THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z:BARRY KOWAL)CHART's TOP ALBUMS FOR 1980
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 TRUE COLOURS-SPLIT ENZ-MARCH 2708 2 THE WALL-PINK FLOYD-January 1760 3 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-GHEORGHE ZAMFIR-April 1706 4 FLESH + BLOOD-ROXY MUSIC-September 1572 5 OFF THE WALL-MICHAEL JACKSON-June 1410 6 TUSK-FLEETWOOD MAC-April 1256 7 GIVE ME THE NIGHT-GEORGE BENSON-October 1186 8 DAMN THE TORPEDOS-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers-May 1178 9 LIVE RUST-Neil Young And Crazy Horse-August 1126 10 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police-November 946 11 Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits-Kenny Rogers-December 906 12 Guilty-Barbra Streisand-November 904 13 Stardust-Willie Nelson-July 824 14 The B-52's-The B-52's-July 750 15 The River-Bruce Springsteen-November 722 16 Me Myself I-Joan Armatrading-September 686 17 Bop Till You Drop-Ry Cooder-March 682 18 Scary Monsters-David Bowie-October 666 19 The Pretenders-The Pretenders-May 656 20 Reggatta De Blanc-The Police-March 638 21 Broken English-Marianne Faithful-October 636 22 Uprising-Bob Marley and the Wailers-September 604 23 Glass Houses-Billy Joel-May 580 24 Space Race-Mi-Sex-June 570 25 Paris:Greatest Hits-Supertramp-October 536 26 In The Heat Of The Night-Pat Benatar-June 508 27 Rust Never Sleeps-Neil Young & Crazy Horse-August 492 28 Foolish Behaviour-Rod Stewart-December 464 29 On The Radio:Greatest Hits Volume 1 & 2-Donna Summer-February 448 30 Unmasked-Kiss-September 440 31 Emotional Rescue-Rolling Stones-July 438 32 The Motels-The Motels-June 418 33 The Magic Of Boney M-Boney M-July 402 34 20 Golden Greays-Creedence Clearwater Revival-February 398 35 Greatest Hits Volume II-Abba-January 376 36 Graffiti Crimes-Mi-Sex-February 348 37 Careful-The Motels-October 346 38 Eagles Live-Eagles-December 344 39 Can't Stop The Music:Village People-Soundtrack-September 334 40 The James Galway Collection-James Galway-May 334 41 Super Trouper-Abba-December 330 42 Wild Planet-The B-52's-October 326 43 Xanadu-Soundtrack-September 322 44 Black Sea-XTC-September 318 45 Greatest Hits-KC & The Sunshine Band-April 310 46 The Game-Queen-November 304 47 Against The Wind-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-March 302 48 21 At 33-Elton John-July 286 49 Signing Off-UB40-November 280 50 Just One Night-Eric Clapton-June 278 51 Sharon O'Neill-Sharon O'Neill-March 240 52 Light Up The Night-Brothers Johnson-June 228 53 20 Country Classics-Various Artists-March 224 54 September Morn-Neil Diamond-February 210 55 James Last Live In London-James Last-April 206 56 Tarot Suite-Mike Batt-June 196 57 A Lifetime Of Music 1905-1980-Mantovani-July 192 58 Eddie Low Sings-Eddie Low-November 188 59 Triumph-Jacksons-November 176 60 Middle Man-Boz Scaggs-May 164 61 The Beatles Collection-The Beatles-December 160 62 Saved-Bob Dylan-August 146 63 Jezebel-Jon Stevens-March 132 64 The Specials-The Specials-March 132 65 Get Happy-Elvis Costello-March 128 66 London Calling-The Clash-March 110 67 Night Rains-Janis Ian-June 108 68 McCartney II-Paul McCartney-June 100 69 Toy Love-Toy Love-August 98 70 20 Golden Greats-Vera Lynn-May 94 71 100 Super Rocks-Elvis Presley-March 92 72 Remain In Light-Talking Heads-November 90 73 Hawks & Doves-Neil Young-November 88 74 20 Hottest Hits-Hot Chocolate-October 76 75 In The Skies-Peter Green-April 76 76 One For The Road-Willie Nelson and Leon Russell-August 74 77 Oceans Of Fantasy-Boney M-February 52 78 One Trick Pony-Paul Simon-September 50 79 Crimes Of Passion-Pat Benatar-October 50 80 The Immortal-Jim Reeves-May 46 81 Calm Before The Storm-Jon English-August 44 82 Sky 2-Sky-August 40 83 Seventeen Seconds-The Cure-August 40 84 Duke-Genesis-June 36 85 The Boys Light Up-Australian Crawl-October 34 86 Cornerstone-Styx-February 34 87 Panorama-The Cars-September 34 88 Setting Sons-The Jam-March 34