RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE'S (USA) (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1978
No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS-APRIL 2368 2 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS-August 1774 3 DOUBLE VISION-FOREIGNER-September 1664 4 THE STRANGER-BILLY JOEL-February 1444 5 SOME GIRLS-ROLLING STONES-July 1436 6 52nd STREET-BILLY JOEL-December 1422 7 RUNNING ON EMPTY-JACKSON BROWNE-April 1338 8 NATURAL HIGH-Commodores-July 1020 9 POINT OF KNOW RETURN-Kansas-May 1012 10 ALL N ALL-Earth,Wind & Fire-February 942 11 News Of The World-Queen-February 932 12 Live And More-Donna Summer-November 914 13 Foot Loose & Fancy Free-Rod Stewart-February 880 14 Stranger In Town-Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band-July 856 15 Even Now-Barry Manilow-April 824 16 Don't Look Back-Boston-October 750 17 Slowhand-Eric Clapton-April 740 18 Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume II-Barbra Streisand-December 738 19 A Wild And Crazy Guy-Steve Martin-December 722 20 Shadow Dancing-Andy Gibb-July 634 21 Worlds Away-Pablo Cruise-September 612 22 Living In The U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt-November 598 23 Feels So Good-Chuck Mangione-June 590 24 Piece Of Eight-Styx-November 582 25 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-Various Artists-August 556 26 Who Are You-The Who-October 526 27 London Town-Paul McCartney & Wings-May 502 28 City To City-Gerry Rafferty-July 498 29 ...But Seriously Folks-Joe Walsh-August 480 30 Showdown-Isley Brothers-May 464 31 Earth-Jefferson Starship-May 422 32 Grand Illusion-Styx-March 416 33 Life Is A Song Worth Singing-Teddy Pendergrass-September 398 34 I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight-Neil Diamond-February 396 35 So Full Of Love-O'Jays-June 362 36 Twin Sons Of Different Mothers-Dan Fogelberg-October 340 37 Weekend In L.A.-George Benson-April 330 38 Darkness On The Edge Of Town-Bruce Springsteen-July 266 39 FM Soundtrack-Various Artists-June 254 40 One Nation Under A Groove-Funkadelic-November 254 41 Draw The Line-Aerosmith-January 248 42 Nightwatch-Kenny Loggins-October 244 43 Hot Streets-Chicago-November 236 44 Octave-Moody Blues-July 174 45 Down Two Then Left-Boz Scaggs-January 174 46 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor-Jimmy Buffet-May 154 47 Champagne Jam-Atlanta Rhythm Section-May 152 48 Dog & Butterfly-Heart-November 150 49 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind-Soundtrack-February 150 50 Blam-Brothers Johnson-September 148 51 Double Live Gonzo-Ted Nugent-March 148 52 Songbird-Barbara Streisand-July 146 53 Live Bootleg-Aerosmith-December 144 54 Weekend Warriors-Ted Nugent-December 144 55 The Man-Barry White-December 112 56 Central Heating-Heatwave-June 74 57 Comes A Time-Neil Young-December 70 58 Bat Out Of Hell-Meatloaf-October 68 59 Street Legal-Bob Dylan-August 68 60 Magazine-Heart-May 68 61 You Light Up My Life-Johnny Mathis-June 68 62 Time Passages-Al Stewart-December 34 63 Thank God It's Friday Soundtrack-Various Artists-July 34 64 Boys In The Trees-Carly Simon-June 34