Editing 1975 in music (section)

==Albums released==

===January===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |8
| ''[[Promised Land (Elvis Presley album)|Promised Land]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Forever, Michael]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Blood on the Tracks]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |23
| ''[[Never Can Say Goodbye (Gloria Gaynor album)|Never Can Say Goodbye]]'' || [[Gloria Gaynor]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |29
| ''[[An Evening with John Denver]]'' || [[John Denver]] || Live
|-
|rowspan="15" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Commoners Crown]]'' || [[Steeleye Span]] ||-
|-
| ''Don't Cha Love It'' || [[The Miracles]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Down by the Jetty]]'' || [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The First Minute of a New Day]]'' || [[Gil Scott-Heron]] and [[Brian Jackson (musician)|Brian Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flavours (The Guess Who album)|Flavours]]'' || [[The Guess Who]] ||-
|-
| ''It's Time'' || [[Bonnie Bramlett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Melissa (Melissa Manchester album)|Melissa]]'' || [[Melissa Manchester]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Modern Times (Al Stewart album)|Modern Times]]'' || [[Al Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''New Year, New Band, New Company'' || [[John Mayall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Picture Music]]'' || [[Klaus Schulze]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Play Don't Worry]]'' || [[Mick Ronson]] ||-
|-
| ''Plug Me Into Something'' || [[Henry Gross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scorching Beauty]]'' || [[Iron Butterfly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sunday's Child]]'' || [[John Martyn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Urban Renewal (Tower of Power album)|Urban Renewal]]'' || [[Tower of Power]] ||-
|-
|}

===February===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Mister Magic]]'' || [[Grover Washington, Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pieces of the Sky]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Have You Never Been Mellow]]'' || [[Olivia Newton-John]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Fly by Night (album)|Fly by Night]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On the Level]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Bolan's Zip Gun]]'' || [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |17
| ''[[High Voltage (1975 album)|High Voltage]]'' || [[AC/DC]] || Australia-only; Debut
|-
| ''[[Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)|Rock 'n' Roll]]'' || [[John Lennon]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[The Bargain Store]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Desperate Straights]]'' || [[Slapp Happy]] and [[Henry Cow]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Physical Graffiti]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |27
| ''[[On Your Feet or on Your Knees]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] || Live
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |28
| ''[[Welcome to My Nightmare]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8109-3708-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Yesterdays (Yes album)|Yesterdays]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || Compilation
|-
|rowspan="12" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Ambrosia (album)|Ambrosia]]'' || [[Ambrosia (band)|Ambrosia]] || Debut Album
|-
| ''[[Changing Woman (album)|Changing Woman]]'' || [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cold on the Shoulder (Gordon Lightfoot album)|Cold on the Shoulder]]'' || [[Gordon Lightfoot]] ||-
|-
| ''Dixie Rock'' || [[Wet Willie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For Earth Below]]'' || [[Robin Trower]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mad Dog (album)|Mad Dog]]'' || [[John Entwistle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Really Rosie]]'' || [[Carole King]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Song for America]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Street Rats]]'' || [[Humble Pie]] ||-
|-
| ''Then Came You'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unrequited (album)|Unrequited]]'' || [[Loudon Wainwright III]] || Studio and live
|-
| ''[[Visions of the Emerald Beyond]]'' || [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]] ||-
|-
|}

