NEW ZEALAND (R.I.A.N.Z.) WEEKLY ALBUM CHARTS FROM 1978
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 1,1978
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1 1 44 RUMOURS-FLEETWOOD MAC
2 2 9 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 3 3 5 LOVE SONGS-The Beatles 4 4 4 30 GREATEST HITS-Rolling Stones 5 5 27 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 6 6 3 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 7 7 105 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 8 8 4 GRAND MASTERS-Various Artists 9 9 78 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart 10 10 25 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 11 11 11 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 12 12 10 AJA-Steely Dan
13 13 6 ELTON JOHN’S GREATEST HITS VOL II-Elton John
14 14 18 MOODY BLUE-Elvis Presley 15 15 4 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 16 16 3 LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL-Kamahl 17 17 34 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 18 18 30 EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS-Supertramp 19 19 125 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd 20 20 6 THUNDER IN MY HEART-Leo Sayer
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 8,1978
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1 1 45 RUMOURS-FLEETWOOD MAC
2 2 10 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 3 3 6 LOVE SONGS-The Beatles 4 4 5 30 GREATEST HITS-Rolling Stones 5 5 28 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 6 6 4 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 7 7 106 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 8 8 5 GRAND MASTERS-Various Artists 9 9 79 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart 10 10 26 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 11 11 12 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 12 12 11 AJA-Steely Dan
13 13 7 ELTON JOHN’S GREATEST HITS VOL II-Elton John
14 14 19 MOODY BLUE-Elvis Presley 15 15 5 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 16 16 4 LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL-Kamahl 17 17 35 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 18 18 31 EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS-Supertramp 19 19 126 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd 20 20 7 THUNDER IN MY HEART-Leo Sayer
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 15,1978
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1 1 46 RUMOURS-FLEETWOOD MAC
2 2 11 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 3 3 7 LOVE SONGS-The Beatles 4 4 6 30 GREATEST HITS-Rolling Stones 5 5 29 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 6 6 5 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 7 7 107 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 8 8 6 GRAND MASTERS-Various Artists 9 9 80 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart 10 10 27 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 11 11 13 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 12 12 12 AJA-Steely Dan
13 13 8 ELTON JOHN’S GREATEST HITS VOL II-Elton John
14 14 20 MOODY BLUE-Elvis Presley 15 15 6 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 16 16 5 LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL-Kamahl 17 17 36 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 18 18 32 EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS-Supertramp 19 19 127 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd 20 20 8 THUNDER IN MY HEART-Leo Sayer
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 22,1978
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1 1 47 RUMOURS-FLEETWOOD MAC
2 2 12 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 3 3 8 LOVE SONGS-The Beatles 4 4 7 30 GREATEST HITS-Rolling Stones 5 5 30 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 6 6 6 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 7 7 108 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 8 8 7 GRAND MASTERS-Various Artists 9 9 81 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart 10 10 28 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 11 11 14 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 12 12 13 AJA-Steely Dan 13 13 9 ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS VOL II-Elton John 14 14 21 MOODY BLUE-Elvis Presley 15 15 7 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 16 16 6 LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL-Kamahl 17 17 37 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 18 18 33 EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS-Supertramp 19 19 128 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd 20 20 9 THUNDER IN MY HEART-Leo Sayer
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 29,1978
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1 2 13 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-ROD STEWART
2 1 48 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 3 6 7 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 4 11 15 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 5 - 1 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 6 - 1 ELVIS IN CONCERT-Elvis Presley 7 7 109 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 8 - 1 COMMODORES LIVE-The Commodores 9 - 1 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 10 3 9 LOVE SONGS-The Beatles 11 15 8 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 12 34 2 MOONFLOWER-Santana 13 38 35 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 14 10 29 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 15 8 8 GRAND MASTERS-Various Artists 16 13 10 ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS VOL II-Elton John 17 17 38 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 18 14 22 MOODY BLUE-Elvis Presley 19 39 2 STAR WARS OST-Various Artists 20 - 1 GRAHAM BONNET-Graham Bonnet
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 5,1978
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1 2 49 RUMOURS-FLEETWOOD MAC
2 1 14 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 3 9 2 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs
4 5 2 I’M GLAD YOU’RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond
5 3 8 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 6 11 9 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 7 4 16 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 8 7 110 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 9 13 36 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 10 17 39 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 11 25 32 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 12 - 1 ABBA:THE ALBUM-Abba 13 6 2 ELVIS IN CONCERT-Elvis Presley 14 14 30 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 15 21 15 AJA-Steely Dan 16 23 83 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart 17 12 3 MOONFLOWER-Santana 18 8 2 COMMODORES LIVE-The Commodores 19 35 2 MINK DE VILLE-Mink De Ville 20 20 2 GRAHAM BONNET-Graham Bonnet
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 12,1978
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1 12 2 ABBA:THE ALBUM-ABBA
2 1 50 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 3 2 15 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 4 3 3 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 5 6 17 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 6 7 10 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra
7 4 3 I’M GLAD YOU’RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond
