NEW ZEALAND (R.I.A.N.Z.) WEEKLY ALBUM CHARTS FROM 1979
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 7,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 10 STAGE-DAVID BOWIE 2 2 6 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 3 23 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 4 4 6 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 5 5 5 LIONHEART-Kate Bush 6 6 8 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 7 7 5 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 8 8 5 A RECORD OF IT-Various Artists 9 9 21 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 10 10 6 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 11 11 6 THE STORY OF STAR WARS-Various Artists 12 12 7 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores 13 13 29 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 14 14 18 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 15 15 7 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band 16 16 5 LIVE AND MORE-Donna Summer 17 17 47 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 18 18 30 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 19 19 14 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 20 20 14 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 14,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 11 STAGE-DAVID BOWIE 2 2 7 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 3 24 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 4 4 7 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 5 5 6 LIONHEART-Kate Bush 6 6 9 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 7 7 6 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 8 8 6 A RECORD OF IT-Various Artists 9 9 22 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 10 10 7 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 11 11 7 THE STORY OF STAR WARS-Various Artists 12 12 8 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores 13 13 30 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 14 14 19 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 15 15 8 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band 16 16 6 LIVE AND MORE-Donna Summer 17 17 48 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 18 18 31 KAYA-Bob Marley And The Wailers 19 19 15 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 20 20 15 LIVING IN THE U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 21,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 7 7 52ND STREET-BILLY JOEL 2 2 8 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 4 8 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 4 16 7 LIVE AND MORE-Donna Summer 5 9 23 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 6 3 25 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 7 6 10 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 8 25 2 SINGS THE HITS-Roger Whittaker 9 14 20 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 10 34 24 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 11 13 31 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 12 1 12 STAGE-David Bowie 13 5 7 LIONHEART-Kate Bush 14 10 8 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 15 17 49 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 16 - 1 WINGS GREATEST HITS-Wings 17 - 1 BUSH DOCTOR-Peter Tosh 18 12 9 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores 19 19 16 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 20 15 9 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 28,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 8 52ND STREET-BILLY JOEL 2 2 9 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 3 9 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 4 10 25 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 5 - 1 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand 6 5 24 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 7 8 3 SINGS THE HITS-Roger Whittaker 8 4 8 LIVE AND MORE-Donna Summer 9 - 1 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Neil Diamond 10 14 9 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 11 7 11 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc 12 6 26 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 13 12 13 STAGE-David Bowie 14 11 32 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 15 15 50 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 16 9 21 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 17 18 10 GREATEST HITS-The Commodores 18 31 2 FROM THE INSIDE-Alice Cooper 19 - 1 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 20 17 2 BUSH DOCTOR-Peter Tosh R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 4,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 5 2 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-BARBRA STREISAND 2 19 2 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 3 9 2 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Neil Diamond 4 1 9 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 5 2 10 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 6 3 10 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 7 6 25 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 8 4 26 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 9 16 22 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 10 12 27 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 11 29 3 HOT STREETS-Chicago 12 15 51 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 13 10 10 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 14 18 3 FROM THE INSIDE-Alice Cooper 15 - 1 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 16 14 33 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 17 7 4 SINGS THE HITS-Roger Whittaker 18 8 9 LIVE AND MORE-Donna Summer 19 28 15 THE CARS-The Cars 20 30 4 JAZZ-Queen R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 11,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-BARBRA STREISAND 2 3 3 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Neil Diamond 3 2 3 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 4 5 11 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 5 6 11 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 6 4 10 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 7 8 27 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 8 15 2 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 9 11 4 HOT STREETS-Chicago 10 7 26 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 11 34 2 CLEO'S GREAT SHOW HITS-Cleo Laine 12 12 52 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 13 16 34 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 14 13 11 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 15 21 19 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 16 14 4 FROM THE INSIDE-Alice Cooper 17 9 23 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 18 22 4 BUSH DOCTOR-Peter Tosh 19 26 2 STRIKES AGAIN-Rose Royce 20 23 13 BLOODY TOURISTS-10cc R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 18,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-BARBRA STREISAND 2 4 12 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 3 4 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 4 2 4 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Neil Diamond 5 5 12 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 6 8 3 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 