Monday January 9, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending January 7, 1978



TWLW2WK3WKWKS
1 RUMOURS 1 1 1 46
Fleetwood Mac (WB BSK 3010)
2 SIMPLE DREAMS 2 2 2 17
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 6E-104)
3 FOOT LOOSE AND FANCY FREE 4 4 6 8
Rod Stewart (WB BSK 3092)
4 ALL 'N' ALL 3 3 5 6
Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia JC 34905)
5 OUT OF THE BLUE 5 6 8 7
Electric Light Orchestra (Jet JTLA-823-L2)
6 ALIVE II 6 8 13 8
Kiss (Casablanca NBLP 7076-2)
7 BORN LATE 10 14 18 8
Shaun Cassidy (WB BSK 3126)
8 NEWS OF THE WORLD 9 13 20 7
Queen (Elektra 6E-112)
9 LIVE! 8 9 12 9
Commodores (Motown M9-894A2)
10 AJA 11 10 9 13
Steely Dan (ABC AB-1006)
11 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT 13 19 25 7
Neil Diamond (Columbia JC 34900)
12 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT 14 17 21 6
Boz Scaggs (Columbia JC 34729)
13 ELVIS IN CONCERT 7 5 3 12
Elvis Presley (RCA APL2-2587)
14 SHAUN CASSIDY 12 12 10 27
Shaun Cassidy (WB BS 3067)
15 STREET SURVIVORS 15 7 4 10
Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA 3029)
16 THE STRANGER 17 18 19 12
Billy Joel (Columbia JC 34987)
17 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 23 32 40 6
Original Film Soundtrack (RSO RS 4001)
18 THE GRAND ILLUSION 20 23 27 24
Styx (A&M SP-4637)
19 GREATEST HITS, ETC. 21 27 38 7
Paul Simon (Columbia JC 35032)
20 POINT OF KNOW RETURN 16 11 7 12
Kansas (Kirschner JZ 34929)
21 DRAW THE LINE 31 58 -- 3
Aerosmith (Columbia JC 34856)
22 LET'S GET SMALL 18 16 11 15
Steve Martin (WB BSK 3090)
23 RUNNING ON EMPTY 36 -- -- 2  
Jackson Browne (Asylum 6E-113)
24 SLOWHAND 25 28 32 6
Eric Clapton (RSO RS-1-3030)
25 ONCE UPON A TIME 26 30 35 8
Donna Summer (Casablanca NBLP 7078-2)
26 FRENCH KISS 19 15 16 13
Bob Welch (Capitol ST-11663)
27 LITTLE CRIMINALS 22 22 22 11
Randy Newman (WB BSK 3079)
28 TURNIN' ON 30 35 41 8
High Inergy (Gordy G6-978S1)
29 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE 29 20 15 11
Debby Boone (WB BS-3118)
30 I WANT TO LIVE 32 37 43 7
John Denver (RCA APL1-2521)
31 STAR WARS 27 25 23 30
Original Film Soundtrack (20th Century 2T-541)
32 FOREIGNER 33 33 29 40
Foreigner (Atlantic SD 18215)
33 LOVE SONGS 28 29 30 10
Beatles (Capitol SKBL-11711)
34 DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER 43 -- -- 2
Joni Mitchell (Asylum BB 701)
35 HERE YOU COME AGAIN 41 51 60 7
Dolly Parton (RCA APL1-2544)
36 GALAXY 38 48 58 6
War (MCA 3030)
37 WORKS, VOLUME 2 39 47 57 6
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Atlantic SD 19147)
38 GREATEST HITS 24 24 24 10  
Olivia Newton-John (MCA 3028)
39 BOOK OF DREAMS 35 36 37 33
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SO-11630)
40 REACH FOR IT 42 49 56 8
George Duke (Epic JE 34883)
41 IN FULL BLOOM 34 26 28 20
Rose Royce (WB WH-3074)
42 MOONFLOWER 37 21 14 10
Santana (Columbia C2-34914)
43 WE MUST BELIEVE IN MAGIC 44 42 26 14
Crystal Gayle (United Artists UA-LA 771-G)
44 THE STORY OF STAR WARS 60 75 97 4  
Narration (20th Century T-550)
45 LIVE 46 38 39 32
Barry Manilow (Arista AL 8500)
46 ANYTIME. . . ANYWHERE 48 40 33 36
Rita Coolidge (A&M SP-4616)
47 DECADE 49 50 53 8
Neil Young (Reprise 3RS 2257)
48 GREATEST HITS, VOLUME II 47 31 17 13
Elton John (MCA 3027)
49 HOTEL CALIFORNIA 50 41 42 55
Eagles (Asylum 7E-1084)
50 THANKFUL 54 65 79 4
Natalie Cole (Capitol SW-11708)
51 ODYSSEY 51 52 54 10
Odyssey (RCA APL1-2477)
52 JT 53 55 46 27
