RADIO AND RECORDS (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP ROCK (AOR) ALBUMS OF 1976*
Pos.-Title-Artist-Label-Peak Month 1 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE-PETER FRAMPTON-A&M 2 SILK DEGREES-BOZ SCAGGS-Columbia 3 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE-STEVE MILLER BAND-Capitol 4 DREAMBOAT ANNIE-HEART-Mushroom 5 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-ROD STEWART-Warner Brothers 6 FLEETWOOD MAC-FLEETWOOD MAC-Warner Brothers 7 WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND-WINGS-Capitol 8 THE ROYAL SCAM-Steely Dan-ABC 9 SPITFIRE-Jefferson Starship-Grunt 10 TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS-Doobie Brothers-Warner Brothers 11 A Night At The Opera-Queen-Elektra 12 Rocks-Aerosmith-Columbia 13 Firefall-Firefall-Atlantic 14 Boston-Boston-Epic 15 Struttin' My Stuff-Elvin Bishop-Capricorn 16 Chicago X-Chicago-Columbia 17 Desire-Bob Dylan-Columbia 18 Run With The Pack-Bad Company-Swan Song 19 Black & Blue-Rolling Stones-June 20 Hasten Down The Wind-Linda Rondstadt-Asylum 21 Wired-Jeff Beck-Epic 22 Presence-Led Zeppelin-Atlantic 23 Jailbreak-Thin Lizzy-Mercury 24 In The Pocket-James Taylor-Warner Brothers 25 Agents Of Fortune-Blue Oyster Cult-Columbia 26 Bigger Than Both Of Us-Daryl Hall & John Oates-RCA 27 Breezin'-George Benson-Warner Brothers 28 One More For The Road-Lynyrd Skynyrd-MCA 29 Amigos-Santana-Columbia 30 Songs In The Key Of Life-Stevie Wonder-Tamla 31 Year Of The Cat-Al Stewart-Janus 32 Soul Searching-Average White Band-Atlantic 33 Station To Station-David Bowie-RCA 34 Native Sons-Loggins & Messina-Columbia 35 The Hissing Of Summer Lawns-Joni Mitchell-Asylum 36 Walking And Dreaming-Orleans-Asylum 37 No Reason To Cry-Eric Clapton 38 Trick Of The Tail-Genesis-Atlantic 39 Second Childhood-Phoebe Snow-Columbia 40 Long May You Run-Stills-Young Band-Warner Brothers/Reprise * As published in the December 17th,1976 issue of Radio And Records Magazine