Number 1 albums of the 1970s

1970
74	7 Feb	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	1
75	14 Feb	Various artist compilation	Motown Chartbusters Volume 3	1
76	21 Feb	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	13
77	23 May	Beatles	Let It Be	3
re	13 Jun	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	4
78	11 Jul	Bob Dylan	Self Portrait	1
re	18 Jul	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	5
79	22 Aug	Moody Blues	A Question Of Balance	3
80	12 Sep	Creedance Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	1
81	19 Sep	Rolling Stones	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out - The Rolling Stones In Concert	2
re	3 Oct	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1
82	10 Oct	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	1
re	17 Oct	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1
83	24 Oct	Pink Floyd	Atom Heart Mother	1
84	31 Oct	Various artist compilation	Motown Chartbusters Volume 4	1
85	7 Nov	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin 3	3
86	28 Nov	Bob Dylan	New Morning	1
87	5 Dec	Andy Williams	Andy Williams Greatest Hits	1
re	12 Dec	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin 3	1
re	19 Dec	Andy Williams	Andy Williams Greatest Hits	4

1971
re	16 Jan	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	3
88	6 Feb	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	8
89	3 Apr	Andy Williams	Home Lovin' Man	2
90	17 Apr	Various artist compilation	Motown Chartbusters Volume 5	3
91	8 May	Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	4
92	5 Jun	Paul & Linda McCartney	Ram	2
re	19 Jun	Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	1
93	26 Jun	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tarkus	1
re	3 Jul	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	5
94	7 Aug	No artist(s) credited	Hot Hits 6	1
95	14 Aug	Moody Blues	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour	1
96	21 Aug	No artist(s) credited	Top Of The Pops Volume 18	3
re	11 Sep	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1
97	18 Sep	Who	Who's Next	1
98	25 Sep	Deep Purple	Fireball	1
99	2 Oct	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells A Story	4
100	30 Oct	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band With The Flux Fiddlers	Imagine	2
re	13 Nov	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells A Story	2
101	27 Nov	No artist(s) credited	Top Of The Pops Volume 20	1
102	4 Dec	Led Zeppelin	Four Symbols	2
103	18 Dec	T. Rex	Electric Warrior	6

1972
104	29 Jan	George Harrison & Friends	Concert For Bangladesh (Recorded Live)	1
re	5 Feb	T. Rex	Electric Warrior	2
105	19 Feb	Neil Reid	Neil Reid	3
106	11 Mar	Neil Young	Harvest	1
107	18 Mar	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	1
108	25 Mar	Lindisfarne	Fog On The Tyne	4
109	22 Apr	Deep Purple	Machine Head	2
110	6 May	Tyrannosaurus Rex	Prophets, Seers And Sages The Angels Of The Ages / My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows	1
re	13 May	Deep Purple	Machine Head	1
111	20 May	T. Rex	Bolan Boogie	3
112	10 Jun	Rolling Stones	Exile On Main Street	1
113	17 Jun	Various artist compilation (K-Tel)	20 Dynamic Hits	8
114	12 Aug	Various artist compilation (Arcade)	20 Fantastic Hits	5
115	16 Sep	Rod Stewart	Never A Dull Moment	2
re	30 Sep	Various artist compilation (Arcade)	20 Fantastic Hits	1
116	7 Oct	Various artist compilation (K-Tel)	20 All Time Hits Of The 50's	8
117	2 Dec	Various artist compilation (K-Tel)	25 Rockin' And Rollin' Greats	3
re	23 Dec	Various artist compilation (K-Tel)	20 All Time Hits Of The 50's	3

1973
118	13 Jan	Slade	Slayed?	1
119	20 Jan	Gilbert O'Sullivan	Back To Front	1
re	27 Jan	Slade	Slayed?	2
120	10 Feb	Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player	6
121	24 Mar	Alice Cooper	Billion Dollar Babies	1
122	31 Mar	Various artist compilation (K-Tel)	20 Flashback Greats Of The Sixties	2
123	14 Apr	Led Zeppelin	Houses Of The Holy	2
124	28 Apr	Faces	Ooh-La-La	1
125	5 May	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	5
126	9 Jun	Various artist compilation (EMI)	Pure Gold	3
127	30 Jun	Original Soundtrack	That'll Be The Day	7
128	18 Aug	Peters & Lee	We Can Make It	2
129	1 Sep	Rod Stewart	Sing It Again Rod	3
130	22 Sep	Rolling Stones	Goat's Head Soup	2
131	6 Oct	Slade	Sladest	3
132	27 Oct	Status Quo	Hello	1
133	3 Nov	David Bowie	Pin-Ups	5
134	8 Dec	Roxy Music	Stranded	1
135	15 Dec	David Cassidy	Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes	1
136	22 Dec	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	2

1974
137	5 Jan	Yes	Tales From Topographic Oceans	2
re	19 Jan	Slade	Sladest	1
138	26 Jan	Perry Como	And I Love You So	1
139	2 Feb	Carpenters	The Singles 1969-1973	4
140	2 Mar	Slade	Old New Borrowed And Blue	1
re	9 Mar	Carpenters	The Singles 1969-1973	11
141	25 May	Rick Wakeman	Journey To The Centre Of The Earth	1
re	1 Jun	Carpenters	The Singles 1969-1973	1
142	8 Jun	David Bowie	Diamond Dogs	4
re	6 Jul	Carpenters	The Singles 1969-1973	1
143	13 Jul	Elton John	Caribou	2
144	27 Jul	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band On The Run	7
145	14 Sep	Mike Oldfield	Hergest Ridge	3
146	5 Oct	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells	1
147	12 Oct	Bay City Rollers	Rollin'	1
148	19 Oct	Rod Stewart	Smiler	1
re	26 Oct	Bay City Rollers	Rollin'	1
re	2 Nov	Rod Stewart	Smiler	1
re	9 Nov	Bay City Rollers	Rollin'	2
149	23 Nov	Elton John	Elton John's Greatest Hits	11

