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Albums in the Year 1978

This page lists the top albums of 1978 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the home page. A list of biggest hit songs of 1978 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Bee Gees	Saturday Night Fever	1978	UK 1 - Mar 1978, US CashBox 1 of 1978, US 1 of 1978, Austria 1 - Apr 1978, Norway 1 - Mar 1978, Sweden 1 - Mar 1978, Grammy in 1978, Internet 4 - 40 M claimed 1977, Global 5 - 28 M claimed, RIAA 18 - 15 M claimed, NARM 40, Defin200 40, Channel4 80, Rolling Stone 131, Acclaimed 132
2	Original Soundtrack	Grease	1978	Austria 1 - Aug 1978, Norway 1 - Jul 1978, Sweden 1 - Jul 1978, US 2 of 1978, Italy 2 of 1978, US CashBox 3 of 1978, Internet 20 - 27 M claimed 1978, NARM 37, Defin200 37, RIAA 123 - 8 M claimed
3	Blondie	Parallel Lines	1978	UK 1 - Sep 1978, Sweden 9 - Oct 1978, Norway 16 - Oct 1978, UK Radio2 17, RYM 19 of 1978, Austria 24 - Jul 1979, US CashBox 40 of 1979, Italy 41 of 1979, Internet 55 - 18 M claimed 1977, Virgin 57, Channel4 94, Acclaimed 108, Rolling Stone 140, WXPN 647
4	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls	1978	UK 2 - Jun 1978, Norway 3 - Jun 1978, Sweden 3 - Jul 1978, US CashBox 4 of 1978, Austria 4 - Jul 1978, Italy 25 of 1978, RYM 41 of 1978, Fox101 47, WXPN 116, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed, Rolling Stone 269, Acclaimed 348
5	Boney M	Night Flight To Venus	1978	UK 1 - Jul 1978, Austria 1 - Jul 1978, Norway 1 - Jul 1978, Sweden 1 - Jul 1978, Italy 19 of 1978, RYM 136 of 1978
6	Elvis Costello	This Year's Model	1978	Melody Maker 1 of 1978, RYM 1 of 1978, UK 4 - Apr 1978, Sweden 10 - Apr 1978, Norway 15 - Apr 1978, Guiness 67, Acclaimed 75, Rolling Stone 98
7	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	1978	Sweden 1 - Dec 1978, Norway 2 - Dec 1978, UK 3 - Dec 1978, US CashBox 7 of 1979, Austria 10 - Feb 1979, Italy 20 of 1979, Global 164 - 6 M claimed
8	Van Halen	Van Halen	1978	RYM 5 of 1978, Fox101 19, UK 34 - May 1978, NARM 60, Defin200 60, RIAA 64 - 10 M claimed, US CashBox 95 of 1978, Acclaimed 272, WXPN 409, Rolling Stone 415
9	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	1978	UK 5 - Jul 1978, Sweden 6 - Sep 1978, Norway 10 - Jan 1979, US CashBox 15 of 1979, Austria 17 - May 1979, RYM 62 of 1978, Global 117 - 9 M claimed, WXPN 339, Acclaimed 437
10	Wings	London Town	1978	Norway 2 - Apr 1978, UK 4 - Apr 1978, Austria 4 - May 1978, Sweden 4 - Apr 1978, US CashBox 18 of 1978, Italy 49 of 1978, RYM 153 of 1978
11	Bob Dylan	Street Legal	1978	UK 2 - Jul 1978, Norway 3 - Jul 1978, Sweden 4 - Jul 1978, Austria 7 - Jul 1978, Italy 27 of 1978, US CashBox 65 of 1978, RYM 84 of 1978
12	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness On The Edge Of Town	1978	Sweden 9 - Jul 1978, Norway 12 - Jul 1978, RYM 15 of 1978, UK 16 - Jun 1978, US CashBox 38 of 1978, WXPN 56, Acclaimed 110, Rolling Stone 151
13	Kate Bush	The Kick Inside	1978	UK 3 - Mar 1978, Norway 4 - Apr 1978, Sweden 8 - Apr 1978, RYM 38 of 1978, Italy 47 of 1978, Acclaimed 541, WXPN 676
14	Queen	Jazz	1978	UK 2 - Nov 1978, Norway 6 - Dec 1978, Sweden 6 - Dec 1978, Austria 8 - Dec 1978, US CashBox 57 of 1979, RYM 104 of 1978
