| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1971 |
| TOP 100 POP ALBUMS (As published in the December 25, 1971, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR – Various Artists (Decca) |
| 2 | TAPESTRY – Carole King (Ode) |
| 3 | TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN – Cat Stevens (A&M) |
| 4 | MUD SLIDE SLIM AND THE BLUE HORIZON – James Taylor (Warner Bros.) |
| 5 | STICKY FINGERS – The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones) |
| 6 | PEARL – Janis Joplin (Columbia) |
| 7 | ABRAXAS – Santana (Columbia) |
| 8 | CARPENTERS (A&M) |
| 9 | RAM – Paul & Linda McCartney (Apple) |
| 10 | GOLDEN BISQUITS – Three Dog Night (Dunhill) |
| 11 | UP TO DATE – The Partridge Family (Bell) |
| 12 | LOVE STORY – Original Soundtrack (Paramount) |
| 13 | CLOSE TO YOU – Carpenters (A&M) |
| 14 | AQUALUNG – Jethro Tull (Reprise) |
| 15 | 4 WAY STREET – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic) |
| 16 | EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY – Rod Stewart (Mercury) |
| 17 | CHICAGO III – Chicago (Columbia) |
| 18 | PARANOID – Black Sabbath (Warner Bros.) |
| 19 | THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY ALBUM (Bell) |
| 20 | PENDULUM – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy) |
| 21 | ALL THINGS MUST PASS – George Harrison (Apple) |
| 22 | SWEET BABY JAMES – James Taylor (Warner Bros.) |
| 23 | NATURALLY – Three Dog Night (Dunhill) |
| 24 | L.A. WOMAN – The Doors (Elektra) |
| 25 | EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER (Cotillion) |
| 26 | TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION – Elton John (Uni) |
| 27 | SURVIVAL – Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol) |
| 28 | GREATEST HITS – Sly & The Family Stone (Epic) |
| 29 | WHAT’S GOING ON – Marvin Gaye (Tamla) |
| 30 | ELTON JOHN (Uni) |
| 31 | ARETHA LIVE AT FILLMORE WEST – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) |
| 32 | WHO’S NEXT – The Who (Decca) |
| 33 | THE BEST OF THE GUESS WHO (RCA Victor) |
| 34 | LOVE STORY – Andy Williams (Columbia) |
| 35 | EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR – The Moody Blues (Threshold) |
| 36 | THE CRY OF LOVE – Jimi Hendrix (Reprise) |
| 37 | POEMS, PRAYERS & PROMISES – John Denver (RCA Victor) |
| 38 | SHAFT – Original Soundtrack/Isaac Hayes (Enterprise) |
| 39 | ROSE GARDEN – Lynn Anderson (Columbia) |
| 40 | JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND (Apple) |
| 41 | MAYBE TOMORROW – The Jackson 5 (Motown) |
| 42 | GRAND FUNK LIVE – Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol) |
| 43 | OSMONDS – The Osmonds (MGM) |
| 44 | B, S & T; 4 – Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia) |
| 45 | TARKUS – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Cotillion) |
| 46 | WHALES & NIGHTINGALES – Judy Collins (Elektra) |
| 47 | CARLY SIMON (Elektra) |
| 48 | ONE WORLD – Rare Earth (Rare Earth) |
| 49 | BLUE – Joni Mitchell (Reprise) |
| 50 | THE SILVER TONGUED DEVIL AND I – Kris Kristofferson (Monument) |
| 51 | STEPHEN STILLS 2 (Atlantic) |
| 52 | STEPHEN STILLS (Atlantic) |
| 53 | THE WORST OF JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (RCA Victor) |
| 54 | SOUND MAGAZINE – The Partridge Family (Bell) |
| 55 | SKY’S THE LIMIT – The Temptations (Gordy) |
| 56 | LEON RUSSELL & THE SHELTER PEOPLE (Shelter) |
| 57 | 11-17-70 – Elton John (Uni) |
| 58 | MASTER OF REALITY – Black Sabbath (Warner Bros.) |
| 59 | CURTIS – Curtis Mayfield (Curtom) |
| 60 | SONGS FOR BEGINNERS – Graham Nash (Atlantic) |
| 61 | THE POINT! – Nilsson (RCA Victor) |
| 62 | STONEY END – Barbra Streisand (Columbia) |
| 63 | THE DONNY OSMOND ALBUM (MGM) |
| 64 | IT’S IMPOSSIBLE – Perry Como (RCA Victor) |
| 65 | CHASE (Epic) |
| 66 | THIS IS A RECORDING – Lily Tomlin (Polydor) |
| 67 | SHE’S A LADY – Tom Jones (Parrot) |
| 68 | WOODSTOCK TWO – Various Artists (Cotillion) |
| 69 | AT FILLMORE EAST – The Allman Brothers Band (Capricorn) |
| 70 | IMAGINE – John Lennon (Apple) |
| 71 | LOVE’S LINES, ANGLES AND RHYMES – The 5th Dimension (Bell) |
| 72 | LOVE IT TO DEATH – Alice Cooper (Warner Bros.) |
| 73 | EMITT RHODES (Dunhill) |
| 74 | NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE – Mountain (Windfall) |
| 75 | WOODSTOCK – Original Soundtrack/Various Artists (Cotillion) |
| 76 | IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME – David Crosby (Atlantic) |
| 77 | BARK – Jefferson Airplane (Grunt) |
| 78 | HOMEMADE – The Osmonds (MGM) |
| 79 | IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise) |
| 80 | SWEETHEART – Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot) |
| 81 | BURT BACHARACH (A&M) |
| 82 | INDIAN RESERVATION – The Raiders (Columbia) |
| 83 | TARKIO – Brewer & Shipley (Kama Sutra) |
| 84 | THIRDS – The James Gang (Dunhill) |
| 85 | ELVIS COUNTRY (“I’m 10,000 Years Old”) – Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) |
| 86 | 5TH – Lee Michaels (A&M) |
| 87 | LED ZEPPELIN III (Atlantic) |
| 88 | FOR THE GOOD TIMES – Ray Price (Columbia) |
| 89 | BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE – Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship (RCA Victor) |
| 90 | BLESSED ARE – Joan Baez (Vanguard) |
| 91 | STEPPENWOLF GOLD (Dunhill) |
| 92 | PORTRAIT – The 5th Dimension (Bell) |
| 93 | 2 YEARS ON – The Bee Gees (Atco) |
| 94 | BLACK SABBATH (Warner Bros.) |
| 95 | MANNA – Bread (Elektra) |
| 96 | A SPACE IN TIME – Ten Years After (Columbia) |
| 97 | LIVE IN COOK COUNTY JAIL – B.B. King (ABC) |
| 98 | HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYNOLDS (Dunhill) |
| 99 | BARBRA JOAN STREISAND (Columbia) |
| 100 | TO BE CONTINUED – Isaac Hayes (Enterprise) |
