CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S (MAGAZINE'S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1980*
No. Album-Artist 1 THE WALL-PINK FLOYD 2 OFF THE WALL-Michael Jackson 3 GLASS HOUSES-Billy Joel 4 AGAINST THE WIND-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band 5 THE GAME-Queen 6 THE LONG RUN-Eagles 7 CHRISTOPHER CROSS-Christopher Cross 8 URBAN COWBOY-Soundtrack 9 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-Kenny Rogers 10 DAMN THE TORPEDOS-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers 11 Diana-Diana Ross 12 Hold Out-Jackson Browne 13 Mad Love-Linda Rondstadt 14 Emotional Rescue-Rolling Stones 15 Phoenix-Dan Fogelberg 16 On The Radio:Greatest Hits Volumes I & II-Donna Summer 17 Guilty-Barbara Streisand 18 Crimes Of Passion-Pat Benatar 19 Just One Night-Eric Clapton 20 Xanadu-Soundtrack 21 Back In Black-AC/DC 22 Kenny-Kenny Rogers 23 Empty Glass-Pete Townsend 24 The Whispers-The Whispers 25 Women & Children First-Van Halen 26 Give Me The Night-George Benson 27 One Step Closer-Doobie Brothers 28 Cornerstone-Styx 29 Heroes-Commodores 30 The River-Bruce Springsteen 31 Middle Man-Boz Scaggs 32 Light Up The Night-Brothers Johnson 33 The Rose Soundtrack 34 Go All The Way-Isley Brothers 35 Bebe Le Strange-Heart 36 McCartney II-Paul McCartney 37 Tusk-Fleetwood Mac 38 Panorama-Cars 39 Gideon-Kenny Rogers 40 The Empire Strikes Back-Soundtrack 41 Freedom At Point Zero-Jefferson Starship 42 Let's Get Serious-Jermaine Jackson 43 Permanent Waves-Rush 44 Departure-Journey 45 The Blues Brothers Soundtrack 46 Full Moon-Charlie Daniel's Band 47 American Gigolo-Soundtrack 48 In Through The Out Door-Led Zeppelin 49 Mouth To Mouth-Lipps,Inc. 50 Duke-Genesis 51 Triumph-Jacksons 52 Fame-Soundtrack 53 Anytime,Any Place,Anywhere-Rossington Collins Band 54 Greatest-Bee Gees 55 Fun & Games-Chuck Mangione 56 Alive-Kenny Loggins 57 Hotter Than July-Stevie Wonder 58 The Prertenders-The Pretenders 59 The Wanderer-Donna Summer 60 TP-Teddy Pendergrass 61 Eagles Live-Eagles-December 62 Paris-Supertramp-November 63 Honeysuckle Rose Soundtrack 64 S.O.S. Band-S.O.S. Band 65 One For The Road-Kinks 66 One-Trick Pony-Paul Simon 67 September Morn-Neil Diamond 68 Faces-Earth,Wind & Fire 69 Keep The Fire-Kenny Loggins 70 Gold & Platinum-Lynyrd Skynyrd 71 Love Stinks-J.Geils Band 72 Live Rust-Neil Young & Crazy Horse 73 No Nukes-Various Artists 74 Wet-Barbra Streisand 75 Greatest Hits-Anne Murray 76 In The Heat Of The Night-Pat Benatar 77 Zenyatta Mondatta-Police 78 The Jazz Singer-Neil Diamond 79 Midnight Magic-Commodores 80 ...But The Little Girls Understand-The Knack 81 21 At 33-Elton John 82 Scream Dream-Ted Nugent 83 Double Fantasy-John & Yoko Lennon 84 Get Happy-Elvis Costello 85 Ray,Goodman & Brown-Ray,Goodman & Brown 86 Mickey Mouse Disco-Disneyland 87 Sweet Sensation-Stephanie Mills 88 Greatest Hits Volume II-Linda Rondstadt 89 Night In The Ruts-Aerosmith 90 Drama-Yes 91 Head Games-Foreigner 92 There And Back-Jeff Beck 93 Ladies Night-Kool & Gang 94 Wild Planet-The B-52s 95 Lost In Love-Air Supply 96 Rarities-The Beatles 97 Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School-Warren Zevon 98 Go To Heaven-Grateful Dead 99 Catching The Sun-Spyro Gyra 100 Zapp-Zapp *as published in the December 27th,1980 issue of Cash Box Magazine.