===March===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |3
| ''[[That's the Way of the World]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] || Soundtrack<ref name=RIAA>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=+Earth%2C+Wind+%26+Fire&ti=That%27s+The+Way+Of+The+World&lab=&genre=&format=Album&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=M&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: That's The Way Of The World|publisher=[[RIAA]]|website=riaa.com}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Young Americans]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel album)|The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' || [[Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Rotters' Club (album)|The Rotters' Club]]'' || [[Hatfield and the North]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Blue Jays (album)|Blue Jays]]'' || [[Justin Hayward]] and [[John Lodge (musician)|John Lodge]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Funny Lady (soundtrack)|Funny Lady]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] || Soundtrack
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Judith (album)|Judith]]'' || [[Judy Collins]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hearts (America album)|Hearts]]'' || [[America (band)|America]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tommy (soundtrack)|Tommy]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Rubycon (album)|Rubycon]]'' || [[Tangerine Dream]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Chicago VIII]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nuthin' Fancy]]'' || [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Specs Appeal]]'' || [[The Shadows]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |25
| ''[[Just Another Way to Say I Love You]]'' || [[Barry White]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slow Dazzle (album)|Slow Dazzle]]'' || [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |26
| ''[[A Quiet Storm]]'' || [[Smokey Robinson]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |27
| ''[[The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table]]'' || [[Rick Wakeman]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |28
| ''[[Blow by Blow]]'' || [[Jeff Beck]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Straight Shooter (Bad Company album)|Straight Shooter]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ian Hunter (album)|Ian Hunter]]'' || [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="22" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Katy Lied]]'' || [[Steely Dan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lou Reed Live]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Original Soundtrack]]'' || [[10cc]] || –
|-
| ''[[Frampton (album)|Frampton]]'' || [[Peter Frampton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bundles (album)|Bundles]]'' || [[Soft Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Switch (Golden Earring album)|Switch]]'' || [[Golden Earring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Deceiver]]'' || [[Kevin Ayers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[There's One in Every Crowd]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Sides of the Moon]]'' || [[Keith Moon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Between the Lines (Janis Ian album)|Between the Lines]]'' || [[Janis Ian]] ||-
|-
| ''Songbird'' || [[Jesse Colin Young]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Duit on Mon Dei]]'' || [[Harry Nilsson]] ||-
|-
| ''Feelings'' || [[Paul Anka]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feel Like Makin' Love (album)|Feel Like Makin' Love]]'' || [[Roberta Flack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Go Girl Crazy!]]'' || [[The Dictators]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Great Fatsby]]'' || [[Leslie West]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'll Play for You]]'' || [[Seals & Crofts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let There Be Music]]'' || [[Orleans (band)|Orleans]] ||-
|-
| ''Spring Fever'' || [[Rick Derringer]] ||-
|-
|}

===April===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Journey (Journey album)|Journey]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |2
| ''[[The Manhattan Transfer (album)|The Manhattan Transfer]]'' || [[The Manhattan Transfer]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Will O' the Wisp (album)|Will O' The Wisp]]'' || [[Leon Russell]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |8
| ''[[Toys in the Attic (album)|Toys in the Attic]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chocolate City (album)|Chocolate City]]'' || [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |11
| ''[[Fish Rising]]'' || [[Steve Hillage]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Spirit of America (The Beach Boys album)|Spirit of America]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Compilation
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Playing Possum]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |18
| ''[[Fandango!]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] || Half live/half studio
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |21
| ''[[ABBA (album)|ABBA]]'' || [[ABBA]] ||<ref>{{Cite book|title=Guinness Book of Rock Stars|last1=Rees|first1=Dafydd|last2=Crampton|first2=Luke|publisher=Guinness Publishing Ltd.|year=1991|isbn=0-85112-971-4|location=Enfield|pages=1}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Let's Take It to the Stage]]'' || [[Funkadelic]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |22
| ''[[Jamaica Say You Will]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |25
| ''[[Stampede (The Doobie Brothers album)|Stampede]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Snow Goose (album)|The Snow Goose]]'' || [[Camel (band)|Camel]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="18" valign="top" |-
| ''[[USA (King Crimson album)|USA]]'' || [[King Crimson]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Hair of the Dog (album)|Hair of the Dog]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stars (Cher album)|Stars]]'' || [[Cher]] ||-
|-
| ''Ain't Life Grand'' || [[Black Oak Arkansas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Al Green's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Al Green]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Beau Brummels (album)|The Beau Brummels]]'' || [[The Beau Brummels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Beautiful Loser]]'' || [[Bob Seger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Diamonds & Rust]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|-
| ''Discothèque'' || [[Herbie Mann]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hokey Pokey (album)|Hokey Pokey]]'' || [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard]] and [[Linda Thompson (singer)|Linda Thompson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New City (album)|New City]]'' || [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Subtle as a Flying Mallet]]'' || [[Dave Edmunds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Survival (The O'Jays album)|Survival]]'' || [[The O'Jays]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tomorrow Belongs to Me (album)|Tomorrow Belongs to Me]]'' || [[Sensational Alex Harvey Band]] ||-
|-
|}

