List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1970s
Number ones

List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1970s

Section Title: Number ones
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No.	Artist	Album	Record label	Reached number one (for the week ending)	Weeks at number one

1970

re	The Beatles	Abbey Road	Apple	27 December 1969	6

74	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	Atlantic	7 February 1970	1

75	Various artists	Motown Chartbusters Volume 3	Tamla Motown	14 February 1970	1

76	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	CBS	21 February 1970	13

77	The Beatles	Let It Be	Apple	23 May 1970	3

re	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	CBS	13 June 1970	4

78	Bob Dylan	Self Portrait	CBS	11 July 1970	1

re	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	CBS	18 July 1970	5

79	The Moody Blues	A Question of Balance	Threshold	22 August 1970	3

80	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	Liberty	12 September 1970	1

81	The Rolling Stones	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert	Decca	19 September 1970	2

re	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	CBS	3 October 1970	1

82	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	Vertigo	10 October 1970	1

re	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	CBS	17 October 1970	1

83	Pink Floyd	Atom Heart Mother	Harvest	24 October 1970	1

84	Various artists	Motown Chartbusters Volume 4	Tamla Motown	31 October 1970	1

85	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	Atlantic	7 November 1970	3

86	Bob Dylan	New Morning	CBS	28 November 1970	1

87	Andy Williams	Andy Williams' Greatest Hits	CBS	5 December 1970	1

re	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	Atlantic	12 December 1970	1

re	Andy Williams	Andy Williams' Greatest Hits	CBS	19 December 1970	4

1971

re	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	CBS	16 January 1971	3

88	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	Apple	6 February 1971	8

89	Andy Williams	Home Lovin' Man	CBS	3 April 1971	2

90	Various artists	Motown Chartbusters Volume 5	Tamla Motown	17 April 1971	3

91	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	Rolling Stones	8 May 1971	4

92	Paul and Linda McCartney	Ram	Apple	5 June 1971	2

re	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	Rolling Stones	19 June 1971	1

93	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tarkus	Island	26 June 1971	1

re	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	CBS	3 July 1971	5

94	Various artists	Hot Hits 6	Music for Pleasure	7 August 1971	1

95	The Moody Blues	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour	Threshold	14 August 1971	1

96	Various artists	Top of the Pops, Volume 18	Hallmark	21 August 1971	3

re	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	CBS	11 September 1971	1

97	The Who	Who's Next	Track	18 September 1971	1

98	Deep Purple	Fireball	Harvest	25 September 1971	1

99	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	Mercury	2 October 1971	4

100	John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band	Imagine	Apple	30 October 1971	2

re	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	Mercury	13 November 1971	2

101	Various artists	Top of the Pops, Volume 20	Hallmark	27 November 1971	1

102	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin IV	Atlantic	4 December 1971	2

103	T.Rex	Electric Warrior	Fly	18 December 1971	6

1972

104	George Harrison, Bob Dylan and others	The Concert for Bangladesh	Apple	29 January 1972	1

re	T.Rex	Electric Warrior	Fly	5 February 1972	2

105	Neil Reid	Neil Reid	Decca	19 February 1972	3

106	Neil Young	Harvest	Reprise	11 March 1972	1

107	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	CBS	18 March 1972	1

108	Lindisfarne	Fog on the Tyne	Charisma	25 March 1972	4

109	Deep Purple	Machine Head	Purple	22 April 1972	2

110	T.Rex	Prophets, Seers & 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	Fly Double Back	6 May 1972	1

re	Deep Purple	Machine Head	Purple	13 May 1972	1

111	T.Rex	Bolan Boogie	Fly	20 May 1972	3

112	The Rolling Stones	Exile on Main St.	Rolling Stones	10 June 1972	1

113	Various artists	20 Dynamic Hits	K-tel	17 June 1972	8

114	Various artists	20 Fantastic Hits	Arcade	12 August 1972	5

115	Rod Stewart	Never a Dull Moment	Philips	16 September 1972	2

re	Various artists	20 Fantastic Hits	Arcade	30 September 1972	1

116	Various artists	20 All Time Hits of the 50's	K-tel	7 October 1972	8

117	Various artists	25 Rockin' and Rollin' Greats	K-tel	2 December 1972	3

re	Various artists	20 All Time Hits of the 50's	K-tel	23 December 1972	3

1973

118	Slade	Slayed?	Polydor	13 January 1973	1

119	Gilbert O'Sullivan	Back to Front	MAM	20 January 1973	1

re	Slade	Slayed?	Polydor	27 January 1973	2

120	Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	DJM	10 February 1973	6

121	Alice Cooper	Billion Dollar Babies	Warner Bros.	24 March 1973	1

122	Various artists	20 Flashback Greats of the Sixties	K-tel	31 March 1973	2

123	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	Atlantic	14 April 1973	2

