CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1978*
POS-ALBUM-ARTIST-LABEL-PEAK MONTH
1 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES-RSO
2 THE STRANGER-BILLY JOEL-Columbia 3 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS-RSO 4 SOME GIRLS-ROLLING STONES-Rolling Stones 5 DOUBLE VISION-FOREIGNER-Atlantic 6 RUNNING ON EMPTY-JACKSON BROWNE-Asylum 7 POINT OF KNOW RETURN-KANSAS-Kirshner 8 SLOWHAND-Eric Clapton-RSO 9 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-Warner Brothers 10 NATURAL HIGH-Commodores-Motown 11 Stranger In Town-Bob Seger-Capitol 12 Aja-Steely Dan-ABC 13 News Of The World-Queen-Elektra 14 Even Now-Barry Manilow-Arista 15 Foot Loose & Fancy Free-Rod Stewart-Warner Brothers 16 Don't Look Back-Boston-Epic 17 All 'N' All-Earth,Wind & Fire-Columbia 18 London Town-Paul McCartney & Wings-Capitol 19 The Grand Illusion-Styx-A&M 20 Simple Dreams-Linda Ronstadt-Asylum 21 Feels So Good-Chuck Mangione-A&M 22 City To City-Gerry Rafferty-United Artists 23 Earth-Jefferson Starship-RCA 24 Shadow Dancing-Andy Gibb-RSO 25 Who Are You-The Who-MCA 26 Worlds Away-Pablo Cruise-A&M 27 Weekend In L.A.-George Benson-Warner Brothers 28 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-Various Artists-RSO 29 Live And More-Donna Summer-Casablanca 30 Out Of The Blue-Electric Light Orchestra 31 Living In The U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt-Asylum 32 ...But Seriously Folks-Joe Walsh-Asylum 33 Alive II-Kiss-Casablanca 34 Nightwatch-Kenny Loggins-Columbia 35 Twin Sons Of Different Mothers-Dan Fogelberg-Epic 36 Born Late-Shaun Cassidy-Warner Brothers 37 Piece Of Eight-Styx-A&M 38 Darkness On The Edge Of Town-Bruce Springsteen-Columbia 39 52nd Street-Billy Joel-Columbia 40 Showdown-Isley Brothers-T-Neck 41 Street Survivors-Lynyrd Skynyrd-MCA 42 Champagne Jam-Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor
43 Life Is A Song Worth Singing-Teddy Pendergrass-Philadelphia International
44 French Kiss-Bob Welch-Capitol 45 Blue Lights In The Basement-Roberta Flack-Atlantic 46 FM Soundtrack-Various Artists-MCA 47 I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight-Neil Diamond-Columbia 48 Boys In The Trees-Carly Simon-Elektra 49 A Taste Of Honey-A Taste Of Honey-Capitol 50 Down Two Then Left-Boz Scaggs-Columbia 51 Double Live Gonzo-Ted Nugent-Epic 52 You Light Up My Life-Johnny Mathis-Columbia 53 Time Passages-Al Stewart-Arista 54 Hot Streets-Chicago-Columbia 55 A Wild And Crazy Guy-Steve Martin-Warner Brothers 56 So Full Of Love-O'Jays-Philadelphia International 57 Draw The Line-Aerosmith-Columbia 58 Shaun Cassidy-Shaun Cassidy-Warner Brothers 59 Dog & Butterfly-Heart-Portrait 60 Blam-Brothers Johnson-A&M 61 Central Heating-Heatwave-Epic 62 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor-Jimmy Buffet-ABC 63 Thank God It's Friday-Various Artists-Casablanca 64 Elvis In Concert-Elvis Presley-RCA 65 Street Legal-Bob Dylan-Columbia 66 Excitable Boy-Warren Zevon-Asylum 67 Magazine-Heart-Mushroom 68 Watermark-Art Garfunkel-Columbia 69 Live-Commodores-Motown 70 Songbird-Barbra Steisand-Columbia 71 Comes A Time-Neil Young-Reprise 72 Octave-Moody Blues-London 73 Mixed Emotions-Exile-Warner Brothers 74 Brother To Brother-Gino Vanelli-A&M 75 Come Get It-Rick James-Gordy 76 Togetherness-L.T.D.-A&M 77 Pyramid-Alan Parson's Project-Arista 78 One Nation Under A Groove-Funkadelic-Warner Brothers 79 Close Encounters-Original Soundtrack-Arista 80 Waiting For Columbus-Little Feat-Warner Brothers 81 Street Player-Rufus & Chaka Khan-ABC 82 Tormato-Yes-Atlantic 83 A Single Man-Elton John-MCA 84 Let's Get Smal1-Steve Martin-Warner Brothers 85 Bat Out Of Hell-Meatloaf-Epic 86 ...And Then There Were Three-Genesis-Atlantic 87 Longer Fuse-Dan Hill-20th Century 88 Sleeper Catcher-Little River Band-Harvest 89 Is It Still Good To Ya-Ashford & Simpson-Warner Brothers 90 Weekend Warriors-Ted Nugent-Epic 91 Funkadelicity Vs.Placebo-Parliament-Casablanca 92 Waylon & Willie-Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson-RCA 93 The Story Of Star Wars-Various Artists-20th Century 94 Under Wraps-Shaun Cassidy-Warner Brothers 95 Van Halen-Van Halen-Warner Brothers 96 Greatest Hits,Etc.-Paul Simon-Columbia 97 Little Criminals-Randy Newman-Warner Brothers 98 Sound...And Stuff Like That-Quincy Jones-A&M 99 Here At Last...Bee Gees..Live-Bee Gees-RSO 100 Crusin'-Village People-Casablanca
*as published in the December 30th,1978 issue of Cash Box Magazine.