===May===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Coming Down Your Way]]'' || [[Three Dog Night]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Your Mamma Won't Like Me]]'' || [[Suzi Quatro]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Newborn (album)|Newborn]]'' || [[James Gang]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Today (Elvis Presley album)|Today]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |9
| ''[[Warrior on the Edge of Time]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Praise of Learning]]'' || [[Henry Cow]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Moving Violation]]'' || [[Jackson 5]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Soap Opera (album)|Soap Opera]]'' || [[The Kinks]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Steppin']]'' || [[Pointer Sisters]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |22
| ''[[Adventures in Paradise (Minnie Riperton album)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' || [[Minnie Riperton]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |23
| ''[[Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Initiation (Todd Rundgren album)|Initiation]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Will Keep Us Together (album)|Love Will Keep Us Together]]'' || [[Captain & Tennille]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |30
| ''[[Venus and Mars (Wings album)|Venus and Mars]]'' || [[Wings (band)|Wings]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="10" valign="top" |-
| ''[[America's Choice]]'' || [[Hot Tuna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gorilla (James Taylor album)|Gorilla]]'' || [[James Taylor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ernie Sings & Glen Picks]]'' || [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] and [[Glen Campbell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Four Wheel Drive (album)|Four Wheel Drive]]'' || [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Once Upon a Star]]'' || [[Bay City Rollers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red Headed Stranger]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard]]'' || [[Robert Wyatt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spirit of '76 (album)|Spirit of '76]]'' || [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tale Spinnin']]'' || [[Weather Report]] ||-
|-
| ''[[There's No Place Like America Today]]'' || [[Curtis Mayfield]] ||-
|-
|}

===June===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |6
| ''[[Made in the Shade]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Metamorphosis (The Rolling Stones album)|Metamorphosis]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || Outtakes recorded 1964–70
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |10
| ''[[One of These Nights]]'' || [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Red Octopus]]'' || [[Jefferson Starship]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Return to Fantasy]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Why Can't We Be Friends?]]'' || [[War (U.S. band)|War]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Cat Stevens album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Cat Stevens]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[It's My Pleasure]]'' || [[Billy Preston]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tonight's the Night (Neil Young album)|Tonight's the Night]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |23
| ''[[Stills (Stephen Stills album)|Stills]]'' || [[Stephen Stills]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |25
| ''[[One Size Fits All (Frank Zappa album)|One Size Fits All]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] and [[The Mothers of Invention]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |26
| ''[[The Basement Tapes]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] & [[The Band]] || Recorded 1967–75
|-
| rowspan="13" valign="top" | -
| ''[[Cut the Cake (album)|Cut the Cake]]'' || [[Average White Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stand Back (April Wine album)|Stand Back]]'' || [[April Wine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Dream Weaver]]'' || [[Gary Wright]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dreaming My Dreams (Waylon Jennings album)|Dreaming My Dreams]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Heat Is On (album)|The Heat Is On]]'' || [[The Isley Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''The Hit Man'' || [[Eddie Kendricks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Horizon (The Carpenters album)|Horizon]]'' || [[The Carpenters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[HQ (album)|HQ]]'' || [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jasmine Nightdreams]]'' || [[Edgar Winter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Main Course]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rising for the Moon]]'' || [[Fairport Convention]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trying to Burn the Sun]]'' || [[Elf (band)|Elf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Tubes (album)|The Tubes]]'' || [[The Tubes]] ||-
|-
|}

