Volume 2
9	The Police	Regatta De Blanc
10	Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart - Greatest Hits Vol. 1

on to the 1980s   or   back to the Chart Archive index