7 6 11 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 8 - 1 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 9 39 2 CRUISIN'-Village People 10 7 28 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 11 22 29 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 12 10 27 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 13 11 3 CLEO'S GREAT SHOW HITS-Cleo Laine 14 27 17 THE CARS-The Cars 15 13 35 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 16 23 16 STAGE-David Bowie 17 16 5 FROM THE INSIDE-Alice Cooper 18 15 20 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 19 17 24 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 20 9 5 HOT STREETS-Chicago R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 25,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 5 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-BARBRA STREISAND 2 2 13 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 6 4 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 4 5 13 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 5 3 5 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 6 9 3 CRUISIN'-Village People 7 4 5 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Neil Diamond 8 8 2 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 9 7 12 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 10 - 1 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 11 10 29 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 12 - 1 THIS HEART THIS SONG-Sharon O'Neill 13 12 28 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M 14 11 30 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 15 15 36 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 16 18 21 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 17 19 25 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 18 - 1 PUBLIC IMAGE: FIRST ISSUE=Public Image Ltd 19 22 54 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 20 16 17 STAGE-David Bowie R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 4,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 2 14 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-ROD STEWART 2 1 6 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand 3 9 13 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 4 8 3 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 5 4 14 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 6 5 6 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 7 6 4 CRUISIN'-Village People 8 3 5 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 9 7 6 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Neil Diamond 10 10 2 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 11 17 26 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 12 34 11 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band 13 11 30 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 14 25 19 THE CARS-The Cars 15 14 31 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 16 - 1 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 17 12 2 THIS HEART THIS SONG-Sharon O'Neill 18 15 37 BAT OUT OF HELL-Meatloaf 19 22 4 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 20 16 18 STAGE-David Bowie R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 11,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 15 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-ROD STEWART 2 2 7 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand 3 3 14 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 4 5 15 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 5 10 3 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 6 11 27 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 7 7 5 CRUISIN'-Village People 8 4 4 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 9 6 7 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 10 - 1 SMILE-Kamahl 11 8 6 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 12 9 7 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Neil Diamond 13 13 31 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 14 14 20 THE CARS-The Cars 15 24 15 CHANGESONEBOWIE-David Bowie 16 16 2 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 17 15 32 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 18 19 5 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 19 26 56 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 20 27 30 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-Boney M R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 18,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 16 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-ROD STEWART 2 3 15 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 3 2 8 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand 4 4 16 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 5 10 2 SMILE-Kamahl 6 9 8 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 7 8 5 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 8 5 4 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 9 6 28 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 10 13 32 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 11 11 7 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 12 12 8 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Neil Diamond 13 7 6 CRUISIN'-Village People 14 14 21 THE CARS-The Cars 15 - 1 GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPE-The Clash 16 19 57 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 17 22 23 COMES A TIME-Neil Young 18 18 6 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 19 16 3 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 20 17 33 GREASE SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 25,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-BEE GEES 2 1 17 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 3 5 3 SMILE-Kamahl 4 2 16 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 5 8 5 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 6 4 17 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 7 6 9 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 8 3 9 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand 9 7 6 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 10 9 29 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 11 14 22 THE CARS-The Cars 12 10 33 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 13 13 7 CRUISIN'-Village People 14 11 8 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 15 12 9 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Neil Diamond 16 18 7 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 17 19 4 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 18 22 13 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 19 16 58 THE STRANGER-Billy Joel 20 17 24 COMES A TIME-Neil Young R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 1,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-BEE GEES 2 - 1 MARTY ROBBINS 20 SMASH HITS-Marty Robbins 3 2 18 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 4 3 4 SMILE-Kamahl 5 9 7 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 6 4 17 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 7 6 18 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 8 16 8 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 9 14 9 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 10 7 10 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 