===July===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Trooper (album)|Trooper]]'' || [[Trooper (band)|Trooper]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Ride a Rock Horse]]'' || [[Roger Daltrey]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |11
| ''[[Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)|Fleetwood Mac]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] ||US
|-
| ''[[From Mighty Oaks]]'' || [[Ray Thomas]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |28
| ''[[Free Hand]]'' || [[Gentle Giant]] || US
|-
| ''[[Sabotage (Black Sabbath album)|Sabotage]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] || US
|-
|rowspan="18" valign="top" |-
| ''[[KC and the Sunshine Band (album)|KC and the Sunshine Band]]'' || [[KC and the Sunshine Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now Look]]'' || [[Ronnie Wood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ego Is Not a Dirty Word]]'' || [[Skyhooks (band)|Skyhooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fire on the Bayou]]'' || [[The Meters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Force It]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Futurama (Be-Bop Deluxe album)|Futurama]]'' || [[Be-Bop Deluxe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Half a Love]]'' || [[The Chi-Lites]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Head over Heels (Poco album)|Head over Heels]]'' || [[Poco (band)|Poco]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Higher They Climb]]'' || [[David Cassidy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the City (Tavares album)|In the City]]'' || [[Tavares (band)|Tavares]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Metal Machine Music]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Outlaws (Outlaws album)|Outlaws]]'' || [[Outlaws (band)|Outlaws]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Power in the Music]]'' || [[The Guess Who]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rhinestone Cowboy (album)|Rhinestone Cowboy]]'' || [[Glen Campbell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scheherazade and Other Stories]]'' || [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]] ||-
|-
| ''Sha Na Now'' || [[Sha Na Na]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stop (Eric Burdon Band album)|Stop]]'' || [[Eric Burdon|Eric Burdon Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Time We Mean It]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||-
|-
|
|''[[Armageddon (Armageddon album)|Armageddon]]''
|[[Armageddon (A&M band)|Armageddon]]
|
|-
|}

===August===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Atlantic Crossing]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |18
| ''[[Daryl Hall & John Oates (album)|Daryl Hall & John Oates]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Phoenix (Labelle album)|Phoenix]]'' || [[Labelle]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Deluxe (Harmonia album)|Deluxe]]'' || [[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |22
| ''[[Man-Child]]'' || [[Herbie Hancock]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nightingales & Bombers]]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Love to Love You Baby (album)|Love to Love You Baby]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |28
| ''[[The Best of Michael Jackson]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] || Compilation
|-
|rowspan="14" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Acid Queen]]'' || [[Tina Turner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Al Green Is Love]]'' || [[Al Green]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Caught in the Act (Grand Funk Railroad album)|Caught in the Act]]'' || [[Grand Funk Railroad]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Dreamboat Annie]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] || Canada; released in US Feb. '76
|-
| ''[[E. C. Was Here]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Honey (Ohio Players album)|Honey]]'' || [[Ohio Players]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mellow Madness]]'' || [[Quincy Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pick of the Litter (The Spinners album)|Pick of the Litter]]'' || [[The Spinners (American band)|The Spinners]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Searchin' for a Rainbow]]'' || [[The Marshall Tucker Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So Fine (Loggins and Messina album)|So Fine]]'' || [[Loggins & Messina]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spirit of the Boogie]]'' || [[Kool & The Gang]] ||-
|-
| ''Stamp Album'' || [[Climax Blues Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Timewind]]'' || [[Klaus Schulze]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Win, Lose or Draw (album)|Win, Lose or Draw]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] ||-
|-
|}

===September===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Born to Run]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blues for Allah]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]]'' || [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Minstrel in the Gallery]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] || Live
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Fighting (Thin Lizzy album)|Fighting]]'' || [[Thin Lizzy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second Chapter]]'' || [[Danny Kirwan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)|Wish You Were Here]]'' || [[Pink Floyd]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Fool for the City]]'' || [[Foghat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wind on the Water]]'' || [[Crosby & Nash]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |17
| ''[[In Trance]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |22
| ''[[Extra Texture (Read All About It)]]'' || [[George Harrison]] || U.S. release. 3 October in U.K.
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Caress of Steel]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Portrait Gallery (album)|Portrait Gallery]]'' || [[Harry Chapin]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |30
| ''[[Clearly Love]]'' || [[Olivia Newton-John]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="25" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Another Green World]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Another Year (Leo Sayer album)|Another Year]]'' || [[Leo Sayer]] ||-
|-
| ''Artful Dodger'' || [[Artful Dodger (U.S. band)|Artful Dodger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bandolier (album)|Bandolier]]'' || [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bay City Rollers (album)|Bay City Rollers]]'' || [[Bay City Rollers]] || Compilation; North America debut
|-
| ''[[Captured Angel]]'' || [[Dan Fogelberg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Car Over the Lake Album]]'' || [[The Ozark Mountain Daredevils]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Changing All the Time]]'' || [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Face the Music (Electric Light Orchestra album)|Face the Music]]'' || [[Electric Light Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hotline (J. Geils Band album)|Hotline]]'' || [[The J. Geils Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Slot]]'' || [[Tower of Power]] ||-
|-
| ''[[John Fogerty (album)|John Fogerty]]'' || [[John Fogerty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Landed (album)|Landed]]'' || [[Can (band)|Can]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Masque (Kansas album)|Masque]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Maximum Darkness]]'' || [[Man (band)|Man]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prisoner in Disguise]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Procol's Ninth]]'' || [[Procol Harum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sound of Sunshine]]'' || [[KC and the Sunshine Band|The Sunshine Band]] || Instrumental
|-
| ''[[Symphonion Dream]]'' || [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ted Nugent (album)|Ted Nugent]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thirteen Blue Magic Lane]]'' || [[Blue Magic (band)|Blue Magic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Warner Bros. Presents (Montrose album)|Warner Bros. Presents]]'' || [[Montrose (band)|Montrose]] ||-
|-
| ''Waterbed'' || [[Herbie Mann]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Windsong]]'' || [[John Denver]] ||-
|-
| ''X-Rated'' || [[Black Oak Arkansas]] ||-
|-
|}

