List of UK top-ten albums in 1970 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 1970, as well as albums which peaked in 1969 but were in the top 10 in 1970. 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 Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin. Overall, fourteen different albums peaked at number one in 1970, with Led Zeppelin (2) having the most albums hit that position.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 1965 or 1969 but still in chart in 1970.
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 1968
	46	The Best of The Seekers ‡	The Seekers	1		6
Albums in 1969
	27	Oliver!: Original Soundtrack ‡	Various artists	4		1
	9	My Way ‡	Frank Sinatra	2		3
	26	At San Quentin ‡	Johnny Cash	2		2
	13	Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) ‡	The Rolling Stones	2		2
	31	Abbey Road ‡	The Beatles	1		17
	30	Motown Chartbusters Volume 3	Various artists	1		1
	5	In the Court of the Crimson King ‡	King Crimson	5		1
	54	Led Zeppelin II	Led Zeppelin	1		1
	17	Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas	Tom Jones	2		1
	8	To Our Children's Children's Children ‡	The Moody Blues	2		1
	7	Engelbert Humperdinck ‡	Engelbert Humperdinck	5		1
	9	Let It Bleed ‡	The Rolling Stones	1		1
Albums in 1970
	1	Going Places	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	8		1
	33	Easy Rider: Songs As Performed in the Motion Picture	Various artists	2		1
	5	Basket of Light	Pentangle	5		1
	4	A Song for Me	Family	4		1
	2	Chicago Transit Authority	Chicago Transit Authority	9		2
	135	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	1		33
	3	The Canned Heat Cookbook: The Best of Canned Heat	Canned Heat	8		1
	25	Paint Your Wagon: Original Soundtrack	Various artists	2		3
	4	Hello, I'm Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	6		1
	4	From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis	Elvis Presley	3		1
	3	Willy and the Poor Boys	Creedence Clearwater Revival	10		3
	4	Chicago	Chicago	6		1
	6	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	8		2
	38	Andy Williams' Greatest Hits	Andy Williams	1		5
	1	Empty Rooms	John Mayall	9		1
	1	Hot Rats	Frank Zappa	9		1
	1	The Exquisite Nana Mouskouri	Nana Mouskouri	10		1
	1	Sentimental Journey	Ringo Starr	7		1
	5	Tom	Tom Jones	4		1
	18	McCartney	Paul McCartney	2		3
	1	Getting to This	Blodwyn Pig	8		1
	5	Cricklewood Green	Ten Years After	4		1
	4	Benefit	Jethro Tull	3		1
	6	The World Beaters Sing the World Beaters	England World Cup Squad 1970	4		1
	19	Let it Be	The Beatles	1		3
	3	In the Wake of Poseidon	King Crimson	4		1
	6	Live at Leeds	The Who	3		2
	5	Déjà Vu	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	5		3
	2	Ladies of the Canyon	Joni Mitchell	8		1
	1	Greatest Hits: Sixteen Great Titles	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	8		1
	27	Deep Purple in Rock	Deep Purple	4		2
	1	Thank Christ for the Bomb	The Groundhogs	9		1
	3	Five Bridges	The Nice	2		1
	3	Live Cream	Cream	4		1
	2	Band of Gypsys	Jimi Hendrix	6		1
	6	Self Portrait	Bob Dylan	1		1
	7	Fire and Water	Free	2		3
	8	On Stage, February 1970	Elvis Presley	2		1
	10	A Question of Balance	The Moody Blues	1		3
	5	The World of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	5		1
	8	Can't Help Falling in Love	Andy Williams	7		3
	4	Something	Shirley Bassey	5		1
	9	Cosmo's Factory	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1		1
	7	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert	The Rolling Stones	1		2
	4	The Everly Brothers' Original Greatest Hits	The Everly Brothers	7		2
	5	Greatest Hits	The Beach Boys	5		1
	9	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	1		1
	10	Candles in the Rain	Melanie	5		1
	5	Atom Heart Mother	Pink Floyd	1		1
	22	Motown Chartbusters Volume 4	Various artists	1		1
	22	Led Zeppelin III	Led Zeppelin	1		4
	3	New Morning	Bob Dylan	1		1
	1	Anyway	Family	7		1
	9	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4		1
	1	Abraxas	Santana	7		1
	1	I Who Have Nothing	Tom Jones	10		1
	1	Over and Over	Nana Mouskouri	10		1
	7	Greatest Hits, Vol. II	Frank Sinatra	6		2
	1	The Andy Williams Show	Andy Williams	10		1

Notes

• Going Places originally peaked at number 4 upon its release in 1966. It re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 17 January 1970 (week ending).

See also

• 1970 in British music
• List of number-one albums from the 1970s (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

• 1970 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.