8 9 37 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 9 5 9 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 10 11 33 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 11 8 111 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 12 18 3 COMMODORES LIVE-The Commodores 13 16 84 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart 14 13 3 ELVIS IN CONCERT-Elvis Presley 15 23 4 HEROES-David Bowie 16 15 16 AJA-Steely Dan 17 17 4 MOONFLOWER-Santana 18 - 1 RUNNING ON EMPTY-Jackson Browne 19 10 40 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 20 19 3 MINK DE VILLE-Mink De Ville
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 19,1978
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1 1 3 ABBA:THE ALBUM-ABBA
2 2 51 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 3 4 4 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 4 3 16 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 5 8 38 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 6 6 11 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 7 5 18 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 8 9 10 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 9 7 4 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 10 11 112 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 11 19 41 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 12 10 34 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 13 12 4 COMMODORES LIVE-The Commodores 14 21 32 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 15 29 6 NEWS OF THE WORLD-Queen 16 23 4 GRAHAM BONNET-Graham Bonnet 17 24 88 CRIME OF THE CENTURY-Supertramp 18 17 5 MOONFLOWER-Santana 19 13 85 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart 20 20 4 MINK DE VILLE-Mink De Ville
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 26,1978
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1 1 4 ABBA:THE ALBUM-ABBA
2 3 5 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 3 5 39 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 4 7 19 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 5 2 52 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 6 4 17 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 7 9 5 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 8 8 11 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 9 6 12 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 10 24 3 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 11 16 5 GRAHAM BONNET-Graham Bonnet 12 27 18 AJA-Steely Dan 13 10 113 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 14 18 6 MOONFLOWER-Santana 15 11 42 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 16 - 1 RUNNING FREE-Dragon 17 14 33 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 18 35 34 BREEZIN-George Benson 19 15 7 NEWS OF THE WORLD-Queen 20 32 11 HELLO SAILOR-Hello Sailor
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 5,1978
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1 1 4 ABBA:THE ALBUM-ABBA
2 4 19 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 3 2 5 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 4 5 52 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 5 3 39 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 6 6 17 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 7 8 11 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 8 7 5 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 9 9 12 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 10 10 3 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 11 17 33 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 12 38 34 BREEZIN-George Benson 13 24 36 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 14 11 5 GRAHAM BONNET-Graham Bonnet 15 21 6 MINK DE VILLE-Mink De Ville 16 - 1 ALL 'N ALL-Earth,Wind and Fire 17 13 113 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 18 15 42 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 19 26 87 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart 20 14 6 MOONFLOWER-Santana
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 12,1978
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1 1 5 ABBA:THE ALBUM-ABBA
2 2 20 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt
3 3 6 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 4 5 40 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 5 4 53 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 6 8 6 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 7 6 18 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 8 7 12 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 9 10 4 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 10 12 35 BREEZIN-George Benson 11 9 13 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 12 11 34 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 13 20 7 MOONFLOWER-Santana 14 14 6 GRAHAM BONNET-Graham Bonnet 15 28 2 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 16 24 91 CRIME OF THE CENTURY-Supertramp 17 17 114 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 18 - 1 SECONDS OUT-Genesis 19 13 37 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 20 19 88 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 19,1978
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1 6 7 I’M GLAD YOU’RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-NEIL DIAMOND
2 3 7 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 3 2 21 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 4 4 41 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 5 1 6 ABBA:THE ALBUM-Abba 6 5 54 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 7 9 5 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 8 7 19 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 9 15 3 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 10 10 36 BREEZIN-George Benson 11 11 14 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 12 8 13 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 13 12 35 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 14 18 2 SECONDS OUT-Genesis 15 19 38 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 16 26 20 AJA-Steely Dan 17 25 44 A NEW WORLD RECORD-Electric Light Orchestra 18 27 52 HOTEL CALIFORNIA-The Eagles 19 22 3 ALL 'N ALL-Earth,Wind and Fire 20 24 8 MINK DE VILLE-Mink De Ville
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 26,1978
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1 – 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 7 6 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 3 1 8 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 4 2 8 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 5 6 55 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 6 5 7 ABBA:THE ALBUM-Abba 7 3 22 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 8 4 42 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 9 9 4 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 10 8 20 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 11 10 37 BREEZIN-George Benson 12 - 1 WAITING FOR COLUMBUS-Little Feat 13 13 36 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 14 11 15 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 15 14 3 SECONDS OUT-Genesis 16 18 53 HOTEL CALIFORNIA-The Eagles 17 12 14 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 18 24 15 HELLO SAILOR-Hello Sailor 19 25 116 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 20 16 21 AJA-Steely Dan
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 2,1978
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1 1 2 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 7 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 3 3 9 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 4 4 9 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 5 5 56 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 6 6 8 ABBA:THE ALBUM-Abba 7 7 23 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 8 8 43 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 9 9 5 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 10 10 21 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 11 11 38 BREEZIN-George Benson 12 12 2 WAITING FOR COLUMBUS-Little Feat 13 13 37 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 14 14 16 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 15 15 4 SECONDS OUT-Genesis 16 16 54 HOTEL CALIFORNIA-The Eagles 17 17 15 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 18 18 16 HELLO SAILOR-Hello Sailor 19 19 117 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 20 20 22 AJA-Steely Dan
