THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z)/AUSTRALIA (AMR) (BARRY KOWAL)CHART's TOP ALBUMS FOR 1975*
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No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 HOT AUGUST NIGHT-NEIL DIAMOND-JANUARY (1973) 6326 2 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-PINK FLOYD-January (1973) 5756 3 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD-ELTON JOHN-January (1973) 2894 4 GREATEST HITS (FIRST IMPRESSIONS)-OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-October 2116 5 ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS-ELTON JOHN-April 2028 6 AN EVENING WITH JOHN DENVER-JOHN DENVER-June 1880 7 JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL-NEIL DIAMOND-January 1866 8 BACK HOME AGAIN-John Denver-April 1588 9 GREATEST HITS-John Denver-November 1526 10 QUATRO-Suzi Quatro-January 1500 11 The Very Best Of Roger Whittaker-Roger Whittaker-September 1438 12 Caribou-Elton John-January 1402 13 Journey To The Centre Of The Earth-Rick Wakeman-January 1352 14 Serenade-Neil Diamond-January 1346 15 Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy-Elton John-July 1212 16 Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits-Helen Reddy-October 1120 17 Not Fragile-Bachman Turner Overedrive-March 1114 18 Living In The 70s-Skyhooks-March 1078 19 Slipstream-Sherbet-January 1062 20 The Suzi Quatro Story-Suzi Quatro-December 1034 21 Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd-November 976 22 Blood On The Tracks-Bob Dylan-May 938 23 Mark Williams-Mark Williams-July 876 24 Venus And Mars-Paul McCartney & Wings-August 864 25 Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin-Aptil 770 26 461 Ocean Blvd.-Eric Clapton-January 758 27 The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur & The Knights Of The Round Table-Rick Wakeman-June 664 28 Tommy Soundtrack-Various Artists-August 656 29 Just A Boy-Leo Sayer-March 630 30 Horizon-The Carpenters-September 618 31 Stampede-Doobie Brothers-July 578 32 Smiler-Rod Stewart-January 578 33 Wonderland-Stevie Wonder-February 554 34 Walls & Bridges-John Lennon-January 530 35 Stormbringer-Deep Purple-January 490 36 Live At The Tower Philadelphia-David Bowie-January 404 37 Young Americans-David Bowie-May 394 38 Waves/Misfit:Double Pack-Waves-December 378 39 It's Only Rock & Roll-Rolling Stones-January 376 40 Newcastle Song-Bob Hudson-April 312 41 Mental Notes-Split Enz-September 302 42 War Child-Jethro Tull-January 300 43 The Shirley Bassey Singles Album-Shirley Bassey-August 294 44 Greatest Hits-Gary Glitter-July 278 45 Four Wheel Drive-Bachman Turner Overdrive-July 274 46 Rock & Roll-John Lennon-April 266 47 Autobahn-Kraftwerk-June 262 48 Higher Trails-John Hanlon-August 252 49 Diamonds-Neil Diamond-October 240 50 Come Taste The Band-Deep Purple-December 140 51 Katy Lied-Steely Dan-May 128 52 Country Life-Roxy Music-May 120 53 In USA And Canada-Eddie Low-September 118 54 Greatest Hits-Cat Stevens-September 116 55 More American Graffiti-Various Artists-July 112 56 Goodnight Vienna-Ringo Starr-January 112 57 Borboletta-Santana-May 110 58 Never Can Say Goodbye-Gloria Gaynor-April 84 59 Sherbet In Concert-Sherbet-April 80 60 Hearts-America-June 72 61 Straightshooter-Bad Company-May 70 62 Magical Mystery Tour-The Beatles (1967) 38 63 Blue Jays-Justin Hayward and John Lodge-July 38 64 The Captain And Me-Doobie Brothers-May 38 65 No Way To Treat A Lady-Helen Reddy-October 36 66 Your Mama Won't Like Me-Suzi Quatro-April 36 67 Win Lose Or Draw-Allman Brothers Band-December 34 68 Ten Years Non-Stop Jubilee-James Last-December 34 69 I'll Play For You-Seals and Crofts-June 34 70 Space Waltz-Alistair Riddell-April 34 71 Wangaratta Wahine-Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band-March 34 * On April 28,1975 R.I.A.N.Z. published it's very first chart. So,this list of the best albums for the entire year of 1975 includes only songs that charted in New Zealand after April 27 in 1975. Before that date Australian (AMR) charts are used.