Friday February 10, 1978
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Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending February 4, 1978



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1 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 1 1 9 10
Original Film Soundtrack (RSO RS 4001)
2 RUMOURS 2 2 1 50
Fleetwood Mac (WB BSK 3010)
3 NEWS OF THE WORLD 3 4 7 11
Queen (Elektra 6E-112)
4 FOOT LOOSE AND FANCY FREE 4 3 3 12
Rod Stewart (WB BSK 3092)
5 ALL 'N' ALL 6 7 4 10
Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia JC 34905)
6 RUNNING ON EMPTY 8 11 16 6
Jackson Browne (Asylum 6E-113)
7 THE STRANGER 10 12 14 16
Billy Joel (Columbia JC 34987)
8 BORN LATE 5 6 6 12
Shaun Cassidy (WB BSK 3126)
9 SIMPLE DREAMS 7 8 2 21
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 6E-104)
10 DRAW THE LINE 11 13 15 7
Aerosmith (Columbia JC 34856)
11 THE GRAND ILLUSION 13 16 17 28
Styx (A&M SP-4637)
12 ALIVE II 9 9 8 12
Kiss (Casablanca NBLP 7076-2)
13 OUT OF THE BLUE 12 5 5 11
Electric Light Orchestra (Jet JTLA-823-L2)
14 AJA 15 15 12 17
Steely Dan (ABC AB-1006)
15 POINT OF KNOW RETURN 17 19 20 16
Kansas (Kirschner JZ 34929)
16 THE STORY OF STAR WARS 16 18 25 8
Narration (20th Century T-550)
17 SLOWHAND 18 20 22 10
Eric Clapton (RSO RS-1-3030)
18 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 20 29 42 6
Original Film Soundtrack (Arista AL 9500)
19 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT 14 10 10 11
Neil Diamond (Columbia JC 34900)
20 HERE YOU COME AGAIN 22 26 30 11
Dolly Parton (RCA APL1-2544)
21 DOWN TWO THEN LEFT 19 14 11 10
Boz Scaggs (Columbia JC 34729)
22 SHAUN CASSIDY 21 17 13 31
Shaun Cassidy (WB BS 3067)
23 STREET SURVIVORS 24 24 19 14
Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA 3029)
24 GALAXY 26 28 32 10
War (MCA 3030)
25 GREATEST HITS, ETC. 25 22 18 11
Paul Simon (Columbia JC 35032)
26 FRENCH KISS 27 25 26 17
Bob Welch (Capitol ST-11663)
27 FUNKENTELECHY VS. THE PLACEBO SYNDROME 32 40 47 7
Parliament (Casablanca NBLP 7084)
28 LITTLE CRIMINALS 29 30 31 15
Randy Newman (WB BSK 3079)
29 LONGER FUSE 37 53 -- 3
Dan Hill (20th Century T-547)
30 PLAYER 33 41 52 8
Player (RSO RS-1-3026)
31 FOREIGNER 31 32 34 44
Foreigner (Atlantic SD 18215)
32 DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER 23 23 28 6
Joni Mitchell (Asylum BB 701)
33 THANKFUL 34 38 43 8
Natalie Cole (Capitol SW-11708)
34 ELVIS IN CONCERT 30 27 23 16
Elvis Presley (RCA APL2-2587)
35 BOOK OF DREAMS 36 36 38 37
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SO-11630)
36 LIVE! 28 21 21 13
Commodores (Motown M9-894A2)
37 ONCE UPON A TIME 35 31 24 12
Donna Summer (Casablanca NBLP 7078-2)
38 DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD 39 43 50 8
Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca NBLP 7080)
39 LOOKING BACK 41 46 57 7
Stevie Wonder (Motown M-804 LP3)
40 LEIF GARRETT 47 57 73 5
Leif Garrett (Atlantic SD 19152)
41 I WANT TO LIVE 38 34 29 11
John Denver (RCA APL1-2521)
42 GREATEST HITS 44 47 49 8
Bay City Rollers (Arista AL 4158)
43 LIVE AT THE BIJOU 52 64 76 6
Grover Washington, Jr. (Kudu KUX-3637-MZ)
44 STAR WARS 40 37 33 34
Original Film Soundtrack (20th Century 2T-541)
45 MY AIM IS TRUE 48 54 56 10
Elvis Costello (Columbia JC 35037)
46 GREATEST HITS 42 42 41 14
Olivia Newton-John (MCA 3028)
47 BROKEN BLOSSOM 50 59 70 6
Bette Midler (Atlantic SD 19151)
48 REACH FOR IT 43 33 35 12
George Duke (Epic JE 34883)
49 LET'S GET SMALL 51 39 37 19
Steve Martin (WB BSK 3090)
50 MENAGERIE 58 71 84 5
Bill Withers (Columbia JC 34903)
51 JT 54 55 54 31
James Taylor (Columbia JC 34811)
