Pos.-Title-Artist-Label-Peak Month
1 HARVEST-NEIL YOUNG-REPRISE
2 AMERICAN PIE-DON McLEAN-United Artists
3 FRAGILE-YES-Atlantic
4 MUSIC-CAROLE KING-Ode
5 AMERICA-AMERICA-Warner Brothers
6 FIRST TAKE-ROBERTA FLACK-Atlantic
7 BIG BAMBU-CHEECH & CHONG-A&M
8 PAUL SIMON-Paul Simon-Columbia
9 NILSSON SCHMILSSON-Nilsson-RCA
10 EXILE ON MAIN STREET-Rolling Stones-Rolling Stones
11 Chicago V-Chicago-Columbia
12 Carney-Leon Russell-Shelter
13 Led Zeppelin IV-Led Zeppelin-Atlantic
14 Concert For Bangladesh-George Harrison & Friends-Apple
15 Never A Dull Moment-Rod Steweart-Mercury
16 Honky Chateau-Elton John-Uni
17 Thick As A Brick-Jethro Tull-Reprise
18 Baby I'm A Want You-Bread-Elektra
19 Janis Joplin In Concert-Janis Joplin-Columbia
20 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway-Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway-Atlantic
* As published in the December 30th,1972 issue of Record World Magazine