Tuesday January 17, 1978
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Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending January 14, 1978



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1 RUMOURS 1 1 1 47
Fleetwood Mac (WB BSK 3010)
2 SIMPLE DREAMS 2 2 2 18
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 6E-104)
3 FOOT LOOSE AND FANCY FREE 3 4 4 9
Rod Stewart (WB BSK 3092)
4 ALL 'N' ALL 4 3 3 7
Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia JC 34905)
5 OUT OF THE BLUE 5 5 6 8
Electric Light Orchestra (Jet JTLA-823-L2)
6 BORN LATE 7 10 14 9
Shaun Cassidy (WB BSK 3126)
7 NEWS OF THE WORLD 8 9 13 8
Queen (Elektra 6E-112)
8 ALIVE II 6 6 8 9
Kiss (Casablanca NBLP 7076-2)
9 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 17 23 32 7
Original Film Soundtrack (RSO RS 4001)
10 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT 11 13 19 8
Neil Diamond (Columbia JC 34900)
11 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT 12 14 17 7
Boz Scaggs (Columbia JC 34729)
12 AJA 10 11 10 14
Steely Dan (ABC AB-1006)
13 SHAUN CASSIDY 14 12 12 28
Shaun Cassidy (WB BS 3067)
14 THE STRANGER 16 17 18 13
Billy Joel (Columbia JC 34987)
15 DRAW THE LINE 21 31 58 4
Aerosmith (Columbia JC 34856)
16 RUNNING ON EMPTY 23 36 -- 3
Jackson Browne (Asylum 6E-113)
17 THE GRAND ILLUSION 18 20 23 25
Styx (A&M SP-4637)
18 GREATEST HITS, ETC. 19 21 27 8
Paul Simon (Columbia JC 35032)
19 STREET SURVIVORS 15 15 7 11
Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA 3029)
20 POINT OF KNOW RETURN 20 16 11 13
Kansas (Kirschner JZ 34929)
21 LIVE! 9 8 9 10  
Commodores (Motown M9-894A2)
22 SLOWHAND 24 25 28 7
Eric Clapton (RSO RS-1-3030)
23 ELVIS IN CONCERT 13 7 5 13
Elvis Presley (RCA APL2-2587)
24 ONCE UPON A TIME 25 26 30 9
Donna Summer (Casablanca NBLP 7078-2)
25 THE STORY OF STAR WARS 44 60 75 5  
Narration (20th Century T-550)
26 FRENCH KISS 26 19 15 14
Bob Welch (Capitol ST-11663)
27 TURNIN' ON 28 30 35 9
High Inergy (Gordy G6-978S1)
28 DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER 34 43 -- 3
Joni Mitchell (Asylum BB 701)
29 I WANT TO LIVE 30 32 37 8
John Denver (RCA APL1-2521)
30 HERE YOU COME AGAIN 35 41 51 8
Dolly Parton (RCA APL1-2544)
31 LITTLE CRIMINALS 27 22 22 12
Randy Newman (WB BSK 3079)
32 GALAXY 36 38 48 7
War (MCA 3030)
33 STAR WARS 31 27 25 31
Original Film Soundtrack (20th Century 2T-541)
34 FOREIGNER 32 33 33 41
Foreigner (Atlantic SD 18215)
35 REACH FOR IT 40 42 49 9
George Duke (Epic JE 34883)
36 WORKS, VOLUME 2 37 39 47 7
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Atlantic SD 19147)
37 LET'S GET SMALL 22 18 16 16  
Steve Martin (WB BSK 3090)
38 BOOK OF DREAMS 39 35 36 34
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SO-11630)
39 LOVE SONGS 33 28 29 11
Beatles (Capitol SKBL-11711)
40 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE 29 29 20 12  
Debby Boone (WB BS-3118)
41 GREATEST HITS 38 24 24 11
Olivia Newton-John (MCA 3028)
42 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 59 74 -- 3  
Original Film Soundtrack (Arista AL 9500)
43 THANKFUL 50 54 65 5
Natalie Cole (Capitol SW-11708)
44 LIVE 45 46 38 33
Barry Manilow (Arista AL 8500)
45 IN FULL BLOOM 41 34 26 21
Rose Royce (WB WH-3074)
46 DECADE 47 49 50 9
Neil Young (Reprise 3RS 2257)
47 FUNKENTELECHY VS. THE PLACEBO SYNDROME 62 67 86 4  
Parliament (Casablanca NBLP 7084)
48 HOTEL CALIFORNIA 49 50 41 56
Eagles (Asylum 7E-1084)
49 GREATEST HITS 53 57 69 5
Bay City Rollers (Arista AL 4158)
50 DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD 58 62 72 5
Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca NBLP 7080)
51 FLYING HIGH ON YOUR LOVE 55 58 67 6
Bar-Kays (Mercury SRM-1-1181)
52 PLAYER 64 68 78 5  
Player (RSO RS-1-3026)
53 FEELIN' BITCHY 54 55 56 13
Millie Jackson (Spring SP-1-6715)
54 JT 52 53 55 28
James Taylor (Columbia JC 34811)
55 GREATEST HITS, VOLUME II 48 47 31 14
Elton John (MCA 3027)
56 MY AIM IS TRUE 57 59 62 7
Elvis Costello (Columbia JC 35037)
57 LOOKING BACK 73 79 96 4  
Stevie Wonder (Motown M-804 LP3)
58 GREATEST HITS 60 65 77 5
Captain & Tennille (A&M SP-4667)
59 WE MUST BELIEVE IN MAGIC 43 44 42 15  
Crystal Gayle (United Artists UA-LA 771-G)
60 ANYTIME. . . ANYWHERE 46 48 40 37  
Rita Coolidge (A&M SP-4616)
61 ODYSSEY 51 51 52 11
Odyssey (RCA APL1-2477)
62 SOMETHING TO LOVE 56 40 34 23
LTD (A&M SP-4646)
63 BROKEN HEART 63 56 59 10
Babys (Chrysalis CHR 1150)
64 MOONFLOWER 42 37 21 11  
Santana (Columbia C2-34914)
65 HEADS 68 72 82 6
Bob James (Columbia JC 34896)
66 BARRY WHITE SINGS FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE 65 52 39 18
Barry White (20th Century T-543)
67 MOODY BLUE 69 66 70 25
Elvis Presley (RCA AFL1-2428)
68 GREATEST HITS 66 63 66 52
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 7E-1092)
69 I, ROBOT 71 69 68 28
Alan Parsons Project (Arista AL 7002)
70 BROKEN BLOSSOM 81 87 -- 3  
Bette Midler (Atlantic SD 19151)
71 SECRETS 72 71 73 9
Con Funk Shun (Mercury SRM-1-1180)
72 A PAUPER IN PARADISE 67 61 64 8
Gino Vanelli (A&M SP-4664)
73 LEIF GARRETT 95 -- -- 2  
Leif Garrett (Atlantic SD 19152)
74 FOGHAT LIVE 76 77 53 19
Foghat (Bearsville BRK 6971)
75 SECONDS OUT 61 45 45 7  
Genesis (Atlantic SD 2-9002)
76 LIVE AT THE BIJOU 90 95 -- 3  
Grover Washington, Jr. (Kudu KUX-3637-MZ)
77 THEIR GREATEST HITS 79 80 83 89
Eagles (Asylum 7E-1052)
78 FEELS SO GOOD 75 76 79 10
Chuck Mangione (A&M SP-4658)
79 TOO HOT TO HANDLE 82 83 60 20
Heatwave (Epic PE 34761)
80 BOSTON 80 82 54 69
Boston (Epic EPC 81611)
81 NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE COME THE SEX PISTOLS 86 91 -- 3
Sex Pistols (WB BSK 3147)
82 ACTION 78 78 71 13
Blackbyrds (Fantasy F-9535)
83 HERE AT LAST. . . BEE GEES. . . LIVE 85 85 57 33
Bee Gees (RSO RS2-3901)
84 MENAGERIE 97 -- -- 2  
Bill Withers (Columbia JC 34903)
85 THE BEST OF ZZ TOP 89 94 -- 3
ZZ Top (London PS 706)
86 I'M IN YOU 84 84 76 30
Peter Frampton (A&M SP-4704)
87 BAT OUT OF HELL 87 88 91 5
Meat Loaf (Epic PE 34974)
88 CHICAGO XI 70 64 43 16  
Chicago (Columbia JC 34860)
89 SHOW SOME EMOTION 77 73 44 11  
Joan Armatrading (A&M SP-4663)
90 LIVE AND LET LIVE 93 98 -- 3
10cc (Mercury SRM-2-8600)
91 FLEETWOOD MAC 94 93 81 128
Fleetwood Mac (WB MS 2225)
92 MR. MEAN -- -- -- 1  
Ohio Players (Mercury SRM-1-3707)
93 BRASS CONSTRUCTION III 74 70 74 6  
Brass Construction (United Artists UA-LA 755-H)
94 CHIC -- -- -- 1  
Chic (Atlantic SD 5202)
95 COME GO WITH US 96 96 88 10
Pockets (Columbia PC 34879)
96 RICK DANKO 99 100 -- 3
Rick Danko (Arista AB 4141)
97 FUNK BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY -- -- -- 1  
Johnny "Guitar" Watson (DJM DJLPA-714)
98 BEST OF THE DOOBIES 100 -- -- 42
Doobie Brothers (WB BS 2978)
99 BLUE LIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT -- -- -- 1  
Roberta Flack (Atlantic SD 19149)
100 HEROES 83 75 46 9  
David Bowie (RCA AFL1-2522)

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:

   • "Elvis' Golden Records, Vol I" by Elvis Presley (# 88)
   • "Baby It's Me" by Diana Ross (# 91)
   • "Brick" by Brick (# 92)
   • "Karla Bonoff" by Karla Bonoff (# 98)

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