Tuesday, February 28, 2012

60 Albums 1978

The 60 favorite albums from my collection from 1978. Another list of great albums from another really wonderful year in music. Fantastic albums from Elvis Costello, Talking Heads and Bruce Springsteen and one of the really all time great live albums from Little Feat.





  1. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
  2. Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
  3. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
  4. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
  5. Big Star - 3rd
  6. Magazine - Real Life
  7. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya
  8. Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
  9. The Monks - Bad Habits
  10. Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool
  11. Television - Adventure
  12. Buzzcocks - Love Bites
  13. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
  14. Van Morrison - Wavelenght
  15. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
  16. Dave Edmunds - Tracks On Wax 4
  17. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
  18. XTC - White Music
  19. Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
  20. Wire - Chairs Missing
  21. Squeeze - Squeeze
  22. Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
  23. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon By Bus
  24. The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope
  25. Patti Smith - Easter
  26. The Fabulous Poodles - Mirror Star
  27. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
  28. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
  29. Joan Armatrading - To The Limit
  30. The Jam - All Mod Cons
  31. 999 - Separates
  32. Third World - Journey To Addis
  33. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
  34. Ramones - Road To Ruin
  35. Various Artists - No New York
  36. Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen
  37. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It
  38. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
  39. Townes Van Zandt - Flyin' Shoes
  40. Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade
  41. Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream
  42. Ornette Coleman - Body Meta
  43. John Prine - Bruised Orange
  44. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
  45. David Bowie - Stage
  46. Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor
  47. Lena Lovich - Stateless
  48. Robert Gordon - Fresh Fish Special
  49. The Cars - The Cars
  50. Lou Reed - Street Hassle
  51. Gerry Rafferty - City To City
  52. Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
  53. Poet & The Roots - Dread Beat an' Blood
  54. The Police - Outlandos d'Amour
  55. Blondie - Parallel Lines
  56. The Saints - Eternally Yours
  57. Brian Eno - Ambient 1:  Music For Airports
  58. Bob Dylan - Street Legal
  59. Mink Deville - Return To Magenta
  60. Poco - Legend

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