124	Faces	Ooh La La	Warner Bros.	28 April 1973	1

125	David Bowie	Aladdin Sane	RCA Victor	5 May 1973	5

126	Various artists	Pure Gold	EMI	9 June 1973	3

127	Original soundtrack	That'll Be the Day	Ronco	30 June 1973	7

128	Peters and Lee	We Can Make It	Philips	18 August 1973	2

129	Rod Stewart	Sing It Again Rod	Mercury	1 September 1973	3

130	The Rolling Stones	Goats Head Soup	Rolling Stones	22 September 1973	2

131	Slade	Sladest	Polydor	6 October 1973	3

132	Status Quo	Hello!	Vertigo	27 October 1973	1

133	David Bowie	Pin Ups	RCA Victor	3 November 1973	5

134	Roxy Music	Stranded	Island	8 December 1973	1

135	David Cassidy	Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes	Bell	15 December 1973	1

136	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	DJM	22 December 1973	2

137	Yes	Tales from Topographic Oceans	Atlantic	5 January 1974	2

1974

re	Slade	Sladest	Polydor	19 January 1974	1

138	Perry Como	And I Love You So	RCA Victor	26 January 1974	1

139	The Carpenters	The Singles: 1969–1973	A&M	2 February 1974	4

140	Slade	Old New Borrowed and Blue	Polydor	2 March 1974	1

re	The Carpenters	The Singles: 1969–1973	A&M	9 March 1974	11

141	Rick Wakeman	Journey to the Centre of the Earth	A&M	25 May 1974	1

re	The Carpenters	The Singles: 1969–1973	A&M	1 June 1974	1

142	David Bowie	Diamond Dogs	RCA Victor	8 June 1974	4

re	The Carpenters	The Singles: 1969–1973	A&M	6 July 1974	1

143	Elton John	Caribou	DJM	13 July 1974	2

144	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	Apple	27 July 1974	7

145	Mike Oldfield	Hergest Ridge	Virgin	14 September 1974	3

146	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells	Virgin	5 October 1974	1

147	Bay City Rollers	Rollin'	Bell	12 October 1974	1

148	Rod Stewart	Smiler	Mercury	19 October 1974	1

re	Bay City Rollers	Rollin'	Bell	26 October 1974	1

re	Rod Stewart	Smiler	Mercury	2 November 1974	1

re	Bay City Rollers	Rollin'	Bell	9 November 1974	2

149	Elton John	Elton John's Greatest Hits	DJM	23 November 1974	11

1975

150	Engelbert Humperdinck	His Greatest Hits	Decca	8 February 1975	3

151	Status Quo	On the Level	Vertigo	1 March 1975	2

152	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti	Swan Song	15 March 1975	1

153	Tom Jones	20 Greatest Hits	Decca	22 March 1975	4

154	The Stylistics	The Best of the Stylistics	Avco	19 April 1975	2

155	Bay City Rollers	Once Upon a Star	Bell	3 May 1975	3

re	The Stylistics	The Best of the Stylistics	Avco	24 May 1975	5

156	Wings	Venus and Mars	Apple	28 June 1975	1

157	The Carpenters	Horizon	A&M	5 July 1975	2

re	Wings	Venus and Mars	Apple	19 July 1975	1

re	The Carpenters	Horizon	A&M	26 July 1975	3

re	The Stylistics	The Best of the Stylistics	Avco	16 August 1975	2

158	Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	Warner Bros.	30 August 1975	5

159	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	Harvest	4 October 1975	1

re	Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	Warner Bros.	11 October 1975	2

