Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 by 
Hayden 
- Chart updated: 04/06/2025 12:45
- (Created: 04/14/2012 23:00).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
3,150
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
801
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[First added to this chart: 02/09/2013]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
869
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Residents | 2 | 2% | |
| José Carlos Schwarz Et Le Cobiana Jazz | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 2% | |
| Gregory Isaacs | 2 | 2% | |
| Sun Ra | 2 | 2% | |
| Patti Smith Group | 1 | 1% | |
| Arturo Ruiz Del Pozo | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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28 | 28% | |
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15 | 15% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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 Up 4 from 28th to 24thThe Call (Conducting The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra) by Horace Tapscott |
| Up 2 from 25th to 23rd H'art Songs by Moondog |
| Up 2 from 24th to 22nd Kaya by Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 23rd to 27th Cool Ruler by Gregory Isaacs |
| Down 1 from 98th to 99th Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri by Alvin Curran |
| New entries |
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 Flyin' Shoesby Townes Van Zandt |
| Leavers |
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 Ambient 1: Music For Airportsby Brian Eno |
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 85/100  | 01/09/2024 10:42 |  Tamthebam | | 85/100 |
| 85/100 | 11/24/2020 08:35 |  Purplepash | | 88/100 |
| 85/100 | 06/01/2014 21:12 | PauloPaz | | 89/100 |
| 90/100 | 04/23/2014 01:07 |  sssvnnn | | 83/100 |
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From sssvnnn 11/19/2013 20:38
sssvnnn 11/19/2013 20:38
well we had a very different year 1978 - not much in common,
too many Albums I don`t know.
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