Thursday December 29, 1977
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Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending December 24, 1977



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1 RUMOURS 1 2 2 44
Fleetwood Mac (WB BSK 3010)
2 SIMPLE DREAMS 2 1 1 15
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 6E-104)
3 ALL 'N' ALL 5 10 19 4
Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia JC 34905)
4 FOOT LOOSE AND FANCY FREE 6 9 14 6
Rod Stewart (WB BSK 3092)
5 ELVIS IN CONCERT 3 4 4 10
Elvis Presley (RCA APL2-2587)
6 OUT OF THE BLUE 8 13 17 5
Electric Light Orchestra (Jet JTLA-823-L2)
7 STREET SURVIVORS 4 5 7 8
Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA 3029)
8 ALIVE II 13 21 37 6
Kiss (Casablanca NBLP 7076-2)
9 LIVE! 12 16 20 7
Commodores (Motown M9-894A2)
10 AJA 9 3 3 11
Steely Dan (ABC AB-1006)
11 POINT OF KNOW RETURN 7 7 8 10
Kansas (Kirschner JZ 34929)
12 SHAUN CASSIDY 10 8 5 25
Shaun Cassidy (WB BS 3067)
13 NEWS OF THE WORLD 20 25 32 5
Queen (Elektra 6E-112)
14 BORN LATE 18 24 30 6
Shaun Cassidy (WB BSK 3126)
15 FRENCH KISS 16 17 18 11
Bob Welch (Capitol ST-11663)
16 LET'S GET SMALL 11 11 11 13
Steve Martin (WB BSK 3090)
17 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT 21 27 33 4
Boz Scaggs (Columbia JC 34729)
18 THE STRANGER 19 20 22 10
Billy Joel (Columbia JC 34987)
19 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT 25 33 47 5
Neil Diamond (Columbia JC 34900)
20 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE 15 12 12 9
Debby Boone (WB BS-3118)
21 MOONFLOWER 14 14 16 8
Santana (Columbia C2-34914)
22 LITTLE CRIMINALS 22 23 28 9
Randy Newman (WB BSK 3079)
23 THE GRAND ILLUSION 27 31 34 22
Styx (A&M SP-4637)
24 GREATEST HITS 24 26 31 8
Olivia Newton-John (MCA 3028)
25 STAR WARS 23 15 9 28
Original Film Soundtrack (20th Century 2T-541)
26 IN FULL BLOOM 28 28 25 18
Rose Royce (WB WH-3074)
27 GREATEST HITS, ETC. 38 52 66 5  
Paul Simon (Columbia JC 35032)
28 SLOWHAND 32 39 50 4
Eric Clapton (RSO RS-1-3030)
29 LOVE SONGS 30 32 23 8
Beatles (Capitol SKBL-11711)
30 ONCE UPON A TIME 35 43 54 6
Donna Summer (Casablanca NBLP 7078-2)
31 GREATEST HITS, VOLUME II 17 6 6 11  
Elton John (MCA 3027)
32 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 40 49 63 4
Original Film Soundtrack (RSO RS 4001)
33 FOREIGNER 29 18 10 38
Foreigner (Atlantic SD 18215)
34 SOMETHING TO LOVE 36 37 39 20
LTD (A&M SP-4646)
35 TURNIN' ON 41 50 60 6
High Inergy (Gordy G6-978S1)
36 BOOK OF DREAMS 37 40 29 31
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SO-11630)
37 I WANT TO LIVE 43 54 64 5
John Denver (RCA APL1-2521)
38 LIVE 39 44 49 30
Barry Manilow (Arista AL 8500)
39 BARRY WHITE SINGS FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE 31 19 13 15
Barry White (20th Century T-543)
40 ANYTIME. . . ANYWHERE 33 30 21 34
Rita Coolidge (A&M SP-4616)
41 HOTEL CALIFORNIA 42 42 45 53
Eagles (Asylum 7E-1084)
42 WE MUST BELIEVE IN MAGIC 26 22 24 12  
Crystal Gayle (United Artists UA-LA 771-G)
43 CHICAGO XI 34 29 15 13
Chicago (Columbia JC 34860)
44 SHOW SOME EMOTION 47 48 48 8
Joan Armatrading (A&M SP-4663)
45 SECONDS OUT 49 59 72 4
Genesis (Atlantic SD 2-9002)
46 HEROES 48 51 56 6
David Bowie (RCA AFL1-2522)
47 WORKS, VOLUME 2 57 70 81 4
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Atlantic SD 19147)
48 GALAXY 58 69 84 4
War (MCA 3030)
49 REACH FOR IT 56 62 69 6
George Duke (Epic JE 34883)
50 DECADE 53 58 62 6
Neil Young (Reprise 3RS 2257)
51 HERE YOU COME AGAIN 60 71 77 5
Dolly Parton (RCA APL1-2544)
