Best Music Albums - Year By
Year: 1978

1. Toto: Toto
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Brilliant
debut album from Toto with many top rock songs. "Hold The Line" remains a
classic of all time.
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2. Dire Straits: Dire Straits
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First album
from Dire Straits in an era where the focus was on punk and other styles. This band,
however, was totally un-trendy and very different..."Sultans Of Swing".
About Dire Straits |
3. Billy Joel: 52nd Street
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Another album
with Joel's fine ability to write great personal songs. |
4. Kraftwerk: The Man Machine
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The
electronic era was really pushing forward at this time and Kraftwerk were among the
Godfathers of it all. |
5. Joe Walsh: But Seriously, Folks!
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Crazy man Walsh from The
Eagles used the break from the band to turn out a very fine solo effort, containing the
hit "Life's Been Good". |
6. Thin Lizzy: Live &
Dangerous
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This album
gathers all the great rockers and energy of Thin Lizzy on stage and blasts it through your
speakers. Great live album!
About Thin Lizzy |
7. The Police: Outlandos D'Amour
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The Police arrives and
brings with them a new style of pop, rock and reggae. Along came also a girl named
"Roxanne"... |
8. Abba: The Album
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This album sees Abba
really finding their true path and on the virge of total success and mayhem... |
9. Rod Stewart: Blondes Have
More Fun
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Was Rod Stewart sexy...?
Well, he sure did sell a lot of records with this album filled with rock with a blues
edge... |
10. Gerry Rafferty: City To City
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"Baker Street"
is a classic and this is the album that went along with it. |
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