CASH BOX TOP ALBUMS
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending DECEMBER 4, 1971
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LWWKS
  1SANTANA
  Santana (Columbia KC 30595)
  1  8
  2SHAFT
  Original Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes (Enterprise EN 2-5002)
  2 17
  3TEASER AND THE FIRECAT
  Cat Stevens (A&M SP 4313)
  3  8
  4THERE’S A RIOT GOIN’ ON
  Sly & Family Stone (Epic KE 30986)
  5  4
  5IMAGINE
  John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (Apple SW 3379)
  4 11
  6EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
  Rod Stewart (Mercury SRM 1-609)
  6 25
  7CHICAGO AT CARNEGIE HALL
  Chicago (Columbia C4X 30865)
  7  4
  8TAPESTRY
  Carole King (Ode SP-77009)
  8 36
  9HARMONY
  Three Dog Night (Dunhill DSX-50108)
  9  8
 10CARPENTERS
  Carpenters (A&M SP-3502)
 10 27
 11ZoSo
  Led Zeppelin (Atlantic SD 7208)
 45  2
 12EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR
  Moody Blues (Threshold THS 5)
 11 16
 13JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
  Various Artists (Decca DXSA 7206)
 16 56
 14TO YOU WITH LOVE, DONNY
  Donny Osmond (MGM SE 4797)
 18  6
 15THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY SOUND MAGAZINE
  Partridge Family (Bell 6064)
 19 15
 16CHER
  Cher (Kapp KS-3649)
 17  9
 17MEATY BEATY BIG AND BOUNCY
  The Who (Decca DL 79184)
 21  4
 18ROCKIN’ THE FILLMORE
  Humble Pie (A&M SP-3506)
 23  6
 19STONES
  Neil Diamond (Uni 93106)
 30  4
 20WHO’S NEXT
  The Who (Decca DL 79182)
 12 17
 21GOIN’ BACK TO INDIANA
  Original TV Soundtrack /Jackson 5 (Motown M-742L)
 20  8
 22RAM
  Paul & Linda McCartney (Apple SMAS-3375)
 13 27
 23E PLURIBUS FUNK
  Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SW-853)
 —  1
 24(For God’s Sake) GIVE MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE
  Chi-Lites (Brunswick BL 754170)
 24 15
 25BARK
  Jefferson Airplane (Grunt FTR-1001)
 14 12
 26RAINBOW BRIDGE
  Original Soundtrack /Jimi Hendrix (Reprise MS 2040)
 15  9
 27WHAT’S GOING ON
  Marvin Gaye (Tamla TS-310)
 26 26
 28MASTER OF REALITY
  Black Sabbath (Warner Bros. BS 2562)
 22 14
 29SMACKWATER JACK
  Quincy Jones (A&M SP-3037)
 34  7
 30ROUGH AND READY
  Jeff Beck Group (Epic KE 30973)
 33  6
 31BARBRA JOAN STREISAND
  Barbra Streisand (Columbia KC 30792)
 28 11
 32ROOTS
  Curtis Mayfield (Curtom CRS 8009)
 36  5
 33THE 5TH DIMENSION / LIVE!!
  5th Dimension (Bell 9000)
 35  7
 34GATHER ME
  Melanie (Neighborhood NRS-47001)
 43  6
 35A DECADE OF GOLD (The Dionne Warwicke Story)
  Dionne Warwicke (Scepter SPS 2-596)
 38  7
 36TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN
  Cat Stevens (A&M SP-4280)
 39 44
 37BLESSED ARE...