160	Jim Reeves	40 Golden Greats	Arcade	25 October 1975	3

161	Max Boyce	We All Had Doctors' Papers	EMI	15 November 1975	1

162	Perry Como	40 Greatest Hits	K-tel	22 November 1975	5

163	Queen	A Night at the Opera	EMI	27 December 1975	2

1976

re	Perry Como	40 Greatest Hits	K-tel	10 January 1976	1

re	Queen	A Night at the Opera	EMI	17 January 1976	2

164	Roy Orbison	The Best of Roy Orbison	Arcade	31 January 1976	1

165	Slim Whitman	The Very Best of Slim Whitman	United Artists	7 February 1976	6

166	Status Quo	Blue for You	Vertigo	20 March 1976	3

167	Rock Follies	Rock Follies	Island	10 April 1976	2

168	Led Zeppelin	Presence	Swan Song	24 April 1976	1

re	Rock Follies	Rock Follies	Island	1 May 1976	1

169	ABBA	Greatest Hits	Epic	8 May 1976	9

170	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	Riva	10 July 1976	2

171	The Beach Boys	20 Golden Greats	Capitol	24 July 1976	10

172	The Stylistics	The Best of the Stylistics Volume II	H&L	2 October 1976	1

173	Dr. Feelgood	Stupidity	United Artists	9 October 1976	1

re	ABBA	Greatest Hits	Epic	16 October 1976	2

174	Various artists	Soul Motion	K-tel	30 October 1976	2

175	Led Zeppelin	The Song Remains the Same	Swan Song	13 November 1976	1

176	Bert Weedon	22 Golden Guitar Greats	Warwick	20 November 1976	1

177	Glen Campbell	20 Golden Greats	Capitol	27 November 1976	6

1977

178	Queen	A Day at the Races	EMI	8 January 1977	1

179	ABBA	Arrival	Epic	15 January 1977	1

180	Slim Whitman	Red River Valley	United Artists	22 January 1977	4

181	The Shadows	20 Golden Greats	EMI	19 February 1977	6

182	Frank Sinatra	Portrait of Sinatra – Forty Songs from the Life of a Man	Reprise	2 April 1977	2

re	ABBA	Arrival	Epic	16 April 1977	9

183	The Beatles	The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl	Parlophone	18 June 1977	1

184	The Muppets	The Muppet Show	Pye	25 June 1977	1

185	Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson	A Star Is Born	CBS	2 July 1977	2

186	Johnny Mathis	The Mathis Collection	CBS	16 July 1977	4

187	Yes	Going for the One	Atlantic	13 August 1977	2

188	Connie Francis	20 All Time Greats	Polydor	27 August 1977	2

189	Elvis Presley	Elvis' 40 Greatest	Arcade	10 September 1977	1

190	Diana Ross & the Supremes	20 Golden Greats	Motown	17 September 1977	7

191	Cliff Richard & The Shadows	40 Golden Greats	EMI	5 November 1977	1

192	Sex Pistols	Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols	Virgin	12 November 1977	2

193	Bread	The Sound of Bread	Elektra	26 November 1977	2

194	Various artists	Disco Fever	K-tel	10 December 1977	6

1978

re	Bread	The Sound of Bread	Elektra	21 January 1978	1

195	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	Warner Bros.	28 January 1978	1

196	ABBA	The Album	Epic	4 February 1978	7

197	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	20 Golden Greats	EMI	25 March 1978	3

198	Nat King Cole	20 Golden Greats	Capitol	15 April 1978	3

199	Original soundtrack	Saturday Night Fever	RSO	6 May 1978	18

200	Boney M.	Nightflight to Venus	Atlantic	9 September 1978	4

201	Original soundtrack	Grease	RSO	7 October 1978	13

202	Showaddywaddy	Greatest Hits	Arista	6 January 1979	2

1979

203	Various artists	Don't Walk – Boogie	EMI	20 January 1979	3

204	Various artists	Action Replay	K-tel	10 February 1979	1

205	Blondie	Parallel Lines	Chrysalis	17 February 1979	4

206	Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	RSO	17 March 1979	2

207	Barbra Streisand	Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2	CBS	31 March 1979	4

208	Leo Sayer	The Very Best of Leo Sayer	Chrysalis	28 April 1979	3

209	ABBA	Voulez-Vous	Epic	19 May 1979	4

210	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	Jet	16 June 1979	5

211	Tubeway Army	Replicas	Beggars Banquet	21 July 1979	1

212	Various artists	The Best Disco Album in the World	WEA	28 July 1979	6

213	Led Zeppelin	In Through the Out Door	Swan Song	8 September 1979	2

214	Gary Numan	The Pleasure Principle	Beggars Banquet	22 September 1979	1

215	Boney M	Oceans of Fantasy	Atlantic	29 September 1979	1

re	Gary Numan	The Pleasure Principle	Beggars Banquet	6 October 1979	1

216	Blondie	Eat to the Beat	Chrysalis	13 October 1979	1

217	The Police	Reggatta de Blanc	A&M	13 October 1979	4

218	Fleetwood Mac	Tusk	Warner Bros.	10 November 1979	1

219	ABBA	Greatest Hits Vol. 2	Epic	17 November 1979	3

220	Rod Stewart	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1	Riva	8 December 1979	5

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