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 9,1978
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1 1 3 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 8 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 3 4 10 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 4 3 10 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 5 5 57 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 6 6 9 ABBA:THE ALBUM-Abba 7 8 44 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 8 9 6 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 9 11 39 BREEZIN-George Benson 10 10 22 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 11 12 3 WAITING FOR COLUMBUS-Little Feat 12 7 24 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 13 19 118 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 14 24 40 FLEETWOOD MAC-Fleetwood Mac 15 25 135 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd 16 13 38 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 17 15 5 SECONDS OUT-Genesis 18 29 94 CRIME OF THE CENTURY-Supertramp 19 27 11 MOONFLOWER-Santana 20 14 17 OUT OF THE BLUE-Electric Light Orchestra 16 16 55 HOTEL CALIFORNIA-The Eagles 17 17 16 OXYGENE-Jean-Michel Jarre 18 18 17 HELLO SAILOR-Hello Sailor 20 20 23 AJA-Steely Dan
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 16,1978
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1 1 4 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 34 2 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO 3 4 11 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 4 2 9 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 5 5 58 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 6 3 11 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 7 7 45 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 8 6 10 ABBA:THE ALBUM-Abba 9 12 25 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 10 8 7 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 11 9 40 BREEZIN-George Benson 12 10 23 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 13 11 4 WAITING FOR COLUMBUS-Little Feat 14 13 119 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 15 16 39 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 16 16 56 HOTEL CALIFORNIA-The Eagles 17 25 2 LIVE BACK HOME-John Rowles 18 15 136 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd 19 19 12 MOONFLOWER-Santana 20 20 24 AJA-Steely Dan
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 23,1978
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1 1 5 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 3 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO 3 4 10 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 4 - 1 LONDON TOWN-Wings 5 3 12 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 6 5 59 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 7 7 46 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 8 6 12 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 9 8 11 ABBA:THE ALBUM-Abba 10 9 26 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 11 12 24 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 12 11 41 BREEZIN-George Benson 13 10 8 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 14 14 120 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 15 17 3 LIVE BACK HOME-John Rowles 16 13 5 WAITING FOR COLUMBUS-Little Feat 17 28 2 STICK TO ME-Graham Parker 18 - 1 WATERMARK-Art Garfunkel 19 16 57 HOTEL CALIFORNIA-The Eagles 20 15 40 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 30,1978
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1 1 6 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 4 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO 3 3 11 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 4 5 13 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 5 6 60 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 6 8 13 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 7 7 47 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 8 4 2 LONDON TOWN-Wings 9 9 12 ABBA:THE ALBUM-Abba 10 13 9 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 11 10 27 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 12 11 25 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 13 12 42 BREEZIN-George Benson 14 14 121 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 15 15 4 LIVE BACK HOME-John Rowles 16 20 41 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 17 16 6 WAITING FOR COLUMBUS-Little Feat 18 21 26 AJA-Steely Dan 19 30 10 STAR WARS OST-Various Artists 20 19 58 HOTEL CALIFORNIA-The Eagles
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 7,1978
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1 1 7 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 5 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO 3 - 1 DISCO MAGIC VOL II-Various Artists 4 3 12 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 5 - 1 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 6 5 61 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 7 8 3 LONDON TOWN-Wings 8 4 14 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 9 25 2 STREET HASSLE-Lou Reed 10 6 14 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 11 - 1 THIS YEAR'S MODEL-Elvis Costello 12 12 26 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 13 11 28 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 14 14 122 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 15 28 2 THE VERY BEST OF RON GOODWIN-Ron Goodwin 16 9 13 ABBA:THE ALBUM-Abba 17 13 43 BREEZIN-George Benson 18 7 48 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 19 10 10 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 20 - 1 EASTER-Patti Smith
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 14,1978
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1 1 8 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 6 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO 3 5 2 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 4 4 13 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 5 3 2 DISCO MAGIC VOL II-Various Artists 6 6 62 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 7 13 29 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 8 7 4 LONDON TOWN-Wings 9 10 15 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 10 18 49 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 11 8 15 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 12 11 2 THIS YEAR'S MODEL-Elvis Costello 13 19 11 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 14 16 43 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 15 9 3 STREET HASSLE-Lou Reed 16 - 1 KISS ALIVE II-Kiss 17 - 1 MASTERPIECES-Bob Dylan 18 17 44 BREEZIN-George Benson 19 22 5 INNOCENT VICTIM-Uriah Heep 20 37 10 ALL 'N ALL-Earth,Wind and Fire
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 21,1978
