1 | 1971 | Tapestry | Carole King | Album | 4.1 | 180 |
2 | 1977 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | Album | 4.15 | 69 |
3 | 1976 | Frampton Comes Alive! | Peter Frampton | Album + Live | 3.65 | 24 |
4 | 1973 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Album | 4.75 | 120 |
5 | 1973 | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | Album | 4 | 56 |
6 | 1977 | Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | 4.5 | 28 |
7 | — | Jesus Christ Superstar | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Album + Soundtrack | | 1 |
8 | 1979 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | Album | 4.45 | 46 |
9 | 1973 | John Denver’s Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation | 4.35 | 18 |
10 | 1975 | Fleetwood Mac | Fleetwood Mac | Album | 4.1 | 39 |
11 | 1970 | Chicago | Chicago | Album | 4.75 | 19 |
12 | 1970 | Abraxas | Santana | Album | 4.55 | 34 |
13 | 1976 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | Album | 4.45 | 33 |
14 | 1973 | Band on the Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | Album | 3.9 | 45 |
15 | 1978 | Grease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | 2.85 | 28 |
16 | 1975 | Red Octopus | Jefferson Starship | Album | 4.5 | 12 |
17 | 1971 | American Pie | Don McLean | Album | 3.5 | 23 |
18 | 1972 | Honky Château | Elton John | Album | 4.2 | 22 |
19 | 1975 | One of These Nights | Eagles | Album | 4.45 | 22 |
20 | 1970 | Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack + Live | | 14 |
21 | 1975 | That’s the Way of the World | Earth, Wind & Fire | Album + Soundtrack | 3.35 | 15 |
22 | 1972 | Chicago V | Chicago | Album | 5 | 14 |
23 | 1975 | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | Elton John | Album | 3.85 | 29 |
24 | 1972 | You Don't Mess Around With Jim | Jim Croce | Album | 5 | 9 |
25 | 1972 | Harvest | Neil Young | Album | 4.35 | 28 |
26 | 1978 | 52nd Street | Billy Joel | Album | 4.65 | 49 |
27 | 1973 | Houses of the Holy | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.45 | 46 |
28 | 1969 | First Take | Roberta Flack | Album | 3 | 10 |
29 | 1974 | Back Home Again | John Denver | Album | | 10 |
30 | 1969 | Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.45 | 61 |
31 | 1970 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon and Garfunkel | Album | 4.15 | 43 |
32 | 1970 | Cosmo’s Factory | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Album | 4.4 | 32 |
33 | 1972 | The World Is a Ghetto | War | Album | 3 | 9 |
34 | 1971 | [Led Zeppelin IV] | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.8 | 79 |
35 | 1971 | Music | Carole King | Album | 4 | 51 |
36 | 1973 | Brothers and Sisters | The Allman Brothers Band | Album | 4.15 | 29 |
37 | 1978 | Minute by Minute | The Doobie Brothers | Album | 3.5 | 11 |
38 | 1970 | Déjà vu | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Album | 4.35 | 26 |
39 | 1979 | Spirits Having Flown | Bee Gees | Album | 5 | 14 |
40 | 1972 | No Secrets | Carly Simon | Album | 4 | 58 |
41 | 1971 | America | America | Album | 3.5 | 12 |
42 | 1976 | Hotel California | Eagles | Album | 4.4 | 59 |
43 | 1979 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer | Album | 4.6 | 17 |
44 | 1969 | Abbey Road | The Beatles | Album | 4.55 | 62 |
45 | 1977 | The Stranger | Billy Joel | Album | 4.15 | 45 |
46 | 1976 | Boston | Boston | Album | 4.15 | 38 |
47 | 1978 | Double Vision | Foreigner | Album | 3.4 | 14 |
48 | 1972 | Superfly | Curtis Mayfield | Album + Soundtrack | 4.25 | 21 |
49 | 1972 | Seventh Sojourn | The Moody Blues | Album | 4.5 | 17 |
50 | 1972 | Catch Bull at Four | Cat Stevens | Album | 3.5 | 19 |
