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)
- Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid (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)
- Brian Eno - Music For Films (EG)
- Brij Bhushan Kabra & Zakir Hussain - Perfect Partnership: Guitar & Tabla (His Master's Voice, India)
- Burning Spear - Marcus' Children / 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) ▶
- Conrad Schnitzler - Con / Ballet Statique (Egg)
- 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) ▶
- Gary Moore - Back On The Streets (MCA)
- 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)
- 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)
- Popol Vuh - Nosferatu (Egg)
- 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)
- Satin Whale - Whalecome (Nova)
- 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 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)
- The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights (GTO) ▶
- 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 / Whole Wide World (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, Synth-pop/wave, Electronic, World Music, Tribal, Dub, Fusion, Future/Nu-Jazz, Worldbeat, Chillout, Folk, New-Age, Avantgarde, Neoclassical, Ambient, Crossover.
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