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List of top 25 albums for 1973 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1973. These were the best charting albums in Australia for 1973. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".

# Title Artist Highest pos. reached weeks at No. 1
1. Hot August Night Neil Diamond 1 29 (pkd #1 in 1973 & 74)
2. Red Rose Speedway Paul McCartney & Wings 1 3
3. The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 2
4. Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Elton John 1 3
5. Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin 1 3
6. Made in Japan Deep Purple 3
7. No Secrets Carly Simon 1 6
8. Seventh Sojourn The Moody Blues 2
9. Tommy London Symphony Orchestra and Chambre Choir with Guest Soloists 4
10. Slayed? Slade 1 6
11. The Divine Miss M Bette Midler 7
12. Now & Then The Carpenters 3
13. Living in the Past Jethro Tull 2
14. Slade Alive! Slade 1 12 (pkd #1 in 1972 & 73)
15. Who Do We Think We Are Deep Purple 5
16. Never Never Never Shirley Bassey 4
17. Goat's Head Soup The Rolling Stones 1 4 (pkd #1 in 1973 & 74)
18. Black Sabbath Vol 4 Black Sabbath 3
19. Touch Me Gary Glitter 11
20. Parabrahm Brian Cadd 6
21. Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper 4
22. Brian Cadd Brian Cadd 3
23. The Six Wives of Henry VIII Rick Wakeman 12
24. Living in the Material World George Harrison 2
25. Rainbow Neil Diamond 7

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"