Sunday, April 25, 2021

Albums of the Year 1978

 Music is well and truly back after the injection that 1977 gave. Some really fabulous albums came out in '78. Here's the Best Ever Albums list:

1. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town

2. The Cars - The Cars

3. Blondie - Parallel Lines

4. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model

5. Van Halen - Van Halen

6. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine

7. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls

8. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food

9. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside

10. Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians

And my own, from records I own. I realised that from not being able to compile a list of ten in 1976, '78 had so many personal riches that I wanted to list 25. Probably the year where my personal musical consciousness began. Wonderful stuff. This will continue for the next few years.

1.  Blondie - Parallel Lines


2. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance


3. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town


4. Magazine - Real Life


5. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine



6. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model



7. Big Star - Third


8. Wire - Chairs Missing


9. Television - Adventure


10. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine


11. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside


12. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food


13. The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope


14. Buzzcocks - Love Bites


15. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel II


16. The Stranglers - Black & White



17. Blondie - Plastic Letters


18. Patti Smith Group - Easter


19. . Neil Young - Comes a Time


20. XTC - White Music


21. The Cars - The Cars


22. Buzzcocks - Another Music In a Different Kitchen


23. Rezillos - Can't Stand The Rezillos


24. The Police - Outlandos D'Amour


25. Lene Lovich - Stateless



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