15	Boston	Don't Look Back	1978	Sweden 8 - Aug 1978, UK 9 - Sep 1978, Norway 9 - Sep 1978, US CashBox 16 of 1978, Italy 65 of 1978, RIAA 153 - 7 M claimed, RYM 178 of 1978
16	The Cars	The Cars	1978	RYM 13 of 1978, Fox101 57, US CashBox 83 of 1979, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed, WXPN 269, Rolling Stone 282, Acclaimed 700
17	Genesis	...and Then There Were Three...	1978	UK 3 - Apr 1978, Norway 7 - Mar 1978, Austria 17 - Sep 1978, Sweden 22 - Apr 1978, Italy 46 of 1978, US CashBox 86 of 1978
18	Bob Marley	Kaya	1978	UK 4 - Apr 1978, Norway 6 - Apr 1978, Sweden 14 - Apr 1978, RYM 53 of 1978, WXPN 423, Acclaimed 2021
19	Gerry Rafferty	City To City	1978	UK 6 - Feb 1978, Austria 9 - Jul 1978, Sweden 9 - Jul 1978, US CashBox 22 of 1978, RYM 128 of 1978, Acclaimed 2300
20	Manhattan Transfer	Pastiche	1978	Sweden 1 - Feb 1978, Norway 7 - Feb 1978, UK 10 - Feb 1978, Austria 22 - May 1978
21	The Band	The Last Waltz	1978	RYM 9 of 1978, Norway 15 - Dec 1978, Austria 23 - Sep 1978, Sweden 24 - Aug 1978, Italy 77 of 1978, WXPN 147
22	Manfred Mann	Watch	1978	Norway 2 - Feb 1978, Sweden 9 - Feb 1978, Austria 14 - Mar 1978, UK 33 - Jun 1978, RYM 130 of 1978
23	Patti Smith Group	Easter	1978	Norway 10 - Apr 1978, UK 16 - Apr 1978, Sweden 34 - Aug 1978, RYM 59 of 1978, WXPN 504, Acclaimed 882
24	Neil Young	Comes A Time	1978	Norway 9 - Oct 1978, Italy 29 of 1978, US CashBox 71 of 1978, RYM 85 of 1978, WXPN 570, Acclaimed 2709
25	Eric Clapton	Backless	1978	Norway 2 - Nov 1978, UK 18 - Dec 1978, Austria 24 - Jan 1979, Sweden 28 - Dec 1978, US CashBox 41 of 1979
26	Bob Marley	Babylon By Bus	1978	Norway 15 - Dec 1978, RYM 27 of 1978, UK 40 - Dec 1978, Italy 50 of 1979, WXPN 527, Acclaimed 2950
27	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	Stranger In Town	1978	US CashBox 11 of 1978, UK 31 - Jun 1978, Fox101 76, RYM 196 of 1978, RIAA 277 - 5 M claimed, Acclaimed 2592
28	Willie Nelson	Stardust	1978	RYM 64 of 1978, Defin200 192, Rolling Stone 257, RIAA 277 - 5 M claimed, Acclaimed 853, WXPN 874
29	Earth, Wind & Fire	The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire, Volume I	1978	Norway 5 - Jan 1979, UK 6 - Dec 1978, Sweden 13 - Dec 1978, US CashBox 26 of 1979, RIAA 277 - 5 M claimed
30	Kraftwerk	Die Mensch-Maschine	1978	RYM 4 of 1978, UK 9 - Jan 1982, Austria 15 - Jun 1978, Sweden 24 - May 1978, Acclaimed 290
31	Elton John	A Single Man	1978	Norway 4 - Nov 1978, UK 8 - Nov 1978, Sweden 26 - Nov 1978, Italy 43 of 1979, US CashBox 83 of 1978
32	Olivia Newton-John	Totally Hot	1978	Norway 4 - Dec 1978, Sweden 9 - Dec 1978, UK 30 - Dec 1978, US CashBox 34 of 1979, RYM 158 of 1978
33	The Moody Blues	Octave	1978	UK 6 - Jun 1978, Norway 9 - Jul 1978, Sweden 12 - Jul 1978, Austria 25 - Sep 1978, US CashBox 72 of 1978
34	David Bowie	Stage	1978	UK 5 - Oct 1978, Norway 18 - Nov 1978, Sweden 29 - Oct 1978, Italy 83 of 1978, RYM 142 of 1978
35	Santana	Inner Secrets	1978	Sweden 14 - Nov 1978, UK 17 - Nov 1978, Norway 17 - Nov 1978, Austria 19 - Dec 1978, Italy 28 of 1978
36	Jethro Tull	Heavy Horses	1978	Norway 13 - Apr 1978, UK 17 - Oct 1978, Austria 18 - May 1978, Sweden 27 - Apr 1978, RYM 46 of 1978
