Do you remember what albums you bought in 1975? Maybe you were listening to your older brother's or sister's albums in 1975? I was nine-years-old for most of 1975 and to the best of my knowledge, I purchased no albums that year as I was still buying 45s! Over the past forty-one years however, I have acquired many albums from that year including all twenty of the albums below that topped the Billboard Top LPs and Tapes chart as well as some of the albums that ruled the UK albums charts that year. How about you?
| week | US | UK |
January 4
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January 11
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January 18
| Elton John's Greatest Hits | Elton John's Greatest Hits |
| Elton John | Elton John | |
January 25
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February 1
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February 8
| Fire | |
| Ohio Players | ||
February 15
| Heart Like A Wheel | His Greatest Hits |
| Linda Ronstadt | Engelbert Humperdinck | |
February 22
| AWB | |
| Average White Band | ||
March 1
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| Blood On The Tracks | On The Level | |
March 8
| Bob Dylan | Status Quo |
March 15
| Have You Never Been Mellow | Physical Graffiti |
| Olivia Newton-John | Led Zeppelin | |
March 22
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March 29
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| 20 Greatest Hits | ||
April 5
| Tom Jones | |
| Physical Graffiti | ||
April 12
| Led Zeppelin | |
April 19
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| The Best Of | ||
April 26
| The Stylistics | |
May 3
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| Chicago VIII | ||
May 10
| Chicago | Once Upon A Star |
| Bay City Rollers | ||
May 17
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May 24
| That's The Way Of The World | |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | ||
May 31
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June 7
| The Best Of | |
| The Stylistics | ||
June 14
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June 21
| Captain Fantastic and | |
| the Brown Dirt Cowboy | ||
June 28
| Elton John | Venus And Mars |
| Wings | ||
July 5
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| Horizon | ||
July 12
| Carpenters | |
July 19
| Venus And Mars | Venus And Mars |
| Wings | Wings | |
July 26
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August 2
| Horizon | |
| Carpenters | ||
August 9
| One Of These Nights | |
| Eagles | ||
August 16
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| The Best Of | ||
August 23
| The Stylistics | |
August 30
| Captain Fantastic... | |
| Elton John | ||
September 6
| Red Octopus | |
| Jefferson Starship | ||
September 13
| The Heat Is On | Atlantic Crossing |
| The Isley Brothers | Rod Stewart | |
September 20
| Between The Lines | |
| Janis Ian | ||
September 27
| Red Octopus | |
| Jefferson Starship | ||
October 4
| Wish You Were Here | |
| Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | |
October 11
| Pink Floyd | |
| Atalantic Crossing | ||
October 18
| Rod Stewart | |
| Windsong | ||
October 25
| John Denver | |
November 1
| Red Octopus | 40 Golden Greats |
| Jefferson Starship | Jim Reeves | |
November 8
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November 15
| Rock Of The Westies | We All Had Doctors' Papers |
| Elton John | Max Boyce | |
November 22
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November 29
| Red Octopus | |
| Jefferson Starship | ||
December 6
| Still Crazy After All These Years | 40 Greatest Hits |
| Paul Simon | Perry Como | |
December 13
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| Chicago IX - | ||
December 20
| Chicago's Greatest Hits | |
| Chicago | ||
December 27
| A Night At The Opera | |
| Queen | ||
| week | US | UK |
Interesting that the biggest US artist was a Brit (Elton John) and longest chart appearances on the UK charts were from US artists (Perry Como shout out!). And speaking of The Stylistics, they were also the only group selected to appear twice on the now-legendary The Greatest Slow Jam Mix Ever!
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