===October===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Tryin' to Get the Feeling]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Bongo Fury]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] & [[The Mothers of Invention]] with [[Captain Beefheart]] || Live + some studio tracks
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |3
| ''[[The Who by Numbers]]'' || [[The Who]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Godbluff]]'' || [[Van der Graaf Generator]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Breakaway (Art Garfunkel album)|Breakaway]]'' || [[Art Garfunkel]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |16
| ''[[You (Aretha Franklin album)|You]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Still Crazy After All These Years]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/6288-3439-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Shaved Fish]]'' || [[John Lennon]] || Compilation
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Siren (Roxy Music album)|Siren]]'' || [[Roxy Music]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock of the Westies]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Elton+John&ti=Rock+of+the+Westies&format=Album&type=#search_section|title=RIAA}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Angel (Angel album)|Angel]]'' || [[Angel (American band)|Angel]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |31
| ''[[Ommadawn]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/603/mode/2up|page=603|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Against the Grain (Rory Gallagher album)|Against the Grain]]'' || [[Rory Gallagher]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="25" valign="top" | -
| ''[[Mother Focus]]'' || [[Focus (band)|Focus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Movin' On (Commodores album)|Movin' On]]'' || [[Commodores]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Around My Hat (album)|All Around My Hat]]'' || [[Steeleye Span]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flying Again]]'' || [[The Flying Burrito Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Indiscreet (Sparks album)|Indiscreet]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lazy Afternoon (Barbra Streisand album)|Lazy Afternoon]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Malpractice (Dr. Feelgood album)|Malpractice]]'' || [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Voyage of the Acolyte]]'' || [[Steve Hackett]] || -
|-
| ''[[Nighthawks at the Diner]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] || Live
|-
| ''Downtown Flyers'' || [[Streetwalkers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sun and Steel (album)|Sun and Steel]]'' || [[Iron Butterfly]] ||-
|-
|}

