| TW | LW | | ARTIST | ALBUM | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| -- | -- | | National Lampoon | Radio Dinner | 1 | (Blue Thumb) Typist obivi had never heard of the Lampoon |
| -- | -- | | Seals & Crofts | Summer Breeze | | (Warner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Curtis Mayfield | "Superfly" Movie Soundtrack | | (Curtom) |
| -- | -- | | Capability Brown | From Scratch | | (Charisma) |
| -- | -- | | The Kinks | Everybody's In Show-Biz | | (RCA) |
| -- | -- | | John David Souther | John David Souther | | (Asylum) |
| -- | -- | | Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen | Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites | | (Paramount) |
| -- | -- | | Cashman & West | A Song Or Two | | (Dunhill) |
| -- | -- | | Python Lee Jackson | In A Broken Dream | | (Crescendo) |
| -- | -- | | The Beach Boys | Wow! Great Concert! | | (Capitol) Pickwick abridged reissue of the 1964 Capitol album "Beach Boys Concert |
| -- | -- | | Bobby Keys | Bobby Keys | | (Warner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Atomic Rooster | Made In England | | (Elektra) Included Carl Palmer & Ginger Baker at different times |
| -- | -- | | Tim Buckley | Greetings From L.A. | | (Warner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Help Yourself | Strange Affair | 1 | (UA) LW: NA |
| -- | -- | | Slade | Slade Alive! | 1 | (Polydor) LW: NA |
| -- | -- | | Jimi Hendrix | War Heroes | 1 | (Barclay) LW: NA; import Posthumous release |
| -- | -- | | Joe Walsh | Barnstorm | 1 | (Dunhill) LW: NA |
| -- | -- | | John McLaughlin | Extrapolation | 1 | (Polydor) LW: NA (see note #6 3/3/73) |
| -- | -- | | Curved Air | Phantasmagoria | | (Warner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Nilsson | Son Of Schmilsson | | (RCA) |
| 5 | -- | | Uriah Heep | Demons And Wizards | | (Mercury) |
| 7 | -- | | Three Dog Night | Seven Separate Fools | | (Dunhill) |
| 10 | -- | | Van Morrison | Saint Dominic's Preview | | (Warner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Emerson, Lake And Palmer | Trilogy | | (Cotillion) |
| -- | -- | | Jefferson Airplane | Long John Silver | | (Grunt) |
| -- | -- | | Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks | Striking It Rich | | (Blue Thumb) |
| -- | -- | | Simon & Garfunkel | Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits | | (Columbia) |
| -- | -- | | The Allman Brothers Band | Eat A Peach | | (Capricorn) |
| 8 | 10 | | The Band | Rock Of Ages | | (Capitol) |
| -- | 9 | | Cheech & Chong | Big Bambu | | (A&M) |
| -- | 8 | | Jethro Tull | Thick As A Brick | 19 | (Wartner Bros.) |
| -- | 7 | | Alice Cooper | School's Out | | (Warner Bros.) |
| 6 | 6 | | Chicago | Chicago V | | (Columbia) |
| 9 | 5 | | The Rolling Stones | Exile On Main St. | | (Rolling Stones) |
| 3 | 4 | | Rod Stewart | Never A Dull Moment | | (Mercury) |
| 2 | 3 | | Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles | Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! | | (Columbia) |
| 4 | 2 | | Elton John | Honky Chateau | | (Uni) |
| 1 | 1 | | Leon Russell | Carney | | (Shelter) |