List of UK top-ten albums in 1968 explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3]} 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 1968, as well as albums which peaked in 1967 and 1969 but were in the top 10 in 1968. 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 Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently by Val Doonican. Overall, twelve different albums peaked at number one in 1968, with twelve unique artists hitting that position.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 1965, 1966 or 1967 but still in chart in 1968.
♦	Album released in 1968 but peaked in 1969.
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)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks in top 10	Single	Artist	data-sort-type="number"	Peak	Peak reached (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks at peak
Albums in 1965
	233	The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack ‡	Various artists	1		70
Albums in 1966
	55	Best of the Beach Boys ‡	The Beach Boys	2		10
Albums in 1967
	43	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band ‡	The Beatles	1		27
	24	Live at The Talk of the Town	Tom Jones	6		1
	15	Break-Through: An Introduction To Studio Two Stereo ‡	Various artists	2		1
	10	Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 2 ‡	The Beach Boys	3		2
	23	British Motown Chartbusters ‡	Various artists	2		1
	7	Disraeli Gears ‡	Cream	5		2
	10	The Last Waltz ‡	Engelbert Humperdinck	3		1
	13	Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently	Val Doonican	1		3
	5		The Jimi Hendrix Experience	5		1
	12	Reach Out	Four Tops	4		1
	5	Their Satanic Majesties Request	The Rolling Stones	3		1
Albums in 1968
	14	13 Smash Hits	Tom Jones	5		1
	8	Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.	The Monkees	5		2
	18	The Four Tops Greatest Hits	Four Tops	1		1
	24	The Supremes: Greatest Hits	The Supremes	1		3
	21	John Wesley Harding	Bob Dylan	1		13
	4	Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul	Otis Redding	7		1
	16	The History of Otis Redding		2		5
	17	Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	4		2
	5	Wild Honey	The Beach Boys	7		1
	5	2 In 3	Esther & Abi Ofarim	6		1
	6	Live at London's Talk of the Town	Diana Ross & the Supremes	6		1
	10	The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter	The Incredible String Band	5		2
	12	Scott 2	Scott Walker	1		1
	1	Sher-oo!	Cilla Black	7		1
	10	Smash Hits	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	4		1
	18	The Jungle Book: Original Soundtrack	Various artists	5		1
	9	Love, Andy	Andy Williams	1		1
	7	The Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	1		1
	9	Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake	Small Faces	1		6
	1	Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits	Buddy Holly	9		1
	3	Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls	Dionne Warwick	10		3
	8	The Crazy World of Arthur Brown	The Crazy World of Arthur Brown	2		2
	7	Bare Wires	John Mayall's Bluesbreakers	3		1
	2	Honey	Andy Williams	4		1
	16	Delilah	Tom Jones	1		2
	21	Bookends	Simon & Garfunkel	1		7
	16	A Man Without Love	Engelbert Humperdinck	3		1
	8	In Search of the Lost Chord	The Moody Blues	5		1
	1	A Saucerful of Secrets	Pink Floyd	9		1
	6	Boogie with Canned Heat	Canned Heat	5		1
	22	Hollies' Greatest	The Hollies	1		7
	2	Wheels of Fire (Single LP Version)	Cream	7		1
	9	Wheels of Fire (Double LP Version)		3		1
	19	Live at the Talk of the Town	The Seekers	2		7
	3	Aretha Now	Aretha Franklin	6		2
	1	Mr. Wonderful	Fleetwood Mac	10		1
	6	Idea	Bee Gees	4		1
	3	At Folsom Prison	Johnny Cash	7		1
	12	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Ennio Morricone	2		1
	1	Traffic	Traffic	9		1
	2	This Was	Jethro Tull	10		2
	11	The Graduate ♦	Simon & Garfunkel and Dave Grusin	3		1
	4	Feliciano! ♦	José Feliciano	6		1
	46	The Best of The Seekers ♦	The Seekers	1		6
	4	Electric Ladyland	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	6		1
	14	The Beatles	The Beatles	1		8
	2	The Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 3 ♦	The Beach Boys	8		1
	3	I Pretend	Des O'Connor	8		2
	4	Val	Val Doonican	6		3
	8	Beggars Banquet	The Rolling Stones	3		4
	4	Help Yourself ♦	Tom Jones	4		1

Notes

• Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul originally peaked at number 6 upon its release in 1966. It re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 9 March 1968 (week ending) for three weeks. It re-entered the top 10 again at number 9 on 6 April 1968 (week ending) for one week.
• Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits originally peaked at number 10 upon its release in 1967. It re-entered the top 10 at a brand new peak of number 9 on 9 March 1968 (week ending) for one week.

See also

• 1968 in British music
• List of number-one albums from the 1960s (UK)

References

General

• Web site: Six decades of singles charts . The Official Charts Company . 23 April 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303221018/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ . 3 March 2011 .

Specific

External links

• 1968 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. 28 December 2014.
2. Book: Roberts, David. Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). 2005. 1-904994-00-8. 14. Guinness World Records Limited.
3. Web site: New singles formats to save the charts. BBC News. 16 October 2003 . 21 February 2010.