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1 1 9 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 7 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO 3 3 3 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 4 4 14 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 5 5 3 DISCO MAGIC VOL II-Various Artists 6 7 30 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 7 25 2 I BELIEVE IN MUSIC-Perry Como 8 6 63 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 9 9 16 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 10 8 5 LONDON TOWN-Wings 11 22 124 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 12 10 50 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 13 16 2 KISS ALIVE II-Kiss 14 17 2 MASTERPIECES-Bob Dylan 15 11 16 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 16 26 48 ENDLESS FLIGHT-Leo Sayer 17 14 44 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 18 13 12 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 19 12 3 THIS YEAR'S MODEL-Elvis Costello 20 18 45 BREEZIN-George Benson
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 28,1978
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1 1 10 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 3 4 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 3 4 15 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 4 2 8 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO 5 24 2 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow 6 6 31 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 7 5 4 DISCO MAGIC VOL II-Various Artists 8 16 49 ENDLESS FLIGHT-Leo Sayer 9 8 64 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 10 9 17 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 11 14 3 MASTERPIECES-Bob Dylan 12 10 6 LONDON TOWN-Wings 13 12 51 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 14 17 45 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 15 - 1 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 16 13 3 KISS ALIVE II-Kiss 17 15 17 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT-Neil Diamond 18 26 6 GREATEST HITS-Linda Ronstadt 19 21 5 STREET HASSLE-Lou Reed 20 11 125 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 4,1978
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1 1 11 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 15 2 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 3 3 16 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 4 2 5 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 5 6 32 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 6 5 3 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow 7 8 50 ENDLESS FLIGHT-Leo Sayer 8 4 9 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO 9 7 5 DISCO MAGIC VOL II-Various Artists 10 12 7 LONDON TOWN-Wings 11 10 18 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 12 33 7 THUNDER IN MY HEART-Leo Sayer 13 24 5 EXCITABLE BOY-Warren Zevon 14 9 65 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 15 13 52 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 16 31 5 THIS YEAR'S MODEL-Elvis Costello 17 23 13 ALL 'N ALL-Earth,Wind and Fire 18 14 46 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 19 11 4 MASTERPIECES-Bob Dylan 20 20 126 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 11,1978
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1 1 12 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 3 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 3 3 17 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 4 4 6 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 5 6 4 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow 6 5 33 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 7 7 51 ENDLESS FLIGHT-Leo Sayer 8 8 10 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO 9 14 66 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 10 15 53 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 11 10 8 LONDON TOWN-Wings 12 13 6 EXCITABLE BOY-Warren Zevon 13 11 19 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 14 33 4 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 15 16 6 THIS YEAR'S MODEL-Elvis Costello 16 9 6 DISCO MAGIC VOL II-Various Artists 17 28 3 EVEN NOW-Barry Manilow 18 23 14 WEEKEND IN L.A.-George Benson 19 17 14 ALL 'N ALL-Earth,Wind and Fire 20 19 5 MASTERPIECES-Bob Dylan
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 18,1978
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1 1 13 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 4 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 3 3 18 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 4 4 7 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 5 5 5 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow 6 6 34 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 7 - 1 THE LEGENDARY JIM CROCE-Jim Croce 8 9 67 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 9 - 1 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 10 25 3 BUT SERIOUSLY,FOLKS-Joe Walsh 11 7 52 ENDLESS FLIGHT-Leo Sayer 12 27 36 JOAN ARMATRADING-Joan Armatrading 13 21 48 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 14 16 7 DISCO MAGIC VOL II-Various Artists 15 10 54 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 16 11 9 LONDON TOWN-Wings 17 13 20 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT-Boz Scaggs 18 12 7 EXCITABLE BOY-Warren Zevon 19 14 5 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 20 8 11 GOING PLACES-Ron Goodwin/NZSO
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 25,1978
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1 1 14 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 5 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 3 3 19 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 4 4 8 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 5 5 6 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow 6 7 2 THE LEGENDARY JIM CROCE-Jim Croce 7 6 35 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 8 9 2 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 9 - 1 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 10 8 68 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 11 12 37 JOAN ARMATRADING-Joan Armatrading 12 21 16 ALL 'N ALL-Earth,Wind and Fire 13 14 8 DISCO MAGIC VOL II-Various Artists 14 10 4 BUT SERIOUSLY,FOLKS-Joe Walsh 15 26 8 THIS YEAR'S MODEL-Elvis Costello 16 RE 6 MASTERPIECES-Bob Dylan 17 23 2 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 18 19 6 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 19 17 3 EVEN NOW-Barry Manilow 20 15 55 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 2,1978
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1 1 15 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 - 1 KAMAHL-Kamahl 3 2 6 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 4 6 3 THE LEGENDARY JIM CROCE-Jim Croce 5 4 9 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 6 5 7 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow 7 3 20 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 8 9 2 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 9 7 36 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 10 - 1 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 11 15 9 THIS YEAR'S MODEL-Elvis Costello 12 10 69 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac 13 8 3 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 14 11 38 JOAN ARMATRADING-Joan Armatrading 15 17 3 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 16 24 50 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 17 12 17 ALL 'N ALL-Earth,Wind and Fire 18 25 29 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE-Rod Stewart 19 28 128 ATLANTIC CROSSING-Rod Stewart 20 - 1 THE BEST OF ACKER BILK-Acker Bilk
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 9,1978
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1 2 2 KAMAHL-KAMAHL
