Top 100 Music Albums of 1978
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Year of Release:
1978
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3,240
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Year of Release:
1978
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682
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3. (1) Down 2
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2023]
Year of Release:
1978
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2,254
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
168
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[First added to this chart: 01/26/2019]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
891
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
196
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
329
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8. New entry
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
433
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9. New entry
3rd 
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Year of Release:
1978
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2,338
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
102
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 composition

Country Albums %


United States 36 36%
United Kingdom 34 34%
Brazil 6 6%
Jamaica 5 5%
Japan 4 4%
Germany 3 3%
Canada 2 2%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Faller Down 82 from 10th to 92nd
Hemispheres
by Rush
Faller Down 60 from 8th to 68th
The Cars
by The Cars
Faller Down 49 from 9th to 58th
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
by Bruce Springsteen
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by Steve Reich
New entry Visions Of The Country
by Robbie Băsho
New entry D.O.A: The Third And Final Report Of Throbbing Gristle
by Throbbing Gristle
New entry Thousand Knives
by Ryuichi Sakamoto
New entry The Pavilion Of Dreams
by Harold Budd
New entry X
by Klaus Schulze
New entry 3rd
by Big Star
New entry Incantations
by Mike Oldfield
New entry Street Hassle
by Lou Reed
New entry Stateless
by Lene Lovich
New entry After The Heat
by Eno / Moebius / Roedelius
New entry H'art Songs
by Moondog
New entry No New York
by Various Artists
New entry The Kick Inside
by Kate Bush
New entry Chico Buarque
by Chico Buarque
New entry Atomic Bomb
by William Onyeabor
New entry Clube Da Esquina 2
by Milton Nascimento
New entry Cecil Taylor Unit
by Cecil Taylor
New entry Blue Valentine
by Tom Waits
New entry Real Life
by Magazine
New entry Excitable Boy
by Warren Zevon
New entry Equinoxe
by Jean Michel Jarre
New entry Tubeway Army
by Tubeway Army
New entry Flash And The Pan
by Flash And The Pan
New entry Attahk
by Magma (FR)
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by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
New entry Lanquidity
by Sun Ra
New entry Easter
by Patti Smith Group
New entry X-Dreams
by Annette Peacock
New entry Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
by Charles Mingus
New entry Yellow Magic Orchestra
by Yellow Magic Orchestra
New entry Kaya
by Bob Marley & The Wailers
New entry Best Dressed Chicken In Town
by Dr. Alimantado
New entry Lionheart
by Kate Bush
New entry Comes A Time
by Neil Young
New entry One Nation Under A Groove
by Funkadelic
New entry Body Meta
by Ornette Coleman
New entry Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
by Rainbow
New entry The Feeding Of The 5000
by Crass
New entry Stardust
by Willie Nelson
New entry Can't Stand The Rezillos
by The Rezillos
New entry Here, My Dear
by Marvin Gaye
New entry All Mod Cons
by The Jam
New entry Give 'Em Enough Rope
by The Clash
New entry The Bride Stripped Bare
by Bryan Ferry
New entry Music For Films
by Brian Eno
New entry Carol Of Harvest
by Carol Of Harvest
New entry Muito (Dentro Da Estrela Azulada)
by Caetano Veloso
New entry Private Parts & Pieces
by Anthony Phillips
New entry The Modern Dance
by Pere Ubu
New entry Ready For The House
by Jandek
New entry Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
by The Residents
New entry Pacific
by 細野晴臣 [Haruomi Hosono]
New entry V2
by The Vibrators
New entry Bruised Orange
by John Prine
New entry Power In The Darkness
by Tom Robinson Band
New entry This Year's Model
by Elvis Costello
New entry Moving Targets
by Penetration
New entry Adventure
by Television
New entry Not Available
by The Residents
New entry For You
by Prince
New entry The Scream
by Siouxsie And The Banshees
New entry Jesus Of Cool
by Nick Lowe
New entry Another Music In A Different Kitchen
by Buzzcocks
New entry Plastic Letters
by Blondie
New entry Nested
by Laura Nyro
New entry Africa Must Be Free By 1983
by Hugh Mundell
New entry De Pé No Chão
by Beth Carvalho
New entry A Banda Do Zé Pretinho
by Jorge Ben
New entry Midnight Oil
by Midnight Oil
New entry Al Final De Este Viaje
by Silvio Rodriguez
New entry Cool Ruler
by Gregory Isaacs
New entry We Have Come For Your Children
by The Dead Boys
New entry The Only Ones
by The Only Ones
New entry So Alone
by Johnny Thunders
New entry Stained Class
by Judas Priest
New entry Peter Gabriel (1978)
by Peter Gabriel
New entry Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
by Devo
New entry Squeeze
by Squeeze
New entry African Dub All-Mighty, Chapter 3
by Joe Gibbs & The Professionals
New entry Black And White
by The Stranglers
New entry Huascaran
by Fermáta
New entry Mignonne
by 大貫妙子 [Taeko Ohnuki]
New entry Axé!
by Candeia
New entry Heavy Horses
by Jethro Tull
New entry To The Limit
by Joan Armatrading
New entry Time Passages
by Al Stewart
New entry Road To Ruin
by Ramones
New entry Handsworth Revolution
by Steel Pulse
New entry Suicidio
by Faust'o
Leavers
Leaver Van Halen
by Van Halen

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