CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1972*
POS-ALBUM-ARTIST-LABEL-PEAK MONTH 1 TAPESTRY-CAROLE KING-ODE 2 MUSIC-CAROLE KING-Ode 3 HARVEST-NEIL YOUNG-Reprise 4 AMERICAN PIE-DON McLEAN-United Artists 5 TEASER & THE FIRECAT-CAT STEVENS-A&M 6 LET'S STAY TOGETHER-AL GREEN-Hi 7 CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH-GEORGE HARRISON & FRIENDS-Apple 8 FRAGILE-Yes-Atlantic 9 AMERICA-America-Warner Brothers 10 LED ZEPPELIN IV-Led Zeppelin-Atlantic 11 Hot Rocks-Rolling Stones-London 12 Thick As A Brick-Jethro Tull-Reprise 13 Honky Chateau-Elton John-Uni 14 Paul Simon-Paul Simon-Columbia 15 Chicago At Carnegie Hall-Chicago-Columbia 16 Eat A Peach-Allman Brothers-April 17 First Take-Roberta Flack-Atlantic 18 Baby I'm A Want You-Bread-Elektra 19 Nilsson Schmilsson-Nilsson-RCA 20 Exile On Main Street-Rolling Stones-Rolling Stones 21 Big Bambu-Cheech & Chong-A&M 22 Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits-Simon & Garfunkel-Columbia 23 Santana(71)-Santana-Columbia 24 All Day Music-War-United Artists 25 Still Bill-Bill Withers-Sussex 26 A Song For You-Carpenters-A&M 27 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway-Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway-Atlantic 28 School's Out-Alice Cooper-Warner Brothers 29 Chicago V-Chicago-Columbia 30 There's A Riot Goin' On-Sly & Family Stone-Epic 31 Shaft Soundtrack-Isaac Hayes-Enterprise 32 Moods-Neil Diamond-Uni 33 Stylistics-Stylistics-Avco 34 Madman Across The Water-Elton John-Uni 35 Harmony-Three Dog Night-Dunhill 36 E.Pluribus Funk-Grand Funk Railroad-Capitol 37 Never A Dull Moment-Rod Steweart-Mercury 38 Carney-Leon Russell-Shelter 39 Quiet Fire-Roberta Flack-Atlantic 40 Live-Donny Hathaway-Atco 41 Lookin' Through The Windows-Jackson Five-Motown 42 Killer-Alice Cooper-Warner Brothers 43 Every Picture Tells A Story-Rod Stewart-Mercury 44 Janis Joplin In Concert-Janis Joplin-Columbia 45 Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys-Traffic-Island 46 Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles Live-Columbia 47 Trilogy-Emerson,Lake & Palmer-Cotillion 48 Gather Me-Melanie-Neighborhood 49 Imagine-John Lennon-Apple 50 Malo-Malo-Warner Brothers 51 A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse-Faces-Warner Brothers 52 Jackson Five's Greatest Hits-Jackson Five-Motown 53 Carpenters-Carpenters-A&M 54 Procol Harum In Concert-Procol Harum-A&M 55 Elvis At Madison Square Garden-Elvis Presley-RCA 56 Smokin'-Humble Pie-A&M 57 Nash & Crosby-Graham Nash & David Crosby-Atlantic 58 Black Moses-Isaac Hayes-Enterprise 59 Amazing Grace-Aretha Franklin-Atlantic 60 Young,Gifted & Black-Aretha Franklin-Atlantic 61 History Of Eric Clapton-Eric Clapton-Atco 62 Seven Separate Foots-Dunhill 63 Superfly-Curtis Mayfield-Curtom 64 Manassas-Stephen Stills-Atlantic 65 Cheech & Chong-Cheech & Chong-Ode 66 Got To Be There-Michael Jackson-Motown 68 The London Chuck Berry Sessions-Chess 69 Music Of My Mind-Stevie Wonder-Tamla 70 FM AM-George Carlin-Little David 71 All In The Family Cast-Various Artists-Atlantic 72 Stones-Neil Diamond-Uni 73 Wild Life-Wings-Apple 74 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume II-Bob Dylan-Columbia 75 Himself-Gilbert O'Sullivan-MAM 76 Phase III-Osmonds-MGM 77 Godspell-Original Cast-Bell 78 Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get-Dramatics-Volt 79 Demons & Wizards-Uriah Heep-Mercury 80 Pictures At An Exhibition-Emerson,Lake & Palmer-Cotillion 81 Fiddler On The Roof-Soundtrack-United Artists 82 A Lonely Man-Chi-Lites-Brunswick 83 All I Ever Need Is You-Sonny & Cher-Kapp 84 Love Theme From "The Godfather"-Andy Williams-Columbia 85 Mark,Don & Mel-Grand Funk Railroad-Capitol 86 Godfather-Soundtrack-Paramount 87 Sound Magazine-The Partridge Family-Bell 88 Son Of Schmilsson-Harry Nilsson 89 All Directions-Temptations-Gordy 90 Straight Up-Badfinger-Apple 91 Cher-Cher-Kapp 92 Blood,Sweat & Tears Greatest Hits-Blood,Sweat & Tears 93 Distant Light-Hollies-Epic 94 Every Good Boy Deserves A Favour-Moody Blues-Threshold 95 Anticipation-Carly Simon-Elektra 96 Long John Silver-Jefferson Airplane-Grunt 97 Who's Next-The Who-Decca 98 The Partridge Family Shopping Bag-Partridge Family-Bell 99 Too Young-Donny Osmond-MGM 100 Saint Domonic's Preview-Van Morrison-Warner Brothers * As published in the December 30,1972 issue of Cash Box Magazine