The 20th of February 1973
Official U.K. Albums Chart results from Sunday the 18th to Saturday the 24th of February 1973
Cut-off for sales figures was up to the end of Saturday the 17th of February
Results counted from Sunday the 18th,
announced on Tuesday the 20th,
and broadcast on B.B.C. Radio 1 on Sunday the 25th of February 1973.
The Osmonds
Crazy Horses
At No.24, on the “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart” on my 1st Birthday, is The Osmonds with “Crazy Horses”.
I’ve already mentioned the “Crazy Horses” single, quite extensively, a couple of times already.
Now it’s the turn of “Crazy Horses”, the album.
As I have mentioned earlier,..
…my eldest sister owned this album, and so I have memories from the earliest times of my childhood, hearing this in the air.
By saying that, this doesn’t mean my world was filled by cheesy music, as can sometimes be the assumptions to the Osmonds from a casual music listener.
This band of brothers, now they were getting some musical freedom, to write, to compose, and to play (and they could play), had given them some respect and significance.
This album punched well above its weight. Others have stated that it’s an important album in the evolution of Heavy Metal. In fact, American Music Journalist Chuck Eddy compiled a book entitled “The Five Hundred Best Heavy Metal Albums In The Universe”, and no, this Osmonds album isn’t at 500, it isn’t even halfway.
No, he’s ranked “Crazy Horses” at No.66.
So yeah, it wasn’t a bad thing hearing this around the house.
The other thing that I never thought about before, was that I thought my sister was like 14 or 15 years old when she got this, but instead, having been born in December 1962, was more like 9 or 10.
As for its behaviour in the U.K. Album Chart,..
…well, it came along just in time for Christmas 1972, when it entered at No.20 on the 10th of December.
For the next two weeks, it would sit one place higher, at No.19, which would see it through the holidays.
It seems, in that festive week, a lot of people, who’d probably gained a lot of music vouchers to spend after the wrapping paper had well and truly been ripped away, went out and bought this album as, by the next chart, from New Years Eve, it had shot up to the Top 10.
A week later, fully into a new year, it hit its peak of No.9 and, even though it slipped one or two places during the rest of January 1973, it went back up to visit No.9 as the month turned to February, but as we approach this weeks chart, it falters back down.
Next week it will drop 10 further places back to No.34. However, two weeks later will see it bounce right back to No.24 again, where it will stay for 2 further weeks.
It will bounce around this area for another couple of weeks after, before dropping out after the last day of March.
Going further into the year, it will make a 2-week appearance, beginning the 22nd of April, and see in the month of May, before it falls out again after the 5th.
The last appearance will be from the 20th of that month, where it will roll back in at No.47, before flooring it out of the chart for good, leaving a trail of 19 weeks of U.K. Chart action behind it.
I’ve created my own separate playlists for both Sides 1 and 2 of this album with (I hope) the correct versions and the original track sequencing order for the U.K. release.
Side 1
Side 2
Many thanks go to the following YouTube Channels for providing the chance to hear this music once again.
Please show your appreciation by visiting their channel:
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the week of my 1st Birthday:
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the day I was born:
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