AUSTRALIA'S (AMR:BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1980
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month-Peak Position 1 DYNASTY-KISS-January-2 1812 2 GLASS HOUSES-BILLY JOEL-June-2 1552 3 THE WALL-PINK FLOYD-March-1 1488 4 ICEHOUSE-FLOWERS-November-4 1354 5 EAST-COLD CHISEL-July-2 1328 6 TRUE COLOURS-SPLIT ENZ-May-1 1300 7 GUILTY-BARBRA STREISAND-November-1 1286 8 STARDUST-Willie Nelson-August-5 1166 9 REGGATTA DE BLANC-The Police-February-1 1154 10 THE ROSE-Soundtrack-June-3 1118 11 Can't Stop The Music:Village People-Soundtrack-July-1 1086 12 The Boys Light Up-Australian Crawl-September-4 1046 13 Off The Wall-Michael Jackson-March-1 1042 14 Hotter Than July-Stevie Wonder-December-3 1012 15 Xanadu-Soundtrack-September-1 802 16 Scary Monsters-David Bowie-October-1 750 17 ELO'S Greatest Hits-Electric Light Orchestra-January-1 730 18 The B-52's-The B-52's-May-7 674 19 Unmasked-Kiss-June-3 658 20 Emotional Rescue-Rolling Stones-August-4 640 21 The Pretenders-The Pretenders-May-6 558 22 20 Golden Greats-Creedence Clearwater Revival-February-1 534 23 Against The Wind-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-April-6 534 24 21 At 33-Elton John-July-7 532 25 Fame-Soundtrack-October-4 500 26 Give Me The Night-George Benson-October-6 460 27 Paris-Supertramp-October-3 438 28 Eagles Live-Eagles-December-3 432 29 Greatest Hits-Anne Murray-December-8 416 30 Hold Out-Jackson Browne-August-6 396 31 Smash And Grab-Racey-January-5 388 32 Greatest Hits-KC & The Sunshine Band-May-3 382 33 Mad Love-Linda Rondstadt-March-6 368 34 Sky-Sky-April-10 364 35 Destiny-Jacksons-March-5 356 36 Flesh + Blood-Roxy Music-September-10 350 37 The Best Of Kenny Rogers Vol. 2-Kenny Rogers-December-10 350 38 September Morn-Neil Diamond-February-3 334 39 Dark Room-The Angels-July-5 330 40 McCartney II-Paul McCartney-June-6 288 41 The Magic Of Boney M-Boney M-July-3 274 42 Night Rains-Janis Ian-May-11 268 43 Sky 2-Sky-June-4 266 44 Space Race-Mi-Sex-June-5 266 45 Never For Ever-Kate Bush-November-7 266 46 Life Of Brian-Soundtrack-March-11 262 47 The Best Of Skyhooks-Skyhooks-February-9 246 48 The Best Of The Solo Albums-Kiss-February-13 240 49 The River-Bruce Springsteen-November-8 238 50 Middle Man-Boz Scaggs-August-11 222 51 The Angels Greatest-The Angels-June-5 222 52 1980...The Music-Various Artists-September-7 210 53 Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album-Monty Python-November-3 188 54 The Game-Queen-August-11 184 55 Living In A Fantasy-Leo Sayer-October-12 178 56 Wild Planet-The B-52's-October-12 146 57 The Motels-The Motels-May-13 142 58 Foolish Behaviour-Rod Stewart-December-9 122 59 Hawks & Doves-Neil Young-December-10 116 60 Me Myself I-Joan Armatrading-August-13 106 61 Suddenly-The Sports-March-13 70 62 Triumph-Jacksons-December-13 36 63 12 Gold Bars-Status Quo-June-14 34