===November===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |3
| ''[[History: America's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[America (band)|America]] ||Compilation 
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Dolly: The Seeker/We Used To]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Come Taste the Band]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1468-1581-2|title=Deep Purple certifications}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'' || [[Patti Smith]] ||<ref>{{cite book |title=Dancing Barefoot: The Patti Smith Story |last=Thompson |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Thompson (author) |publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-56976-325-4|page = 123}}</ref>
|-
| ''Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Zuma (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album)|Zuma]]'' || [[Neil Young]] & [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |11
| ''[[Gratitude (Earth, Wind & Fire album)|Gratitude]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Greatest Hits (ABBA album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[ABBA]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Schoolboys in Disgrace]]'' || [[The Kinks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Teaser (Tommy Bolin album)|Teaser]]'' || [[Tommy Bolin]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Fish Out of Water (Chris Squire album)|Fish Out of Water]]'' || [[Chris Squire]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2288-3606-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Nazareth album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||<ref name ="rym">{{cite web |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2649-1770-2|title=BPI certification}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |25
| ''[[Nightrider (album)|Nightrider]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |28
| ''[[A Night at the Opera (Queen album)|A Night at the Opera]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crisis? What Crisis?]]'' || [[Supertramp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Numbers (Cat Stevens album)|Numbers]]'' || [[Cat Stevens]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="23" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Heaven and Hell (Vangelis album)|Heaven and Hell]]'' || [[Vangelis]] ||<ref name="nemov02">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nemostudios.co.uk/nemo/main/vangelis/v02.htm |title=Vangelis &#124; A musical journey &#124; (Page 2 of 15) &#124; Vangelis Papathanassiou |author=<!-- Not stated --> |website=NemoStudios.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216003704/http://www.nemostudios.co.uk/nemo/main/vangelis/v02.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |url-status= |access-date=March 9, 2019 |quote="The first studio album to emerge from Nemo Studios was entitled 'Heaven and Hell', which was released in November 1975."}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Radio-Activity]]'' || [[Kraftwerk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Northern Lights – Southern Cross]]'' || [[The Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spanish Train and Other Stories]]'' || [[Chris de Burgh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best of Carly Simon]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Discreet Music]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Family Reunion (The O'Jays album)|Family Reunion]]'' || [[The O'Jays]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Helen of Troy (album)|Helen of Troy]]'' || [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hot Chocolate (album)|Hot Chocolate]]'' || [[Hot Chocolate]] ||-
|-
| ''[[If the Shoe Fits]]'' || [[Pure Prairie League]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's Only Love (Rita Coolidge album)|It's Only Love]]'' || [[Rita Coolidge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Last Record Album]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lisztomania (album)|Lisztomania]]'' || [[Rick Wakeman]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Mustard (album)|Mustard]]'' || [[Roy Wood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nomadness]]'' || [[Strawbs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pour Down Like Silver]]'' || [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard]] and [[Linda Thompson (singer)|Linda Thompson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pressure Drop (album)|Pressure Drop]]'' || [[Robert Palmer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (album)|Rufus featuring Chaka Khan]]'' || [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strung Up (Sweet album)|Strung Up]]'' || [[The Sweet|Sweet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Together (Anne Murray album)|Together]]'' || [[Anne Murray]] ||-
|-
| ''Track of the Cat'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] ||-
|-
|}

