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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1972. These were the best charting albums in Australia for 1972. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".
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Title
Artist
Highest pos. reached
weeks at No. 1
1.
Teaser and the Firecat
Cat Stevens
1
15
2.
Thick as a Brick
Jethro Tull
1
11
3.
American Pie
Don McLean
1
11
4.
Slade Alive!
Slade
1
12 (pkd #1 in 1972 & 73)
5.
Harvest
Neil Young
1
1
6.
Machine Head
Deep Purple
1
2
7.
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
2
8.
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
2
9.
Nilsson Schmilsson
Nilsson
2
10.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Original Studio Recording
6
11.
Moods
Neil Diamond
4
12.
Catch Bull at Four
Cat Stevens
1
7
13.
Imagine
John Lennon
1
2
14.
School's Out
Alice Cooper
5
15.
Honky Chateau
Elton John
4
16.
Great Hits of the Carpenters
The Carpenters
3
17.
A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
The Faces
4
18.
Never a Dull Moment
Rod Stewart
3
19.
Exile on Main Street
The Rolling Stones
2
20.
America
America
3
21.
Aztecs Live at Sunbury
The Aztecs
4
22.
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
5
23.
Every Picture Tells a Story
Rod Stewart
1
(pkd #1 in 1971)
24.
Wild Life
Wings
3
25.
Fireball
Deep Purple
5
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 albums for each week.
source: David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"
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