List of UK top-ten albums in 1972 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 1972, as well as albums which peaked in 1971 and 1973 but were in the top 10 in 1972. 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 The Concert for Bangladesh by George Harrison & Friends. Overall, fourteen different albums peaked at number one in 1972, with Various artists (4) having the most albums hit that position.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 1970 or 1971 but still in chart in 1972.
♦	Album released in 1972 but peaked in 1973.
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 1970
	135	Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡	Simon & Garfunkel	1		33
Albums in 1971
	26	Every Picture Tells a Story ‡	Rod Stewart	1		6
	18	Tapestry ‡	Carole King	4		1
	7	Fireball ‡	Deep Purple	1		1
	19	Teaser and the Firecat	Cat Stevens	2		1
	29	Electric Warrior ‡	T. Rex	1		8
	12	Motown Chartbusters Volume 6 ‡	Various artists	2		1
	19	Imagine ‡	John Lennon	1		2
	13	Led Zeppelin IV ‡	Led Zeppelin	1		2
	4	Twelve Songs of Christmas (RCA Camden Reissue) ‡	Jim Reeves	3		2
	3	Hot Hits 8 ‡	Various artists	2		3
	2	Elvis' Christmas Album (RCA Camden Reissue) ‡	Elvis Presley	7		2
	12	A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse	Faces	2		1
Albums in 1972
	1	Words and Music	Benny Hill	9		1
	1	Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy	The Who	9		1
	21	Fog on the Tyne	Lindisfarne	1		4
	3	Jesus Christ Superstar	Various artists	6		1
	8	Himself	Gilbert O'Sullivan	5		1
	5	The Concert for Bangladesh	George Harrison & Friends	1		1
	10	Neil Reid	Neil Reid	1		3
	4	Hendrix in the West	Jimi Hendrix	7		2
	14	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	1		1
	12	Nilsson Schmilsson	Nilsson	4		3
	12	Harvest	Neil Young	1		1
	4	Thick as a Brick	Jethro Tull	5		1
	2	Who Will Save the World? The Mighty Groundhogs	The Groundhogs	8		1
	1	Baby I'm-a Want You	Bread	9		1
	7	We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	The New Seekers	2		2
	16	American Pie	Don McLean	2		3
	8	Machine Head	Deep Purple	1		3
	22	Slade Alive!	Slade	2		1
	5	Prophets, Seers & Sages/My People Were Fair	Tyrannosaurus Rex	1		1
	1	A Song for You	Jack Jones	9		1
	9	Bolan Boogie	T. Rex	1		3
	4	Argus	Wishbone Ash	3		1
	10	Cherish	David Cassidy	2		1
	1	Live in Europe	Rory Gallagher	9		1
	1	The Music People	Various artists	10		1
	7	Honky Château	Elton John	2		2
	1	A Thing Called Love	Johnny Cash	8		1
	2	Nicely Out of Tune	Lindisfarne	8		1
	5	Exile on Main St.	The Rolling Stones	1		1
	15	20 Dynamic Hits	Various artists	1		8
	4	Bread Winners	Jack Jones	7		1
	4	Obscured by Clouds	Pink Floyd	6		1
	1	Free at Last	Free	9		1
	20	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ♦	David Bowie	5		1
	5	Trilogy	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	2		1
	2	Living in the Past	Jethro Tull	8		1
	3	Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden	Elvis Presley	3		1
	59	Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits	Simon & Garfunkel	2		3
	11	School's Out	Alice Cooper	4		1
	15	20 Fantastic Hits	Various artists	1		6
	7	The Slider	T. Rex	4		1
	20	Never a Dull Moment	Rod Stewart	1		2
	5	Moods	Neil Diamond	7		2
	4	Close to the Edge	Yes	4		1
	5	Dingly Dell	Lindisfarne	5		1
	7	Sing Along with Max	Max Bygraves	4		2
	1	Roxy Music	Roxy Music	10		1
	15	20 All Time Greats of the 50s	Various artists	1		11
	10	Catch Bull at Four	Cat Stevens	2		2
	5	Black Sabbath Vol. 4	Black Sabbath	8		1
	9	20 Star Tracks	Various artists	2		2
	2	Glitter	Gary Glitter	8		2
	3	The Best of Bread	Bread	7		1
	22	Back to Front ♦	Gilbert O'Sullivan	1		1
	1	The Last Goon Show Ever	The Goons	8		1
	9	22 Dynamic Hits Vol. 2	Various artists	2		2
	10	20 Fantastic Hits Vol. 2		2		3
	1	Caravanserai	Santana	6		1
	15	25 Rockin' and Rollin' Greats	Various artists	1		11
	3	Seventh Sojourn	The Moody Blues	5		1
	11	Portrait of Donny ♦	Donny Osmond	5		1
	16	Slayed? ♦	Slade	1		3
	1	Motown Chartbusters Volume 7	Various artists	9		1
	8	Too Young	Donny Osmond	7		5

See also

• 1972 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

• 1972 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.