37	Earth, Wind & Fire	All 'N' All	1978	Sweden 11 - Apr 1978, UK 13 - Jan 1978, US CashBox 17 of 1978, RYM 55 of 1977, Acclaimed 2816
38	Various Artists	Disco Fire	1978	Austria 1 - Feb 1978, Norway 5 - Jan 1978, Sweden 28 - Mar 1978
39	Tom Robinson Band	Power In The Darkness	1978	UK 4 - Jun 1978, Norway 4 - Jun 1978, Sweden 5 - Jun 1978, RYM 80 of 1978
40	The Alan Parsons Project	Pyramid	1978	Norway 13 - Jul 1978, Austria 17 - Aug 1978, Sweden 22 - Jul 1978, US CashBox 77 of 1978, RYM 133 of 1978
41	The Police	Outlandos d'Amour	1978	UK 6 - Apr 1979, RYM 87 of 1978, WXPN 375, Rolling Stone 434, Acclaimed 443
42	Devo	Q: Are We Not Men? A: No We Are Devo	1978	RYM 11 of 1978, UK 12 - Sep 1978, Acclaimed 368, Rolling Stone 447, WXPN 817
43	Nick Lowe	Jesus of Cool	1978	Norway 20 - Apr 1978, UK 22 - Mar 1978, RYM 25 of 1978, Sweden 31 - Apr 1978, Acclaimed 1105
44	Talking Heads	More Songs About Buildings & Food	1978	RYM 16 of 1978, UK 21 - Jul 1978, Acclaimed 281, WXPN 347, Rolling Stone 382
45	Little Feat	Waiting For Columbus	1978	Norway 18 - Apr 1978, RYM 33 of 1978, WXPN 72, US CashBox 80 of 1978, Acclaimed 2303
46	The Stranglers	Black & White	1978	UK 2 - Jun 1978, Sweden 35 - May 1978, RYM 67 of 1978, Acclaimed 2666
47	The Clash	Give 'Em Enough Rope	1978	UK 2 - Nov 1978, Sweden 36 - Dec 1978, RYM 98 of 1978, Acclaimed 956
48	Kate Bush	Lionheart	1978	Norway 5 - Dec 1978, UK 6 - Nov 1978, Sweden 16 - Dec 1978, RYM 162 of 1978
49	10CC	Bloody Tourists	1978	UK 3 - Sep 1978, Sweden 3 - Sep 1978, Norway 4 - Sep 1978
50	Rainbow	Long Live Rock 'N' Roll	1978	UK 7 - May 1978, Norway 12 - Jun 1978, Sweden 18 - May 1978, RYM 35 of 1978
51	Yes	Tormato	1978	UK 8 - Oct 1978, Norway 9 - Oct 1978, Sweden 18 - Oct 1978, US CashBox 82 of 1978
52	The Who	Who Are You	1978	UK 6 - Sep 1978, Norway 21 - Sep 1978, US CashBox 25 of 1978, Sweden 27 - Sep 1978
53	The Jam	All Mod Cons	1978	UK 6 - Nov 1978, RYM 17 of 1978, Channel4 60, Acclaimed 219
54	Foreigner	Double Vision	1978	US CashBox 5 of 1978, UK 32 - Aug 1978, RIAA 153 - 7 M claimed, RYM 166 of 1978
55	London Symphony Orchestra	Classic Rock	1978	UK 3 - Jul 1978, Austria 3 - Nov 1979, Sweden 27 - Nov 1978
56	Smokie	The Montreux Album	1978	Sweden 3 - Oct 1978, Norway 5 - Oct 1978, Austria 6 - Nov 1978
57	Hot Chocolate	Every 1's A Winner	1978	Austria 15 - May 1978, Norway 16 - Apr 1978, UK 30 - Apr 1978, Sweden 30 - Apr 1978
58	Mike Oldfield	Incantations	1978	UK 14 - Dec 1978, Norway 14 - Dec 1978, Sweden 32 - Feb 1979, RYM 106 of 1978
59	Jethro Tull	Live, Bursting Out	1978	Austria 16 - Nov 1978, Norway 20 - Nov 1978, UK 27 - Oct 1979, RYM 57 of 1978
60	Steel Pulse	Handsworth Revolution	1978	UK 9 - Aug 1978, Sweden 34 - Oct 1978, RYM 118 of 1978, Acclaimed 1531
61	Original Soundtrack	Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1978	Norway 18 - Aug 1978, US CashBox 28 of 1978, Sweden 34 - Aug 1978, UK 38 - Aug 1978
62	Various Artists	Disco Nights	1978	Austria 1 - Sep 1978, Norway 8 - Jun 1978
63	Funkadelic	One Nation Under a Groove	1978	RYM 10 of 1978, US CashBox 78 of 1978, Acclaimed 243, WXPN 832
64	The Ramones	Road To Ruin	1978	Sweden 25 - Sep 1978, UK 32 - Oct 1978, RYM 32 of 1978, Acclaimed 1609
65	Warren Zevon	Excitable Boy	1978	RYM 14 of 1978, US CashBox 66 of 1978, WXPN 149, Acclaimed 1651