52 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE 49 49 40 15
Debby Boone (WB BS-3118)
53 CHIC 63 76 94 4
Chic (Atlantic SD 5202)
54 BLUE LIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT 68 85 99 4  
Roberta Flack (Atlantic SD 19149)
55 FLYING HIGH ON YOUR LOVE 55 50 51 9
Bar-Kays (Mercury SRM-1-1181)
56 LIVE 57 51 44 36
Barry Manilow (Arista AL 8500)
57 IN FULL BLOOM 53 48 45 24
Rose Royce (WB WH-3074)
58 WEEKEND IN L.A. -- -- -- 1  
George Benson (WB 2WB 3139)
59 TURNIN' ON 46 35 27 12  
High Inergy (Gordy G6-978S1)
60 SECRETS 64 69 71 12
Con Funk Shun (Mercury SRM-1-1180)
61 HERE AT LAST. . . BEE GEES. . . LIVE 69 79 83 36
Bee Gees (RSO RS2-3901)
62 GREATEST HITS, VOLUME II 65 63 55 17
Elton John (MCA 3027)
63 WHEN YOU HEAR LOU, YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL 77 89 -- 3  
Lou Rawls (Philadelphia Intl. JZ 35036)
64 WORKS, VOLUME 2 59 44 36 10
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Atlantic SD 19147)
65 ENCOUNTERS OF EVERY KIND 75 86 -- 3
Meco (Millenium MNLP 8004)
66 HOTEL CALIFORNIA 60 60 48 59
Eagles (Asylum 7E-1084)
67 ENDLESS WIRE 85 -- -- 2  
Gordon Lightfoot (WB BSK 3149)
68 FEELIN' BITCHY 56 52 53 16  
Millie Jackson (Spring SP-1-6715)
69 LOVE SONGS 45 45 39 14  
Beatles (Capitol SKBL-11711)
70 ODYSSEY 61 61 61 14
Odyssey (RCA APL1-2477)
71 MOONFLOWER 70 65 64 14
Santana (Columbia C2-34914)
72 WATERMARK -- -- -- 1  
Art Garfunkel (Columbia JC 34975)
73 NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE COME THE SEX PISTOLS 73 78 81 6
Sex Pistols (WB BSK 3147)
74 BROKEN HEART 62 62 63 13  
Babys (Chrysalis CHR 1150)
75 TOO HOT TO HANDLE 76 77 79 23
Heatwave (Epic PE 34761)
76 CATS ON THE COAST 99 -- -- 2  
Sea Level (Capricorn CPN 0198)
77 BAT OUT OF HELL 80 84 87 8
Meat Loaf (Epic PE 34974)
78 ACTION 78 80 82 16
Blackbyrds (Fantasy F-9535)
79 MOODY BLUE 72 73 67 28
Elvis Presley (RCA AFL1-2428)
80 MR. MEAN 83 87 92 4
Ohio Players (Mercury SRM-1-3707)
81 QUARTER MOON IN A TEN CENT TOWN 97 -- -- 2  
Emmylou Harris (WB BSK 3141)
82 WINDOW OF A CHILD 87 -- -- 2
Seawind (CTI 7-5007)
83 SOMETHING TO LOVE 67 67 62 26  
LTD (A&M SP-4646)
84 I, ROBOT 88 82 69 31
Alan Parsons Project (Arista AL 7002)
85 GOLDEN TIME OF DAY -- -- -- 1  
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly (Capitol ST-11710)
86 HEADS 86 66 65 9
Bob James (Columbia JC 34896)
87 DO YOU WANNA GET FUNKY WITH ME? 91 -- -- 2
Peter Brown (Drive 104)
88 FOGHAT LIVE 90 90 74 22
Foghat (Bearsville BRK 6971)
89 FEELS SO GOOD 94 91 78 13
Chuck Mangione (A&M SP-4658)
90 GREATEST HITS 71 58 58 8  
Captain & Tennille (A&M SP-4667)
91 THE BELLE ALBUM 93 97 -- 3
Al Green (Hi HLP 6004)
92 BOSTON 92 88 80 72
Boston (Epic EPC 81611)
93 EDDIE MONEY 95 98 -- 3
Eddie Money (Columbia PC 34909)
94 BRICK 96 99 92 19
Brick (Bang BLP-409)
95 BARRY WHITE SINGS FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE 79 70 66 21  
Barry White (20th Century T-543)
96 PUTTING IT STRAIGHT -- -- -- 1  
Pat Travers (Polydor PD-1-6121)
97 THEIR GREATEST HITS 98 92 77 92
Eagles (Asylum 7E-1052)
98 GREATEST HITS 84 81 68 55  
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 7E-1092)
99 HAVANA CANDY -- -- -- 1  
Patti Austin (CTI 7-5006)
100 KARLA BONOFF 98 97 84 14
Karla Bonoff (Columbia PC 34152)

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:

   • "Decade" by Neil Young (# 66)
   • "Seconds Out" by Genesis (# 74)
   • "Anytime. . . Anywhere" by Rita Coolidge (# 81)
   • "We Must Believe In Magic" by Crystal Gayle (# 82)
   • "A Pauper In Paradise" by Gino Vanelli (# 89)
   • "Fleetwood Mac" by Fleetwood Mac (#100)

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