THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z:BARRY KOWAL)CHART'S TOP ALBUMS FOR 1979
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No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP-JUNE 2124 2 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-ROD STEWART-March 1376 3 52ND STREET-BILLY JOEL-January 1206 4 THE CARS-THE CARS-May 1102 5 DISCOVERY-ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-July 980 6 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD-TALKING HEADS-March 854 7 GREATEST HITS-ROD STEWART-December 824 8 THE LONG RUN-Eagles-October 762 9 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-Bee Gees-April 748 10 DYNASTY-Kiss-September 736 11 Parallel Lines-Blondie-April 726 12 Rickie Lee Jones-Rickie Lee Jones-June 702 13 In Through The Out Door-Led Zeppelin-September 670 14 The Very Best Of Leo Sayer-Leo Sayer-July 656 15 The Roussos Phenomenon-Demis Roussos-July 654 16 Candy-O-The Cars-July 628 17 Greatest Hits Volume II-Barbra Streisand-February 604 18 Fate For Breakfast-Art Garfunkel-August 578 19 English History-Jon English-November 562 20 Don't Walk Boogie-Various Artists-May 544 21 Electric Light Orchestra:Greatest Hits-Electric Light Orchestra-December 528 22 Minute By Minute-Doobie Brothers-June 520 23 The Best Of Kenny Rogers-Kenny Rogers-November 514 24 Get The Knack-The Knack-September 486 25 Greatest-Bee Gees-December 482 26 Earth,Wind And Fire Greatest Hits Volume 1-Earth,Wind And Fire-February 482 27 Communique-Dire Straits-August 470 28 Classic Rock-London Symphony Orchestra-February 456 29 A Single Man-Elton John-May 448 30 Bad Girls-Donna Summer-August 428 31 Stranger In Town-Bob Seger-January 424 32 Don't Walk:Boogie On-Various Artists-October 412 33 I Am-Earth,wind & Fire-August 412 34 Dream Police-Cheap Trick-November 398 35 Smile-Kamahl-March 394 36 You Don't Bring Me Flowers-Neil Diamond-February 380 37 Voulez-Vous-Abba-June 370 38 Manifesto-Roxy Music-July 368 39 Slow Train Coming-Bob Dylan-October 348 40 Armed Forces-Elvis Costello & The Attractions-June 344 41 20 Golden Greats-Beach Boys-March 340 42 Twenty Golden Greats-Nat King Cole-December 338 43 Outlandos D'Amour-The Police-July 310 44 Who Pays The Ferryman-Yannis Markopoulos-December 300 45 New Boots And Panties-Ian Dury-May 290 46 Marty Robbins 20 Smash Hits-Marty Robbins-April 284 47 British Rock Classics-Various Artists-December 264 48 Cruisin'-Village People-March 262 49 At Budokan-Bob Dylan-June 244 50 Eve-Alan Parson's Project-September 242 51 Lodger-David Bowie-July 238 52 Beatles Concerto-Rostal & Schaefer/Ron Goodwin/RLPO-December 230 53 Against The Wind-Jon English-November 208 54 Midnight Magic-The Commodores-October 202 55 Eat To The Beat-Blondie-November 190 56 Replicas-Tubeway Army-October 178 57 Wave-Patti Smith-May 170 58 5-J.J. Cale-September 120 59 Cheap Trick At Budokan-Cheap Trick-November 114 60 Pennies From Heaven (BBC Soundtrack)-Various Artists-September 114 61 George Thorogood & The Destroyers-George Thorogood & The Destroyers-June 112 62 Into The Music-Van Morrison-October 104 63 Live And More-Donna Summer-January 100 64 Sings The Hits-Roger Whittaker-January 94 65 Hot Streets-Chicago-February 84 66 Move It On Over-George Thorogood & The Destroyers-July 82 67 Fear Of Music-Talking Heads-September 80 68 Smash And Grab-Racey-November 76 69 On The Road With Charley Pride-Charley Pride-November 76 70 Cleo's Great Show Hits-Cleo Laine-February 76 71 Drums And Wires-XTC-November 72 72 Duty Now For The Future-Devo-July 70 73 Classic Rock:The Second Movement-London Symphony Orchestra-July 70 74 The Bells-Lou Reed-May 70 75 Q. Are We Not Men? A. No We Are Devo-Devo-May 48 76 Back To The Egg-Paul McCartney & Wings-July 44 77 The Fine Art Of Surfacing-Boomtown Rats-November 42 78 Live:Take No Prisoners-Lou Reed-July 42 79 Steppin' Out-Joan Armatrading-November 40 80 Greatest Hits-Little River Band-March 38 81 This Heart This Song-Sharon O'Neill-February 38 82 Greatest Hits:1972-1978-10cc-October 36 83 Smash Hits-Frankie Laine-August 36 84 Look Sharp-Joe Jackson-August 36 85 Promises-Promises-June 36 86 Frenzy-Split Enz-April 36 87 Survival-Bob Marley And The Wailers-December 34 88 Marathon-Santana-November 34 89 From The Inside-Alice Cooper-February 34