Top 16 Music Albums of 1978 by 
AwaitingAndrew 
- Chart updated: 06/28/2025 19:45
- (Created: 09/02/2017 04:14).
- Chart size: 16 albums.
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Favorite Track: Zanzibar
[First added to this chart: 02/04/2018]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
1,244
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Favorite Track: Merry Christmas Darling
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Favorite Track: Lights
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Favorite Track: Renegade
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Favorite Track: When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
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1978
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Rank Score:
770
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Favorite Track: Surrender
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Favorite Track: Just What I Needed
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
5,785
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1978 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Rush | 1 | 6% | |
| Marvin Gaye | 1 | 6% | |
| Billy Joel | 1 | 6% | |
| Cheap Trick | 1 | 6% | |
| Wings (UK) | 1 | 6% | |
| Steve Hackett | 1 | 6% | |
| Genesis | 1 | 6% | |
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1978 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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 Up 7 from 10th to 3rdLondon Town by Wings (UK) |
| Up 2 from 4th to 2nd 52nd Street by Billy Joel |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 9th to 12th Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye |
| Down 2 from 2nd to 4th ...And Then There Were Three by Genesis |
| Down 2 from 3rd to 5th Jazz by Queen |
| New entries |
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 Christmas Portraitby Carpenters |
| Thousand Knives by Ryuichi Sakamoto |
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