Top 66 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: 03/08/2026 00:45
- (Created: 01/15/2014 09:35).
- Chart size: 66 albums.
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Last listen: 16/01/26
[First added to this chart: 06/26/2014]
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1978
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Last listen: 16/01/24
[First added to this chart: 08/08/2014]
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1978
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771
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Last listen: 12/07/19
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1978
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6,268
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Last listen: 20/12/19
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2014]
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1978
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982
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Last listen: 05/02/22
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2014]
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1978
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7,174
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Last listen: 09/02/24
[First added to this chart: 01/17/2014]
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1978
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5,243
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Last listen: 17/10/21
[First added to this chart: 03/06/2015]
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1978
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2,201
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Last listen: 27/03/22
[First added to this chart: 02/24/2015]
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1978
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692
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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: 66. Page 1 of 7
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Top 66 Music Albums of 1978 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Culture | 2 | 3% | |
| Kate Bush | 2 | 3% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 3% | |
| Buzzcocks | 2 | 3% | |
| XTC | 2 | 3% | |
| Blondie | 2 | 3% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 3% | |
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Top 66 Music Albums of 1978 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 44th to 45thLove Me Forever by Carlton And The Shoes |
| Down 1 from 45th to 46thBlack And White by The Stranglers |
| Down 1 from 46th to 47thStorm The Gates Of Heaven by Wayne County & The Electric Chairs |
| New entries |
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| True Romances by The Cortinas |
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