THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z) (Website)CHART's TOP ALBUMS FOR 1976
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 THE BEST OF ABBA-ABBA-JULY 2 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-ROD STEWART-October 3 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-QUEEN-April 4 BEAUTIFUL NOISE-NEIL DIAMOND-August 5 ARRIVAL-ABBA-December 6 THEIR GREATEST HITS-EAGLES-March 7 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-PINK FLOYD-January 8 TWENTY GREATEST HITS-The Osmonds-June 9 BLACK & BLUE-Rolling Stones-June 10 HOW DARE YOU-10 C.C.-April 11 Frampton Comes Alive-Peter Frampton-November 12 Atlantic Crossing-Rod Stewart-January 13 History:America's Greatest Hits-America-February 14 Wings At The Speed Of Sound-Paul McCartney & Wings-July 15 The World's Great Classics-NZ Symphony Orchestra-November 16 Rock & Roll Music-Beatles-August 17 Hot August Night-Neil Diamond-January 18 Second Album Of The Very Best Of Roger Whittaker-Roger Whittaker-October 19 Listen To The Music . . .-Doobie Brothers-February 20 Bay City Rollers-Bay City Rollers-October 21 Crisis? What Crisis?-Supertramp-July 22 Bill And Boyd-Bill And Boyd-March 23 Abba-Abba-February 24 Before The Next Teardrop Falls-Freddy Fender-January 25 Wouldn't You Like It-Bay City Rollers-March 26 Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd-January 27 A Trick Of The Tail-Genesis-June 28 An Evening With John Denver-John Denver 29 Greatest Hits-Seals and Crofts-February 30 Crime Of The Century-Supertramp-June 31 Chicago X-Chicago-December 32 The Royal Scam-Steely Dan-August 33 Windsong-John Denver-January 34 Here And There-Elton John-July 35 Amigos-Santana-June 36 Greatest Hits (First Impressions)-Olivia Newton-John 37 The Suzi Quatro Story-Suzi Quatro 38 Tales Of Mystery And Imagination-The Alan Parsons Project-October 39 Desire-Bob Dylan-March 40 Come On Over-Olivia Newton-John-July