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 .)

1.

Die Mensch·Maschine 

 Kraftwerk

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

637 charts

Rank Score:

4,709

Rank in 1978:

5

Rank in 1970s:

93

Overall Rank:

369

Average Rating:

 83 (726 votes)

Comments:

29

2.

#1 Record/Radio City 
Compilation

 Big Star

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

35

Rank in 1978:

313

Rank in 1970s:

2,987

Overall Rank:

25,741

Average Rating:

 82 (85 votes)

Comments:

2

3.

Darkness On The Edge Of Town 

 Bruce Springsteen

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

887 charts

Rank Score:

7,550

Rank in 1978:

1

Rank in 1970s:

53

Overall Rank:

217

Average Rating:

 82 (1,156 votes)

Comments:

79

4.

Music For 18 Musicians 

 Steve Reich

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

292 charts

Rank Score:

3,101

Rank in 1978:

9

Rank in 1970s:

130

Overall Rank:

566

Average Rating:

 82 (321 votes)

Comments:

17

5.

Lanquidity 

 Sun Ra

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

802

Rank in 1978:

36

Rank in 1970s:

385

Overall Rank:

2,059

Average Rating:

 82 (124 votes)

Comments:

6

6.

The Cars 

 The Cars

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

713 charts

Rank Score:

5,790

Rank in 1978:

3

Rank in 1970s:

73

Overall Rank:

297

Average Rating:

 81 (798 votes)

Comments:

63

7.

Parallel Lines 

 Blondie

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

833 charts

Rank Score:

6,278

Rank in 1978:

2

Rank in 1970s:

67

Overall Rank:

273

Average Rating:

 81 (962 votes)

Comments:

61

8.

The Last Waltz 
Live

 The Band

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

175 charts

Rank Score:

1,035

Rank in 1978:

27

Rank in 1970s:

323

Overall Rank:

1,656

Average Rating:

 81 (256 votes)

Comments:

8

9.

Wings Greatest 
Compilation

 Wings (UK)

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

83

Rank in 1978:

201

Rank in 1970s:

1,880

Overall Rank:

13,760

Average Rating:

 81 (63 votes)

Comments:

3

10.

This Year's Model 

 Elvis Costello

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Year of Release:

1978

Appears in:

724 charts

Rank Score:

5,528

Rank in 1978:

4

Rank in 1970s:

80

Overall Rank:

317

Average Rating:

 81 (882 votes)

Comments:

54

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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).