The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1978
TOP 100 POP ALBUMS (As published in the December 30, 1978, issue)
POSTITLE – Artist (Label)
  1SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER – Original Soundtrack/The Bee Gees (RSO)
  2THE STRANGER – Billy Joel (Columbia)
  3GREASE – Original Soundtrack (RSO)
  4SOME GIRLS – The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)
  5DOUBLE VISION – Foreigner (Atlantic)
  6RUNNING ON EMPTY – Jackson Browne (Asylum)
  7POINT OF KNOW RETURN – Kansas (Kirshner)
  8SLOWHAND – Eric Clapton (RSO)
  9RUMOURS – Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)
10NATURAL HIGH – The Commodores (Motown)
11STRANGER IN TOWN – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (Capitol)
12AJA – Steely Dan (ABC)
13NEWS OF THE WORLD – Queen (Elektra)
14EVEN NOW – Barry Manilow (Arista)
15FOOT LOOSE & FANCY FREE – Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.)
16DON’T LOOK BACK – Boston (Epic)
17ALL ’N ALL – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia)
18LONDON TOWN – Wings (Capitol)
19THE GRAND ILLUSION – Styx (A&M)
20SIMPLE DREAMS – Linda Ronstadt (Asylum)
21FEELS SO GOOD – Chuck Mangione (A&M)
22CITY TO CITY – Gerry Rafferty (United Artists)
23EARTH – Jefferson Starship (Grunt)
24SHADOW DANCING – Andy Gibb (RSO)
25WHO ARE YOU – The Who (MCA)
26WORLDS AWAY – Pablo Cruise (A&M)
27WEEKEND IN L.A. – George Benson (Warner Bros.)
28SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND – Original Soundtrack (RSO)
29LIVE AND MORE – Donna Summer (Casablanca)
30OUT OF THE BLUE – The Electric Light Orchestra (Jet)
31LIVING IN THE USA – Linda Ronstadt (Asylum)
32BUT SERIOUSLY, FOLKS... – Joe Walsh (Asylum)
33ALIVE II – Kiss (Casablanca)
34NIGHTWATCH – Kenny Loggins (Columbia)
35TWIN SONS OF DIFFERENT MOTHERS – Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg (Full Moon)
36BORN LATE – Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb)
37PIECES OF EIGHT – Styx (A&M)
38DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN – Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
3952ND STREET – Billy Joel (Columbia)
40SHOWDOWN – The Isley Brothers (T-Neck)
41STREET SURVIVORS – Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA)
42CHAMPAGNE JAM – The Atlanta Rhythm Section (Polydor)
43LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING – Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia Int’l)
44FRENCH KISS – Bob Welch (Capitol)
45BLUE LIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT – Roberta Flack (Atlantic)
46FM – Original Soundtrack (MCA)
47I’M GLAD YOU’RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT – Neil Diamond (Columbia)
48BOYS IN THE TREES – Carly Simon (Elektra)
49A TASTE OF HONEY (Capitol)
50DOWN TWO THEN LEFT – Boz Scaggs (Columbia)
51DOUBLE LIVE GONZO! – Ted Nugent (Epic)
52YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE – Johnny Mathis (Columbia)
53TIME PASSAGES – Al Stewart (Arista)
54HOT STREETS – Chicago (Columbia)
55A WILD AND CRAZY GUY – Steve Martin (Warner Bros.)
56SO FULL OF LOVE – The O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l)
57DRAW THE LINE – Aerosmith (Columbia)
58SHAUN CASSIDY (Warner/Curb)
59DOG & BUTTERFLY – Heart (Portrait)
60BLAM!! – The Brothers Johnson (A&M)
61CENTRAL HEATING – Heatwave (Epic)
62SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR – Jimmy Buffett (ABC)
63THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY – Original Soundtrack (Casablanca)
64ELVIS IN CONCERT – Elvis Presley (RCA)
65STREET LEGAL – Bob Dylan (Columbia)
66EXCITABLE BOY – Warren Zevon (Asylum)
67MAGAZINE – Heart (Mushroom)
68WATERMARK – Art Garfunkel (Columbia)
69LIVE! – The Commodores (Motown)
70SONGBIRD – Barbra Streisand (Columbia)
71COMES A TIME – Neil Young (Reprise)
72OCTAVE – The Moody Blues (London)
73MIXED EMOTIONS – Exile (Warner/Curb)
74BROTHER TO BROTHER – Gino Vannelli (A&M)
75COME GET IT! – Rick James (Gordy)
76TOGETHERNESS – L.T.D. (A&M)
77PYRAMID – The Alan Parsons Project (Arista)
78ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE – Funkadelic (Warner Bros.)
79CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND – Original Soundtrack (Arista)
80WAITING FOR COLUMBUS – Little Feat (Warner Bros.)
81STREET PLAYER – Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (ABC)
82TORMATO – Yes (Atlantic)
83A SINGLE MAN – Elton John (MCA)
84LET’S GET SMALL – Steve Martin (Warner Bros.)
85BAT OUT OF HELL – Meat Loaf (Cleveland Int’l/Epic)
86...AND THEN THERE WERE THREE – Genesis (Atlantic)
87LONGER FUSE – Dan Hill (20th Century)
88SLEEPER CATCHER – The Little River Band (Harvest)
89IS IT STILL GOOD TO YA – Ashford & Simpson (Warner Bros.)
90WEEKEND WARRIORS – Ted Nugent (Epic)
91FUNKENTELECHY VS. THE PLACEBO SYNDROME – Parliament (Casablanca)
92WAYLON & WILLIE – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (RCA)
93THE STORY OF STAR WARS (20th Century)
94UNDER WRAPS – Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb)
95VAN HALEN (Warner Bros.)
96GREATEST HITS, ETC. – Paul Simon (Columbia)
97LITTLE CRIMINALS – Randy Newman (Warner Bros.)
98SOUNDS...AND STUFF LIKE THAT!! – Quincy Jones (A&M)
99HERE AT LAST...LIVE – The Bee Gees (RSO)
100 CRUISIN’ – The Village People (Casablanca)
SINGLES  |  1978