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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 1973, as well as albums which peaked in 1972 and 1974 but were in the top 10 in 1973. 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 Slayed? by Slade. Overall, twenty different albums peaked at number one in 1973, with David Bowie, Elton John, Slade and Various artists (2) having the joint most albums hit that position.
Top-ten albums
- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Album peaked in 1970 or 1972 but still in chart in 1973. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1973 but peaked in 1974. |
| 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) |
Weeks in top 10 |
Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) |
Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums in 1970 | ||||||
| 21 February 1970 | 135 | Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡ | Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | 21 February 1970 | 33 |
| Albums in 1972 | ||||||
| 8 July 1972 | 20 | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | David Bowie | 5 | 10 February 1973 | 1 |
| 22 July 1972 | 59 | Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits ‡ | Simon & Garfunkel | 2 | 29 July 1972 | 3 |
| 5 August 1972 | 20 | Never a Dull Moment ‡ | Rod Stewart | 1 | 16 September 1972 | 2 |
| 7 October 1972 | 15 | 20 All Time Greats of the 50s ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 7 October 1972 | 11 |
| 10 | Catch Bull at Four ‡ | Cat Stevens | 2 | 14 October 1972 | 2 | |
| 18 November 1972 | 22 | Back to Front | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 1 | 20 January 1973 | 1 |
| 25 November 1972 | 9 | 22 Dynamic Hits Vol. 2 ‡ | Various artists | 2 | 23 December 1972 | 2 |
| 10 | 20 Fantastic Hits Vol. 2 ‡ | 2 | 9 December 1972 | 3 | ||
| 2 December 1972 | 15 | 25 Rockin' and Rollin' Greats ‡ | 1 | 2 December 1972 | 11 | |
| 11 | Portrait of Donny | Donny Osmond | 5 | 20 January 1973 | 1 | |
| 9 December 1972 | 16 | Slayed? | Slade | 1 | 13 January 1973 | 3 |
| 23 December 1972 | 8 | Too Young ‡ | Donny Osmond | 7 | 23 December 1972 | 5 |
| Albums in 1973 | ||||||
| 6 January 1973 | 4 | Crazy Horses | The Osmonds | 9 | 13 January 1973 | 2 |
| 27 January 1973 | 7 | The Strauss Family | Cyril Ornadel and the London Symphony Orchestra | 2 | 10 February 1973 | 2 |
| 4 | No Secrets | Carly Simon | 3 | 3 February 1973 | 1 | |
| 10 February 1973 | 11 | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player | Elton John | 1 | 10 February 1973 | 6 |
| 2 | Heartbreaker | Free | 9 | 10 February 1973 | 2 | |
| 17 February 1973 | 2 | Piledriver | Status Quo | 5 | 17 February 1973 | 1 |
| 6 | Focus II (Moving Waves) | Focus | 2 | 17 March 1973 | 1 | |
| 24 February 1973 | 8 | Rock Me Baby | David Cassidy | 2 | 24 February 1973 | 1 |
| 2 | Who Do We Think We Are | Deep Purple | 4 | 24 February 1973 | 1 | |
| 5 | Focus III | Focus | 6 | 10 March 1973 | 1 | |
| 3 March 1973 | 5 | Bursting at the Seams | Strawbs | 2 | 3 March 1973 | 2 |
| 2 | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Rick Wakeman | 7 | 3 March 1973 | 1 | |
| 10 March 1973 | 5 | A Clockwork Orange | Wendy Carlos | 4 | 24 March 1973 | 1 |
| 24 March 1973 | 9 | Billion Dollar Babies | Alice Cooper | 1 | 24 March 1973 | 1 |
| 31 March 1973 | 6 | 20 Flash Back Greats of the Sixties | Various artists | 1 | 31 March 1973 | 2 |
| 42 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | 2 | 31 March 1973 | 1 | |
| 4 | Tanx | T. Rex | 4 | 31 March 1973 | 2 | |
| 7 April 1973 | 7 | 20 Fantastic Hits from the 50s and 60s | Various artists | 2 | 7 April 1973 | 2 |
| 6 | For Your Pleasure | Roxy Music | 4 | 14 April 1973 | 1 | |
| 14 April 1973 | 5 | Houses of the Holy | Led Zeppelin | 1 | 14 April 1973 | 2 |
| 1 | Together | Jack Jones | 8 | 14 April 1973 | 1 | |
| 21 April 1973 | 4 | Ooh La La | Faces | 1 | 28 April 1973 | 1 |
| 28 April 1973 | 4 | Believe in Music | Various artists | 2 | 28 April 1973 | 2 |
| 5 May 1973 | 27 | Aladdin Sane | David Bowie | 1 | 5 May 1973 | 5 |
| 17 | 1967-1970 | The Beatles | 2 | 12 May 1973 | 3 | |
| 14 | 1962-1966 | 3 | 12 May 1973 | 3 | ||