66	Styx	Pieces Of Eight	1978	Sweden 30 - Sep 1978, US CashBox 37 of 1978, RYM 71 of 1978, Fox101 92
67	The Smurfs	Father Abraham In Smurfland	1978	Norway 1 - Nov 1978, UK 19 - Nov 1978
68	Marvin Gaye	Here, My Dear	1978	RYM 30 of 1979, Rolling Stone 462, Acclaimed 730, WXPN 818
69	Buddy Holly	20 Golden Greats	1978	UK 1 - Mar 1978, Rolling Stone 92
70	Status Quo	If You Can't Stand The Heat	1978	UK 3 - Nov 1978, Sweden 15 - Nov 1978, Norway 18 - Jan 1979
71	Manhattan Transfer	Live	1978	UK 4 - Nov 1978, Norway 10 - Mar 1978, Sweden 13 - Nov 1978
72	The Darts	Darts	1978	Sweden 4 - Jan 1978, UK 9 - Dec 1977, Norway 18 - Apr 1978
73	Bonnie Tyler	Natural Force	1978	Sweden 2 - Jun 1978, Norway 3 - Jun 1978
74	Jeff Wayne	The War of the Worlds	1978	UK 5 - Jul 1978, Sweden 16 - Jul 1978, RYM 29 of 1978
75	The Cars	Cars	1978	US 4 of 1979, UK 29 - Dec 1978, Defin200 131
76	Bee Gees	20 Greatest Hits	1978	Austria 7 - May 1978, Norway 10 - Jun 1978, Sweden 26 - Jul 1978
77	Wings	Wings Greatest	1978	UK 5 - Dec 1978, Norway 20 - Jan 1979, Sweden 32 - Dec 1978
78	The Commodores	Natural High	1978	UK 8 - Jun 1978, US CashBox 10 of 1978, Norway 19 - Sep 1978
79	Andy Gibb	Shadow Dancing	1978	Norway 8 - Aug 1978, UK 15 - Aug 1978, US CashBox 24 of 1978
80	Various Artists	Super Hits	1978	Sweden 6 - Apr 1978, Austria 29 - Oct 1986, US CashBox 60 of 1967
81	The Darts	Everyone Play Darts	1978	UK 12 - Jun 1978, Norway 15 - Jun 1978, Sweden 15 - Jun 1978
82	Bryan Ferry	The Bride Stripped Bare	1978	Sweden 8 - Sep 1978, UK 13 - Sep 1978, RYM 183 of 1978
83	Leo Sayer	Leo Sayer	1978	Norway 12 - Sep 1978, UK 15 - Sep 1978, Sweden 18 - Sep 1978
84	Chicago	Hot Streets	1978	Norway 7 - Oct 1978, Sweden 23 - Oct 1978, US CashBox 54 of 1978
85	Jean-Michel Jarre	Equinoxe	1978	UK 11 - Dec 1978, Austria 14 - Feb 1979, RYM 51 of 1978
86	John Miles	Zaragon	1978	Norway 3 - Mar 1978, Sweden 3 - Mar 1978
87	Television	Adventure	1978	UK 7 - Apr 1978, RYM 81 of 1978, Acclaimed 1814
88	Art Garfunkel	Watermark	1978	Norway 11 - Mar 1978, UK 25 - Mar 1978, US CashBox 68 of 1978
89	Original Soundtrack	Thank God It's Friday	1978	Sweden 10 - Jul 1978, UK 40 - May 1978, US CashBox 63 of 1978
90	Blondie	Plastic Letters	1978	UK 10 - Mar 1978, Sweden 33 - Mar 1978, RYM 105 of 1977
91	Thin Lizzy	Live & Dangerous	1978	UK 2 - Jun 1978, RYM 8 of 1978
92	AC/DC	Powerage	1978	Sweden 19 - Jun 1978, UK 26 - May 1978, RYM 42 of 1978
93	David Gilmour	David Gilmour	1978	UK 17 - Jun 1978, Sweden 21 - Jul 1978, RYM 125 of 1978
94	Buzzcocks	Another Music in a Different Kitchen	1978	UK 15 - Mar 1978, RYM 22 of 1978, Acclaimed 578
95	Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel (Scratch)	1978	UK 10 - Jun 1978, RYM 188 of 1978, Acclaimed 467
96	AC/DC	If You Want Blood You've Got It	1978	UK 13 - Oct 1978, RYM 39 of 1978, Acclaimed 1095
97	Joe Walsh	But Seriously Folks	1978	UK 16 - Jun 1978, US CashBox 32 of 1978, RYM 123 of 1978
98	Siouxsie & The Banshees	The Scream	1978	UK 12 - Dec 1978, RYM 60 of 1978, Acclaimed 897
99	Buzzcocks	Love Bites	1978	UK 13 - Oct 1978, RYM 73 of 1978, Acclaimed 2549
100	Big Star	Third/Sister Lovers	1978	RYM 12 of 1978, Acclaimed 297, Rolling Stone 456