52 ODYSSEY 54 57 46 8
Odyssey (RCA APL1-2477)
53 FOGHAT LIVE 44 41 27 16
Foghat (Bearsville BRK 6971)
54 BOSTON 50 45 40 66
Boston (Epic EPC 81611)
55 JT 46 38 35 25
James Taylor (Columbia JC 34811)
56 FEELIN' BITCHY 63 68 71 10
Millie Jackson (Spring SP-1-6715)
57 HERE AT LAST. . . BEE GEES. . . LIVE 61 63 65 30
Bee Gees (RSO RS2-3901)
58 DRAW THE LINE -- -- -- 1  
Aerosmith (Columbia JC 34856)
59 BROKEN HEART 51 56 59 7
Babys (Chrysalis CHR 1150)
60 TOO HOT TO HANDLE 45 34 26 17  
Heatwave (Epic PE 34761)
61 LET IT FLOW 55 55 57 32
Dave Mason (Columbia PC 34680)
62 MY AIM IS TRUE 73 85 95 4  
Elvis Costello (Columbia JC 35037)
63 BABY IT'S ME 59 36 36 12
Diana Ross (Motown M7-890R1)
64 A PAUPER IN PARADISE 70 76 82 5
Gino Vanelli (A&M SP-4664)
65 THANKFUL 79 -- -- 2  
Natalie Cole (Capitol SW-11708)
66 GREATEST HITS 68 72 76 49
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 7E-1092)
67 FLYING HIGH ON YOUR LOVE 80 91 -- 3  
Bar-Kays (Mercury SRM-1-1181)
68 I, ROBOT 62 61 51 25
Alan Parsons Project (Arista AL 7002)
69 GREATEST HITS 92 -- -- 2  
Bay City Rollers (Arista AL 4158)
70 MOODY BLUE 72 67 61 22
Elvis Presley (RCA AFL1-2428)
71 ACTION 65 65 53 10
Blackbyrds (Fantasy F-9535)
72 DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD 85 -- -- 2  
Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca NBLP 7080)
73 SECRETS 77 81 85 6
Con Funk Shun (Mercury SRM-1-1180)
74 BRASS CONSTRUCTION III 84 95 -- 3
Brass Construction (United Artists UA-LA 755-H)
75 THE STORY OF STAR WARS 97 -- -- 2  
Narration (20th Century T-550)
76 I'M IN YOU 78 78 70 27
Peter Frampton (A&M SP-4704)
77 GREATEST HITS 90 -- -- 2  
Captain & Tennille (A&M SP-4667)
78 PLAYER 88 -- -- 2
Player (RSO RS-1-3026)
79 FEELS SO GOOD 81 84 79 7
Chuck Mangione (A&M SP-4658)
80 BRICK 64 47 44 14  
Brick (Bang BLP-409)
81 FLEETWOOD MAC 83 77 73 125
Fleetwood Mac (WB MS 2225)
82 HEADS 94 100 -- 3  
Bob James (Columbia JC 34896)
83 THEIR GREATEST HITS 87 93 99 86
Eagles (Asylum 7E-1052)
84 KARLA BONOFF 76 73 68 11
Karla Bonoff (Columbia PC 34152)
85 DREAMBOAT ANNIE 86 88 90 83
Heart (Mushroom MRS 5005)
86 FUNKENTELECHY VS. THE PLACEBO SYNDROME -- -- -- 1  
Parliament (Casablanca NBLP 7084)
87 PASSAGE 66 53 55 9  
Carpenters (A&M SP-4703)
88 COME GO WITH US 82 80 80 7
Pockets (Columbia PC 34879)
89 ELVIS' GOLDEN RECORDS, VOL I 91 92 98 4
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-2765)
90 SILK DEGREES 93 82 83 92
Boz Scaggs (Columbia PC 33920)
91 BAT OUT OF HELL 96 -- -- 2
Meat Loaf (Epic PE 34974)
92 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE 52 46 43 8  
Original Film Soundtrack (Arista AB-4158)
93 IN CITY DREAMS 75 75 67 13  
Robin Trower (Chrysalis CHR 1148)
94 AMERICA LIVE 99 -- -- 2
America (WB BSK 3136)
95 CSN 95 87 87 25
Crosby, Stills & Nash (Atlantic SD 19104)
96 LOOKING BACK -- -- -- 1  
Stevie Wonder (Motown M-804 LP3)
97 RUBY, RUBY 98 99 -- 3
Gato Barbieri (A&M SP-4655)
98 SPECTRES 69 64 42 7  
Blue Oyster Cult (Columbia JC 35019)
99 STAR WARS AND OTHER GALACTIC FUNK 89 83 78 18
Meco (Millenium MNLP)
100 OXYGENE 100 98 89 7
Jean-Michel Jarre (Polydor PD-1-6112)

designates a album that was up more than 10 spots this week
designates a album that was down more than 10 spots this week

designates a album that entered the chart this week

Albums which dropped out of the Top 100 this week:

   • "Love You Live" by Rolling Stones (# 67)
   • "Livin' On The Fault Line" by Doobie Brothers (# 71)
   • "Little Queen" by Heart (# 74)

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