Acclaimed Music - The Top Albums from 1978

The Top Albums from 1978
Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	79	Elvis Costello	This Year's Model		Listen
2	112	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town		Listen
3	121	Blondie	Parallel Lines		Listen
4	226	Pere Ubu	The Modern Dance		Listen
5	227	The Jam	All Mod Cons
6	230	Funkadelic	One Nation Under a Groove		Listen
7	255	Van Halen	Van Halen		Listen
8	262	Kraftwerk	Die Mensch Maschine		Listen
9	317	Big Star	The Third Album/Sister Lovers		Listen
10	367	Talking Heads	More Songs About Buildings and Food		Listen
11	373	Devo	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!		Listen
12	376	Thin Lizzy	Live and Dangerous		Listen
13	429	The Police	Outlandos D'Amour		Listen
14	453	The Rolling Stones	Some Girls		Listen
15	495	Dire Straits	Dire Straits		Listen
16	511	Wire	Chairs Missing		Listen
17	542	Kate Bush	The Kick Inside		Listen
18	596	Buzzcocks	Another Music in a Different Kitchen		Listen
19	635	Steve Reich	Music for 18 Musicians		Listen
20	757	Pere Ubu	Dub Housing		Listen
21	764	Marvin Gaye	Here, My Dear		Listen
22	776	Chic	C'Est Chic		Listen
23	793	X-Ray Spex	Germfree Adolescents		Listen
24	840	The Cars	The Cars		Listen
25	883	Patti Smith Group	Easter		Listen
26	903	Siouxsie and The Banshees	The Scream		Listen
27	910	Brian Eno	Ambient 1: Music for Airports
28	959	Willie Nelson	Stardust		Listen
29	964	Cheap Trick	At Budokan		Listen
30	1037	The Band	The Last Waltz		Listen
31	1240	The Clash	Give 'em Enough Rope		Listen
32	1269	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)		Listen
33	1321	Magazine	Real Life		Listen
34	1323	AC/DC	If You Want Blood, You've Got It		Listen
35	1345	Nick Lowe	Jesus of Cool/Pure Pop for Now People
36	1462	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine		Listen
37	1485	Nina Hagen Band	Nina Hagen Band
38	1553	The Only Ones	The Only Ones
39	1597	Steel Pulse	Handsworth Revolution		Listen
40	1656	Joe Ely	Honky Tonk Masquerade		Listen
41	1701	Warren Zevon	Excitable Boy		Listen
42	1714	Public Image Ltd.	Public Image - First Issue		Listen
43	1720	Albert Collins	Ice Pickin'		Listen
44	1773	Lou Reed	Street Hassle		Listen
45	1819	The Adverts	Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts
46	1833	Pat Metheny	Pat Metheny Group		Listen
47	1851	Willie Col�n & Rub�n Blades	Siembra
48	1869	Cheap Trick	Heaven Tonight		Listen
49	1942	Ramones	Road to Ruin
50	2012	Buzzcocks	Love Bites		Listen
51	2049	Television	Adventure		Listen
52	2172	Burning Spear	Marcus' Children/Social Living		Listen
53	2249	Various Artists	No New York
54	2292	Gerry Rafferty	City to City		Listen
55	2338	The Saints	Eternally Yours		Listen
56	2451	Lee Perry	Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread		Listen
57	2483	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Dread, Beat an' Blood		Listen
58	2518	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Kaya		Listen
59	2580	Little Feat	Waiting for Columbus		Listen
60	2629	David Johansen	David Johansen		Listen
61	2644	Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes	Hearts of Stone		Listen
62	2650	Herman Brood & His Wild Romance	Shpritsz		Listen
63	2878	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Babylon by Bus		Listen
Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Billy Joel	52nd Street		Listen
		Generation X	Generation X		Listen
		Bob Seger	Stranger in Town		Listen
		The Stranglers	Black & White
		Dave Edmunds	Tracks on Wax 4
		Dr. Alimantado	Best Dressed Chicken in Town		Listen
		Neil Young	Comes a Time		Listen
		Evan Parker	Monoceros
		The Jacksons	Destiny		Listen
		Keith Jarrett	My Song		Listen
		XTC	White Music		Listen
		Parliament	Motor Booty Affair		Listen
		AC/DC	Powerage		Listen
		The Rezillos	Can't Stand The Rezillos		Listen
		Bob Dylan	Street Legal		Listen
		Rainbow	Long Live Rock 'n' Roll		Listen
		The Residents	Not Available		Listen
		Peter Tosh	Bush Doctor		Listen
		The Kinks	Misfits		Listen
		Throbbing Gristle	DOA: Third and Final Report		Listen
		Ultravox	Systems of Romance		Listen
		Bootsy's Rubber Band	Bootsy? Player of the Year		Listen