| 19 May 1973 | 1 | SingalongaMax Vol. 3 | Max Bygraves | 5 | 19 May 1973 | 1 |
| 6 | Red Rose Speedway | Paul McCartney & Wings | 5 | 26 May 1973 | 1 | |
| 26 May 1973 | 4 | 20 Fantastic Hits Vol. 3 | Various artists | 3 | 26 May 1973 | 2 |
| 2 | Daltrey | Roger Daltrey | 6 | 26 May 1973 | 1 | |
| 1 | Yessongs | Yes | 7 | 26 May 1973 | 1 | |
| 4 | Alone Together | Donny Osmond | 6 | 26 May 1973 | 1 | |
| 2 | Liza with a Z | Liza Minnelli | 9 | 26 May 1973 | 1 | |
| 2 June 1973 | 5 | Pure Gold | Various artists | 1 | 9 June 1973 | 3 |
| 1 | Never Never Never | Shirley Bassey | 10 | 2 June 1973 | 1 | |
| 9 June 1973 | 7 | There Goes Rhymin' Simon | Paul Simon | 4 | 30 June 1973 | 1 |
| 1 | Space Ritual | Hawkwind | 9 | 9 June 1973 | 1 | |
| 16 June 1973 | 6 | Touch Me | Gary Glitter | 2 | 16 June 1973 | 1 |
| 3 | 20 Original Chart Hits | Various artists | 9 | 23 June 1973 | 2 | |
| 23 June 1973 | 8 | That'll Be the Day | 1 | 30 June 1973 | 7 | |
| 30 June 1973 | 15 | We Can Make It | Peters and Lee | 1 | 18 August 1973 | 2 |
| 7 July 1973 | 5 | Living in the Material World | George Harrison | 2 | 7 July 1973 | 1 |
| 44 | And I Love You So ♦ | Perry Como | 1 | 26 January 1974 | 1 | |
| 21 July 1973 | 22 | Now & Then | The Carpenters | 2 | 15 September 1973 | 1 |
| 6 | Foreigner | Cat Stevens | 3 | 28 July 1973 | 1 | |
| 28 July 1973 | 2 | Love Devotion Surrender | Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin | 7 | 28 July 1973 | 1 |
| 4 August 1973 | 12 | Hunky Dory | David Bowie | 3 | 18 August 1973 | 2 |
| 18 August 1973 | 1 | Genesis Live | Genesis | 9 | 18 August 1973 | 1 |
| 25 August 1973 | 9 | Sing It Again Rod | Rod Stewart | 1 | 1 September 1973 | 3 |
| 5 | The Plan | The Osmonds | 6 | 1 September 1973 | 2 | |
| 1 September 1973 | 74 | Tubular Bells ♦ | Mike Oldfield | 1 | 5 October 1974 | 1 |
| 8 September 1973 | 4 | Touch Me in the Morning | Diana Ross | 7 | 22 September 1973 | 1 |
| 4 | Innervisions ♦ | Stevie Wonder | 8 | 27 April 1974 | 1 | |
| 22 September 1973 | 6 | Goats Head Soup | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 22 September 1973 | 2 |
| 2 | Mott | Mott the Hoople | 7 | 29 September 1973 | 1 | |
| 6 October 1973 | 13 | Sladest | Slade | 1 | 6 October 1973 | 4 |
| 9 | Hello! | Status Quo | 1 | 27 October 1973 | 1 | |
| 3 | SingalongaMax Vol. 4 | Max Bygraves | 7 | 6 October 1973 | 1 | |
| 13 October 1973 | 16 | I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 2 | 20 October 1973 | 2 |
| 20 October 1973 | 4 | Selling England by the Pound | Genesis | 3 | 20 October 1973 | 1 |
| 27 October 1973 | 1 | Berlin | Lou Reed | 7 | 27 October 1973 | 1 |
| 3 November 1973 | 13 | Pin Ups | David Bowie | 1 | 3 November 1973 | 5 |
| 25 | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | 1 | 22 December 1973 | 2 | |
| 4 | These Foolish Things | Bryan Ferry | 5 | 3 November 1973 | 1 | |
| 3 | Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8 | Various artists | 9 | 3 November 1973 | 3 | |
| 17 November 1973 | 5 | Quadrophenia | The Who | 2 | 17 November 1973 | 2 |
| 1 December 1973 | 7 | Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes | David Cassidy | 1 | 15 December 1973 | 1 |
| 8 | Stranded | Roxy Music | 1 | 8 December 1973 | 1 | |
| 8 December 1973 | 2 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | Black Sabbath | 4 | 8 December 1973 | 2 |
| 4 | Rock On | David Essex | 7 | 8 December 1973 | 1 | |
| 2 | Ringo | Ringo Starr | 7 | 22 December 1973 | 1 | |
| 1 | Loud 'n' Proud | Nazareth | 10 | 8 December 1973 | 1 | |
| 15 December 1973 | 1 | Music For A Royal Wedding | Various artists | 7 | 15 December 1973 | 1 |
| 1 | Welcome | Santana | 8 | 15 December 1973 | 1 | |
| 22 December 1973 | 5 | A Time for Us ♦ | Donny Osmond | 4 | 5 January 1974 | 1 |
| 49 | Band on the Run ♦ | Paul McCartney & Wings | 1 | 27 July 1974 | 7 | |
| 5 | Tales from Topographic Oceans ♦ | Yes | 1 | 5 January 1974 | 2 | |
See also
References
General
- "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Specific
- ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
External links
- 1973 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)
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