| 1 | 1971 | Tapestry | Carole King | Album | 3.9 | 184 |
| 2 | 1977 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | Album | 4.3 | 81 |
| 3 | 1976 | Frampton Comes Alive! | Peter Frampton | Album + Live | 3.6 | 27 |
| 4 | 1973 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | Album | 4.75 | 146 |
| 5 | 1973 | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | Album | 3.9 | 60 |
| 6 | 1977 | Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | 4.5 | 33 |
| 7 | — | Jesus Christ Superstar | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Album + Soundtrack | | 1 |
| 8 | 1979 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | Album | 4.45 | 54 |
| 9 | 1973 | John Denver’s Greatest Hits | John Denver | Album + Compilation | 4.35 | 20 |
| 10 | 1975 | Fleetwood Mac | Fleetwood Mac | Album | 4 | 44 |
| 11 | 1970 | Chicago | Chicago | Album | 4.75 | 20 |
| 12 | 1970 | Abraxas | Santana | Album | 4.55 | 37 |
| 13 | 1976 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | Album | 4.35 | 34 |
| 14 | 1973 | Band on the Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | Album | 4 | 52 |
| 15 | 1978 | Grease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | 2.85 | 30 |
| 16 | 1975 | Red Octopus | Jefferson Starship | Album | 4.5 | 13 |
| 17 | 1971 | American Pie | Don McLean | Album | 3.5 | 23 |
| 18 | 1972 | Honky Château | Elton John | Album | 4.15 | 23 |
| 19 | 1975 | One of These Nights | Eagles | Album | 4.2 | 31 |
| 20 | 1970 | Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack + Live | 5 | 14 |
| 21 | 1975 | That’s the Way of the World | Earth, Wind & Fire | Album + Soundtrack | 3.25 | 15 |
| 22 | 1972 | Chicago V | Chicago | Album | 5 | 14 |
| 23 | 1975 | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | Elton John | Album | 3.85 | 34 |
| 24 | 1972 | You Don’t Mess Around With Jim | Jim Croce | Album | 3.6 | 11 |
| 25 | 1972 | Harvest | Neil Young | Album | 4.3 | 32 |
| 26 | 1978 | 52nd Street | Billy Joel | Album | 4.45 | 51 |
| 27 | 1973 | Houses of the Holy | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.45 | 53 |
| 28 | 1969 | First Take | Roberta Flack | Album | 2.65 | 10 |
| 29 | 1974 | Back Home Again | John Denver | Album | | 12 |
| 30 | 1969 | Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.45 | 72 |
| 31 | 1970 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon and Garfunkel | Album | 4.15 | 47 |
| 32 | 1970 | Cosmo’s Factory | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Album | 4.45 | 36 |
| 33 | 1972 | The World Is a Ghetto | War | Album | 3 | 9 |
| 34 | 1971 | [Led Zeppelin IV] | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.8 | 87 |
| 35 | 1971 | Music | Carole King | Album | 4 | 51 |
| 36 | 1973 | Brothers and Sisters | The Allman Brothers Band | Album | 4.15 | 31 |
| 37 | 1978 | Minute by Minute | The Doobie Brothers | Album | 3.5 | 14 |
| 38 | 1970 | Déjà vu | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Album | 3.9 | 29 |
| 39 | 1979 | Spirits Having Flown | Bee Gees | Album | 4.5 | 15 |
| 40 | 1972 | No Secrets | Carly Simon | Album | 4 | 59 |
| 41 | 1971 | America | America | Album | 3.5 | 14 |
| 42 | 1976 | Hotel California | Eagles | Album | 4.3 | 66 |
| 43 | 1979 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer | Album | 4.6 | 18 |
| 44 | 1969 | Abbey Road | The Beatles | Album | 4.6 | 73 |
| 45 | 1977 | The Stranger | Billy Joel | Album | 4.15 | 49 |
| 46 | 1976 | Boston | Boston | Album | 4.1 | 42 |
| 47 | 1978 | Double Vision | Foreigner | Album | 3.4 | 15 |
| 48 | 1972 | Superfly | Curtis Mayfield | Album + Soundtrack | 4.25 | 22 |
| 49 | 1972 | Seventh Sojourn | The Moody Blues | Album | 4.25 | 18 |
| 50 | 1972 | Catch Bull at Four | Cat Stevens | Album | 3.5 | 20 |
