Top-rated albums of 1978

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1978 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

31.

Chico Buarque 

 Chico Buarque

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

126

Rank in 1978:

147

Rank in 1970s:

1,418

Overall Rank:

9,484

Average Rating:

 79 (30 votes)

Comments:

2

32.

The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 
Compilation

 Earth, Wind & Fire

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

72

Rank in 1978:

222

Rank in 1970s:

2,084

Overall Rank:

15,526

Average Rating:

 79 (33 votes)

Comments:

0

33.

Germfree Adolescents 

 X-Ray Spex

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

792

Rank in 1978:

40

Rank in 1970s:

401

Overall Rank:

2,088

Average Rating:

 79 (186 votes)

Comments:

13

34.

Real Life 

 Magazine

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

256 charts

Rank Score:

1,551

Rank in 1978:

21

Rank in 1970s:

243

Overall Rank:

1,139

Average Rating:

 79 (236 votes)

Comments:

12

35.

Sun Bear Concerts 
Live compilation

 Keith Jarrett

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

227

Rank in 1978:

107

Rank in 1970s:

967

Overall Rank:

5,806

Average Rating:

 78 (17 votes)

Comments:

3

36.

Équinoxe 

 Jean Michel Jarre

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

798

Rank in 1978:

39

Rank in 1970s:

397

Overall Rank:

2,072

Average Rating:

 78 (145 votes)

Comments:

8

37.

The Modern Dance 

 Pere Ubu

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

305 charts

Rank Score:

2,214

Rank in 1978:

19

Rank in 1970s:

180

Overall Rank:

805

Average Rating:

 78 (399 votes)

Comments:

21

38.

Dire Straits 

 Dire Straits

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

427 charts

Rank Score:

2,824

Rank in 1978:

12

Rank in 1970s:

147

Overall Rank:

625

Average Rating:

 78 (611 votes)

Comments:

33

39.

The Essential Jimi Hendrix 
Compilation

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

92

Rank in 1978:

190

Rank in 1970s:

1,776

Overall Rank:

12,496

Average Rating:

 78 (17 votes)

Comments:

1

40.

Comes A Time 

 Neil Young

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

213 charts

Rank Score:

773

Rank in 1978:

42

Rank in 1970s:

411

Overall Rank:

2,131

Average Rating:

 78 (301 votes)

Comments:

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).