2 1 16 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 3 3 7 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 4 7 21 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 5 8 3 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 6 10 2 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 7 5 10 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 8 - 1 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 9 6 8 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow 10 - 1 AND THEN THERE WERE THREE-Genesis 11 9 37 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 12 11 10 THIS YEAR'S MODEL-Elvis Costello 13 4 4 THE LEGENDARY JIM CROCE-Jim Croce 14 - 1 OCTAVE-The Moody Blues 15 17 18 ALL 'N ALL-Earth,Wind and Fire 16 15 4 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 17 28 57 SILK DEGREES-Boz Scaggs 18 16 51 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 19 14 39 JOAN ARMATRADING-Joan Armatrading 20 13 4 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 16,1978
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1 8 2 SOME GIRLS-ROLLING STONES
2 1 3 KAMAHL-Kamahl 3 2 17 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 4 3 8 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 5 5 4 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 6 - 1 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 7 4 22 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 8 7 11 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 9 - 1 WONDERLAND OF OPERA-Andre Kostelanetz 10 6 3 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 11 10 2 AND THEN THERE WERE THREE-Genesis
12 23 3 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNS GREATEST HITS VOL II-Olivia Newton-John
13 16 5 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 14 9 9 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow 15 13 5 THE LEGENDARY JIM CROCE-Jim Croce 16 11 38 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 17 12 11 THIS YEAR'S MODEL-Elvis Costello 18 18 52 HERE AT LAST...LIVE-Bee Gees 19 21 5 FEELS SO GOOD-Chuck Mangione 20 22 71 RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 23,1978
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1 1 3 SOME GIRLS-ROLLING STONES
2 3 18 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 3 2 4 KAMAHL-Kamahl 4 6 2 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 5 4 9 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 6 5 5 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 7 9 2 WONDERLAND OF OPERA-Andre Kostelanetz 8 10 4 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 9 - 1 F.M.-Various Artists 10 7 23 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel
11 12 4 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNS GREATEST HITS VOL II-Olivia Newton-John
12 11 3 AND THEN THERE WERE THREE-Genesis 13 8 12 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 14 13 6 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 15 - 1 DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN-Bruce Springsteen 16 14 10 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow 17 16 39 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 18 26 3 OCTAVE-The Moody Blues 19 35 2 BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE-Brian Eno 20 15 6 THE LEGENDARY JIM CROCE-Jim Croce
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 30,1978
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1 9 2 F.M.-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 1 4 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 3 2 19 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 4 6 6 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 5 3 5 KAMAHL-Kamahl 6 5 10 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 7 7 3 WONDERLAND OF OPERA-Andre Kostelanetz 8 4 3 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 9 8 5 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 10 10 24 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 11 15 2 DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN-Bruce Springsteen
12 11 5 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNS GREATEST HITS VOL II-Olivia Newton-John
13 14 7 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 14 17 40 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 15 12 4 AND THEN THERE WERE THREE-Genesis 16 13 13 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 17 18 4 OCTAVE-The Moody Blues 18 19 3 BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE-Brian Eno 19 22 3 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 20 16 11 BARRY MANILOW LIVE-Barry Manilow
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 6,1978
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1 3 20 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES/VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 4 7 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 - 1 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 4 2 5 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 5 1 3 F.M.-Various Artists 6 6 11 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 7 5 6 KAMAHL-Kamahl 8 33 2 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 9 8 4 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 10 7 4 WONDERLAND OF OPERA-Andre Kostelanetz 11 9 6 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 12 - 1 THE WORLD'S GREATEST VOICES-Various Artists 13 10 25 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 14 11 3 DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN-Bruce Springsteen 15 13 8 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists
16 12 6 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNS GREATEST HITS VOL II-Olivia Newton-John
17 23 8 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 18 15 5 AND THEN THERE WERE THREE-Genesis 19 14 41 SIMPLE DREAMS-Linda Ronstadt 20 22 2 SHADOW DANCING-Andy Gibb
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 13,1978
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1 3 2 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 8 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 1 21 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 4 5 4 F.M.-Various Artists 5 4 6 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 6 9 5 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 7 6 12 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 8 8 3 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 9 7 7 KAMAHL-Kamahl 10 12 2 THE WORLD'S GREATEST VOICES-Various Artists 11 11 7 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 12 10 5 WONDERLAND OF OPERA-Andre Kostelanetz
13 16 7 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNS GREATEST HITS VOL II-Olivia Newton-John
14 13 26 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 15 20 3 SHADOW DANCING-Andy Gibb ??16 15 9 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 17 - 1 THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW OST-Various 18 17 9 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 19 35 36 I ROBOT-The Alan Parsons Project 20 34 5 BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE-Brian Eno
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 20,1978
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1 1 3 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 9 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 3 22 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 4 4 5 F.M.-Various Artists 5 - 1 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 6 5 7 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 7 8 4 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 8 11 8 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 9 6 6 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 10 7 13 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 11 17 2 THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW OST-Various 12 14 27 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 13 9 8 KAMAHL-Kamahl 14 12 6 WONDERLAND OF OPERA-Andre Kostelanetz ??15 16 10 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 16 10 3 THE WORLD'S GREATEST VOICES-Various Artists 17 - 1 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Diana Ross And The Supremes 18 - 1 ELVIS IN HOLLYWOOD-Elvis Presley 19 27 2 SOME OF ME POEMS AND SONGS-Pam Ayers 20 21 5 DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN-Bruce Springsteen
