CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1973*
POS-ALBUM-ARTIST-LABEL-PEAK MONTH 1 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-PINK FLOYD-HARVEST 2 HOUSES OF THE HOLY-LED ZEPPELIN-Atlantic 3 DIAMOND GIRL-SEALS & CROFTS-Warner Brothers 4 THE WORLD IS A GHETTO-WAR-United Artists 5 SEVENTH SOJOURN-MOODY BLUES-Threshold 6 THE CAPTAIN AND ME-DOOBIE BROTHERS-Warner Brothers 7 LIFE & TIMES-JIM CROCE-ABC 8 TALKING BOOK-Stevie Wonder-Tamla 9 ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH-John Denver-RCA 10 CHICAGO VI-Chicago-Columbia 11 No Secrets-Carly Simon-Elektra 12 Rhymes & Reason-Carole King-Ode 13 They Only Come Out At Night-Edgar Winter Group-Epic 14 Lady Sings The Blues-Diana Ross-Motown 15 Billion Dollar Babies-Alice Cooper-Warner Brothers 16 Catch Bull At Four-Cat Stevens-A&M 17 Made In Japan-Deep Purple-Warner Brothers 18 The Best Of Bread-Bread-Elektra 19 I'm Still In Love With You-Al Green-Hi 20 Now & Then-Carpenters-A&M 21 There Goes Rhymin' Simon-Paul Simon-Columbia 22 Brothers & Sisters-Allman Brothers-Capricorn 23 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player-Elton John-MCA 24 Angel Clare-Art Garfunkel-Columbia 25 Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite-Elvis Presley-RCA 26 Moving Waves-Focus-Sire 27 Loggins & Messina-Loggins & Messina-Columbia 28 Beatles 67-70-Beatles-Apple 29 Hot August Night-Neil Diamond-MCA 30 Beatles 62-66-Beatles-Apple 31 Superfly Soundtrack-Curtis Mayfield-Curtom 32 Fantasy-Carole King-Ode 33 Living In The Past-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis 34 We're An American Band-Grand Funk Railroad-Capitol 35 Red Rose Speedway-Paul McCartney & Wings-Apple 36 Fresh-Sly & Family Stone-Epic 37 All Directions-Temptations-Gordy 38 Long Hard Climb-Helen Reddy 39 Tommy-London Symphony Orchestra-Ode 40 Killing Me Softly-Roberta Flack-Atlantic 41 Goats Head Soup-Rolling Stones-Rolling Stone 42 The Divine Miss M-Bette Midler-Atlantic 43 Caravanserai-Santana-Columbia 44 Let's Get It On-Marvin Gaye-Tamla 45 Can't Buy A Thrill-Steely Dan-ABC 46 Masterpiece-Temptations-Gordy 47 Living In The Material World-George Harrison-Apple 48 Homecoming-America-Warner Brothers 49 The Smoker You Drink,The Player You Get-Joe Walsh-Dunhill 50 A Passion Play-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis 51 Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory-Traffic-Capitol 52 Keeper Of The Castle-Four Tops-Dunhill 53 Touch Me In The Morning-Diana Ross-Motown 54 Spinners-Spinners-Atlantic 55 Foreigner-Cat Steven 56 I Am Woman-Helen Reddy-Capitol 57 Deliverance-Soundtrack-Warner Brothers 58 Call Me-Al Green-Hi 59 One Man Dog-James Taylor-Warner Brothers 60 Deliver The Word-War-United Artist 61 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John-MCA 62 Round 2-Stylistics-Avco 63 Phoenix-Grand Funk Railroad-Capitol 64 Yessongs-Yes-Atlantic 65 Head To The Sky-Earth,Wind & Fire-Columbia 66 For The Roses-Joni Mitchell-Asylum 67 Chicago V-Chicago-Columbia 68 Guitar Man-Bread-Elektra 69 Cosmic Wheels-Donovan-Epic 70 Black Sabbath Volume 4-Black Sabbath-Warner Brothers 71 Prelude-Deodato-CTI 72 Close To The Edge-Yes-Atlantic 73 Leon Live-Leon Russell-Shelter 74 3+3-Isley Brothers-T-Neck 75 Machine Head-Deep Purple-Warner Brothers 76 Desperado-Eagles-Asylum 77 Days Of Future Passed-Moody Blues-Deram 78 Eddie Kendricks-Eddie Kendricks-Tamla 79 Farewell Andromedia-John Denver-RCA 80 Back To The World-Curtis Mayfield-Curtom 81 Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)-Gladys Knight & Pips-Soul 82 Jeff Beck,Tim Bogert,Carmine Appice-Jeff Beck,Tim Bogert,Carmine Appice-Epic 83 Trouble Man Soundtrack-Marvin Gaye-Tamla 84 Burning Love-Elvis Presley-RCA 85 Birds Of Fire-Mahavishnu Orchestra-Columbia 86 Space Oddity-David Bowie-RCA 87 Issac Hayes Live At The Sahara Tahoe-Issac Hayes-Enterprise 88 Creedence Gold-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 89 Bloodshot-J.Giels Band-Atlantic 90 The Six Wives Of Henry VIII-Rick Wakeman-A&M 91 360 Degrees Of Billy Paul-Billy Paul-Philadelphia International 92 Ben-Michael Jackson-Motown 93 Sing It Again Rod-Rod Stewart-Mercury 94 I've Got So Much To Give-Barry White-20th Century 95 Love,Devotion,Surrender-Carlos Santana & Mahavishic John McLaughlin 96 Transformer-Lou Reed-RCA 97 You Don't Mess Around With Jim-Jim Croce-ABC 98 Europe '72-Grateful Dead-Warner Brothers 99 Wattstax-Various Artists-Stax 100 Sweet Freedom-Uriah Heep-Warner Brothers * As published in the December 29,1973 issue of Cash Box Magazine