11 18 14 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 12 8 10 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand 13 11 23 THE CARS-The Cars 14 10 30 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 15 12 34 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 16 13 8 CRUISIN'-Village People 17 5 6 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 18 32 11 TOTALLY HOT-Olivia Newton-John 19 17 5 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 20 - 1 INCANTATIONS-Mike Oldfield R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 8,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-BEE GEES 2 2 2 MARTY ROBBINS 20 SMASH HITS-Marty Robbins 3 3 19 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 4 4 5 SMILE-Kamahl 5 6 18 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 6 7 19 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 7 11 15 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 8 8 9 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 9 13 24 THE CARS-The Cars 10 5 8 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 11 12 11 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand 12 17 7 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 13 19 6 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 14 14 31 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 15 9 10 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 16 10 11 CLASSIC ROCK-London Symphony Orchestra 17 16 9 CRUISIN'-Village People 18 22 39 KAYA-Bob Marley and the Wailers 19 20 2 INCANTATIONS-Mike Oldfield 20 15 35 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 15,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-BEE GEES 2 2 3 MARTY ROBBINS 20 SMASH HITS-Marty Robbins 3 8 10 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 4 3 20 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 5 5 19 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 6 6 20 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 7 10 9 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 8 15 11 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 9 4 6 SMILE-Kamahl 10 7 16 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 11 14 32 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 12 11 12 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand 13 9 25 THE CARS-The Cars 14 12 8 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 15 21 4 FRENZY-Split Enz 16 20 36 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 17 18 40 KAYA-Bob Marley and the Wailers 18 13 7 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 19 - 1 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 20 22 14 INNER SECRETS-Santana R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 22,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 5 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-BEE GEES 2 2 4 MARTY ROBBINS 20 SMASH HITS-Marty Robbins 3 3 11 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 4 4 21 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 5 5 20 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 6 6 21 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 7 7 10 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 8 8 12 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 9 9 7 SMILE-Kamahl 10 10 17 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 11 11 33 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 12 12 13 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand 13 13 26 THE CARS-The Cars 14 14 9 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 15 15 5 FRENZY-Split Enz 16 16 37 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 17 17 41 KAYA-Bob Marley and the Wailers 18 18 8 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 19 19 2 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 20 20 15 INNER SECRETS-Santana R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 29,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 - 1 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 3 1 6 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 4 3 12 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 5 2 5 MARTY ROBBINS 20 SMASH HITS-Marty Robbins 6 10 18 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 7 4 22 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 8 5 21 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 9 6 22 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 10 19 3 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 11 13 27 THE CARS-The Cars 12 7 11 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 13 15 6 FRENZY-Split Enz 14 22 4 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES-Ian Dury 15 16 38 STRANGER IN TOWN-Bob Seger 16 - 1 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 17 14 10 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 18 8 13 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 19 18 9 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 20 32 7 Q. ARE WE NOT MEN? A. NO WE ARE DEVO-Devo R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 6,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 2 2 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 3 3 7 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 4 4 13 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 5 12 12 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 6 11 28 THE CARS-The Cars 7 20 8 Q. ARE WE NOT MEN? A. NO WE ARE DEVO-Devo 8 6 19 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 9 10 4 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 10 9 23 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 11 19 10 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 12 14 5 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES-Ian Dury 13 7 23 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 14 8 22 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 15 5 6 MARTY ROBBINS 20 SMASH HITS-Marty Robbins 16 23 3 AGAINST THE GRAIN-Phoebe Snow 17 16 2 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 18 17 11 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 19 34 3 LIVING INSIDE YOUR LOVE-George Benson 20 13 7 FRENZY-Split Enz R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 13,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 2 3 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 3 4 14 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 4 3 8 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 5 8 20 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 6 6 29 THE CARS-The Cars 7 12 6 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES-Ian Dury 8 10 24 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 9 5 13 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 10 13 24 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 11 9 5 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 12 14 23 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 13 11 11 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 14 23 15 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 15 7 9 Q. ARE WE NOT MEN? A. NO WE ARE DEVO-Devo 16 16 4 AGAINST THE GRAIN-Phoebe Snow 17 20 8 FRENZY-Split Enz 18 18 12 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 19 19 4 LIVING INSIDE YOUR LOVE-George Benson 20 17 3 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 