RADIO AND RECORDS (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP ROCK (AOR) ALBUMS OF 1980*
Pos.-Title-Artist-Label-Peak Month 1 AGAINST THE WIND-BOB SEGER & SILVER BULLET BAND 2 THE WALL-Pink Floyd 3 EMOTIONAL RESCUE-Rolling Stones 4 EMPTY GLASS-Pete Townsend 5 HOLD OUT-Jackson Browne 6 DUKE-Genesis 7 THE GAME-Queen 8 GLASS HOUSES-Billy Joel 9 PRETENDERS-Pretenders 10 CRIMES OF PASSION-Pat Benatar 11 Back In Black-AC/DC 12 Damn The Torpedos-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers 13 Love Stinks-J.Geils Band 14 Departure-Journey 15 Anytime,Any Place,Anywhere-Rossington Collins Band 16 Mad Love-Linda Rondstadt 17 Just One Night-Eric Clapton 18 Urban Cowboy Soundtrack-Various Artists 19 Bebe Le Strange-Heart 20 Women & Children First-Van Halen 21 Panorama-Cars 22 London Calling-The Clash 23 Phoenix-Dan Fogelberg 24 Crash And Burn-Pat Travers Band 25 Permanent Waves-Rush 26 The Long Run-Eagles 27 One For The Road-Kinks 28 Go To Heaven-Grateful Dead 29 Freedom At Point Zero-Jefferson Starship 30 Union Jacks-Babys 31 Under The Gun-Poco 32 Audio Visions-Kansas 33 Playing For Keeps-Eddie Money 34 Drama-Yes 35 Adventures In...-Todd Rundgren 36 Reach For The Sky-Allman Brothers 37 Beatin' The Odds-Molly Hatchet 38 Deguello-ZZ Top 39 Middle Man-Boz Scaggs 40 Tom Cattin'-Blackfoot 41 One Step Closer-Doobie Brothers 42 Tusk-Fleetwood Mac 43 Scream Dream-Ted Nugent 44 Roadie-Various Artists 45 Paris-Supertramp 46 Bad Luck Streak-Warren Zevon 47 Get Happy!-Elvis Costello 48 Peter Gabriel-Peter Gabriel 49 McVicar-Roger Daltry 50 Full Moon-Charlie Daniel's Band 51 The Pleasure Principle-Gary Numan 52 There And Back-Jeff Beck 53 No Nukes-Various Artists 54 Malice In Wonderland-Nazareth 55 Victims Of Fury-Robin Trower 56 Scary Monsters-David Bowie 57 Blues Brothers Soundtrack-Blues Brothers 58 The Up Escalator-Graham Parker & Rumour 59 Cornerstone-Styx 60 Heaven & Hell-Black Sabbath 61 Flesh & Blood-Roxy Music 62 Zenyatta Mondatta-Police 63 Cultosaurus-Blue Oyster Cult 64 Flush The Fashion-Alice Cooper 65 Found All The Parts-Cheap Trick 66 The River-Bruce Springsteen 67 Tenth-Marshall Tucker Band 68 No Ballads-Rickets 69 Undertow-Firefall 70 Heartland-Michael Stanley Band 71 In The Heat Of The Band-Pat Benatar 72 24 Carrots-Al Stewart 73 ...But The Little Girls Understand-The Knack 74 British Steel-Judas Priest 75 Night In The Ruts-Aerosmith 76 True Colours-Split Enz 77 A-Jethro Tull 78 Christopher Cross-Christopher Cross 79 In Through The Our Door-Led Zeppelin 80 Live Rust-Neil Young & Crazy Horse * As published in the December 12th,1980 issue of Radio And Records Magazine.