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Best of 1978

Overall year rating: 4.5

100

William Onyeabor
Atomic Bomb

Afro-Funk

99

The Vibrators
V2

Punk Rock

98

George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Move It On Over

Blues Rock

97

Lee Clayton
Border Affair

Outlaw Country

96

Yes
Tormato

Progressive Rock

95

Alkana
Welcome to My Paradise

Hard Rock

94

The Undertones
Teenage Kicks

Pop Punk

93

Blondie
Plastic Letters

New Wave

92

Bubu
Anabelas

Progressive Rock

91

Kate Bush
Lionheart

Art Pop

90

The Kids
The Kids

Punk Rock

89

Tom Waits
Blue Valentine

Singer-Songwriter

88

The Dictators
Bloodbrothers

Punk Rock

87

Various Artists
No New York

No Wave

86

Fela Kuti
Shuffering and Shmiling

Afrobeat

85

Burning Spear
Marcus' Children [LP]

Roots Reggae

84

Funkadelic
One Nation Under a Groove

P-Funk

83

Dead Boys
We Have Come For Your Children

Punk Rock

82

Slaughter And The Dogs
Do It Dog Style

Punk Rock

81

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)

Experimental Rock

80

Michael Hoenig
Departure From the Northern Wasteland

Berlin School

79

Jethro Tull
Heavy Horses

Folk Rock

78

UFO
Obsession

Hard Rock

77

Be-Bop Deluxe
Drastic Plastic

Art Rock

76

The Angels
Face to Face

Hard Rock

75

Klaus Schulze
X

Berlin School

74

The Fall
Bingo-Master's Break-Out!

Post-Punk

73

Armand Schaubroeck
Ratfucker

Art Punk

72

The Suicide Commandos
Make a Record

Pop Punk

71

Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet

Southern Rock

70

Brian Eno
Ambient 1: Music For Airports

Ambient

69

Penetration
Moving Targets

New Wave

68

X-Ray Spex
Germfree Adolescents

Punk Rock

67

Rory Gallagher
Photo-Finish

Blues Rock

66

XTC
White Music

New Wave

65

Blondie
Parallel Lines

New Wave

64

The Cars
The Cars

New Wave

63

Dire Straits
Dire Straits

Rock

62

City Boy
Book Early

AOR

61

The Rolling Stones
Some Girls

Rock

60

Rush
Hemispheres

Progressive Rock

59

Flamin' Groovies
Now

Power Pop

58

Nick Lowe
Jesus of Cool

Power Pop

57

The Only Ones
The Only Ones

Power Pop

56

The Police
Outlandos d'Amour

New Wave

55

The Walker Brothers
Nite Flights

Art Rock

54

Bob Marley and The Wailers
Kaya

Roots Reggae

53

Silvio Rodriguez
Mujeres

Nueva trova

52

999
Separates

Power Pop

51

Cathedral (US)
Stained Glass Stories

Progressive Rock

50

Ramones
Road to Ruin

Punk Rock

49

Lou Reed
Street Hassle

Rock

48

Pere Ubu
Datapanik in the Year Zero

Art Punk

47

Cheap Trick
Heaven Tonight

Power Pop

46

Carol of Harvest
Carol of Harvest

Progressive Folk

45

DMZ
DMZ

Garage Rock

44

Todd Rundgren
Hermit of Mink Hollow

Pop Rock

43

Pere Ubu
Dub Housing

Experimental Rock

42

Buzzcocks
Love Bites

Punk Rock

41

The Rezillos
Can't Stand The Rezillos

Pop Punk

40

Haruomi Hosono
Paraiso

Psychedelic Pop

39

Judas Priest
Killing Machine

Heavy Metal

38

Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Scream

Post-Punk

37

Cecil Taylor
The Cecil Taylor Unit

Free Jazz

36

Jade Warrior
Way of the Sun

Progressive Rock

35

The Boomtown Rats
A Tonic for the Troops

New Wave

34

Heavy Load
Full Speed at High Level

Heavy Metal

33

Pere Ubu
The Modern Dance

Post-Punk

32

The Saints
Eternally Yours

Punk Rock

31

Black Flag
Nervous Breakdown

Hardcore Punk

30

Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians

Minimalism

29

Sorcery (US)
Sinister Soldiers

Hard Rock

28

Television
Adventure

Post-Punk

27

Ultravox
Systems Of Romance

New Wave

26

Faust'o
Suicidio

Canzone d'autore

25

Television Personalities
Where's Bill Grundy Now?

Post-Punk

24

Townes Van Zandt
Flyin' Shoes

Country

23

Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra

Electronic

22

Devo
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

New Wave

21

The Stranglers
Black And White

Post-Punk

20

Tuxedomoon
No Tears

Synth Punk

19

Black Devil Disco Club
Disco Club

Space Disco

18

Kate Bush
The Kick Inside

Art Pop

17

Neil Young
Comes a Time

Folk Rock

16

Buzzcocks
Another Music in a Different Kitchen

Punk Rock

15

The Saints
Prehistoric Sounds

Art Punk

14

Johnny Thunders
So Alone

Punk Rock

13

Wire
Chairs Missing

Post-Punk

12

Magazine
Real Life

Post-Punk

11

Japan
Adolescent Sex

Glam Rock

10

Misfits
Bullet

Horror Punk

9

Al Di Meola
Casino

Jazz Fusion

8

Elvis Costello
This Year's Model

New Wave

7

Scorpions
Taken by Force

Hard Rock

6

Kraftwerk
The Man-Machine

Electronic

5

Rainbow
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

Hard Rock

4

Talking Heads
More Songs About Buildings and Food

New Wave

3

Judas Priest
Stained Class

Heavy Metal

2

Van Halen
Van Halen

Hard Rock

1

Big Star
Third/Sister Lovers

Power Pop

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