Top 100 Music Albums of 1978
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- Chart updated: 01/04/2026 15:45
- (Created: 04/14/2012 23:00).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/28/2012]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
3,233
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[First added to this chart: 03/28/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 03/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
858
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[First added to this chart: 02/09/2013]
Year of Release:
1978
Appears in:
Rank Score:
847
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[First added to this chart: 09/03/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 10/02/2016]
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Gregory Isaacs | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 2% | |
| José Carlos Schwarz Et Le Cobiana Jazz | 2 | 2% | |
| Sun Ra | 2 | 2% | |
| The Residents | 2 | 2% | |
| Koichi Matsukaze Trio + Toshiyuki Daitoku | 1 | 1% | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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27 | 27% | |
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15 | 15% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 6 from 30th to 24thBabylon By Bus by Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| Up 3 from 15th to 12thThe Call (Conducting The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra) by Horace Tapscott |
| Up 2 from 32nd to 30thParallel Lines by Blondie |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 22nd to 29thKaya by Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| Down 5 from 28th to 33rdEarth Mother by Koichi Matsukaze Trio + Toshiyuki Daitoku |
| Down 4 from 13th to 17thMy New Music by J. Jasmine |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/09/2024 10:42 |  Tamthebam | 650 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2020 08:35 |  Purplepash | 1,699 | 88/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2014 21:12 | PauloPaz | 1,759 | 89/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2014 01:07 |  sssvnnn | 2,866 | 83/100 |
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From sssvnnn 11/19/2013 20:38 | #93585
sssvnnn 11/19/2013 20:38 | #93585
well we had a very different year 1978 - not much in common,
too many Albums I don`t know.
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