DJ Egg's Eclectic MeggaMusic Best Albums of 1978

In alphabetical order, not in order of preference.

999 - Separates (UA)
Alternative TV - The Image Has Cracked (Deptford Fun City Records)
Al Stewart - Time Passages (Mainly for: "Song on the Radio") (RCA / Arista)
Automat - Automat (EMI, Italy)
Black Devil - Disco Club (aka: Bernard Fevre - Black Devil Disco Club) (RCA)
Blondie - Parallel Lines (Chrysalis)
Blue Öyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (CBS / Columbia)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon By Bus (Island)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya (Island)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (Capitol)
Boomtown Rats - A Tonic For The Troops (Ensign)
Brand X - Masques (Charisma)
Brij Bhushan Kabra & Zakir Hussain - Perfect Partnership: Guitar & Tabla (His Master's Voice, India)
Burning Spear - Living Dub (Burning Spear)
Burning Spear ‎- Marcus' Children (Burning Spear)
Burning Spear - Social Living (Island)
Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen (UA)
Buzzcocks - Love Bites (UA)
Camel - A Live Record (Decca)
Can - Inner Space (Harvest / Laser)
Can - Out of Reach (Harvest / Lightning)
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Shiny Beast / Bat Chain Puller (Warner Bros.)
Carol Of Harvest - Carol Of Harvest (Brutkasten)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (Epic)
Clearlight - Visions (Polydor)
Colosseum II - War Dance (MCA)
Constance Demby - Skies Above Skies (Gandarva)
Crass - The Feeding Of The 5000 (Small Wonder)
Creation Rebel - Dub From Creation (Hitrun)
Culture - Culture Dub (High Note / Sky Note)
David Gilmour - David Gilmour (Harvest / Columbia)
Deuter - Land Of Enchantment (New Earth)
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Warner Bros.)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (Vertigo)
Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town (Greensleeves)
Edgar Froese - Ages (Virgin)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model (Radar)
Eno Moebius Roedelius ‎- After The Heat (Sky Records)
Flash And The Pan - Flash And The Pan (Albert Productions / Epic / Ensign)
FM - Black Noise (Passport / GRT)
Generation X - Generation X (Chrysalis)
Genesis - And Then There Were Three (Charisma)
Gerry Rafferty - City To City (UA)
Gilli Smyth - Mother (Charly Records)
Giorgio Moroder - Midnight Express: Soundtrack // Chase (Casablanca)
Gong - Gazeuse! (Virgin)
Gordon Giltrap - Fear of the Dark (The Electric Record Company)
Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Durch Die Wüste (Sky Records)
Harold Budd - The Pavilion Of Dreams (Obscure / Editions EG)
Harry Mudie Meet King Tubby - In Dub Conference Vol. 3 (Moodisc)
Hawklords - 25 Years On (Charisma)
Here & Now - Give & Take (Charly Records)
Hugh Mundell - Africa Must Be Free By 1983 (Message)
Ijahman - Haile I Hymn: Chapter One (Island)
Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (Disques Dreyfus)
Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger (Atlantic)
Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (CBS)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (Chrysalis)
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - African Dub All-Mighty, Chapter 3 (Joe Gibbs Record Globe)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (A&M)
Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks... (Asylum)
Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox (Lovely Music Ltd)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (EMI)
Kitaro - Ten Kai / Astral Voyage (Polydor)
Klaus Schulze - "X" (Brain)
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (Kling Klang / EMI)
Magazine - Real Life (Virgin)
Michael Hoenig - Departure From The Northern Wasteland (Warner Bros.)
Michael Rother - Sterntaler (Sky)
Michael Stearns - Sustaining Cylinders (Continuum Montage)
Mike Oldfield - Incantations (Virgin)
National Health - National Health (Affinity Records)
Nick Lowe - Jesus Of Cool (Radar)
Passage - New Love Songs EP (Object Music)
Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group (ECM)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (Arista)
Penetration - Moving Targets (Virgin)
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (Chrysalis)
Pere Ubu ‎- The Modern Dance (Mercury / Blank)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [II] (Charisma)
Philip Glass & Robert Wilson - Einstein on the Beach (Tomato)
Popol Vuh - Brüder Des Schattens, Söhne Des Lichts (Brain)
Prince Far I & The Arabs - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter, Chapter 1 (Hitrun)
Prince Jammy - In Lion Dub Style (Jammy's)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (Virgin)
Ramones - It's Alive (Sire)
Ramones - Road To Ruin (Sire)
Rush - Hemispheres (Mercury)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives Of Ryuichi Sakamoto (Better Days)
Shylock - Île De Fièvre (CBS, France)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream (Polydor)
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution (Island)
Steve Hillage - Green (Virgin)
Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians (ECM)
Steven Halpern - Starborn Suite (Spectrum Research Institute / Halpern Sounds)
Sun Ra Quartet featuring John Gilmore - New Steps (Horo)
Sweet - Level Headed (Polydor)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (Sire)
Tangerine Dream - Cyclone (Virgin)
The Adverts - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts (Bright Records)
The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid (Arista)
The Band - The Last Waltz (Warner Bros.)
The Cars - The Cars (Elektra)
The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope (CBS / Epic)
The Jam - All Mod Cons (Polydor)
The Lurkers - Fulham Fallout (Beggars Banquet)
The Motors - Approved By The Motors (Virgin)
The Only Ones - The Only Ones (CBS)
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour (A&M)
The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen (Ralph Records)
The Residents - Not Available (Ralph Records)
The Rezillos - Can't Stand The Rezillos (Sire)
The Saints - Eternally Yours (Harvest)
The Saints - Prehistoric Sounds (Harvest)
The Stranglers - Black and White (UA)
The Vibrators - V2 (Epic)
Throbbing Gristle - D.o.A. The Third And Final Report (Industrial Records)
Tim Blake - Blake's New Jerusalem (Egg Records)
Tom Robinson Band - TRB: Power In The Darkness (EMI)
Tubeway Army - Tubeway Army (Beggars Banquet)
U.K. - U.K. (Polydor)
Ultravox - Systems Of Romance (Island)
Wire - Chairs Missing (Harvest)
(Wolfgang) Riechmann - Wunderbar (Sky, Germany)
Wreckless Eric - Wreckless Eric (Stiff)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (EMI)
Yes - Tormato (Atlantic)

Approximate Genres

Eclectic, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelia, Space Rock, Prog. Rock, Art Rock, Classic Rock, Folk-Rock, New-Wave, Punk, Post-Punk, Industrial, Industro-Goth, Indie/Alternative, Krautrock, Berlin-School, Synthpop, Chillout, World Music, Tribal, Dub, Fusion, Future/Nu-Jazz, Worldbeat, Folk, New-Age, Avantgarde, Neoclassical, Ambient, Crossover.