| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1978 |
| TOP 100 POP ALBUMS (As published in the December 30, 1978, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER – Original Soundtrack / The Bee Gees, et al. (RSO) |
| 2 | THE STRANGER – Billy Joel (Columbia) |
| 3 | GREASE – Original Soundtrack / Various Artists (RSO) |
| 4 | SOME GIRLS – The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones) |
| 5 | DOUBLE VISION – Foreigner (Atlantic) |
| 6 | RUNNING ON EMPTY – Jackson Browne (Asylum) |
| 7 | POINT OF KNOW RETURN – Kansas (Kirshner) |
| 8 | SLOWHAND – Eric Clapton (RSO) |
| 9 | RUMOURS – Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.) |
| 10 | NATURAL HIGH – The Commodores (Motown) |
| 11 | STRANGER IN TOWN – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (Capitol) |
| 12 | AJA – Steely Dan (ABC) |
| 13 | NEWS OF THE WORLD – Queen (Elektra) |
| 14 | EVEN NOW – Barry Manilow (Arista) |
| 15 | FOOT LOOSE & FANCY FREE – Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.) |
| 16 | DON’T LOOK BACK – Boston (Epic) |
| 17 | ALL ’N ALL – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia) |
| 18 | LONDON TOWN – Wings (Capitol) |
| 19 | THE GRAND ILLUSION – Styx (A&M) |
| 20 | SIMPLE DREAMS – Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) |
| 21 | FEELS SO GOOD – Chuck Mangione (A&M) |
| 22 | CITY TO CITY – Gerry Rafferty (United Artists) |
| 23 | EARTH – Jefferson Starship (Grunt) |
| 24 | SHADOW DANCING – Andy Gibb (RSO) |
| 25 | WHO ARE YOU – The Who (MCA) |
| 26 | WORLDS AWAY – Pablo Cruise (A&M) |
| 27 | WEEKEND IN L.A. – George Benson (Warner Bros.) |
| 28 | SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND – Original Soundtrack / Various Artists (RSO) |
| 29 | LIVE AND MORE – Donna Summer (Casablanca) |
| 30 | OUT OF THE BLUE – The Electric Light Orchestra (Jet) |
| 31 | LIVING IN THE USA – Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) |
| 32 | BUT SERIOUSLY, FOLKS... – Joe Walsh (Asylum) |
| 33 | ALIVE II – Kiss (Casablanca) |
| 34 | NIGHTWATCH – Kenny Loggins (Columbia) |
| 35 | TWIN SONS OF DIFFERENT MOTHERS – Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg (Full Moon) |
| 36 | BORN LATE – Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb) |
| 37 | PIECES OF EIGHT – Styx (A&M) |
| 38 | DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN – Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) |
| 39 | 52ND STREET – Billy Joel (Columbia) |
| 40 | SHOWDOWN – The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) |
| 41 | STREET SURVIVORS – Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA) |
| 42 | CHAMPAGNE JAM – The Atlanta Rhythm Section (Polydor) |
| 43 | LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING – Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 44 | FRENCH KISS – Bob Welch (Capitol) |
| 45 | BLUE LIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT – Roberta Flack (Atlantic) |
| 46 | FM – Original Soundtrack / Various Artists (MCA) |
| 47 | I’M GLAD YOU’RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT – Neil Diamond (Columbia) |
| 48 | BOYS IN THE TREES – Carly Simon (Elektra) |
| 49 | A TASTE OF HONEY (Capitol) |
| 50 | DOWN TWO THEN LEFT – Boz Scaggs (Columbia) |
| 51 | DOUBLE LIVE GONZO – Ted Nugent (Epic) |
| 52 | YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE – Johnny Mathis (Columbia) |
| 53 | TIME PASSAGES – Al Stewart (Arista) |
| 54 | HOT STREETS – Chicago (Columbia) |
| 55 | A WILD AND CRAZY GUY – Steve Martin (Warner Bros.) |
| 56 | SO FULL OF LOVE – The O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 57 | DRAW THE LINE – Aerosmith (Columbia) |
| 58 | SHAUN CASSIDY (Warner/Curb) |
| 59 | DOG & BUTTERFLY – Heart (Portrait) |
| 60 | BLAM!! – The Brothers Johnson (A&M) |
| 61 | CENTRAL HEATING – Heatwave (Epic) |
| 62 | SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR – Jimmy Buffett (ABC) |
| 63 | THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY – Original Soundtrack / Various Artists (Casablanca) |
| 64 | ELVIS IN CONCERT – Elvis Presley (RCA) |
| 65 | STREET LEGAL – Bob Dylan (Columbia) |
| 66 | EXCITABLE BOY – Warren Zevon (Asylum) |
| 67 | MAGAZINE – Heart (Mushroom) |
| 68 | WATERMARK – Art Garfunkel (Columbia) |
| 69 | LIVE! – The Commodores (Motown) |
| 70 | SONGBIRD – Barbra Streisand (Columbia) |
| 71 | COMES A TIME – Neil Young (Reprise) |
| 72 | OCTAVE – The Moody Blues (London) |
| 73 | MIXED EMOTIONS – Exile (Warner/Curb) |
| 74 | BROTHER TO BROTHER – Gino Vannelli (A&M) |
| 75 | COME GET IT! – Rick James (Gordy) |
| 76 | TOGETHERNESS – L.T. D. (A&M) |
| 77 | PYRAMID – The Alan Parsons Project (Arista) |
| 78 | ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE – Funkadelic (Warner Bros.) |
| 79 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND – Original Soundtrack (Arista) |
| 80 | WAITING FOR COLUMBUS – Little Feat (Warner Bros.) |
| 81 | STREET PLAYER – Rufus & Chaka Khan (ABC) |
| 82 | TORMATO – Yes (Atlantic) |
| 83 | A SINGLE MAN – Elton John (MCA) |
| 84 | LET’S GET SMALL – Steve Martin (Warner Bros.) |
| 85 | BAT OUT OF HELL – Meat Loaf (Cleveland Int’l/Epic) |
| 86 | ... AND THEN THERE WERE THREE – Genesis (Atlantic) |
| 87 | LONGER FUSE – Dan Hill (20th Century) |
| 88 | SLEEPER CATCHER – The Little River Band (Harvest) |
| 89 | IS IT STILL GOOD TO YA – Ashford & Simpson (Warner Bros.) |
| 90 | WEEKEND WARRIORS – Ted Nugent (Epic) |
| 91 | FUNKENTELECHY VS. THE PLACEBO SYNDROME – Parliament (Casablanca) |
| 92 | WAYLON & WILLIE – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (RCA) |
| 93 | THE STORY OF STAR WARS – Roscoe Lee Browne (Nar.) / London Symphony Orchestra (20th Century) |
| 94 | UNDER WRAPS – Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb) |
| 95 | VAN HALEN (Warner Bros.) |
| 96 | GREATEST HITS, ETC. – Paul Simon (Columbia) |
| 97 | LITTLE CRIMINALS – Randy Newman (Warner Bros.) |
| 98 | SOUNDS... AND STUFF LIKE THAT!! – Quincy Jones (A&M) |
| 99 | HERE AT LAST... BEE GEES... LIVE – The Bee Gees (RSO)
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| 100 | CRUISIN’ – The Village People (Casablanca) |