  Joan Baez (Vanguard VSD-6570/1)
 27 12
 38MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER
  Elton John (Uni 93120)
 64  2
 39CAHOOTS
  The Band (Capitol SMAS-651)
 25  8
 40ARETHA’S GREATEST HITS
  Aretha Franklin (Atlantic SD 8295)
 31 11
 41TUPELO HONEY
  Van Morrison (Warner Bros. WS 1950)
 32  6
 42B. B. KING IN LONDON
  B. B. King (ABC ABCX-730)
 42  8
 43FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
  Original Soundtrack (United Artists UAS-10900)
 50  7
 44AERIE
  John Denver (RCA Victor LSP-4607)
 52  3
 45PEOPLE LIKE US
  Mamas & The Papas (Dunhill DSX-50106)
 51  5
 46ALL IN THE FAMILY
  TV Cast (Atlantic SD 7210)
 54  4
 47UP TO DATE
  Partridge Family (Bell 6059)
 49 36
 48OTHER VOICES
  Doors (Elektra EKS-75017)
 56  5
 49LIVE AT CAESARS PALACE
  Tom Jones (Parrot 2XPAS 71049/50)
 60  4
 50THE DONNY OSMOND ALBUM
  Donny Osmond (MGM SE 4782)
 55 22
 51WELCOME TO THE CANTEEN
  Traffic, etc. (United Artists UAS-5550)
 29 10
 52SUMMER OF ’42
  Original Soundtrack / Michel LeGrand (Warner Bros. WS 1925)
 53 13
 53FOR LADIES ONLY
  Steppenwolf (Dunhill DSX-50110)
 37 11
 54MUD SLIDE SLIM AND THE BLUE HORIZON
  James Taylor (Warner Bros. BS 2561)
 46 31
 55STREET CORNER TALKING
  Savoy Brown (Parrot PAS 71047)
 57 11
 56SONNY & CHER LIVE
  Sonny & Cher (Kapp KS-3654)
 61  8
 57BUDDY MILES LIVE
  Buddy Miles (Mercury SRM-2-7500)
 47  9
 58SURF’S UP
  Beach Boys (Brother/Reprise RS 6453)
 44 12
 59MEDDLE
  Pink Floyd (Harvest SMAS-832)
 63  6
 60AQUALUNG
  Jethro Tull (Reprise MS 2035)
 40 30
 61GRATEFUL DEAD
  Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. 2WS 1935)
 41  8
 62STICKY FINGERS
  Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones COC 59100)
 58 31
 63ONE FINE MORNING
  Lighthouse (Evolution 3007)
 48 19
 64A 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN SHOW BUSINESS SALUTE TO RAY CHARLES
  Ray Charles (ABC ABCH-731)
 66  5
 65200 MOTELS
  Original Soundtrack / Frank Zappa (United Artists UAS 9956)
 68  6
 66THE MORNING AFTER
  J. Geils Band (Atlantic SD 8297)
 75  4
 67THE SILVER TONGUED DEVIL AND I
  Kris Kristofferson (Monument Z 30679)
 65 20
 68AMERICAN PIE
  Don McLean (United Artists UAS 5535)
 83  3
 69THEIR 16 GREATEST HITS
  Grass Roots (Dunhill DSX-50107)
 67 10
 70EASY LOVING
  Freddie Hart (Capitol ST-838)
 79  8
 71FROM THE INSIDE
  Poco (Epic KE 30753)
 59 10
 72THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND AT FILLMORE EAST
  Allman Brothers Band (Capricorn SD 2-802)
 72 19
 73HOT PANTS
  James Brown (Polydor PD 4054)
 69 14
 74LEE MICHAELS 5TH
  Lee Michaels (A&M SP-4302)
 70 27
 75CLOSE TO YOU
  Carpenters (A&M SP-4271)
 73 63
 76PUSH PUSH
  Herbie Mann (Embryo SD 532)
 80  7
 77A SPACE IN TIME
  Ten Years After (Columbia KC 30801)
 71 15
 78PARANOID
  Black Sabbath (Warner Bros. WS 1887)
 78 43
 79THE YES ALBUM
  Yes (Atlantic SD 8283)
 82 15
 80LIVE IN CONCERT
  James Gang (ABC ABCX 733)
 76 13
 81THE BEST OF THE GUESS WHO
  Guess Who (RCA Victor LPSX-1004)
 81 35
 82SMASH YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL
  John Entwistle (Decca DL 79183)
 86  5
 83LOSING THEIR HEADS
  Hudson & Landry (Dore LP-326)
 —  1
 84ALL DAY MUSIC
  War (United Artists UAS 5546)
 90  3
 85NATURAL MAN
  Lou Rawls (MGM SE 4771)
 88 13
 86ANTICIPATION
  Carly Simon (Elektra EKS-75016)
 —  1
 87WE GO TOGETHER
  Tammy Wynette & George Jones (Epic KE 30802)
 87  6
 88NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
  New Riders Of The Purple Sage (Columbia C 30888)
 74 12
 89QUIET FIRE
  Roberta Flack (Atlantic SD 1594)
 —  1
 90AL GREEN GETS NEXT TO YOU
  Al Green (Hi SHL 32062)
 94  8
 91GREATEST HITS, VOLUME TWO
  B. J. Thomas (Scepter SPS 597)
123  2
 92STEVIE WONDER’S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2
  Stevie Wonder (Tamla T 313L)
 96  4
 93CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY
  Chicago (Columbia GP 8)
 91 65
 94REFLECTIONS
  5th Dimension (Bell 6065)
 95  6
 95BLOODROCK U.S.A.