20,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 2 4 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 3 4 9 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 4 3 15 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 5 6 30 THE CARS-The Cars 6 5 21 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 7 23 9 SMILE-Kamahl 8 8 25 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 9 7 7 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES-Ian Dury 10 9 14 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 11 10 25 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-Rod Stewart 12 13 12 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 13 11 6 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 14 12 24 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 15 - 1 CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick 16 16 5 AGAINST THE GRAIN-Phoebe Snow 17 15 10 Q. ARE WE NOT MEN? A. NO WE ARE DEVO-Devo 18 18 13 20 GOLDEN GREATS-Beach Boys 19 14 16 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 20 39 15 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Barbra Streisand R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 27,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 5 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 2 5 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 3 - 1 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba 4 4 16 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 5 3 10 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 6 - 1 WAVE-Patti Smith 7 5 31 THE CARS-The Cars 8 9 8 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES-Ian Dury 9 13 7 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 10 6 22 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 11 8 26 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 12 15 2 CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick 13 - 1 THE BELLS-Lou Reed 14 10 16 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 15 12 13 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 16 16 6 AGAINST THE GRAIN-Phoebe Snow 17 14 25 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 18 - 1 NEW VALUES-Iggy Pop 19 19 17 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind And Fire 20 37 76 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD-Elton John R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 3,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 2 6 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 3 2 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba 3 4 17 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 4 1 6 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-Various Artists 5 7 32 THE CARS-The Cars 6 5 11 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 7 6 2 WAVE-Patti Smith 8 8 9 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES-Ian Dury 9 9 8 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 10 14 17 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 11 15 14 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 12 11 27 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 13 10 23 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John 14 13 2 THE BELLS-Lou Reed 15 12 3 CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick 16 17 26 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 17 22 6 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 18 23 2 2 HOT-Peaches & Herb 19 18 2 NEW VALUES-Iggy Pop 20 20 77 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD-Elton John R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 10,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 7 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 2 3 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba 3 - 1 BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN-Bob Dylan 4 3 18 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 5 4 7 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-Various Artists 6 10 18 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 7 - 1 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 8 5 33 THE CARS-The Cars 9 11 15 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 10 9 9 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 11 29 2 GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS-George Thorogood & The Destroyers 12 7 3 WAVE-Patti Smith 13 6 12 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 14 8 10 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES-Ian Dury 15 20 78 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD-Elton John 16 16 27 52ND STREET-Billy Joel 17 12 28 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 18 17 7 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 19 18 3 2 HOT-Peaches & Herb 20 14 3 THE BELLS-Lou Reed R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 17,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 8 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 2 4 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba 3 - 1 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 4 3 2 BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN-Bob Dylan 5 7 2 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 6 4 19 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 7 5 8 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-Various Artists 8 8 34 THE CARS-The Cars 9 18 8 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 10 9 16 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 11 6 19 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 12 13 13 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 13 10 10 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 14 11 3 GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS-George Thorogood & The Destroyers 15 12 4 WAVE-Patti Smith 16 17 29 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 17 22 5 CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick 18 14 11 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES-Ian Dury 19 19 4 2 HOT-Peaches & Herb 20 27 25 A SINGLE MAN-Elton John R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 24,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 9 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 3 2 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 3 5 3 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 4 2 5 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba 5 4 3 BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN-Bob Dylan 6 13 11 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 7 6 20 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 8 8 35 THE CARS-The Cars 9 10 17 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 10 9 9 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 11 7 9 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-Various Artists 12 11 20 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads 13 - 1 PROMISES-Promises 14 15 5 WAVE-Patti Smith 15 12 14 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 16 14 4 GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS-George Thorogood & The Destroyers 17 17 6 CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick 18 16 30 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 19 18 12 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES-Ian