January
- The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett
- Wings Upon Your Horns - Loretta Lynn
- Encouraging Words - Billy Preston
- Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today! - Tony Bennett
- Magic Christian Music - Badfinger
- Back in the USA - MC5
- A Brand New Me - Dusty Springfield
- A Song for Me - Family
- John Phillips (John, the Wolf King of L.A.) - John Phillips
- Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
- Chicago - Chicago (aka Chicago II)
- American Woman - The Guess Who
- Argent - Argent
- Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits - Barbra Streisand
- Hello, I'm Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
- On the Boards - Taste
- One Day at a Time - Joan Baez
- Sit Down Old Friend - Dion
- This Girl's in Love with You - Aretha Franklin
- The Ways to Love a Man - Tammy Wynette
- Try a Little Kindness - Glen Campbell
February
- Burnt Weeny Sandwich - The Mothers of Invention
- Zabriskie Point Soundtrack - Various Artists
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
- Moondance - Van Morrison
- Andy Williams' Greatest Hits - Andy Williams
- Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster
- Black Gold - Nina Simone
- Climbing! - Mountain
- The Great Songs of Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison
- The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other - Van der Graaf Generator
- Leon Russell - Leon Russell
- Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends - Screaming Lord Sutch
- Morrison Hotel - The Doors
- Nilsson Sings Newman - Harry Nilsson
- Ronnie Hawkins - Ronnie Hawkins
- Shazam - The Move
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
- 12 Songs - Randy Newman
- Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
March
- Lie: The Love and Terror Cult - Charles Manson
- Psychedelic Shack - The Temptations
- Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- A Beard of Stars - Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Hello Darlin - Conway Twitty
- Band of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix
- Vintage Violence - John Cale
- Sentimental Journey - Ringo Starr
- Bloodrock - Bloodrock
- Easy Action - Alice Cooper
- Egg - Egg
- First Step - Faces
- Funkadelic - Funkadelic
- The Isaac Hayes Movement - Isaac Hayes
- John B. Sebastian - John B. Sebastian
- Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell
- Marriage on the Rocks/Rock Bottom - Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes
- On Tour with Eric Clapton - Delaney & Bonnie
- Right On - Wilson Pickett
- Silk Purse - Linda Ronstadt
- Tom Rush - Tom Rush
- Tonight I'm Singing Just for You - Country Joe McDonald
- Watertown - Frank Sinatra
April
- Remedies - Dr. John
- Elton John - Elton John
- Farewell - Diana Ross & The Supremes
- Come To My Garden - Minnie Riperton
- Brinsley Schwarz - Brinsley Schwarz
- Cricklewood Green - Ten Years After
- McCartney - Paul McCartney
- Benefit - Jethro Tull
- Live Iron - Butterfly
- Right On - The Supremes
- What Love Has...Joined Together - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
- Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
- Burrito Deluxe - The Flying Burrito Brothers
- Candles in the Rain - Melanie
- CJ Fish - Country Joe and the Fish
- Come Together - Ike & Tina Turner
- Cucumber Castle - Bee Gees
- Eric Burdon Declares "War" - Eric Burdon & War
- Everybody's Out of Town - B.J. Thomas
- Getting to This - Blodwyn Pig
- The Grass Is Greener - Colosseum
- I Looked Up - Incredible String Band
- It Ain't Easy - Three Dog Night
- Live Cream - Cream
- McLemore Avenue - Booker T. & the M.G.s
- My Kind of Jazz - Ray Charles
- Oh Happy Day - Glen Campbell
- Open Blues - Image
- Peacing it All Together - Lighthouse
- Portrait - The 5th Dimension
- Sit Down Young Stranger - Gordon Lightfoot
- Tammy's Touch - Tammy Wynette
May
- Poco - Poco
- ABC - The Jackson 5
- Let It Be - The Beatles
- In the Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson
- Live at Leeds - The Who
- Diana Ross - Diana Ross
- Everything is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
- Fireworks - José Feliciano
- Ginger Baker's Air Force - Ginger Baker's Air Force
- Hot Tuna - Hot Tuna
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Peter Nero
- Quatermass - Quatermass
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - Andy Williams
- Something for Everyone - Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Tom Paxton 6 - Tom Paxton
- Will You Visit Me on Sunday? - George Jones
- Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More - Various Artists
- The World of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
June
- In Rock - Deep Purple
- Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest
- Home - Procol Harum
- Third - Soft Machine
- Self Portrait - Bob Dylan
- Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead
- Alone Together - Dave Mason
- Are You Ready - Pacific Gas & Electric
- Better Times Are Coming - Rhinoceros
- Changes - The Monkees
- Charley Pride's 10th Album - Charley Pride
- Ecology - Rare Earth
- Electronic Meditation - Tangerine Dream
- Entrance - Edgar Winter
- Fire and Water - Free
- Fotheringay - Fotheringay
- Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart
- Hark! The Village Wait - Steeleye Span
- Kristofferson - Kris Kristofferson
- Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em & Sings 'Em - Loretta Lynn
- Memphis - Petula Clark
- Norwood - Glen Campbell
- On Stage - Elvis Presley
- Open Road - Donovan
- Parachute - The Pretty Things
- Runt Runt - Todd Rundgren
- Struttin' - The Meters
- Them Changes - Buddy Miles
- Turn Back the Hands of Time - Tyrone Davis
- Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble - Uriah Heep
- Vehicle - Ides of March
- We Made It Happen - Engelbert Humperdinck
- You & Me - Jerry Butler
July
- Cactus - Cactus
- Supertramp - Supertramp
- Time and a Word - Yes
- Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Absolutely Live - The Doors
- Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad
- Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic
- Full House - Fairport Convention
- Fun House - The Stooges
- Humble Pie - Humble Pie
- James Gang Rides Again - James Gang
- John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
- The Last Puff - Spooky Tooth
- Mona Bone Jakon - Cat Stevens
- Mungo Jerry - Mungo Jerry
- Osmium - Parliament
August
- Future Blues - Canned Heat
- A Question of Balance - The Moody Blues
- Signed, Sealed & Delivered - Stevie Wonder
- Weasels Ripped My Flesh - The Mothers of Invention
- Chapter Two - Roberta Flack
- Stage Fright - The Band
- Close to You - Carpenters
- After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
- Sunflower - The Beach Boys
- Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers
- Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton
- Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way - Roy Orbison
- Hawkwind - Hawkwind
- Just for Love - Quicksilver Messenger Service
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Joe Cocker
- Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon - Status Quo
- Metamorphosis - Iron Butterfly
- Mongrel - The Bob Seger System
- The Rill Thing - Little Richard
- Sex Machine - James Brown
- Something - Shirley Bassey
- Spirit in the Dark - Aretha Franklin
- Whales & Nightingales - Judy Collins
September
- Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert - The Rolling Stones
- 8 - The Jackson 5
- (Untitled) - The Byrds
- Kiln House - Fleetwood Mac
- Paranoid - Black Sabbath
- Performance - Various Artists
- Idlewild South - The Allman Brothers Band
- Beaucoups of Blues - Ringo Starr
- A Pocket Full of Miracles - The Miracles
- Abraxas - Santana
- Curtis - Curtis Mayfield
- Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster
- Easy Does It - Al Kooper
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album - Glen Campbell
- If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan
- Johnny Winter And - Johnny Winter
- Leftover Wine - Melanie
- Loaded - The Velvet Underground
- Mad Shadows - Mott the Hoople
- The Magnificent 7 - The Supremes & The Four Tops
- New Feelin' - Liza Minnelli
- The Original Human Being - Blue Cheer
- Share the Land - The Guess Who
- Snowbird - Anne Murray
October
- Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
- Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
- The Jackson 5 Christmas Album - The Jackson 5
- New Morning - Bob Dylan
- Chunga's Revenge - Frank Zappa
- Trespass - Genesis
- Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
- The Andy Williams Show - Andy Williams
- Bloodrock 2 - Bloodrock
- The First Lady - Tammy Wynette
- The First 10 Years - Joan Baez
- The Johnny Cash Show - Johnny Cash
- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominoes
- Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
- New Ways but Love Stays - The Supremes
- The Partridge Family Album - The Partridge Family
- Shooting at the Moon - Kevin Ayers
- Skid - Skid Row
- Tapestry - Don McLean
- Tony Bennett's Something - Tony Bennett
- U - Incredible String Band
- UFO 1 - UFO
- USA Union - John Mayall
- Washington County - Arlo Guthrie
- We Got to Live Together - Buddy Miles
- Woodsmoke and Oranges - Paul Siebel
- Wrong End of the Rainbow - Tom Rush
November
- The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
- No Dice - Badfinger
- That's the Way It Is - Elvis Presley
- Barrett - Syd Barrett
- His Band and the Street Choir - Van Morrison
- The J. Geils Band - The J. Geils Band
- Stephen Stills - Steve Stills
- Straight Life - Freddie Hubbard
- Tap Root Manuscript - Neil Diamond
- Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
- Christmas and the Beads of Sweat - Laura Nyro
- All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
- Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
- Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One - The Kinks
- Play It Loud - Slade
- Airconditioning - Curved Air
- Almost in Love - Elvis Presley
- American Beauty - Grateful Dead
- Anyway - Family
- Be a Brother - Big Brother and the Holding Company
- Blows Against the Empire - Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship
- Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
- Confessions of the Mind - The Hollies
- Cruel Sister - Pentangle
- Despite It All - Brinsley Schwarz
- Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes
- I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
- Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk
- Live Album - Grand Funk Railroad
- Medusa - Trapeze
- Most of All - B.J. Thomas
- Naturally - Three Dog Night
- Number 5 - Steve Miller Band
- Scott Joplin: Piano Rags - Joshua Rifkin
- Starsailor - Tim Buckley
- Steppenwolf 7 - Steppenwolf
- ...To Be Continued - Isaac Hayes
- Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit
- 13 - The Doors
- Warhorse - Warhorse
December
- The End of an Ear - Robert Wyatt
- Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash
- Pendulum - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Ginger Baker's Air Force 2 - Ginger Baker's Air Force
- John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band
- Lizard King - Crimson
- Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band - Yoko Ono and Plastic Ono Band
- T. Rex - T. Rex
- The Best of Top of the Pops '70 - Top of the Poppers
- The Black-Man's Burdon - Eric Burdon and War
- Daughter of Time - Colosseum
- Desertshore - Nico
- False Start - Love
- From Me to You - Charley Pride
- H to He, Who Am the Only One - Van der Graaf Generator
- Highway - Free
- Kingdom Come - Sir Lord Baltimore
- Live - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Looking On - The Move
- Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East - Miles Davis
- Ry Cooder - Ry Cooder
- Soul Rebels - The Wailers
- Watt - Ten Years After
- What About Me - Quicksilver Messenger Service