# List of UK top-ten albums in 1971

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1971, as well as albums which peaked in 1970 and 1972 but were in the top 10 in 1971. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
The first new number-one album of the year was by All Things Must Pass by George Harrison. Overall, fourteen different albums peaked at number one in 1971, with Various artists (4) having the most albums hit that position.

## Top-ten albums
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| ‡ | Album peaked in 1965, 1969 or 1970 but still in chart in 1971. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1971 but peaked in 1972. |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
| Albums in 1965 |||||||
| 17 April 1965 | 233 | The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 5 June 1965 | 70 |
| Albums in 1969 |||||||
| 14 June 1969 | 9 | My Way ‡ | Frank Sinatra | 2 | 14 June 1969 | 3 |
| 6 September 1969 | 26 | At San Quentin ‡ | Johnny Cash | 2 | 27 September 1969 | 2 |
| 8 November 1969 | 54 | Led Zeppelin II ‡ | Led Zeppelin | 1 | 7 February 1970 | 1 |
| Albums in 1970 |||||||
| 21 February 1970 | 135 | Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡ | Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | 21 February 1970 | 33 |
| 11 April 1970 | 38 | Andy Williams' Greatest Hits ‡ | Andy Williams | 1 | 5 December 1970 | 5 |
| 23 May 1970 | 19 | Let it Be ‡ | The Beatles | 1 | 23 May 1970 | 3 |
| 27 June 1970 | 27 | Deep Purple in Rock ‡ | Deep Purple | 4 | 27 June 1970 | 2 |
| 10 October 1970 | 10 | Candles in the Rain ‡ | Melanie | 5 | 28 November 1970 | 1 |
| 24 October 1970 | 22 | Motown Chartbusters Volume 4 ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 31 October 1970 | 1 |
| 7 November 1970 | 22 | Led Zeppelin III ‡ | Led Zeppelin | 1 | 7 November 1970 | 4 |
| 5 December 1970 | 9 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‡ | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 4 | 12 December 1970 | 1 |
| 19 December 1970 | 7 | Greatest Hits, Vol. II ‡ | Frank Sinatra | 6 | 26 December 1970 | 2 |
| Albums in 1971 |||||||
| 9 January 1971 | 11 | All Things Must Pass | George Harrison | 1 | 6 February 1971 | 8 |
| 16 January 1971 | 1 | After the Goldrush | Neil Young | 7 | 16 January 1971 | 1 |
| 16 January 1971 | 2 | Watt | Ten Years After | 5 | 23 January 1971 | 1 |
| 23 January 1971 | 10 | Sweet Baby James | James Taylor | 6 | 20 February 1971 | 1 |
| 23 January 1971 | 11 | Tumbleweed Connection | Elton John | 2 | 27 February 1971 | 3 |
| 30 January 1971 | 2 | Air Conditioning | Curved Air | 8 | 30 January 1971 | 1 |
| 30 January 1971 | 1 | McGuinness Flint | McGuinness Flint | 9 | 30 January 1971 | 1 |
| 6 February 1971 | 1 | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Band | 8 | 6 February 1971 | 1 |
| 6 February 1971 | 2 | T. Rex | T. Rex | 7 | 13 February 1971 | 1 |
| 13 February 1971 | 6 | Pendulum | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 8 | 20 February 1971 | 2 |
| 27 February 1971 | 5 | Elton John | Elton John | 5 | 6 March 1971 | 1 |
| 27 February 1971 | 3 | Stephen Stills | Stephen Stills | 8 | 20 March 1971 | 1 |
| 6 March 1971 | 9 | The Yes Album | Yes | 4 | 20 March 1971 | 2 |
| 13 March 1971 | 2 | Chicago III | Chicago | 9 | 27 March 1971 | 1 |
| 27 March 1971 | 16 | Home Lovin' Man | Andy Williams | 1 | 3 April 1971 | 2 |
| 3 April 1971 | 7 | The Cry of Love | Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 3 April 1971 | 2 |
| 3 April 1971 | 2 | Stone Age | The Rolling Stones | 4 | 3 April 1971 | 1 |
| 3 April 1971 | 8 | Aqualung | Jethro Tull | 4 | 10 April 1971 | 1 |
| 3 April 1971 | 3 | Portrait in Music | Burt Bacharach | 5 | 10 April 1971 | 1 |
| 10 April 1971 | 3 | Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) | Elvis Presley | 6 | 10 April 1971 | 1 |
| 17 April 1971 | 19 | Motown Chartbusters Volume 5 | Various artists | 1 | 17 April 1971 | 3 |
| 17 April 1971 | 2 | Elegy | The Nice | 5 | 24 April 1971 | 1 |
| 24 April 1971 | 6 | Songs of Love and Hate | Leonard Cohen | 4 | 24 April 1971 | 3 |
| 1 May 1971 | 9 | Split | The Groundhogs | 5 | 1 May 1971 | 1 |
| 8 May 1971 | 15 | Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 8 May 1971 | 5 |
