Monday February 1, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending January 30, 1971



TWLW2WK3WKWKS
1 ALL THINGS MUST PASS 1 1 1 7
George Harrison (Apple STCH 639)
2 PENDULUM 2 3 4 6
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8410)
3 ABRAXAS 3 2 2 18
Santana (Columbia KC 30130)
4 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 5 5 5 12
Original Broadway Soundtrack (Decca DXSA 7206)
5 JOHN LENNON / PLASTIC ONO BAND 4 4 3 6
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (Apple SW 3372)
6 THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY ALBUM 6 7 9 15
Partridge Family (Bell 6050)
7 GREATEST HITS 7 6 6 13
Sly & The Family Stone (Epic KE 30325)
8 ELTON JOHN 9 9 11 18
Elton John (UNI 73090)
9 STEPHEN STILLS 8 8 7 10
Stephen Stills (Atlantic SD 7202)
10 LIVE ALBUM 10 10 8 10
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SWBB 633)
11 CLOSE TO YOU 11 11 10 19
Carpenters (A&M SP-4271)
12 SWEET BABY JAMES 13 14 15 48
James Taylor (WB BS 1843)
13 THE WORST OF JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 14 12 12 9
Jefferson Airplane (RCA LSP-4459)
14 PORTRAIT 17 19 35 23
Fifth Dimension (Bell 6045)
15 WHALES AND NIGHTINGALES 18 20 22 10
Judy Collins (Elektra EKS-75010)
16 TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION 38 76 -- 3  
Elton John (UNI 73096)
17 WATT 19 22 26 7
Ten Years After (Deram SMAS 93428)
18 EMITT RHODES 24 26 32 10
Emitt Rhodes (Dunhill DS 50089)
19 LOVE STORY 39 62 86 4  
Original Film Soundtrack (Paramount PAS-6002)
20 LED ZEPPELIN III 12 13 13 15
Led Zeppelin (Atlantic SD 7201)
21 CHICAGO II 22 24 28 52
Chicago (Columbia CS 9962)
22 NATURALLY 15 15 14 7
Three Dog Night (ABC/Dunhill DSX 50088)
23 BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE 20 21 25 8
Paul Kantner / Jefferson Starship (RCA LSP-4448)
24 WOODSTOCK 16 16 16 37
Original Film Soundtrack (Cotillion SD 3-500)
25 TOMMY 25 18 21 65
Who (Decca DXSW 7205)
26 TAP ROOT MANUSCRIPT 23 17 18 11
Neil Diamond (UNI 73092)
27 COSMO'S FACTORY 21 27 19 28
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8402)
28 . . . TO BE CONTINUED 28 29 20 10
Isaac Hayes (Enterprise ENS-1014)
29 THIRD ALBUM 26 23 17 19
Jackson 5 (Motown S-718)
30 BLACK SABBATH 33 28 30 19
Black Sabbath (WB WS 1871)
31 CANDIDA 34 38 41 10
Dawn (Bell 6052)
32 VERY DIONNE 31 33 37 8
Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS 587)
33 FOR THE GOOD TIMES 35 35 34 14
Ray Price (Columbia C 30106)
34 STEPPENWOLF 7 36 31 23 12
Steppenwolf (ABC/Dunhill DSX 50090)
35 AMERICAN BEAUTY 27 25 24 9
Grateful Dead (WB WS 1893)
36 AFTER THE GOLD RUSH 30 32 36 21
Neil Young (Reprise RS 6383)
37 13 32 34 29 7
Doors (Elektra EKS-74049)
38 THAT'S THE WAY IT IS 29 30 27 9
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP 4445)
39 CURTIS 42 44 49 16
Curtis Mayfield (Curtom CRS 8005)
40 HIS BAND AND THE STREET CHOIR 43 43 48 7
Van Morrison (WB WS 1884)
41 NEW MORNING 37 36 33 12
Bob Dylan (Columbia KC 30290)
42 LOLA VERSUS POWERMAN AND THE MONEYGOROUND, PART 1 40 39 40 8
Kinks (Reprise RS 6423)
43 THE FLIP WILSON SHOW 48 50 56 7
Flip Wilson (Little David LD 2000)
44 CHRISTMAS AND BEADS OF SWEAT 49 55 67 5
Laura Nyro (Columbia KC 30259)
45 2 YEARS ON 75 84 -- 3  
Bee Gees (Atco SD 33-353)
46 EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING 41 37 31 10
Diana Ross (Motown MS 724)
47 CLOSER TO HOME 45 48 50 31
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-471)
48 PEARL -- -- -- 1  
Janis Joplin (Columbia KC 30322)
49 BLOODROCK 2 55 67 71 9
Bloodrock (Capitol ST 491)
50 ELVIS COUNTRY (I'M 10,000 YEARS OLD) 70 -- -- 2  
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-4460)
51 DEJA VU 46 53 58 45
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 7200)
52 WHAT ABOUT ME 82 -- -- 2  
Quicksilver Messenger Service (Capitol SMAS 630)
53 GOLD 47 41 42 24
Neil Diamond (UNI 73084)
54 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER 50 56 61 51
Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia KCS 9914)
55 CHICAGO III -- -- -- 1  
Chicago (Columbia C2 30110)
56 A QUESTION OF BALANCE 54 51 46 21
Moody Blues (Threshold THS 3)
57 THE BLACK MAN'S BURDON 51 42 45 8
Eric Burdon & War (MGM SE 4710-2)
58 SHARE THE LAND 44 40 38 16  
Guess Who (RCA LSP 4359)
59 WITH LOVE, BOBBY 53 46 43 15
Bobby Sherman (Metromedia KMD 1032)
60 THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW 58 64 55 12
Johnny Cash (Columbia KC 30100)
61 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND 72 80 -- 3  
Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise RS 6392)
62 NO DICE 52 45 39 10
Badfinger (Apple ST-3367)
63 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE 73 85 -- 3
Perry Como (RCA LSP-4473)
64 ROSE GARDEN 85 96 -- 3  
Lynn Anderson (Columbia C 30411)
65 NOW I'M A WOMAN 67 52 54 10
Nancy Wilson (Capitol ST 541)
66 MOST OF ALL 69 72 83 4
B.J. Thomas (Scepter SPS 586)
67 GET YER YA-YA'S OUT! - THE ROLLING STONES IN CONCERT 56 47 44 17  
Rolling Stones (London NPS-5)
68 MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN 57 61 51 23  
Joe Cocker (A&M SP-6002)
69 GREATEST HITS II 61 59 66 19
Temptations (Gordy GLPS 954)
70 I THINK, THEREFORE I AM 76 87 -- 3
R. Dean Taylor (Rare Earth RS 522)
71 I WHO HAVE NOTHING 59 49 47 13  
Tom Jones (Parrot XPAS 71039)
72 WE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER 68 66 68 11
Buddy Miles (Mercury SR 61313)
73 A TRIBUTE TO THE BEST DAMN FIDDLE PLAYER IN THE WORLD 77 75 80 6
Merle Haggard (Capitol ST 638)
74 LIVE AT LEEDS 62 69 70 37  
Who (Decca DL 79175)
75 ONE BAD APPLE 87 94 -- 3  
Osmonds (MGM SE-4724)
76 ALARM CLOCK 81 82 89 6
Richie Havens (Stormy Forest SFS 6005)
77 JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE 60 54 52 30  
Traffic (United Artists UAS 5504)
78 U.S.A. UNION 63 58 63 16  
John Mayall (Polydor 24-4022)
79 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 74 74 72 10
Supremes & Four Tops (Motown MS 717)
80 TWELVE DREAMS OF DR. SARDONICUS 83 88 94 6
Spirit (Epic E 30267)
81 JAMES TAYLOR 71 79 73 19
James Taylor (Apple SKAO 3352)
82 CHAPTER 2 84 90 91 20
Roberta Flack (Atlantic SD 1569)
83 EVERYTHING'S GOOD ABOUT YOU -- -- -- 1  
Lettermen (Capitol ST 634)
84 INDIANOLA MISSISSIPPI SEEDS 64 65 57 15  
B.B. King (ABC ABCS 713)
85 JAMES TAYLOR AND THE ORIGINAL FLYING MACHINE 88 -- -- 2
James Taylor (Euphoria EST 2)
86 LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS 66 70 65 10  
Derek & The Dominos (Atco SD 2-704)
87 MORNING -- -- -- 1  
Jim Ed Brown (RCA LSP 4461)
88 WASHINGTON COUNTY 78 60 62 14
Arlo Guthrie (Reprise RS 6411)
89 STILLNESS 91 92 -- 3
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M SP-4284)
90 THEME FROM LOVE STORY 94 -- -- 2
Henry Mancini (RCA LSP 4466)
91 SECOND THOUGHTS 93 93 95 7
McKendree Spring (Decca DL 75230)
92 SALISBURY 92 98 -- 3
Uriah Heep (Mercury SR 61319)
93 WRONG END OF THE RAINBOW 97 100 -- 3
Tom Rush (Columbia C 30402)
94 SONG OF NORWAY 95 95 -- 3
Original Film Soundtrack (ABC ABCS OC-14)
95 JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN 86 89 88 29
James Gang (ABC S-711)
96 IDLEWILD SOUTH 89 77 76 10
Allman Brothers Band (Atco SD 342)
97 SLAYPHUS -- -- -- 1  
Cold Blood (San Francisco SD 205)
98 SNOWBIRD 99 71 79 18
Anne Murray (Capitol ST 579)
99 MCGUINNESS FLINT 100 99 -- 3
McGuinness Flint (Apple SMAS 625)
100 THE SESAME STREET BOOK AND RECORD 90 73 60 27
Original TV Cast Recording (Columbia CS 1069)

designates a album that was up more than 10 spots this week
designates a album that was down more than 10 spots this week

designates a album that entered the chart this week

Albums which dropped out of the Top 100 this week:

   • "Atom Heart Mother" by Pink Floyd (# 65)
   • "Looking In" by Savoy Brown (# 79)
   • "(Untitled)" by Byrds (# 80)
   • "Yellow River" by Christie (# 96)
   • "We've Only Just Begun" by Ray Conniff & The Singers (# 98)

  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us