Dury 20 21 29 52ND STREET-Billy Joel R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 1,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 3 3 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-LEO SAYER 2 1 10 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 3 - 1 LODGER-David Bowie 4 3 4 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 5 - 1 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 6 6 12 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 7 4 6 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba 8 5 4 BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN-Bob Dylan 9 - 1 CANDY-O-The Cars 10 7 21 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 11 10 10 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 12 16 5 GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS-George Thorogood & The Destroyers 13 8 36 THE CARS-The Cars 14 9 18 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 15 15 15 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees 16 11 10 DON'T WALK BOOGIE-Various Artists 17 13 2 PROMISES-Promises 18 18 31 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 19 44 2 STATELESS-Lene Lovich 20 12 21 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-Talking Heads R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 8,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 2 11 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 1 4 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 3 5 2 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 4 4 5 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 5 3 2 LODGER-David Bowie 6 9 2 CANDY-O-The Cars 7 6 13 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 8 - 1 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 9 21 2 BACK TO THE EGG-Wings 10 13 37 THE CARS-The Cars 11 11 11 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 12 7 7 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba 13 8 5 BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN-Bob Dylan 14 - 1 CLASSIC ROCK: THE SECOND MOVEMENT-London Symphony Orchestra 15 10 22 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 16 - 1 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 17 - 1 RIGHT FIRST TIME-Th' Dudes 18 17 3 PROMISES-Promises 19 14 19 ARMED FORCES-Elvis Costello 20 35 2 DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE-Devo R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 15,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 12 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 8 2 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 3 3 3 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 4 5 3 LODGER-David Bowie 5 2 5 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 6 6 3 CANDY-O-The Cars 7 4 6 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 8 49 2 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police 9 7 14 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 10 - 1 MOVE IT ON OVER-George Thorogood & The Destroyers 11 - 1 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 12 16 2 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 13 20 3 DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE-Devo 14 11 12 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 15 12 8 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba 16 14 2 CLASSIC ROCK: THE SECOND MOVEMENT-London Symphony Orchestra 17 10 38 THE CARS-The Cars 18 9 3 BACK TO THE EGG-Wings 19 15 23 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 20 13 6 BOB DYLAN AT BUDOKAN-Bob Dylan R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 22,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 13 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 2 3 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 3 3 4 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 4 5 6 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 5 11 2 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 6 6 4 CANDY-O-The Cars 7 7 7 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 8 14 13 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 9 8 3 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police 10 4 4 LODGER-David Bowie 11 10 2 MOVE IT ON OVER-George Thorogood & The Destroyers 12 12 3 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 13 16 3 CLASSIC ROCK: THE SECOND MOVEMENT-London Symphony Orchestra 14 13 4 DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE-Devo 15 17 39 THE CARS-The Cars 16 9 15 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 17 18 4 BACK TO THE EGG-Wings 18 - 1 DO IT YOURSELF-Ian Dury & The Blockheads 19 19 24 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 20 15 9 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 29,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 14 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 2 4 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 3 4 7 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 4 7 8 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 5 3 5 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 6 9 4 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police 7 5 3 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 8 6 5 CANDY-O-The Cars 9 8 14 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 10 - 1 LIVE:TAKE NO PRISONERS-Lou Reed 11 15 40 THE CARS-The Cars 12 12 4 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 13 24 4 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 14 10 5 LODGER-David Bowie 15 11 3 MOVE IT ON OVER-George Thorogood & The Destroyers 16 13 4 CLASSIC ROCK: THE SECOND MOVEMENT-London Symphony Orchestra 17 - 1 20 SMASH HITS-Frankie Laine 18 16 16 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 19 20 10 VOULEZ-VOUS-Abba 20 19 25 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 5,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 COMMUNIQUE-DIRE STRAITS 2 2 5 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 3 1 15 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 4 7 4 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 5 - 1 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 6 4 9 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 7 6 5 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police 8 13 5 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 9 3 8 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 10 8 6 CANDY-O-The Cars 11 5 6 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 12 9 15 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 13 24 4 LOOK SHARP-Joe Jackson 14 12 5 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 15 17 2 20 SMASH HITS-Frankie Laine 16 18 17 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 17 14 6 LODGER-David Bowie 18 15 4 MOVE IT ON OVER-George Thorogood & The Destroyers 19 11 41 THE CARS-The Cars 20 27 33 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 12,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 COMMUNIQUE-DIRE STRAITS 2 3 16 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 3 4 5 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 4 2 6 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 5 8 6 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 6 5 2 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 7 6 10 