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 27,1978
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1 1 4 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 10 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 5 2 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 4 21 2 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 5 3 23 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 6 17 2 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Diana Ross And The Supremes 7 18 2 ELVIS IN HOLLYWOOD-Elvis Presley 8 6 8 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 9 4 6 F.M.-Various Artists 10 7 5 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 11 12 28 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 12 10 14 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 13 8 9 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 14 9 7 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 15 15 11 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists ??16 16 4 THE WORLD'S GREATEST VOICES-Various Artists 17 24 2 IRISH ROVERS GREATEST HITS-Irish Rovers 18 20 6 DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN-Bruce Springsteen 19 11 3 THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW OST-Various Artists 20 23 11 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 3,1978
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1 2 11 BAT OUT OF HELL-MEATLOAF
2 1 5 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 3 4 3 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 4 7 3 ELVIS IN HOLLYWOOD-Elvis Presley 5 3 3 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 6 6 3 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Diana Ross And The Supremes 7 - 1 THIS IS MY LIFE-John Rowles 8 5 24 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 9 8 9 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 10 9 7 F.M.-Various Artists 11 12 15 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 12 10 6 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 13 15 12 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 14 14 8 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 15 13 10 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 16 11 29 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 17 17 3 IRISH ROVERS GREATEST HITS-Irish Rovers 18 20 12 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 19 22 10 KAMAHL-Kamahl 20 21 4 SOME OF ME POEMS AND SONGS-Pam Ayers
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 10,1978
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1 2 6 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 1 12 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 3 4 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 4 8 25 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 5 4 4 ELVIS IN HOLLYWOOD-Elvis Presley 6 7 2 THIS IS MY LIFE-John Rowles 7 9 10 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 8 - 1 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 9 6 4 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Diana Ross And The Supremes 10 5 4 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 11 11 16 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 12 10 8 F.M.-Various Artists 13 20 5 SOME OF ME POEMS AND SONGS-Pam Ayers 14 16 30 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 15 18 13 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 16 14 9 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 17 12 7 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 18 15 11 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 19 19 11 KAMAHL-Kamahl 20 29 11 WILL ANYBODY MARRY ME-Pam Ayers
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 17,1978
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1 1 7 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 13 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 3 5 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 4 8 2 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 5 4 26 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 6 7 11 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 7 10 5 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 8 21 14 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 9 17 8 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 10 6 3 THIS IS MY LIFE-John Rowles 11 11 17 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 12 37 2 SLEEPER CATCHER-Little River Band 13 9 5 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Diana Ross And The Supremes 14 5 5 ELVIS IN HOLLYWOOD-Elvis Presley 15 15 14 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 16 12 9 F.M.-Various Artists 17 16 10 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 18 18 12 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 19 14 31 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 20 13 6 SOME OF ME POEMS AND SONGS-Pam Ayers
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 24,1978
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1 1 8 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 14 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 4 3 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 4 3 6 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 5 5 27 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 6 6 12 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 7 7 6 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 8 9 15 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 9 11 18 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 10 18 13 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 11 10 4 THIS IS MY LIFE-John Rowles 12 16 10 F.M.-Various Artists 13 15 15 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 14 9 9 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 15 39 2 THE CARS-The Cars 16 13 6 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Diana Ross And The Supremes 17 19 32 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 18 17 11 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 19 12 3 SLEEPER CATCHER-Little River Band 20 27 11 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 1,1978
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1 1 9 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 15 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 3 4 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 4 4 7 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 5 5 28 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 6 11 5 THIS IS MY LIFE-John Rowles 7 9 19 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 8 13 16 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 9 6 13 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 10 8 16 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 11 14 10 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 12 10 14 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 13 17 33 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 14 29 16 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 15 18 12 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 16 20 12 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 17 19 4 SLEEPER CATCHER-Little River Band 18 7 7 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 19 16 7 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Diana Ross And The Supremes 20 12 11 F.M.-Various Artists
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 8,1978
