Top 63 Music Albums of 1978
by LittleM1971 
1978 Playlist:
Beast Of Burden - The Rolling Stones
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
Changing Of The Guard - Bob Dylan
Promised Land - Bruce Springsteen
Easter - Patti Smith Group
Lip Service - Elvis Costello
So Lonely - The Police
Are You Receiving Me? - XTC
Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
Safe European Home - The Clash
Love You More - Buzzcocks
I Wanted Everything - Ramones
Non-Alignment Pact - Pere Ubu
Sand In My Joints - Wire
Action Time Vision - Alternative TV
Identity - X-Ray Spex
Bingo-Masters Break Out! - The Fall
Public Image - Public Image Ltd
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
Picture This - Blondie
Down In A Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam
The Big Country - Talking Heads
Dislocation - Ultravox
Public Eyes - Gregory Isaacs
Tell Me Now - Marcia Griffiths
Consider Me - Jennifer Lara
Is This Love - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Them A Payaka - Culture
Free My People - Joni Haarstrup
- Chart updated: 10/12/2025 18:15
- (Created: 01/15/2014 09:35).
- Chart size: 63 albums.
There are 0 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 63 Music Albums of 1978 has an average rating of 88 out of 100 (from 3 votes). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.
View the complete list of 57,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.
Last listen: 16/01/24
[First added to this chart: 08/08/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
780
Rank in 1978:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Last listen: 10/06/23
[First added to this chart: 06/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,290
Rank in 1978:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Last listen: 12/07/19
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,165
Rank in 1978:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Last listen: 20/12/19
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
995
Rank in 1978:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Last listen: 05/02/22
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,263
Rank in 1978:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Last listen: 09/02/24
[First added to this chart: 01/17/2014]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5,317
Rank in 1978:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Last listen: 17/10/21
[First added to this chart: 03/06/2015]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,267
Rank in 1978:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Last listen: 27/03/22
[First added to this chart: 02/24/2015]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
692
Rank in 1978:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Last listen: 13/01/24
[First added to this chart: 04/09/2016]
Last listen: 13/09/24
[First added to this chart: 11/27/2014]
Total albums: 63. Page 1 of 7
Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!
Top 63 Music Albums of 1978 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| Culture | 2 | 3% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 3% | |
| Kate Bush | 2 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 3% | |
| Buzzcocks | 2 | 3% | |
| XTC | 2 | 3% | |
| Blondie | 2 | 3% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 63 Music Albums of 1978 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 26th to 27th Bush Doctor by Peter Tosh |
| Down 1 from 27th to 28th Slum In Dub by Gregory Isaacs |
| Down 1 from 28th to 29th Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk |
| New entries |
|---|
| Adventure by Television |
Top 63 Music Albums of 1978 similarity to your chart(s)
Not a member? Registering is quick, easy and FREE!
Why register?
- Join a passionate community of over 50,000 music fans.
- Create & share your own charts.
- Have your say in the overall rankings.
- Post comments in the forums and vote on polls.
- Comment on or rate any album, artist, track or chart.
- Discover new music & improve your music collection.
- Customise the overall chart using a variety of different filters & metrics.
- Create a wishlist of albums.
- Help maintain the BEA database.
- Earn member points and gain access to increasing levels of functionality!
- ... And lots more!
Register now - it only takes a moment!
Top 63 Music Albums of 1978 ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
N.B. The average rating for this chart will not be reliable as it has been rated very few times.
Showing all 3 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/23/2025 18:44 | 556 | 100/100 | |
| ! | 03/27/2022 22:10 | 1,144 | 86/100 | |
| ! | 02/22/2018 07:00 | 725 | 90/100 |
Top 63 Music Albums of 1978 favourites
Showing all 1 members who have added this chart as a favourite
Top 63 Music Albums of 1978 comments
Be the first to add a comment for this Chart - add your comment!
Your feedback for Top 63 Music Albums of 1978
Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
| Best Artists of the 1990s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Nirvana | |
| 3. The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| 4. Neutral Milk Hotel | |
| 5. Oasis | |
| 6. Pearl Jam | |
| 7. My Bloody Valentine | |
| 8. R.E.M. | |
| 9. Nick Cave | |
| 10. Björk | |
| 11. Weezer | |
| 12. Richard David James | |
| 13. Pavement | |
| 14. Portishead | |
| 15. Blur | |
| 16. Jeff Buckley | |
| 17. Elliott Smith | |
| 18. Nas | |
| 19. Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 20. Massive Attack |



