List of UK top-ten albums in 1977 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 1977, as well as albums which peaked in 1976 and 1978 but were in the top 10 in 1977. 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 A Day at the Races by Queen. Overall, seventeen different albums peaked at number one in 1977, with seventeen unique artists hitting that position.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 1976 but still in chart in 1977.
♦	Album released in 1977 but peaked in 1978.
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 1976
	49	Greatest Hits ‡	ABBA	1		11
	19	Songs in the Key of Life ‡	Stevie Wonder	2		3
	8	22 Golden Guitar Greats ‡	Bert Weedon	1		1
	9	100 Golden Greats ‡	Max Bygraves	3		3
	10	Glen Campbell's Twenty Golden Greats ‡	Glen Campbell	1		6
	34	Arrival	ABBA	1		10
	7	The Greatest Hits ‡	Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons	4		2
	6	Disco Rocket ‡	Various artists	3		1
	9	A New World Record	Electric Light Orchestra	6		1
	22	Hotel California	Eagles	2		4
	6	A Day at the Races	Queen	1		1
Albums in 1977
	6	Greatest Hits	Showaddywaddy	4		1
	7	Red River Valley	Slim Whitman	1		4
	3	Wind & Wuthering	Genesis	7		1
	6	David Soul	David Soul	2		1
	3	Wings over America	Wings	8		1
	3	Low	David Bowie	2		1
	7	Evita	Various artists	4		2
	16	Endless Flight	Leo Sayer	4		2
	14	20 Golden Greats	The Shadows	1		6
	11	Animals	Pink Floyd	2		3
	1	Motorvatin': 22 Rock 'n' Roll Classics	Chuck Berry	7		1
	8	20 Great Heartbreakers	Various artists	2		2
	3	Dance to the Music		5		1
	41	Rumours ♦	Fleetwood Mac	1		1
	4	Live!	Status Quo	3		1
	3	In Your Mind	Bryan Ferry	5		2
	6	Peter Gabriel 1 (Car)	Peter Gabriel	7		1
	8	Portrait of Sinatra – Forty Songs from the Life of a Man	Frank Sinatra	1		2
	6	Hollies Live Hits	The Hollies	4		2
	2	Every Face Tells a Story	Cliff Richard	8		2
	1	The Best of John Denver Volume 2	John Denver	9		1
	3	The Unforgettable Glenn Miller	Glenn Miller	4		2
	2	Works Volume 1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	9		1
	5	Greatest Hits	Smokie	6		1
	17	Rattus Norvegicus (The Stranglers IV)	The Stranglers	4		1
	23	A Star Is Born	Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson	1		2
	8	Deceptive Bends	10cc	3		2
	9	The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl	The Beatles	1		1
	2	Time Loves a Hero	Little Feat	8		1
	5	Sheer Magic	Mr. Acker Bilk	5		1
1	All to Yourself	Jack Jones	10		1
	8	The Muppet Show	The Muppets	1		1
	1	Sneakin' Suspicion	Dr. Feelgood	10		1
	13	The Mathis Collection	Johnny Mathis	1		4
	7	Exodus	Bob Marley and the Wailers	8		1
	7	Love at the Greek	Neil Diamond	3		1
	8	I Remember Yesterday	Donna Summer	3		1
	2	The Best of The Mamas & the Papas	The Mamas & the Papas	6		1
	13	Going for the One	Yes	1		2
	10	20 All Time Greats	Connie Francis	1		2
	2	On Stage	Rainbow	7		1
	1	Live	In The Air Age	Be-Bop Deluxe	10		1
	11	Oxygène	Jean-Michel Jarre	2		5
	4	Elvis' 40 Greatest	Elvis Presley	1		1
	8	Moody Blue		3		2
	1	Welcome to My World		7		1
	14	20 Golden Greats	Diana Ross & the Supremes	1		7
	2	Playing to an Audience of One	David Soul	8		1
	1	Show Some Emotion	Joan Armatrading	6		1
	1	The Very Best of Frankie Laine	Frankie Laine	7		1
	3	Love You Live	The Rolling Stones	3		1
	2	Bad Reputation	Thin Lizzy	4		1
	3	Aja	Steely Dan	5		1
	6	No More Heroes	The Stranglers	2		1
	3	Home on the Range	Slim Whitman	2		1
	7	40 Golden Greats	Cliff Richard	1		1
	3	Seconds Out	Genesis	4		1
	3	Thunder in My Heart	Leo Sayer	8		1
	3	"Heroes"	David Bowie	3		1
	1	Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium	Bing Crosby	9		1
	10	Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols	Sex Pistols	1		2
	17	The Sound of Bread, Their 20 Finest Songs	Bread	1		3
	4	Moonflower	Santana	7		1
	16	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	Rod Stewart	3		2
	8	News of the World	Queen	4		1
	17	Out of the Blue	Electric Light Orchestra	4		1
	4	Rockin' All Over the World	Status Quo	5		1
	8	30 Greatest	Gladys Knight & the Pips	3		1
	13	Disco Fever	Various artists	1		6
	7	Feelings ♦		3		1
	1	20 Golden Greats	The George Mitchell Minstrels	10		1
	4	Greatest Hits, Etc.	Paul Simon	3		2

See also

• 1977 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

• 1977 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.