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1 1 10 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 3 5 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 3 2 16 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 4 4 8 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 5 8 17 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 6 5 29 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 7 9 14 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 8 7 20 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 9 12 15 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 10 13 34 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 11 6 6 THIS IS MY LIFE-John Rowles 12 20 12 F.M.-Various Artists 13 - 1 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 14 15 13 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 15 35 9 RUNNING ON EMPTY-Jackson Browne 16 11 11 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 17 14 17 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 18 17 8 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 19 10 17 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 20 19 8 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Diana Ross And The Supremes
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 15,1978
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1 1 11 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 3 17 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 2 6 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 4 13 2 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 5 4 9 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 6 6 30 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 7 12 13 F.M.-Various Artists 8 8 21 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 9 5 18 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 10 18 9 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 11 - 1 SONGS OF NEW ZEALAND-NZ Maori Chorale 12 10 35 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 13 7 15 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 14 9 16 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 15 14 14 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 16 20 9 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Diana Ross And The Supremes 17 11 7 THIS IS MY LIFE-John Rowles 18 - 1 18 COUNTRY GREATS-Various Artists 19 17 18 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 20 - 1 BLAM-Brothers Johnson
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 22,1978
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1 1 12 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 18 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 5 10 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 4 4 3 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 5 3 7 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 6 22 3 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 7 11 2 SONGS OF NEW ZEALAND-NZ Maori Chorale 8 6 31 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 9 - 1 WAVELENGTH-Van Morrison 10 14 17 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 11 19 19 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 12 37 22 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 13 9 19 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores 14 12 36 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 15 13 16 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 16 8 22 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 17 36 2 DON'T LOOK BACK-Boston 18 23 13 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 19 32 6 THE CARS-The Cars 20 7 14 F.M.-Various Artists
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 29,1978
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1 1 13 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 19 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 4 4 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 4 3 11 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 5 5 8 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne
6 – 1 SERGEANT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-Various Artists
7 12 23 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 8 6 4 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 9 8 32 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 10 9 2 WAVELENGTH-Van Morrison 11 7 3 SONGS OF NEW ZEALAND-NZ Maori Chorale 12 15 17 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 13 11 20 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 14 14 37 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 15 24 16 PYRAMID-The Alan Parsons Project 16 16 23 THE SOUND OF BREAD-Bread 17 18 14 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 18 23 3 BLAM-Brothers Johnson 19 25 20 THE LAST WALTZ-Various Artists 20 13 20 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 5,1978
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1 1 14 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 6 2 SERGEANT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-Various Artists
3 2 20 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 4 5 9 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 5 4 12 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 6 3 5 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 7 7 24 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 8 13 21 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 9 9 33 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 10 - 1 HAVE FUN SLIMMING-Various Artists 11 8 5 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 12 11 4 SONGS OF NEW ZEALAND-NZ Maori Chorale 13 12 18 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones
14 21 2 SGT. PEPPER’S LONLEY HEARTS CLUB BAND-The Beatles
15 14 38 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 16 30 19 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 17 25 5 LIVE AND DANGEROUS-Thin Lizzy 18 24 12 THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY-Various Artists 19 - 1 STAGE-David Bowie 20 20 21 NATURAL HIGH-The Commodores
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 12,1978
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1 1 15 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 3 21 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 3 4 10 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne
4 2 3 SERGEANT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-Various Artists
5 5 13 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 6 6 6 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 7 19 2 STAGE-David Bowie 8 8 22 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 9 11 6 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 10 10 2 HAVE FUN SLIMMING-Various Artists 11 15 39 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 12 9 34 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 13 13 19 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 14 7 25 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush
15 14 3 SGT. PEPPER’S LONLEY HEARTS CLUB BAND-The Beatles
16 - 1 WHO ARE YOU-The Who 17 21 4 O ZAMBEZI-Dragon 18 16 20 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 19 12 5 SONGS OF NEW ZEALAND-NZ Maori Chorale 20 17 6 LIVE AND DANGEROUS-Thin Lizzy
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 19,1978
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1 1 16 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 3 11 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 3 - 1 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc
4 4 4 SERGEANT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-Various Artists
