Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 by 
PatrickD 
- Chart updated: 09/09/2018 05:15
- (Created: 01/10/2014 08:58).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/15/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
3,090
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2018]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
3,111
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[First added to this chart: 03/17/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
430
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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2014]
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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
1,092
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[First added to this chart: 12/01/2015]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
1,006
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
4,524
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
512
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
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[First added to this chart: 02/02/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
2,290
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| R. Stevie Moore | 5 | 5% | |
| Cheap Trick | 2 | 2% | |
| Pere Ubu | 2 | 2% | |
| The Residents | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 2% | |
| AC/DC | 2 | 2% | |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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46 | 46% | |
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32 | 32% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
 Up 3 from 72nd to 69thEternally Yours by The Saints |
| Up 2 from 79th to 77th I Would Like To See You Again by Johnny Cash |
| Up 2 from 60th to 58th Sheetrock by R. Stevie Moore |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 98th to 100th Solo Trip by Lutz Rahn |
| Down 1 from 49th to 50th Dread Beat An' Blood by Poet & The Roots |
| Down 1 from 52nd to 53rd David Johansen by David Johansen |
| New entries |
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 Excitable Boyby Warren Zevon |
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