1975
150	8 Feb	Engelbert Humperdinck	Engelbert Humperdinck - His Greatest Hits	3
151	1 Mar	Status Quo	On The Level	2
152	15 Mar	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	1
153	22 Mar	Tom Jones	20 Greatest Hits	4
154	19 Apr	Stylistics	The Best Of The Stylistics	2
155	3 May	Bay City Rollers	Once Upon A Star	3
re	24 May	Stylistics	The Best Of The Stylistics	5
156	28 Jun	Wings	Venus And Mars	1
157	5 Jul	Carpenters	Horizon	2
re	19 Jul	Wings	Venus And Mars	1
re	26 Jul	Carpenters	Horizon	3
re	16 Aug	Stylistics	The Best Of The Stylistics	2
158	30 Aug	Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	5
159	4 Oct	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1
re	11 Oct	Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	2
160	25 Oct	Jim Reeves	40 Golden Greats	3
161	15 Nov	Max Boyce	We All Had Doctors' Papers	1
162	22 Nov	Perry Como	40 Greatest Hits	5
163	27 Dec	Queen	A Night At The Opera	2

1976
re	10 Jan	Perry Como	40 Greatest Hits	1
re	17 Jan	Queen	A Night At The Opera	2
164	31 Jan	Roy Orbison	The Best Of Roy Orbison	1
165	7 Feb	Slim Whitman	The Very Best Of Slim Whitman	6
166	20 Mar	Status Quo	Blue For You	3
167	10 Apr	TV Soundtrack	Rock Follies	2
168	24 Apr	Led Zeppelin	Presence	1
re	1 May	TV Soundtrack	Rock Follies	1
169	8 May	Abba	Greatest Hits	9
170	10 Jul	Rod Stewart	A Night On The Town	2
171	24 Jul	Beach Boys	20 Golden Greats	10
172	2 Oct	Stylistics	Best Of The Stylistics Volume 2	1
173	9 Oct	Dr. Feelgood	Stupidity	1
re	16 Oct	Abba	Greatest Hits	2
174	30 Oct	Various artist compilation (K-Tel)	Soul Motion	2
175	13 Nov	Led Zeppelin	The Song Remains The Same	1
176	20 Nov	Bert Weedon	22 Golden Guitar Greats	1
177	27 Nov	Glen Campbell	20 Golden Greats	6

1977
178	8 Jan	Queen	A Day At The Races	1
179	15 Jan	Abba	Arrival	1
180	22 Jan	Slim Whitman	Red River Valley	4
181	19 Feb	Shadows	20 Golden Greats	6
182	2 Apr	Frank Sinatra	Portrait Of Sinatra	2
re	16 Apr	Abba	Arrival	9
183	18 Jun	Beatles	The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl	1
184	25 Jun	Muppets	The Muppet Show	1
185	2 Jul	Barbra Streisand	A Star Is Born (OST)	2
186	16 Jul	Johnny Mathis	The Johnny Mathis Collection	4
187	13 Aug	Yes	Going For The One	2
188	27 Aug	Connie Francis	20 All Time Greats	2
189	10 Sep	Elvis Presley	Elvis Presley's 40 Greatest Hits	1
190	17 Sep	Diana Ross & The Supremes	20 Golden Greats	7
191	5 Nov	Cliff Richard & The Shadows	40 Golden Greats	1
192	12 Nov	Sex Pistols	Never Mind The B******s Here's The Sex Pistols	2
193	26 Nov	Bread	The Sound Of Bread	2
194	10 Dec	Various artist compilation (K-Tel)	Disco Fever	6

1979
202	6 Jan	Showaddywaddy	Greatest Hits	2
203	20 Jan	Various artist compilation (EMI)	Don't Walk - Boogie	3
204	10 Feb	Various artist compilation (K-Tel)	Action Replay	1
205	17 Feb	Blondie	Parallel Lines	4
206	17 Mar	Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	2
207	31 Mar	Barbra Streisand	Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2	4
208	28 Apr	Leo Sayer	The Very Best Of Leo Sayer	3
209	19 May	Abba	Voulez-Vous	4
210	16 Jun	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	5
211	21 Jul	Tubeway Army	Replicas	1
212	28 Jul	Various artist compilation (WEA)	The Best Disco Album In The World	6
213	8 Sep	Led Zeppelin	In Through The Out Door	2
214	22 Sep	Gary Numan	The Pleasure Principle	1
215	29 Sep	Boney M	Oceans Of Fantasy	1
re	6 Oct	Gary Numan	The Pleasure Principle	1
216	13 Oct	Blondie	Eat To The Beat	1
217	13 Oct	Police	Reggatta De Blanc	4
218	10 Nov	Fleetwood Mac	Tusk	1
219	17 Nov	Abba	Greatest Hits Volume 2	3
220	8 Dec	Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart - Greatest Hits Vol. 1	5