  Bloodrock (Capitol SMAS-645)
 92  6
 96LOVE BOOK
  Lettermen (Capitol ST-836)
 93  8
 97JONATHAN EDWARDS
  Jonathan Edwards (Capricorn SD 862)
105  2
 984 WAY STREET
  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 2-902)
 98 33
 99ME AND BOBBY McGEE
  Kris Kristofferson (Monument Z 30817)
 97 12
100ARETHA LIVE AT FILLMORE WEST
  Aretha Franklin (Atlantic SD 7205)
100 27
101’NUFF SAID
  Ike & Tina Turner (United Artists UAS-5530)
112  4
102A PARTRIDGE FAMILY CHRISTMAS CARD
  Partridge Family (Bell 6066)
114  2
103THE GREAT BLIND DEGREE
  Richie Havens (Stormy Forest SFS 6010)
107  3
104LOST IN THE OZONE
  Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount PAS-6017)
110  4
105TO LOVERS EVERYWHERE
  Mantovani & Orchestra (London XPS 598)
104  5
106I GOT LUCKY
  Elvis Presley (RCA Camden CAL-2533)
 —  1
107THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY ALBUM
  Partridge Family (Bell 6050)
109 59
108CHEECH & CHONG
  Cheech & Chong (Ode SP-77010)
111  9
109TRAFALGAR
  Bee Gees (Atco SD 7003)
 62 11
110GIVIN’ IT BACK
  Isley Brothers (T-Neck TNS 3008)
113  9
111THE SAGITTARIUS MOVEMENT
  Jerry Butler (Mercury SR 61347)
101  6
112POEMS, PRAYERS AND PROMISES
  John Denver (RCA Victor LSP-4499)
 77 31
113CHAPTER TWO
  Roberta Flack (Atlantic SD 1569)
102 67
114ABRAXAS
  Santana (Columbia KC 30130)
103 62
115ONE WORLD
  Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 520)
 99 22
116FUTURE GAMES
  Fleetwood Mac (Reprise RS 6465)
 89  6
117TARKUS
  Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Cotillion SD 9900)
106 23
118ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
  Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot XPAS 71048)
108 13
119JUST AS I AM
  Bill Withers (Sussex SXBS 7006)
116 23
120GREATEST HITS
  Sly & Family Stone (Epic KE 30325)
124 57
121GASOLINE ALLEY
  Rod Stewart (Mercury SR 61264)
117 33
122FIREBALL
  Deep Purple (Warner Bros. BS 2564)
 84 16
123BLUE
  Joni Mitchell (Reprise MS 2038)
121 23
124FRISCO MABEL JOY
  Mickey Newbury (Elektra EKS-74107)
127  3
125BLACK IVORY
  Wanda Robinson (Perception PLP 18)
125 12
126ONE DOZEN ROSES
  Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla T-312L)
119 10
127HOMEMADE
  Osmonds (MGM SE 4770)
122 23
128I THINK WE’RE ALL BOZOS ON THIS BUS
  Firesign Theatre (Columbia C 30737)
 85 10
129THAT THE SPIRIT NEEDS
  Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor LSP-4573)
132  3
130ROCK LOVE
  Steve Miller Band (Capitol SW-748)
126  8
131THE JOHNNY CASH COLLECTION (His Greatest Hits, Volume II)
  Johnny Cash (Columbia KC 30887)
128  6
132FREEDOM MEANS...
  Dells (Cadet CA 50004)
115 14
133VISIONS
  Grant Green (Blue Note BST 84373)
136  4
134SWEET BABY JAMES
  James Taylor (Warner Bros. WS 1843)
130 92
135L.A. WOMAN
  Doors (Elektra EKS-75011)
131 31
136GETTING TOGETHER
  Bobby Sherman (Metromedia MD 1045)
120 10
137MEMORIES
  John Mayall (with Jerry McGee & Larry Taylor) (Polydor PD 5012)
139  3
138LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM
  Mason Proffit (Ampex A 10138)
140  5
139SURVIVAL
  Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SW-764)
133 32
140TRUTH OF TRUTHS
  Various Artists (Oak OR 1001)
144  4
141THE JEWISH AMERICAN PRINCESS
  Bob Booker & George Foster (Bell 6063)
142  4
142GOLDEN BISCUITS
  Three Dog Night (Dunhill DSX-50098)
137 42
143LOOK AT YOURSELF
  Uriah Heep (Mercury SRM-1-614)
118 10
144B, S & T; 4
  Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia KC 30590)
141 22
145MIRROR
  Emitt Rhodes (Dunhill DSX-50111)
150  2
146THRU THE YEARS
  John Mayall (London 2PS 600/1)
149  2
147SO LONG, BANNATYNE
  Guess Who (RCA Victor LSP-4574)
135 16
148IF NOT FOR YOU
  Olivia Newton-John (Uni 73117)
 —  1
149PAIS TROPICAL
  Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’77 (A&M SP-4315)
147  7
150LOVE IT TO DEATH
  Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. WS 1883)
148 37
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