5 2 22 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 6 7 3 STAGE-David Bowie 7 6 7 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 8 8 23 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 9 11 40 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 10 5 14 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 11 14 26 THE KICK INSIDE-Kate Bush 12 12 35 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists 13 13 20 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 14 16 2 WHO ARE YOU-The Who 15 9 7 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 16 19 6 SONGS OF NEW ZEALAND-NZ Maori Chorale 17 29 6 DON'T LOOK BACK-Boston 18 24 17 STREET LEGAL-Bob Dylan 19 28 4 LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY-Anne Murray
20 15 4 SGT. PEPPER’S LONLEY HEARTS CLUB BAND-The Beatles
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 26,1978
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1 1 17 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 3 2 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 3 2 12 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 4 5 23 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 5 6 4 STAGE-David Bowie 6 8 24 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 7 10 15 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 8 15 8 COMES A TIME-Neil Young
9 4 5 SERGEANT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-Various Artists
10 9 41 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 11 7 8 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 12 - 1 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores 13 14 3 WHO ARE YOU-The Who 14 21 5 WAVELENGTH-Van Morrison 15 13 21 SOME GIRLS-Rolling Stones 16 - 1 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band 17 - 1 LIVE-The Manhattan Transfer 18 24 22 CITY TO CITY-Gerry Rafferty 19 - 1 BURSTING OUT LIVE-Jethro Tull
20 12 36 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-Bee Gees/Various Artists
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 3,1978
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1 1 18 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 - 1 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 3 2 3 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 4 3 13 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 5 4 24 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 6 7 16 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 7 5 5 STAGE-David Bowie 8 10 42 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 9 6 25 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 10 8 9 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 11 11 9 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 12 - 1 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 13 - 1 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 14 - 1 THE STORY OF STAR WARS-Various Artists 15 12 2 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores
16 9 6 SERGEANT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-Various Artists
17 - 1 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 18 16 2 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band 19 21 6 LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY-Anne Murray 20 13 4 WHO ARE YOU-The Who
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 10,1978
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1 7 6 STAGE-DAVID BOWIE
2 1 19 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 3 12 2 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 4 3 4 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 5 2 2 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 6 - 1 LIONHEART-Kate Bush 7 - 1 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 8 6 17 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 9 5 25 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 10 14 2 THE STORY OF STAR WARS-Various Artists 11 13 2 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 12 4 14 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 13 15 3 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores 14 9 26 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 15 8 43 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 16 18 3 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band 17 - 1 20 SONGS OF JOY-The Nigel Brooks Singers 18 11 10 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt 19 17 2 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 20 23 9 SONGS OF NEW ZEALAND-NZ Maori Chorale
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 17,1978
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1 1 7 STAGE-DAVID BOWIE
2 3 3 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 2 20 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 4 5 3 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 5 6 2 LIONHEART-Kate Bush 6 4 5 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 7 7 2 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 8 33 2 A RECORD OF IT-Various Artists 9 8 18 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 10 11 3 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 11 10 3 THE STORY OF STAR WARS-Various Artists 12 13 4 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores 13 9 26 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 14 12 15 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 15 16 4 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band 16 21 2 LIVE AND MORE-Donna Summer 17 15 44 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 18 14 27 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 19 23 11 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 20 18 11 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 24,1978
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1 1 8 STAGE-DAVID BOWIE
2 2 4 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 3 21 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 4 4 4 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 5 5 3 LIONHEART-Kate Bush 6 6 6 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 7 7 3 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 8 8 3 A RECORD OF IT-Various Artists 9 9 19 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 10 10 4 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 11 11 4 THE STORY OF STAR WARS-Various Artists 12 12 5 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores 13 13 27 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 14 14 16 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 15 15 5 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band 16 16 3 LIVE AND MORE-Donna Summer 17 17 45 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 18 18 28 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 19 19 12 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 20 20 12 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 31,1978
TW LW TI TITLE Artist
1 1 9 STAGE-DAVID BOWIE
2 2 5 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 3 22 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 4 4 5 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 5 5 4 LIONHEART-Kate Bush 6 6 7 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 7 7 4 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 8 8 4 A RECORD OF IT-Various Artists 9 9 20 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 10 10 5 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 11 11 5 THE STORY OF STAR WARS-Various Artists 12 12 6 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores 13 13 28 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 14 14 17 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 15 15 6 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band 16 16 4 LIVE AND MORE-Donna Summer 17 17 46 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 18 18 29 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 19 19 13 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 20 20 13 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt