Number 1 albums

Singles 1969-73 by The Carpenters reached number 1 on February 2nd for 4 weeks and stayed on the chart for 125. It returned to number 1 on March 9th for a further 11 weeks.

Old, New, Borrowed and Blue by Slade, charted for 16 weeks and reached number 1 on March 2nd for a week.
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Queen's debut album - Queen, charted for 18 weeks, reaching number 24.


Queen's debut was soon overtaken in the charts by
Queen II. It reached number 5 in 29 weeks on the chart.

The Sting soundtrack reached number 7 in 35 weeks on the chart.