The Top Albums from 1978

Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	75	Elvis Costello	This Year's Model		Listen
2	108	Blondie	Parallel Lines		Listen
3	110	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town		Listen
4	219	The Jam	All Mod Cons
5	231	Pere Ubu	The Modern Dance		Listen
6	243	Funkadelic	One Nation Under a Groove		Listen
7	272	Van Halen	Van Halen		Listen
8	281	Talking Heads	More Songs About Buildings and Food		Listen
9	290	Kraftwerk	Die Mensch Maschine		Listen
10	297	Big Star	The Third Album/Sister Lovers		Listen
11	340	Thin Lizzy	Live and Dangerous		Listen
12	348	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls		Listen
13	368	Devo	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo		Listen
14	437	Dire Straits	Dire Straits		Listen
15	443	The Police	Outlandos D'Amour		Listen
16	481	Wire	Chairs Missing		Listen
17	541	Kate Bush	The Kick Inside		Listen
18	578	The Buzzcocks	Another Music in a Different Kitchen		Listen
19	655	Cheap Trick	At Budokan		Listen
20	700	The Cars	The Cars		Listen
21	729	X-Ray Spex	Germ-Free Adolescents		Listen
22	730	Marvin Gaye	Here, My Dear		Listen
23	740	Pere Ubu	Dub Housing		Listen
24	770	Steve Reich	Music for 18 Musicians		Listen
25	853	Willie Nelson	Stardust		Listen
26	882	Patti Smith Group	Easter		Listen
27	897	Siouxsie and The Banshees	The Scream		Listen
28	956	The Clash	Give 'em Enough Rope		Listen
29	980	Brian Eno	Ambient 1: Music for Airports
30	1015	Various Artists	The Last Waltz		Listen
31	1095	AC/DC	If You Want Blood You've Got It		Listen
32	1105	Nick Lowe	Jesus of Cool/Pure Pop for Now People
33	1132	Chic	C'Est Chic		Listen
34	1174	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)		Listen
35	1308	Albert Collins	Ice Pickin'		Listen
36	1344	Joe Ely	Honky Tonk Masquerade		Listen
37	1404	Magazine	Real Life		Listen
38	1414	Cheap Trick	Heaven Tonight		Listen
39	1423	Augustus Pablo	East of the River Nile		Listen
40	1531	Steel Pulse	Handsworth Revolution		Listen
41	1541	The Only Ones	The Only Ones
42	1599	Pat Metheny Group	Pat Metheny Group		Listen
43	1609	Ramones	Road to Ruin
44	1651	Warren Zevon	Excitable Boy		Listen
45	1697	Public Image Ltd.	Public Image/First Issue		Listen
46	1702	The Adverts	Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts
47	1742	Burning Spear	Marcus Children/Social Living		Listen
48	1798	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine		Listen
49	1800	Willie Colón & Ruben Bladés	Siembra
50	1814	Television	Adventure		Listen
51	1827	Lou Reed	Street Hassle		Listen
52	2021	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Kaya		Listen
53	2120	Dennis Brown	Wolves and Leopards		Listen
54	2144	The Saints	Eternally Yours		Listen
55	2200	Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes	Hearts of Stone		Listen
56	2286	Lee Perry	Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread		Listen
57	2300	Gerry Rafferty	City to City		Listen
58	2303	Little Feat	Waiting for Columbus		Listen
59	2417	Generation X	Generation X		Listen
60	2429	Cabaret Voltaire	Mix-Up		Listen
61	2521	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Dread, Beat and Blood		Listen
62	2549	The Buzzcocks	Love Bites		Listen
63	2581	David Johansen	David Johansen		Listen
64	2592	Bob Seger	Stranger in Town		Listen
65	2617	The Jacksons	Destiny		Listen
66	2626	Dave Edmunds	Tracks on Wax 4
67	2647	Fela Kuti	Shuffering & Shmiling
68	2666	The Stranglers	Black & White
69	2709	Neil Young	Comes a Time		Listen
70	2856	Evan Parker	Monoceros