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 8 9 9 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 9 10 7 CANDY-O-The Cars 10 7 6 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police 11 19 42 THE CARS-The Cars 12 20 34 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 13 15 3 20 SMASH HITS-Frankie Laine 14 11 7 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 15 12 16 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 16 14 6 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 17 25 27 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind and Fire 18 17 7 LODGER-David Bowie 19 16 18 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers 20 18 5 MOVE IT ON OVER-George Thorogood & The Destroyers R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 19,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 2 17 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 1 3 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 3 6 3 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 4 5 7 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 5 4 7 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 6 3 6 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 7 7 11 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 8 9 8 CANDY-O-The Cars 9 8 10 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 10 10 7 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police 11 15 17 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 12 11 43 THE CARS-The Cars 13 16 7 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 14 12 35 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 15 14 8 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 16 17 28 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind and Fire 17 43 2 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (BBC SOUNDTRACK)-Various Artists 18 23 8 BACK TO THE EGG-Wings 19 20 6 MOVE IT ON OVER-George Thorogood & The Destroyers 20 19 19 MINUTE BY MINUTE-Doobie Brothers R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 26,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 4 8 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-ART GARFUNKEL 2 30 2 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 3 1 18 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 4 2 4 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 5 5 8 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 6 3 4 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 7 6 7 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 8 8 9 CANDY-O-The Cars 9 - 1 DYNASTY-Kiss 10 9 11 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 11 12 44 THE CARS-The Cars 12 10 8 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police 13 7 12 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 14 17 3 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (BBC SOUNDTRACK)-Various Artists 15 13 8 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 16 14 36 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits 17 16 29 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind and Fire 18 11 18 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 19 28 28 PARALLEL LINES-Blondie 20 - 1 GRAFFITI CRIMES-Mi Sex R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 2,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-LED ZEPPELIN 2 1 9 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 3 3 19 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 4 2 3 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 5 4 5 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 6 9 2 DYNASTY-Kiss 7 5 9 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 8 7 8 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 9 6 5 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 10 8 10 CANDY-O-The Cars 11 11 45 THE CARS-The Cars 12 10 12 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 13 13 13 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 14 14 4 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (BBC SOUNDTRACK)-Various Artists 15 15 9 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 16 12 9 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police 17 - 1 FEAR OF MUSIC-Talking Heads 18 18 19 MANIFESTO-Roxy Music 19 17 30 EARTH,WIND & FIRE GREATEST HITS VOL. 1-Earth,Wind and Fire 20 48 2 DEDICATION-Rob Guest R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 9,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-LED ZEPPELIN 2 2 10 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 3 3 20 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 4 4 4 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 5 - 1 EVE-The Alan Parsons Project 6 6 3 DYNASTY-Kiss 7 7 10 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 8 14 5 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (BBC SOUNDTRACK)-Various Artists 9 9 6 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 10 5 6 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 11 28 21 STEELY DAN GREATEST HITS-Steely Dan 12 12 13 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 13 13 14 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 14 8 9 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 15 17 2 FEAR OF MUSIC-Talking Heads 16 15 10 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 17 11 46 THE CARS-The Cars 18 - 1 MORE PENNIES FROM HEAVEN:BBC TV SOUNDTRACK-Various Artists 19 10 11 CANDY-O-The Cars 20 16 10 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 16,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 3 21 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP 2 1 3 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 3 2 11 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 4 5 2 EVE-The Alan Parsons Project 5 6 4 DYNASTY-Kiss 6 4 5 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 7 7 11 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 8 10 7 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 9 19 12 CANDY-O-The Cars 10 16 11 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 11 15 3 FEAR OF MUSIC-Talking Heads 12 - 1 5-JJ Cale 13 9 7 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 14 17 47 THE CARS-The Cars 15 14 10 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 16 12 14 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 17 13 15 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 18 23 2 JUST DROVE THRU TOWN-Citizen Band 19 21 3 FIRST UNDER THE WIRE-Little River Band 20 20 11 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR-The Police R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 23,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 2 4 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-LED ZEPPELIN 2 1 22 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 3 5 5 DYNASTY-Kiss 4 3 12 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 5 6 6 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 6 7 12 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 7 4 3 EVE-The Alan Parsons Project 8 12 2 5-JJ Cale 9 9 13 CANDY-O-The Cars 10 13 8 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 11 11 4 FEAR OF MUSIC-Talking Heads 12 8 8 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 13 10 12 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 14 17 16 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 15 14 48 THE CARS-The Cars 16 15 11 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer 17 - 1 MIDNIGHT MAGIC-The Commodores 18 16 15 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 19 19 4 FIRST UNDER THE WIRE-Little River Band 20 18 3 JUST DROVE THRU TOWN-Citizen Band R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 30,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 SLOW TRAIN COMING-BOB DYLAN 2 3 6 DYNASTY-Kiss 3 2 23 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 4 1 5 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 5 5 7 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 6 4 13 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 7 6 13 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 8 7 4 EVE-The Alan Parsons Project 9 13 13 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 10 9 14 CANDY-O-The Cars 11 17 2 MIDNIGHT MAGIC-The Commodores 12 10 9 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 13 8 3 5-JJ Cale 14 15 49 THE CARS-The Cars 15 - 1 INTO THE MUSIC-Van Morrison 16 12 9 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 17 11 5 FEAR OF MUSIC-Talking Heads 18 18 16 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer 19 14 17 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones 20 - 1 RAW POWER-Iggy Pop R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 7,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 SLOW TRAIN COMING-BOB DYLAN 2 2 7 DYNASTY-Kiss 3 3 24 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 4 4 6 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 5 7 14 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 6 5 8 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 7 11 3 MIDNIGHT MAGIC-The Commodores 8 39 2 REPLICAS-Tubeway Army 9 6 14 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 10 8 5 EVE-The Alan Parsons Project 11 16 10 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 12 10 15 CANDY-O-The Cars 13 15 2 INTO THE MUSIC-Van Morrison 14 25 21 CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick 15 26 3 BOP TILL YOU DROP-Ry Cooder 16 14 50 THE CARS-The Cars 17 9 14 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 18 12 10 I AM-Earth Wind and Fire 19 13 4 5-JJ Cale 20 22 13 BAD GIRLS-Donna Summer R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 14,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 DON'T WALK:BOOGIE ON-VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 - 1 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 3 1 3 SLOW TRAIN COMING-Bob Dylan 4 2 8 DYNASTY-Kiss 5 3 25 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 6 4 7 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 7 23 2 DREAM POLICE-Cheap Trick 8 5 15 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 9 8 3 REPLICAS-Tubeway Army 10 6 9 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 11 7 4 MIDNIGHT MAGIC-The Commodores 12 15 4 BOP TILL YOU DROP-Ry Cooder 13 17 15 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 14 13 3 INTO THE MUSIC-Van Morrison 15 9 15 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 16 12 16 CANDY-O-The Cars 17 10 6 EVE-The Alan Parsons Project 18 - 1 AGAINST THE WIND-Jon English 19 11 11 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 20 16 51 THE CARS-The Cars R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 21,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 DON'T WALK:BOOGIE ON-VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 2 2 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 3 7 3 DREAM POLICE-Cheap Trick 4 4 9 DYNASTY-Kiss 5 3 4 SLOW TRAIN COMING-Bob Dylan 6 6 8 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 7 5 26 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 8 9 4 REPLICAS-Tubeway Army 9 12 5 BOP TILL YOU DROP-Ry Cooder 10 - 1 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 11 8 16 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 12 10 10 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 13 11 5 MIDNIGHT MAGIC-The Commodores 14 14 4 INTO THE MUSIC-Van Morrison 15 20 52 THE CARS-The Cars 16 15 16 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 17 16 17 CANDY-O-The Cars 18 19 12 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 19 39 5 DOUBLE PLATINUM-Kiss 20 13 16 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 28,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 DON'T WALK:BOOGIE ON-VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 3 4 DREAM POLICE-Cheap Trick 3 7 27 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 4 2 3 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 5 5 5 SLOW TRAIN COMING-Bob Dylan 6 4 10 DYNASTY-Kiss 7 10 2 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 8 11 17 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 9 6 9 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 10 8 5 REPLICAS-Tubeway Army 11 29 3 AGAINST THE WIND-Jon English 12 13 6 MIDNIGHT MAGIC-The Commodores 13 - 1 10CC GREATEST HITS 1972-1978-10cc 14 9 6 BOP TILL YOU DROP-Ry Cooder 15 22 24 CHEP TRICK AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick 16 20 17 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 17 12 11 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 18 18 13 COMMUNIQUE-Dire Straits 19 14 5 INTO THE MUSIC-Van Morrison 20 24 2 DRUMS AND WIRES-XTC R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 4,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 DON'T WALK:BOOGIE ON-VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 2 5 DREAM POLICE-Cheap Trick 3 4 4 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 4 3 28 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 5 6 11 DYNASTY-Kiss 6 7 3 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 7 5 6 SLOW TRAIN COMING-Bob Dylan 8 8 18 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 9 9 10 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 10 15 25 CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick 11 37 2 STEPPIN' OUT-Joan Armatrading 12 20 3 DRUMS AND WIRES-XTC 13 17 12 GET THE KNACK-The Knack 14 11 4 AGAINST THE WIND-Jon English 15 10 6 REPLICAS-Tubeway Army 16 19 6 INTO THE MUSIC-Van Morrison 17 22 54 THE CARS-The Cars 18 12 7 MIDNIGHT MAGIC-The Commodores 19 24 18 FATE FOR BREAKFAST-Art Garfunkel 20 16 18 RUST NEVER SLEEPS-Neil Young And Crazy Horse R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 11,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 GREATEST HITS-ROD STEWART 2 - 1 BEST OF KENNY ROGERS-Kenny Rogers 3 28 3 ENGLISH HISTORY-Jon English 4 14 5 AGAINST THE WIND-Jon English 5 1 5 DON'T WALK:BOOGIE ON-Various Artists 6 3 5 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 7 2 6 DREAM POLICE-Cheap Trick 8 5 12 DYNASTY-Kiss 9 4 29 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 10 6 4 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 11 25 2 ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLEY PRIDE-Charley Pride 12 9 11 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 13 8 19 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 14 - 1 MARATHON-Santana 15 7 7 SLOW TRAIN COMING-Bob Dylan 16 17 55 THE CARS-The Cars 17 11 3 STEPPIN' OUT-Joan Armatrading 18 15 7 REPLICAS-Tubeway Army 19 18 8 MIDNIGHT MAGIC-The Commodores 20 10 26 CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN-Cheap Trick