Acclaimed Music - The Top Albums from 1978

The Top Albums from 1978
Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	77	Elvis Costello	This Year's Model		Listen
2	114	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town		Listen
3	118	Blondie	Parallel Lines		Listen
4	212	Pere Ubu	The Modern Dance		Listen
5	218	Funkadelic	One Nation Under a Groove		Listen
6	219	The Jam	All Mod Cons
7	237	Van Halen	Van Halen		Listen
8	244	Kraftwerk	Die Mensch Maschine		Listen
9	290	Big Star	The Third Album/Sister Lovers		Listen
10	331	Devo	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo		Listen
11	336	Talking Heads	More Songs About Buildings and Food		Listen
12	348	Thin Lizzy	Live and Dangerous		Listen
13	397	The Police	Outlandos D'Amour		Listen
14	406	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls		Listen
15	459	Dire Straits	Dire Straits		Listen
16	481	Wire	Chairs Missing		Listen
17	505	Kate Bush	The Kick Inside		Listen
18	559	Buzzcocks	Another Music in a Different Kitchen		Listen
19	594	Steve Reich	Music for 18 Musicians		Listen
20	686	Chic	C'Est Chic		Listen
21	690	Pere Ubu	Dub Housing		Listen
22	695	Marvin Gaye	Here, My Dear		Listen
23	737	X-Ray Spex	Germfree Adolescents		Listen
24	766	The Cars	The Cars		Listen
25	812	Patti Smith Group	Easter		Listen
26	829	Brian Eno	Ambient 1: Music for Airports
27	837	Siouxsie and The Banshees	The Scream		Listen
28	874	Willie Nelson	Stardust		Listen
29	875	Cheap Trick	At Budokan		Listen
30	936	The Band	The Last Waltz		Listen
31	1170	The Clash	Give 'em Enough Rope		Listen
32	1200	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)		Listen
33	1214	AC/DC	If You Want Blood, You've Got It		Listen
34	1277	Nick Lowe	Jesus of Cool/Pure Pop for Now People
35	1283	Magazine	Real Life		Listen
36	1315	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine		Listen
37	1380	Nina Hagen Band	Nina Hagen Band
38	1454	The Only Ones	The Only Ones
39	1536	Joe Ely	Honky Tonk Masquerade		Listen
40	1580	Albert Collins	Ice Pickin'		Listen
41	1592	Public Image Ltd.	Public Image - First Issue		Listen
42	1593	Warren Zevon	Excitable Boy		Listen
43	1631	Lou Reed	Street Hassle		Listen
44	1636	Pat Metheny	Pat Metheny Group		Listen
45	1643	Steel Pulse	Handsworth Revolution		Listen
46	1679	The Adverts	Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts
47	1682	Willie Col�n & Ruben Blad�s	Siembra
48	1704	Cheap Trick	Heaven Tonight		Listen
49	1922	Ramones	Road to Ruin
50	1962	Television	Adventure		Listen
51	2050	Burning Spear	Marcus' Children/Social Living		Listen
52	2053	Buzzcocks	Love Bites		Listen
53	2089	Various Artists	No New York
54	2139	Gerry Rafferty	City to City		Listen
55	2165	The Saints	Eternally Yours		Listen
56	2297	Lee Perry	Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread		Listen
57	2338	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Dread, Beat an' Blood		Listen
58	2364	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Kaya		Listen
59	2409	Little Feat	Waiting for Columbus		Listen
60	2498	Herman Brood & His Wild Romance	Shpritsz		Listen
61	2512	Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes	Hearts of Stone		Listen
62	2634	David Johansen	David Johansen		Listen
63	2670	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Babylon by Bus		Listen
64	2775	Billy Joel	52nd Street		Listen
65	2887	Generation X	Generation X		Listen
66	2902	Bob Seger	Stranger in Town		Listen
67	3000	The Stranglers	Black & White
Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Dave Edmunds	Tracks on Wax 4
		Evan Parker	Monoceros
		Dr. Alimantado	Best Dressed Chicken in Town		Listen
		The Jacksons	Destiny		Listen
		Keith Jarrett	My Song		Listen
		Neil Young	Comes a Time		Listen
		XTC	White Music		Listen
		AC/DC	Powerage		Listen
		Parliament	Motor Booty Affair		Listen
		The Rezillos	Can't Stand The Rezillos		Listen
		Rainbow	Long Live Rock 'n' Roll		Listen
		Bob Dylan	Street Legal		Listen
		Peter Tosh	Bush Doctor		Listen
		The Residents	Not Available		Listen
		The Kinks	Misfits		Listen
		Throbbing Gristle	DOA: Third and Final Report		Listen
		Ultravox	Systems of Romance		Listen
		Bootsy's Rubber Band	Bootsy? Player of the Year		Listen