No. Album-Artist-Label-Peak Month
1 THE WORLD IS A GHETTO-WAR-UNITED ARTISTS
2 SUMMER BREEZE-SEALS & CROFTS-Warner Brothers
3 TALKING BOOK-STEVIE WONDER-Tamla
4 NO SECRETS-CARLY SIMON-Elektra
5 LADY SINGS THE BLUES-DIANA ROSS-Motown
6 THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT-EDGAR WINTER GROUP-Epic
7 I AM WOMAN-HELEN REDDY-Capitol
8 DON'T SHOOT ME I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER-Elton John-MCA
9 I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU-Al Green-Hi
10 SEVENTH SOJOURN-Moody Blues-Threshold
11 Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd-Harvest
12 Hot August Night-Neil Diamond-MCA
13 Loggins & Messina-Loggins & Messina-Columbia
14 Catch Bull At Four-Cat Stevens-A&M
15 Billion Dollar Babies-Alice Cooper-Warner Brothers
16 Can't Buy A Thrill-Steely Dan-ABC
17 The Captain & Me-Doobie Brothers-Warner Brothers
18 The Best Of Bread-Bread-Elektra
19 Who Do We Think We Are-Deep Purple-Warner Brothers
20 Rocky Mountain High-John Denver-RCA
21 Big Bambu-Cheech & Chong-A&M
22 Tapestry-Carole King-Ode
23 Diamond Girl-Seals & Crofts-Warner Brothers
24 Beatles 67-70-Beatles-Apple
25 Toulouse Street-Doobie Brothers-Warner Brothers
26 Made In Japan-Deep Purple-Warner Brothers
27 Machine Head-Deep Purple-Warner Brothers
28 Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite-Elvis Presley-RCA
29 Moving Waves-Focus-Sire
30 Days Of Future Passed-Moody Blues-Deram
31 Jesus Was A Capricorn-Kris Kristofferson-Monument
32 Beatles 62-66-Beatles-Apple
33 Red Rose Speedway-Paul McCartney & Wings-Apple
34 Life & Times-Jim Croce-ABC
35 Round 2-Stylistics-Avco
36 The Six Wives Of Henry VIII-Rick Wakeman-A&M
37 Birds Of Fire-Mahavishnu Orchestra-Columbia
38 Green In Blues-Al Green-Hi
39 Sittin' In-Loggins & Messina-Columbia
40 Homecoming-America-Warner Brothers
41 Creedence Gold-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy
42 There Goes Rhymin' Simon-Paul Simon-Columbia
43 Living In The Material World-George Harrison-Apple
44 Call Me-Al Green-Hi
45 Chicago VI-Chicago-Columbia
46 Superfly Soundtrack-Curtis Mayfield-Curtom
47 Living In The Past-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis
48 Hot Rocks 1964-1971-Rolling Stones-London
49 Caravanserai-Santana-Columbia
50 All Directions-Temptations-Gordy
51 Now & Then-Carpenters-A&M
52 Rhymes & Reason-Carole King-Ode
53 Deliverance-Soundtrack-Warner Brothers
54 Space Oddity-David Bowie-RCA
55 I've Got So Much To Give-Barry White-20th Century
56 Masterpiece-Temptations-Gordy
57 Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)-Gladys Knight & Pips-Soul
58 Jeff Beck,Tim Bogert,Carmine Appice-Jeff Beck,Tim Bogert,Carmine Appice-Epic
59 Cabaret-Soundtrack-ABC
60 Back Stabbers-O'Jays-Philadelphia International
61 Keeper Of The Castle-Four Tops-Dunhill
62 Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory-Traffic-Capitol
63 Class Clown-George Carlin-Little David
64 Desperado-Eagles-Asylum
65 Guitar Man-Bread-Elektra
66 Fantasy-Carole King-Ode
67 In The Right Place-Dr.John-Atco
68 Transformer-Lou Reed-RCA
69 For The Roses-Joni Mitchell-Asylum
70 More Hot Rocks-Rolling Stones-London
71 Head To The Sky-Earth,Wind & Fire-Columbia
72 One Man Dog-James Taylor-Warner Brothers
73 Prelude-Deodato-CTI
74 Music Is My Life-Billy Preston-A&M
75 Issac Hayes Live At The Sahara Tahoe-Issac Hayes-Enterprise
76 Fresh-Sly & Family Stone-Epic
77 Black Sabbath Volume 4-Black Sabbath-Warner Brothers
78 Live In Concert At The Forum-Barbra Streisand-Columbia
79 Brothers & Sisters-Allman Brothers-Capricorn
80 Honky Chateau-Elton John-Uni
81 Composite Truth-Mandrill-Polydor
82 The Smoker You Drink,The Player You Get-Joe Walsh-Dunhill
83 Farewell Andromedia-John Denver-RCA
84 Natural High-Bloodstone-London
85 Tommy-London Symphony Orchestra-Ode
86 Tower Of Power-Tower Of Power-Warner Brothers
87 Spinners-Spinners-Atlantic
88 Back To The World-Curtis Mayfield-Curtom
89 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars-David Bowie-RCA
90 360 Degrees Of Billy Paul-Billy Paul-Philadelphia International
91 Tune Weaving Tony Orlando & Dawn
92 Black Byrd-Donald Byrd-Blue Note
93 Close To The Edge-Yes-Atlantic
94 Of A Simple Man-Lobo-Big Tree
95 A Passion Play-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis
96 Will The Circle Be Unbroken-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-United Artists
97 Touch Me In The Morning-Diana Ross-Motown
98 Recorded In Concert Around The World With-Three Dog Night-Dunhill
99 Birthday-New Birth-RCA
100 Leon Live-Leon Russell-Shelter
* As published in the December 29,1973 issue of Billboard Magazine