James Taylor (Columbia JC 34811)
53 GREATEST HITS 57 69 92 4
Bay City Rollers (Arista AL 4158)
54 FEELIN' BITCHY 55 56 63 12
Millie Jackson (Spring SP-1-6715)
55 FLYING HIGH ON YOUR LOVE 58 67 80 5
Bar-Kays (Mercury SRM-1-1181)
56 SOMETHING TO LOVE 40 34 36 22  
LTD (A&M SP-4646)
57 MY AIM IS TRUE 59 62 73 6
Elvis Costello (Columbia JC 35037)
58 DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD 62 72 85 4
Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca NBLP 7080)
59 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 74 -- -- 2  
Original Film Soundtrack (Arista AL 9500)
60 GREATEST HITS 65 77 90 4
Captain & Tennille (A&M SP-4667)
61 SECONDS OUT 45 45 49 6  
Genesis (Atlantic SD 2-9002)
62 FUNKENTELECHY VS. THE PLACEBO SYNDROME 67 86 -- 3
Parliament (Casablanca NBLP 7084)
63 BROKEN HEART 56 59 51 9
Babys (Chrysalis CHR 1150)
64 PLAYER 68 78 88 4
Player (RSO RS-1-3026)
65 BARRY WHITE SINGS FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE 52 39 31 17  
Barry White (20th Century T-543)
66 GREATEST HITS 63 66 68 51
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 7E-1092)
67 A PAUPER IN PARADISE 61 64 70 7
Gino Vanelli (A&M SP-4664)
68 HEADS 72 82 94 5
Bob James (Columbia JC 34896)
69 MOODY BLUE 66 70 72 24
Elvis Presley (RCA AFL1-2428)
70 CHICAGO XI 64 43 34 15
Chicago (Columbia JC 34860)
71 I, ROBOT 69 68 62 27
Alan Parsons Project (Arista AL 7002)
72 SECRETS 71 73 77 8
Con Funk Shun (Mercury SRM-1-1180)
73 LOOKING BACK 79 96 -- 3
Stevie Wonder (Motown M-804 LP3)
74 BRASS CONSTRUCTION III 70 74 84 5
Brass Construction (United Artists UA-LA 755-H)
75 FEELS SO GOOD 76 79 81 9
Chuck Mangione (A&M SP-4658)
76 FOGHAT LIVE 77 53 44 18
Foghat (Bearsville BRK 6971)
77 SHOW SOME EMOTION 73 44 47 10
Joan Armatrading (A&M SP-4663)
78 ACTION 78 71 65 12
Blackbyrds (Fantasy F-9535)
79 THEIR GREATEST HITS 80 83 87 88
Eagles (Asylum 7E-1052)
80 BOSTON 82 54 50 68
Boston (Epic EPC 81611)
81 BROKEN BLOSSOM 87 -- -- 2
Bette Midler (Atlantic SD 19151)
82 TOO HOT TO HANDLE 83 60 45 19
Heatwave (Epic PE 34761)
83 HEROES 75 46 48 8
David Bowie (RCA AFL1-2522)
84 I'M IN YOU 84 76 78 29
Peter Frampton (A&M SP-4704)
85 HERE AT LAST. . . BEE GEES. . . LIVE 85 57 61 32
Bee Gees (RSO RS2-3901)
86 NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE COME THE SEX PISTOLS 91 -- -- 2
Sex Pistols (WB BSK 3147)
87 BAT OUT OF HELL 88 91 96 4
Meat Loaf (Epic PE 34974)
88 ELVIS' GOLDEN RECORDS, VOL I 86 89 91 6
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-2765)
89 THE BEST OF ZZ TOP 94 -- -- 2
ZZ Top (London PS 706)
90 LIVE AT THE BIJOU 95 -- -- 2
Grover Washington, Jr. (Kudu KUX-3637-MZ)
91 BABY IT'S ME 81 63 59 14
Diana Ross (Motown M7-890R1)
92 BRICK 89 80 64 16
Brick (Bang BLP-409)
93 LIVE AND LET LIVE 98 -- -- 2
10cc (Mercury SRM-2-8600)
94 FLEETWOOD MAC 93 81 83 127
Fleetwood Mac (WB MS 2225)
95 LEIF GARRETT -- -- -- 1  
Leif Garrett (Atlantic SD 19152)
96 COME GO WITH US 96 88 82 9
Pockets (Columbia PC 34879)
97 MENAGERIE -- -- -- 1  
Bill Withers (Columbia JC 34903)
98 KARLA BONOFF 97 84 76 13
Karla Bonoff (Columbia PC 34152)
99 RICK DANKO 100 -- -- 2
Rick Danko (Arista AB 4141)
100 BEST OF THE DOOBIES -- -- -- 41
Doobie Brothers (WB BS 2978)

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:

   • "Let It Flow" by Dave Mason (# 90)
   • "America Live" by America (# 92)
   • "Spectres" by Blue Oyster Cult (# 99)

  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us