| 8 May 1971 | 9 | Symphonies for the Seventies | Waldo de los Ríos | 6 | 8 May 1971 | 4 |
| 15 May 1971 | 2 | Something Else | Shirley Bassey | 7 | 22 May 1971 | 1 |
| 22 May 1971 | 2 | 4 Way Street | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 5 | 29 May 1971 | 1 |
| 29 May 1971 | 17 | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | 4 | 29 May 1971 | 2 |
| 29 May 1971 | 1 | The Good Book | Melanie | 9 | 29 May 1971 | 1 |
| 5 June 1971 | 15 | Ram | Paul and Linda McCartney | 1 | 5 June 1971 | 2 |
| 5 June 1971 | 2 | She's a Lady | Tom Jones | 9 | 5 June 1971 | 2 |
| 19 June 1971 | 10 | Tarkus | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 1 | 26 June 1971 | 1 |
| 19 June 1971 | 2 | Sinatra & Company | Frank Sinatra | 9 | 26 June 1971 | 1 |
| 26 June 1971 | 6 | Free Live! | Free | 4 | 3 July 1971 | 1 |
| 3 July 1971 | 1 | Angel Delight | Fairport Convention | 8 | 3 July 1971 | 1 |
| 10 July 1971 | 3 | The Magnificent 7 | The Supremes and the Four Tops | 6 | 10 July 1971 | 1 |
| 10 July 1971 | 3 | Love Story: Original Soundtrack | Various artists | 10 | 10 July 1971 | 3 |
| 24 July 1971 | 2 | Love Letters from Elvis | Elvis Presley | 7 | 31 July 1971 | 1 |
| 31 July 1971 | 2 | Blue | Joni Mitchell | 3 | 31 July 1971 | 1 |
| 31 July 1971 | 26 | Every Picture Tells a Story | Rod Stewart | 1 | 2 October 1971 | 6 |
| 7 August 1971 | 5 | Hot Hits 6 | Various artists | 1 | 7 August 1971 | 1 |
| 7 August 1971 | 9 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | The Moody Blues | 1 | 14 August 1971 | 1 |
| 7 August 1971 | 8 | Top of the Pops, Volume 18 | Various artists | 1 | 21 August 1971 | 3 |
| 7 August 1971 | 2 | Jim Reeves' Golden Records | Jim Reeves | 9 | 7 August 1971 | 1 |
| 14 August 1971 | 5 | C'mon Everybody | Elvis Presley | 5 | 21 August 1971 | 1 |
| 21 August 1971 | 1 | The Intimate Jim Reeves | Jim Reeves | 8 | 21 August 1971 | 1 |
| 28 August 1971 | 3 | Master of Reality | Black Sabbath | 5 | 28 August 1971 | 2 |
| 28 August 1971 | 18 | Tapestry | Carole King | 4 | 4 September 1971 | 1 |
| 4 September 1971 | 1 | Experience | Jimi Hendrix | 9 | 4 September 1971 | 1 |
| 11 September 1971 | 7 | Who's Next | The Who | 1 | 18 September 1971 | 1 |
| 18 September 1971 | 7 | Fireball | Deep Purple | 1 | 25 September 1971 | 1 |
| 2 October 1971 | 4 | Top of the Pops, Volume 19 | Various artists | 3 | 2 October 1971 | 3 |
| 2 October 1971 | 19 | Teaser and the Firecat ♦ | Cat Stevens | 2 | 22 January 1972 | 1 |
| 9 October 1971 | 29 | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | 1 | 18 December 1971 | 8 |
| 9 October 1971 | 1 | I'm Still Waiting | Diana Ross | 10 | 18 December 1971 | 1 |
| 16 October 1971 | 1 | The World of Your 100 Best Tunes Vol. 2 | Various artists | 9 | 16 October 1971 | 1 |
| 23 October 1971 | 12 | Motown Chartbusters Volume 6 | Various artists | 2 | 23 October 1971 | 1 |
| 23 October 1971 | 5 | Hot Hits 7 | Various artists | 3 | 23 October 1971 | 2 |
| 30 October 1971 | 19 | Imagine | John Lennon | 1 | 30 October 1971 | 2 |
| 6 November 1971 | 2 | The World of Your 100 Best Tunes | Various artists | 10 | 6 November 1971 | 2 |
| 20 November 1971 | 5 | Top of the Pops, Volume 20 | Various artists | 1 | 27 November 1971 | 1 |
| 20 November 1971 | 2 | Santana III | Santana | 6 | 20 November 1971 | 1 |
| 20 November 1971 | 2 | Meddle | Pink Floyd | 3 | 27 November 1971 | 1 |
| 27 November 1971 | 3 | This is Pourcel | Franck Pourcel | 8 | 27 November 1971 | 2 |
| 27 November 1971 | 13 | Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | 1 | 4 December 1971 | 2 |
| 4 December 1971 | 5 | Pictures at an Exhibition | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 3 | 4 December 1971 | 2 |
| 4 December 1971 | 1 | Fragile | Yes | 7 | 4 December 1971 | 1 |
| 11 December 1971 | 4 | Twelve Songs of Christmas (RCA Camden Reissue) | Jim Reeves | 3 | 25 December 1971 | 2 |
| 18 December 1971 | 3 | Hot Hits 8 | Various artists | 2 | 18 December 1971 | 3 |
| 25 December 1971 | 2 | Elvis' Christmas Album (RCA Camden Reissue) | Elvis Presley | 7 | 25 December 1971 | 2 |
| 25 December 1971 | 12 | A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse ♦ | Faces | 2 | 5 February 1972 | 1 |