Dave’s Faves: #1 Albums in the 1970s

First posted 10/14/2020; updated 10/17/2020.

Dave’s Faves: #1’s: 1970-1979

These were my personal #1 albums during the 1970s. Check out my #1 albums from other decades here. 1970: Nov. 28, 1969: The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (6 weeks) Jan. 10: Creedence Clearwater Revival Willy and the Poor Boys (3 wks) Jan. 26: Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (4 wks) Feb. 28: The Beatles Hey Jude (1 wk) Mar. 7: The Doors Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Café (2 wks) Mar. 21: Van Morrison Moondance (3 wks) Apr. 11: Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys/Live at Fillmore East (1 wk) Apr. 18: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà Vu (6 wks) May 30: The Beatles Let It Be (4 wks) June 27: The Who Live at Leeds (2 wks) July 11: Grateful Dead Workingman’s Dead (2 wks) July 25: Eric Clapton Eric Clapton (2 wks) Aug. 8: Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo’s Factory (4 wks) Sept. 5: The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out (live) (1 wk) Sept. 12: Velvet Underground Loaded (3 wks) Oct. 3: Neil Young After the Gold Rush (2 wks) Oct. 17: Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III (3 wks) Nov. 7: Grateful Dead American Beauty (3 wks) Nov. 28: Derek & the Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (4 wks) Dec. 26: George Harrison All Things Must Pass (2 wks) 1971: Jan. 9: John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (3 wks) Jan. 30: Janis Joplin Pearl (2 wks) Feb. 13: Carole King Tapestry (3 wks) Mar. 6: Jimi Hendrix The Cry of Love (2 wks) Mar. 20: Jethro Tull Aqualung (2 wks) Apr. 3: Yes The Yes Album (3 wks) Apr. 24: The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (4 wks) May 22: The Doors L.A. Woman (3 wks) June 12: Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (4 wks) July 10: Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story (4 wks) Aug. 7: The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East (1 wk) Aug. 14: The Who Who’s Next (8 wks) Oct. 9: John Lennon Imagine (3 wks) Oct. 30: The Who Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy (1 wk) Nov. 6: Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (8 wks) Dec. 11: Bob Dylan Greatest Hits Vol. II (1 wk) Dec. 18: The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-71 (1 wk) 1972: Jan. 15: Yes Fragile (3 wks) Feb. 5: David Bowie Hunky Dory (2 wks) Feb. 19: The Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach (2 wks) Mar. 4: Neil Young Harvest (5 wks) Apr. 8: The Kinks Kronikles (1 wk) Apr. 15: Todd Rundgren Something/Anything? (3 wks) May 6: Deep Purple Machine Head (2 wks) May 20: The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (5 wks) June 24: Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits (2 wks) July 8: Big Star #1 Record (1 wk) July 15: David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (6 wks) Aug. 26: Lou Reed Lou Reed (3 wks) Sept. 16: Eagles Eagles (3 wks) Oct. 7: Styx Styx I (4 wks) Nov. 4: Stevie Wonder Talking Book (3 wks) Nov. 25: Lou Reed Transformer (4 wks) Dec. 23: The Rolling Stones More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (3 wks) 1973: Jan. 13: Steely Dan Can’t Buy a Thrill (4 wks) Feb. 10: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken (2 wks) Feb. 2: Bruce Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (3 wks) Mar. 17: Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon (8 wks) Apr. 7: The Beatles 1967-1970 (2 wks) May 26: Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy (4 wks) June 23: David Bowie Aladdin Sane (3 wks) July 14: Eagles Desperado (2 wks) July 28: Styx Styx II (5 wks) Sept. 1: ZZ Top Tres Hombres (1 wk) Sept. 8: American Graffiti (soundtrack) (2 wks) Sept. 22: Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (4 wks) Oct. 20: Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (4 wks) Nov. 17: John Denver Greatest Hits (2 wks) Dec. 1: The Who Quadrophenia (2 wks) Dec. 15: Lou Reed Berlin (3 wks) 1974: Jan. 5: Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run (4 wks) Feb. 2: Bob Dylan & the Band Planet Waves (1 wk) Feb. 9: Styx The Serpent Is Rising (3 wks) Mar. 2: Gram Parsons Grievous Angel (2 wks) Mar. 16: Steely Dan Pretzel Logic (2 wks) Mar. 30: Lou Reed Rock and Roll Animal (3 wks) Apr. 20: Eagles On the Border (2 wks) May 4: Lynyrd Skynyd Second Helping (4 wks) June 1: David Bowie Diamond Dogs (2 wks) June 15: Neil Diamond His 12 Greatest Hits (2 wks) June 29: Bad Company Bad Company (5 wks) Aug. 3: The Beach Boys Endless Summer (1 wk) Aug. 10: Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard (5 wks) Sept. 14: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young So Far (4 wks) Oct. 12: The Moody Blues This Is the Moody Blues (4 wks) Nov. 9: Elton John Greatest Hits (3 wks) Nov. 30: Styx Man of Miracles (3 wks) Dec. 21: Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (3 wks) 1975: Jan. 11: Supertramp Crime of the Century (4 wks) Feb. 8: Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (3 wks) Mar. 1: Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (3 wks) Mar. 22: David Bowie Young Americans (2 wks) Apr. 5: Bad Company Straight Shooter (4 wks) May 3: Aerosmith Toys in the Attic (5 wks) June 7: The Rolling Stones Made in the Shade (1 wk) June 14: Eagles One of These Nights (3 wks) July 5: Cat Stevens Greatest Hits (1 wk) July 12: Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac (5 wks) Aug. 15: Bob Dylan & the Band The Basement Tapes (2 wks) Aug. 30: Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (4 wks) Sept. 27: Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (4 wks) Oct. 25: The Who By Numbers (1 wk) Nov. 1: John Lennon Shaved Fish (1 wk) Nov. 8: Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years (1 wk) Nov. 15: Patti Smith Horses (1 wk) Nov. 22: Queen A Night at the Opera (3 wks) Dec. 13: America History (1 wk) Dec. 20: Chicago Chicago IX – Greatest Hits (2 wks) 1976: Jan. 3: Styx Equinox (5 wks) Feb. 7: Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive! Feb. 14: Bob Dylan Desire (1 wk) Feb. 21: Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (4 wks) Mar. 20: Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle (3 wks) Apr. 10: Elvis Presley The Sun Sessions (2 wks) Apr. 24: Rush 2112 (3 wks) May 15: The Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery and Imagination (3 wks) June 5: David Bowie ChangesOneBowie (5 wks) July 10: Billy Joel Turnstiles (3 wks) July 31: Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle (4 wks) Aug. 28: Boston Boston (5 wks) Oct. 2: Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1 wk) Oct. 9: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Night Moves (3 wks) Oct. 30: Styx Crystal Ball (5 wks) Dec. 4: Eagles Hotel California (8 wks) 1977: Jan. 29: Queen A Day at the Races (2 wks) Feb. 12: Pink Floyd Animals (2 wks) Feb. 26: Fleetwood Mac Rumours (10 wks) May 7: Foreigner Foreigner (4 wks) June 4: Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus (2 wks) June 18: John Williams (composer) Star Wars IV: A New Hope soundtrack (3 wks) July 9: Styx The Grand Illusion (7 wks) Aug. 27: Alan Parsons Project I, Robot (5 wks) Oct. 1: Billy Joel The Stranger (5 wks) Nov. 5: Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell (3 wks) Nov. 26: Queen News of the World (1 wk) Dec. 3: Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1 wk) Dec. 10: Various Artists (including the Bee Gees) Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (6 wks) 1978: Jan. 21: Eric Clapton Slowhand (4 wks) Feb. 18: Journey Infinity (3 wks) Mar. 11: Van Halen Van Halen (5 wks) Apr. 15: Various Artists (including Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta) Grease soundtrack (6 wks) May 27: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Stranger in Town (2 wks) June 10: Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (1 wk) June 17: The Rolling Stones Some Girls (2 wks) July 1: The Cars The Cars (3 wks) July 22: The Alan Parsons Project Pyramid (3 wks) Aug. 12: Foreigner Double Vision (2 wks) Aug. 26: The Who Who Are You (1 wk) Sept. 2: Boston Don’t Look Back (2 wks) Sept. 16: Blondie Parallel Lines (2 wks) Sept. 30: Styx Pieces of Eight (5 wks) Nov. 4: Billy Joel 52nd Street (4 wks) Dec. 2: Paul McCartney & Wings Greatest (2 wks) Dec. 16: The Police Outlandos D’Amour (5 wks) 1979: Jan. 20: Queen Jazz (2 wks) Feb. 3: Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-1978 (2 wks) Feb. 17: Olivia Newton-John Totally Hot (4 wks) Mar. 17: Bee Gees Spirits Having Flown (2 wks) Mar. 31: Supertramp Breakfast in America (6 wks) May 12: Squeeze Cool for Cats (3 wks) June 2: Journey Evolution (2 wks) June 16: Van Halen Van Halen II (2 wks) June 30: Various Artists K-Tel: High Energy (4 wks) July 28: The Rolling Stones Time Waits for No One (2 wks) Aug. 11: Various Artists K-Tel: Starlight (4 wks) Sept. 8: Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door (2 wks) Sept. 22: Pat Benatar In the Heat of the Night (1 wk) Sept. 29: Eagles The Long Run (3 wks) Oct. 20: The Police Reggatta de Blanc (2 wks) Nov. 3: Styx Cornerstone (3 wks) Nov. 24: Blondie Eat to the Beat (3 wks) Dec. 15: Various Artists K-Tel: Wings of Sound (2 wks) Dec. 29, 1979: Pink Floyd The Wall (10 weeks)