R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 18,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 GREATEST HITS-ROD STEWART 2 2 2 BEST OF KENNY ROGERS-Kenny Rogers 3 - 1 EAT TO THE BEAT-Blondie 4 3 4 ENGLISH HISTORY-Jon English 5 6 6 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 6 10 5 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 7 9 30 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 8 7 7 DREAM POLICE-Cheap Trick 9 5 6 DON'T WALK:BOOGIE ON-Various Artists 10 - 1 SMASH AND GRAB-Racey 11 4 6 AGAINST THE WIND-Jon English 12 8 13 DYNASTY-Kiss 13 11 3 ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLEY PRIDE-Charley Pride 14 12 12 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 15 13 20 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 16 15 8 SLOW TRAIN COMING-Bob Dylan 17 24 2 WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN-Yannis Markopoulos 18 28 4 OFF THE WALL-Michael Jackson 19 26 21 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 20 19 9 MIDNIGHT MAGIC-The Commodores R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 25,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 GREATEST HITS-ROD STEWART 2 2 3 BEST OF KENNY ROGERS-Kenny Rogers 3 5 7 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 4 4 5 ENGLISH HISTORY-Jon English 5 6 6 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 6 3 2 EAT TO THE BEAT-Blondie 7 7 31 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 8 8 8 DREAM POLICE-Cheap Trick 9 18 5 OFF THE WALL-Michael Jackson 10 - 1 THE FINE ART OF SURFACING-Boomtown Rats 11 11 7 AGAINST THE WIND-Jon English 12 12 14 DYNASTY-Kiss 13 9 7 DON'T WALK:BOOGIE ON-Various Artists 14 14 13 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR-Led Zeppelin 15 17 3 WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN-Yannis Markopoulos 16 15 21 DISCOVERY-Electric Light Orchestra 17 10 2 SMASH AND GRAB-Racey 18 16 9 SLOW TRAIN COMING-Bob Dylan 19 31 6 DRUMS AND WIRES-XTC 20 37 5 10CC GREATEST HITS 1972-1978-10cc R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 2,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 GREATEST HITS-ROD STEWART 2 2 4 BEST OF KENNY ROGERS-Kenny Rogers 3 23 23 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 4 4 6 ENGLISH HISTORY-Jon English 5 5 7 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 6 15 4 WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN-Yannis Markopoulos 7 6 3 EAT TO THE BEAT-Blondie 8 9 6 OFF THE WALL-Michael Jackson 9 3 8 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 10 7 32 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 11 - 1 TWENTY GOLDEN GREATS-Nat King Cole 12 8 9 DREAM POLICE-Cheap Trick 13 12 15 DYNASTY-Kiss 14 17 3 SMASH AND GRAB-Racey 15 11 8 AGAINST THE WIND-Jon English 16 22 11 BOP TILL YOU DROP-Ry Cooder 17 10 2 THE FINE ART OF SURFACING-Boomtown Rats 18 13 8 DON'T WALK:BOOGIE ON-Various Artists 19 40 2 RISE-Herb Alpert 20 - 1 JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS-Stevie Wonder R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 9,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 5 GREATEST HITS-ROD STEWART 2 26 2 GREATEST-Bee Gees 3 3 24 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 4 11 2 TWENTY GOLDEN GREATS-Nat King Cole 5 4 7 ENGLISH HISTORY-Jon English 6 2 5 BEST OF KENNY ROGERS-Kenny Rogers 7 5 8 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 8 9 9 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 9 8 7 OFF THE WALL-Michael Jackson 10 6 5 WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN-Yannis Markopoulos 11 24 2 GREATEST HITS VOL 1 & II-Donna Summer 12 - 1 LIVE RUST-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 13 7 4 EAT TO THE BEAT-Blondie 14 - 1 SURVIVAL-Bob Marley And The Wailers 15 10 33 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 16 20 2 JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS-Stevie Wonder 17 13 16 DYNASTY-Kiss 18 12 10 DREAM POLICE-Cheap Trick 19 - 1 DOWN ON THE FARM-Little Feat 20 42 2 BEATLES CONCERTO-Rostal & Schaefer/Ron Goodwin/RLPO R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 16,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 6 GREATEST HITS-ROD STEWART 2 2 3 GREATEST-Bee Gees 3 - 1 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA:GREATEST HITS-Electric Light Orchestra 4 6 6 BEST OF KENNY ROGERS-Kenny Rogers 5 4 3 TWENTY GOLDEN GREATS-Nat King Cole 6 5 8 ENGLISH HISTORY-Jon English 7 - 1 BRITISH ROCK CLASSICS-Various Artists 8 20 3 BEATLES CONCERTO-Rostal & Schaefer/Ron Goodwin/RLPO 9 3 25 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 10 7 9 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 11 10 6 WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN-Yannis Markopoulos 12 9 8 OFF THE WALL-Michael Jackson 13 12 2 LIVE RUST-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 14 11 3 GREATEST HITS VOL 1 & II-Donna Summer 15 14 2 SURVIVAL-Bob Marley And The Wailers 16 8 10 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 17 13 5 EAT TO THE BEAT-Blondie 18 17 17 DYNASTY-Kiss 19 15 34 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 20 31 3 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Abba R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 23,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 THE WALL-PINK FLOYD 2 3 2 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA:GREATEST HITS-Electric Light Orchestra 3 1 7 GREATEST HITS-Rod Stewart 4 7 2 BRITISH ROCK CLASSICS-Various Artists 5 2 4 GREATEST-Bee Gees 6 6 9 ENGLISH HISTORY-Jon English 7 5 4 TWENTY GOLDEN GREATS-Nat King Cole 8 8 4 BEATLES CONCERTO-Rostal & Schaefer/Ron Goodwin/RLPO 9 20 4 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Abba 10 11 7 WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN-Yannis Markopoulos 11 10 10 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 12 9 26 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 13 4 7 BEST OF KENNY ROGERS-Kenny Rogers 14 13 3 LIVE RUST-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 15 16 11 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 16 12 9 OFF THE WALL-Michael Jackson 17 - 1 REGATTA DE BLANC-The Police 18 18 18 DYNASTY-Kiss 19 19 35 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 20 14 4 GREATEST HITS VOL 1 & II-Donna Summer R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 30,1979 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 THE WALL-PINK FLOYD 2 2 3 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA:GREATEST HITS-Electric Light Orchestra 3 3 8 GREATEST HITS-Rod Stewart 4 4 3 BRITISH ROCK CLASSICS-Various Artists 5 5 5 GREATEST-Bee Gees 6 6 10 ENGLISH HISTORY-Jon English 7 7 5 TWENTY GOLDEN GREATS-Nat King Cole 8 8 5 BEATLES CONCERTO-Rostal & Schaefer/Ron Goodwin/RLPO 9 9 5 GREATEST HITS VOL. II-Abba 10 10 8 WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN-Yannis Markopoulos 11 11 11 TUSK-Fleetwood Mac 12 12 27 THE ROUSSOS PHENOMENON-Demis Roussos 13 13 8 BEST OF KENNY ROGERS-Kenny Rogers 14 14 4 LIVE RUST-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 15 15 12 THE LONG RUN-The Eagles 16 16 10 OFF THE WALL-Michael Jackson 17 17 2 REGATTA DE BLANC-The Police 18 18 19 DYNASTY-Kiss 19 19 36 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-Supertramp 20 20 5 GREATEST HITS VOL 1 & II-Donna Summer