51 | 1969 | Rhymes & Reasons | John Denver | Album | | 5 |
52 | 1976 | Fly Like an Eagle | Steve Miller Band | Album | 4.65 | 19 |
53 | 1973 | Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | Album | 4.85 | 35 |
54 | 1974 | Greatest Hits | Elton John | Album + Compilation | 3.5 | 21 |
55 | 1971 | Fragile | Yes | Album | 4.5 | 51 |
56 | 1979 | Get the Knack | The Knack | Album | 3.35 | 15 |
57 | 1972 | Never a Dull Moment | Rod Stewart | Album | | 10 |
58 | 1973 | Chicago VI | Chicago | Album | 3 | 11 |
59 | 1972 | Big Bambú | Cheech & Chong | Album | | 4 |
60 | 1971 | Teaser and the Firecat | Cat Stevens | Album | 4 | 26 |
61 | 1975 | Still Crazy After All These Years | Paul Simon | Album | 4 | 24 |
62 | 1971 | Carpenters | Carpenters | Album | 4.35 | 59 |
63 | 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Diana Ross | Album + Soundtrack | | 7 |
64 | 1976 | Wings at the Speed of Sound | Wings | Album | 4 | 21 |
65 | 1971 | Every Picture Tells a Story | Rod Stewart | Album | 3.25 | 22 |
66 | 1972 | Exile on Main St. | The Rolling Stones | Album | 4.35 | 52 |
67 | 1975 | Windsong | John Denver | Album | 2 | 5 |
68 | 1971 | Santana | Santana | Album | 4.2 | 22 |
69 | 1978 | Some Girls | The Rolling Stones | Album | 3.45 | 35 |
70 | 1978 | Blondes Have More Fun | Rod Stewart | Album | 4 | 9 |
71 | 1973 | Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player | Elton John | Album | 4 | 20 |
72 | 1972 | Thick as a Brick | Jethro Tull | Album | 4.35 | 45 |
73 | 1975 | Physical Graffiti | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4 | 40 |
74 | 1974 | The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Scott Joplin, music conducted and adapted by Marvin Hamlisch | Album + Soundtrack | 5 | 9 |
75 | 1972 | Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | Album | 4.45 | 24 |
76 | 1970 | Sweet Baby James | James Taylor | Album | 3 | 14 |
77 | 1970 | Close to You | Carpenters | Album | 3.35 | 62 |
78 | 1973 | Diamond Girl | Seals & Crofts | Album | 5 | 3 |
79 | 1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh | George Harrison | Album + Live | 3.5 | 14 |
80 | 1973 | 1967–1970 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation | 4.6 | 32 |
81 | 1973 | Goats Head Soup | The Rolling Stones | Album | 3.4 | 31 |
82 | 1973 | Los Cochinos | Cheech & Chong | Album | | 4 |
83 | 1971 | RAM | Paul & Linda McCartney | Album | 4.75 | 27 |
84 | 1972 | All Directions | The Temptations | Album | 3.5 | 8 |
85 | 1976 | Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 | Eagles | Album + Compilation | 4.65 | 34 |
86 | 1979 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin | Album | 3.8 | 43 |
87 | 1978 | Cheap Trick at Budokan | Cheap Trick | Album + Live | 3.6 | 25 |
88 | 1977 | Aja | Steely Dan | Album | 4.05 | 41 |
89 | 1974 | Not Fragile | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | Album | 4.65 | 14 |
90 | 1972 | Eat a Peach | The Allman Brothers Band | Album | 4.05 | 22 |
91 | 1971 | Pearl | Janis Joplin | Album | 4.25 | 34 |
92 | 1974 | Court and Spark | Joni Mitchell | Album | 4.3 | 18 |
93 | 1974 | War Child | Jethro Tull | Album | 3.75 | 24 |
94 | 1974 | Caribou | Elton John | Album | 3.2 | 20 |
95 | 1971 | Nilsson Schmilsson | Nilsson | Album | 2.5 | 17 |
96 | 1974 | Chicago VII | Chicago | Album | 4.5 | 10 |
97 | 1971 | Hot Rocks 1964–1971 | The Rolling Stones | Album + Compilation | 3.65 | 22 |
98 | 1974 | Have You Never Been Mellow | Olivia Newton‐John | Album | | 50 |
99 | 1971 | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | Album | 4.5 | 10 |
100 | 1970 | McCartney | Paul McCartney | Album | 4.2 | 20 |