===December===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Elva kvinnor i ett hus]]''<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Elva kvinnor i ett hus |title-link=Elva kvinnor i ett hus |others=[[Agnetha Fältskog]] |year=1975 |first=Agnetha |last=Fältskog  |last2=Carlgren |first2=Bosse |type=liner notes |publisher=[[CBS Records International|Cupol]] |id=CLPS 351 |location=Stockholm, Sweden}}</ref> || [[Agnetha Fältskog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Equinox (Styx album)|Equinox]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[T.N.T. (album)|T.N.T.]]'' || [[AC/DC]] || Australia
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Stephen Stills Live]]'' || [[Stephen Stills]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Live! (Bob Marley & the Wailers album)|Live!]]'' || [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] || Live
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Blast from Your Past]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Marcus Garvey (album)|Marcus Garvey]]'' || [[Burning Spear]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Mothership Connection]]'' || [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |29
| ''[[Elite Hotel]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Evening Star (Fripp & Eno album)|Evening Star]]'' || [[Fripp & Eno]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Head On (Bachman–Turner Overdrive album)|Head On]]'' || [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ricochet (Tangerine Dream album)|Ricochet]]'' || [[Tangerine Dream]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Wouldn't You Like It?]]'' || [[Bay City Rollers]] ||-
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
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*''Afro-Filipino'' – [[Joe Bataan]]
*''[[Born to Be with You (album)|Born to Be with You]]'' – [[Dion DiMucci]] + produced by [[Phil Spector]]
*''[[Brass Construction (album)|Brass Construction]]'' – [[Brass Construction]]
*''[[Chuck Berry (1975 album)|Chuck Berry]]'' – [[Chuck Berry]]
*''[[Come Again (The Jaggerz album)|Come Again]]'' – [[the Jaggerz]]
*''[[Confusion (album)|Confusion]]'' – [[Fela Kuti]]
*''[[Crack the Sky (Crack the Sky album)|Crack the Sky]]'' – [[Crack The Sky]]
*''Cut Me While I'm Hot (The Sixties Sessions)'' – [[Dr. John]]
*''[[Das schönste im Leben]]'' – [[Die Flippers]]
*''[[Dreadlocks Dread]]'' – [[Big Youth]]
*''[[Ego Ti Eho Ke Ti Tha 'Ho]]'' – [[Tolis Voskopoulos]]<ref>Dragoumanos, Petros (2009). Elliniki Diskografia 1950–2009 (Greek Discography 1950–2009)</ref>
*''[[El amor (Julio Iglesias album)|El amor]]'' – [[Julio Iglesias]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Novas|first=Himilce|title=The Hispanic 100: a ranking of the Latino men and women who have most influenced American thought and culture|url=https://archive.org/details/hispanic100ranki00nova|url-access=registration|access-date=24 December 2012|date=1 January 1995|publisher=Carol Pub. Group|isbn=978-0-8065-1651-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/hispanic100ranki00nova/page/201 201]}}</ref>
*''[[Expensive Shit]]'' – [[Fela Kuti]]
*''[[Fox (album)|Fox]]'' – [[Fox (band)|Fox]] (debut)
*''[[A Funky Thide of Sings]]'' – [[Billy Cobham]]
*''[[Goodbye (Gene Ammons album)|Goodbye]]'' – [[Gene Ammons]]
*''[[High Step]]'' – [[Paul Chambers]] and [[John Coltrane]]
*''[[Home Plate (album)|Home Plate]]'' – [[Bonnie Raitt]]
*''[[Journey to Love]]'' – [[Stanley Clarke]]
*''[[Juice Newton & Silver Spur]]'' – [[Juice Newton and Silver Spur]]
*''[[The Köln Concert]]'' – [[Keith Jarrett]]
*''[[Live/Hhaï]]'' – [[Magma (band)|Magma]] – live
*''[[Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette]]'' – [[Mel Tormé]]
*''[[Montreux '75]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''[[Moxy (album)|Moxy]]'' – [[Moxy (band)|Moxy]]
*''[[Music Keeps Me Together]]'' – [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]]
*''[[Nasty Gal (album)|Nasty Gal]]'' – [[Betty Davis]]
*''[[Neu! '75]]'' – [[Neu!]]
*''[[Nils Lofgren (album)|Nils Lofgren]]'' – [[Nils Lofgren]]
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*''[[No Mystery]]'' – [[Return to Forever]]
*''[[No Reservations (Blackfoot album)|No Reservations]]'' – [[Blackfoot (band)|Blackfoot]]
*''[[Not a Little Girl Anymore (Linda Lewis album)|Not a Little Girl Anymore]]'' – [[Linda Lewis]]
*''[[Now (The Dubliners album)|Now]]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
*''[[Old No. 1]]'' – [[Guy Clark]]
*''[[The Other Side of Me (Andy Williams album)|The Other Side of Me]]'' – [[Andy Williams]]
*''[[Pampered Menial]]'' – [[Pavlov%27s_Dog_(band)|Pavlov's Dog]]
*''[[Power and the Passion (album)|Power and the Passion]]'' – [[Eloy (band)|Eloy]]
*''[[Pre-Creedence]]'' – [[The Golliwogs]] – compilation
*''[[Rimmel (album)|Rimmel]]'' – [[Francesco de Gregori]]
*''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show (soundtrack)|The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' – various artists – soundtrack
*''[[Ronnie Drew (album)|Ronnie Drew]]'' – [[Ronnie Drew]] (solo debut)
*''[[Say It Ain't So (album)]]'' – [[Murray Head]]
*''[[Solstice (album)|Solstice]]'' – [[Ralph Towner]]
*''[[The Sweet Singles Album]]'' – [[The Sweet|Sweet]]
*''[[Taking Off (David Sanborn album)|Taking Off]]'' – [[David Sanborn]]
*''[[Tails of Illusion]]'' – [[Fox (band)|Fox]]
*''[[Tea Break Over–Back on Your 'Eads!]]'' – [[If (band)|IF]]
*''Train Ride to Hollywood'' – [[Bloodstone (band)|Bloodstone]] – soundtrack to their [[Train Ride to Hollywood|feature movie]]
*''[[Trapeze (1975 album)|Trapeze]]'' – [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]]
*''[[Two Steps Forward, One Step Back]]'' – [[Patrick Sky]]
*''[[Velvet Donkey]]'' – [[Ivor Cutler]]
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