| 51 | 1969 | Rhymes & Reasons | John Denver | Album | | 5 |
| 52 | 1976 | Fly Like an Eagle | Steve Miller Band | Album | 4.65 | 21 |
| 53 | 1973 | Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | Album | 4.6 | 37 |
| 54 | 1974 | Greatest Hits | Elton John | Album + Compilation | 3.5 | 24 |
| 55 | 1971 | Fragile | Yes | Album | 4.45 | 56 |
| 56 | 1979 | Get the Knack | The Knack | Album | 3.35 | 15 |
| 57 | 1972 | Never a Dull Moment | Rod Stewart | Album | | 11 |
| 58 | 1973 | Chicago VI | Chicago | Album | 3 | 12 |
| 59 | 1972 | Big Bambú | Cheech & Chong | Album | 5 | 4 |
| 60 | 1971 | Teaser and the Firecat | Cat Stevens | Album | 4 | 30 |
| 61 | 1975 | Still Crazy After All These Years | Paul Simon | Album | 4 | 26 |
| 62 | 1971 | Carpenters | Carpenters | Album | 4.35 | 59 |
| 63 | 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Diana Ross | Album + Soundtrack | | 7 |
| 64 | 1976 | Wings at the Speed of Sound | Wings | Album | 4 | 24 |
| 65 | 1971 | Every Picture Tells a Story | Rod Stewart | Album | 3.25 | 23 |
| 66 | 1972 | Exile on Main St. | The Rolling Stones | Album | 4.25 | 55 |
| 67 | 1975 | Windsong | John Denver | Album | 2 | 6 |
| 68 | 1971 | Santana | Santana | Album | 4.2 | 23 |
| 69 | 1978 | Some Girls | The Rolling Stones | Album | 3.5 | 38 |
| 70 | 1978 | Blondes Have More Fun | Rod Stewart | Album | 4 | 11 |
| 71 | 1973 | Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player | Elton John | Album | 3.95 | 23 |
| 72 | 1972 | Thick as a Brick | Jethro Tull | Album | 4.4 | 47 |
| 73 | 1975 | Physical Graffiti | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.1 | 46 |
| 74 | 1974 | The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Scott Joplin, music conducted and adapted by Marvin Hamlisch | Album + Soundtrack | 4.5 | 9 |
| 75 | 1972 | Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | Album | 3.9 | 26 |
| 76 | 1970 | Sweet Baby James | James Taylor | Album | 3 | 15 |
| 77 | 1970 | Close to You | Carpenters | Album | 3 | 63 |
| 78 | 1973 | Diamond Girl | Seals & Crofts | Album | 4 | 4 |
| 79 | 1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh | George Harrison | Album + Live | 3.5 | 14 |
| 80 | 1973 | 1967–1970 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation | 4.65 | 32 |
| 81 | 1973 | Goats Head Soup | The Rolling Stones | Album | 3.4 | 36 |
| 82 | 1973 | Los Cochinos | Cheech & Chong | Album | 5 | 4 |
| 83 | 1971 | RAM | Paul & Linda McCartney | Album | 4.35 | 30 |
| 84 | 1972 | All Directions | The Temptations | Album | 4 | 9 |
| 85 | 1976 | Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 | Eagles | Album + Compilation | 4.65 | 36 |
| 86 | 1979 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin | Album | 3.9 | 47 |
| 87 | 1978 | Cheap Trick at Budokan | Cheap Trick | Album + Live | 3.6 | 25 |
| 88 | 1977 | Aja | Steely Dan | Album | 3.95 | 46 |
| 89 | 1974 | Not Fragile | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | Album | 4.75 | 16 |
| 90 | 1972 | Eat a Peach | The Allman Brothers Band | Album | 4.05 | 24 |
| 91 | 1971 | Pearl | Janis Joplin | Album | 4.2 | 36 |
| 92 | 1974 | Court and Spark | Joni Mitchell | Album | 4.2 | 22 |
| 93 | 1974 | WarChild | Jethro Tull | Album | 3.75 | 25 |
| 94 | 1974 | Caribou | Elton John | Album | 3.2 | 23 |
| 95 | 1971 | Nilsson Schmilsson | Nilsson | Album | 2.5 | 17 |
| 96 | 1974 | Chicago VII | Chicago | Album | 4.65 | 11 |
| 97 | 1971 | Hot Rocks 1964–1971 | The Rolling Stones | Album + Compilation | 3.7 | 22 |
| 98 | 1974 | Have You Never Been Mellow | Olivia Newton‐John | Album | | 50 |
| 99 | 1971 | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | Album | 4.6 | 10 |
| 100 | 1970 | McCartney | Paul McCartney | Album | 3.75 | 23 |