My Top 50 Albums of 1978
1. Elvis Costello & The
Attractions - This Years Model
2. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
3. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food
4. The Cars - The Cars
5. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
6. Devo - Q: Are We Not
Men? A: We are Devo!
7. Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
8. Chic - C'est Chic
9. Van Halen - Van Halen
10. Kate Bush - The Kick
Inside
11. Tom Waits - Blue
Valentine
12. Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel 2 (Scratch)
13. Teddy Pendergrass – Life
Is A Song Worth Singing
14. Marvin Gaye - Here, My
Dear
15. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In
Town
16. Cheap Trick - Heaven
Tonight
17. The Rolling Stones -
Some Girls
18. Blondie - Parallel Lines
19. The Police - Outlandos
d'Amour
20. Big Star - Third/Sister
Lovers
21. Thin Lizzy - Live And
Dangerous
22. Public Image Ltd –
Public Image: First Issue
23. The Clash - Give 'Em
Enough Rope
24. Billy Joel - 52nd Street
25. XTC - White Music
26. Maze featuring Frankie
Beverly – Golden Time Of Day
27. Rufus featuring Chaka
Khan - Street Player
28. Queen - Jazz
29. Ry Cooder – Jazz
30. Wire - Chairs Missing
31. Todd Rundgren - Hermit
Of Mink Hollow
32. Robert Palmer – Double
Fun
33. Parliament – Motor-Booty
Affair
34. Rush – Hemispheres
35. Bobby Caldwell – Bobby
Caldwell
36. Nicolette Larson -
Nicolette
37. Neil Young - Comes A
Time
38. Kenny Rogers - The
Gambler
39. The Ramones - Road To
Ruin
40. Willie Nelson – Stardust
41. Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It!
42. Television – Adventure
43. The Doobie Brothers -
Minute By Minute
44. Willie Nelson - Willie
And The Family Live
45. The Band - The Last
Waltz
46. Nick Lowe - Jesus Of
Cool aka Pure Pop For Now People
47. The Who - Who Are You
48. Mere Haggard – I’m
Always On A Mountain When I Fall
49. George Jones –
Bartender’s Blues
50. Al Green - Truth n’ Time
I don't really think there are weak years for popular music in the modern era, there's treasures in every year, but there are certainly years that seem like particularly great ones depending on your taste, and 1978 is a big one for me, up there with 1994 and 1987. That's a top 5 I'd put up against just about any year. Punk and new wave were in full swing in '78, with a lot of sophomore albums even better than the debuts, and some of the old guard reacting to them in interesting ways.
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