Top 42 Music Albums of 1978 by DJStuart79

Chart updated: 02/08/2025 12:45
(Created: 07/01/2015 17:00).
Chart size: 42 albums.

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AC/DC

[First added to this chart: 07/15/2015]

Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

248 charts

Rank Score:

1,524

Rank in 1978:

Rank in 1970s:

237

Overall Rank:

1,152

Average Rating:

77 (406 votes)

Comments:

Total albums: 1. Page 1 of 1

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Top 42 Music Albums of 1978 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Judas Priest	2	5%
Kenny Rogers	2	5%
Jeff Wayne	2	5%
Buzzcocks	2	5%
The Stranglers	1	2%
Linda Ronstadt	1	2%
The Jam	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	17	40%
	17	40%
	2	5%
	2	5%
	1	2%
	1	2%
	1	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	40	95%
Yes	2	5%

Live?	Albums	%
No	40	95%
Yes	2	5%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	40	95%
Yes	2	5%

Top 42 Music Albums of 1978 chart changes

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Tubeway Army by Tubeway Army
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Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
3rd by Big Star
More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads
The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
Chairs Missing by Wire
Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
Give 'Em Enough Rope by The Clash
Jazz by Queen
The Last Waltz by The Band
The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees
One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic
Kaya by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Waiting For Columbus by Little Feat
Easter by Patti Smith Group
Comes A Time by Neil Young
Jesus Of Cool by Nick Lowe
Blue Valentine by Tom Waits
Street-Legal by Bob Dylan
City To City by Gerry Rafferty
Long Live Rock 'N' Roll by Rainbow
Adventure by Television
...And Then There Were Three by Genesis
Don't Look Back by Boston
Plastic Letters by Blondie
If You Want Blood You've Got It by AC/DC
Backless by Eric Clapton
Stage by David Bowie
Dog & Butterfly by Heart
Bloody Tourists by 10cc
TV Eye by Iggy Pop
That's Life by Sham 69
A Single Man by Elton John
The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
Équinoxe by Jean Michel Jarre
C'est Chic by Chic
Green Light by Cliff Richard
The Rutles by The Rutles

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(from the 1970s)

Title	Source	Type	Published
Top 49 Music Albums of 1979	DJStuart79	1979 year chart	2025
Top 42 Music Albums of 1978	DJStuart79	1978 year chart	2025
Top 40 Music Albums of 1977	DJStuart79	1977 year chart	2025
Top 40 Music Albums of 1976	DJStuart79	1976 year chart	2025
Top 32 Music Albums of 1975	DJStuart79	1975 year chart	2025
Top 31 Music Albums of 1974	DJStuart79	1974 year chart	2025
Top 48 Music Albums of 1973	DJStuart79	1973 year chart	2025
Top 35 Music Albums of 1972	DJStuart79	1972 year chart	2025
Top 41 Music Albums of 1971	DJStuart79	1971 year chart	2025
Top 46 Music Albums of 1970	DJStuart79	1970 year chart	2025

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