Number 1 Albums
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Number 1 Albums: Category Archive for '70s

Band on the Run -- Paul McCartney and Wings, April 13, 1974

Still Crazy After All These Years -- Paul Simon, December 6, 1975

In Through the Out Door -- Led Zeppelin, September 15, 1979

Get the Knack -- The Knack, August 11, 1979

Don't Look Back -- Boston, September 16, 1978

Grease – Soundtrack, July 29, 1978

Some Girls -- The Rolling Stones, July 15, 1978

City to City -- Gerry Rafferty, July 8, 1978

Fleetwood Mac -- Fleetwood Mac, September 4, 1976

Breezin' -- George Benson, July 31, 1976

Wish You Were Here—Pink Floyd, October 4, 1975

Between the Lines – Janis Ian, September 20, 1975

The Heat Is On -- The Isley Brothers, September 13, 1975

Red Octopus -- Jefferson Starship, September 6, 1975

One of These Nights – Eagles, July 26, 1975

Venus and Mars – Wings, July 19, 1975

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy -- Elton John, June 7, 1975

Back Home Again -- John Denver, August 10, 1974

Caribou, Elton John -- July 13, 1974

Sundown -- Gordon Lightfoot, June 22, 1974

Goats Head Soup – The Rolling Stones, October 13, 1973

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -- Elton John, November 10, 1973

Brothers and Sisters -- The Allman Brothers Band, September 8, 1973

Chicago VI -- Chicago, July 28, 1973

Living in the Material World -- George Harrison, June 23, 1973

Red Rose Speedway -- Paul McCartney and Wings, June 2, 1973

The Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd, April 28, 1973

Catch Bull at Four -- Cat Stevens, November 18, 1972

Superfly -- Curtis Mayfield, October 21, 1972

Exile on Main St. -- The Rolling Stones, June 17, 1972

Thick as a Brick – Jethro Tull, June 3, 1972

First Take -- Roberta Flack, April 29, 1972

Imagine -- John Lennon, October 30, 1971

Santana – Santana, October 13, 1971

Every Picture Tells a Story -- Rod Stewart, October 2, 1971

Tapestry -- Carole King, June 19, 1971

Cosmo's Factory, Creedence Clearwater Revival -- August 22, 1970

Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 -- Blood, Sweat & Tears, August 8, 1970

Woodstock, Soundtrack, July 11, 1970