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1
Breakfast In America
Breakfast In America - Supertramp
Last week: 2, Peak: 1, Weeks: 6
FESTIVAL
2
Voulez-Vous
Voulez-Vous - ABBA
Last week: 3, Peak: 2, Weeks: 2RCA/SonyMusic
3
Parallel Lines
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Last week: 4, Peak: 3, Weeks: 16FESTIVAL
4
Don't Walk Boogie
Don't Walk Boogie - Various
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 6
EMI
5
The Cars
The Cars - The Cars
Last week: 7, Peak: 5, Weeks: 31WEA/Warner
6
Spirits Have Flown
Spirits Have Flown - Bee Gees
Last week: 5, Peak: 1, Weeks: 10POLYGRAM
7
Wave
Wave - Patti Smith
Last week: 6, Peak: 6, Weeks: 2EMI
8
New Boots And Panties
New Boots And Panties - Ian Dury
Last week: 8, Peak: 7, Weeks: 9
POLYGRAM
9
Minute by Minute
Minute by Minute - The Doobie Brothers
Last week: 9, Peak: 9, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
10
More Songs About Buildings And Food
More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads
Last week: 14, Peak: 4, Weeks: 15WEA/Warner
11
Armed Forces
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
Last week: 15, Peak: 11, Weeks: 13WEA/Warner
12
Dire Straits
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Last week: 11, Peak: 2, Weeks: 22POLYGRAM
13
A Single Man
A Single Man - Elton John
Last week: 10, Peak: 5, Weeks: 22POLYGRAM
14
The Bells
The Bells - Lou Reed
Last week: 13, Peak: 13, Weeks: 2EMI
15
Cheap Trick At Budokan
Cheap Trick At Budokan - Cheap Trick
Last week: 12, Peak: 12, Weeks: 3CBS
16
52Nd Street
52Nd Street - Billy Joel
Last week: 17, Peak: 1, Weeks: 21CBS
17
Manifesto
Manifesto - Roxy Music
Last week: 22, Peak: 16, Weeks: 6POLYGRAM
18
2 Hot
2 Hot - Peaches & Herb
Last week: 23, Peak: 18, Weeks: 2POLYGRAM
19
New Values
New Values - Iggy Pop
Last week: 18, Peak: 18, Weeks: 2EMI
20
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Last week: 20, Peak: 9, Weeks: 77Mercury/Universal
21
Against The Grain
Against The Grain - Phoebe Snow
Last week: 16, Peak: 16, Weeks: 7CBS
22
Blondes Have More Fun
Blondes Have More Fun - Rod Stewart
Last week: 21, Peak: 1, Weeks: 22WEA/Warner
23
Crime Of The Century
Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
Last week: 27, Peak: 12, Weeks: 107FESTIVAL
24
Greatest Hits Vol 1
Greatest Hits Vol 1 - Earth, Wind And Fire
Last week: 19, Peak: 3, Weeks: 17CBS
25
Talking Heads '77
Talking Heads '77 - Talking Heads
Last week: 28, Peak: 23, Weeks: 12PHONOGRAM
27
Frenzy
Frenzy - Split Enz
Last week: 29, Peak: 13, Weeks: 10FESTIVAL
28
Q. Are We Not Men? A. No We Are Devo
Q. Are We Not Men? A. No We Are Devo - Devo
Last week: 32, Peak: 7, Weeks: 12WEA/Warner
29
George Thorogood And The Destroyers
George Thorogood And The Destroyers - George Thorogood
Peak: 29, Weeks: 1
RCA/SonyMusic
30
The Only Ones
The Only Ones - The Only Ones
Peak: 30, Weeks: 1CBS
31
20 Golden Greats
20 Golden Greats - The Beach Boys
Last week: 30, Peak: 5, Weeks: 14EMI
32
Stranger In Town
Stranger In Town - Bob Seger
Last week: 24, Peak: 4, Weeks: 43EMI
33
Comes A Time
Comes A Time - Neil Young
Last week: 36, Peak: 6, Weeks: 30WEA/Warner
34
Inner Secrets
Inner Secrets - Santana
Last week: 31, Peak: 20, Weeks: 20CBS
35
The Stranger
The Stranger - Billy Joel
Last week: 39, Peak: 2, Weeks: 62CBS
36
Marty Robbins 20 Smash Hits
Marty Robbins 20 Smash Hits - Marty Robbins
Last week: 26, Peak: 2, Weeks: 9CBS
37
Rock'n'roll With The Modern Lovers
Rock'n'roll With The Modern Lovers - Jonathan Richman
Peak: 37, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
38
The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle
The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle - Sex Pistols
Last week: 35, Peak: 26, Weeks: 3EMI/Universal
39
Music Box Dancer
Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
Peak: 39, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
40
Kaya
Kaya - Bob Marley And The Wailers
Last week: 34, Peak: 6, Weeks: 46FESTIVAL
41
Chairs Missing
Chairs Missing - Wire
Peak: 41, Weeks: 1EMI
42
Living Inside Your Love
Living Inside Your Love - George Benson
Last week: 50, Peak: 19, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
43
Squeezing Out Sparks
Squeezing Out Sparks - Graham Parker & Rumour
Last week: 46, Peak: 31, Weeks: 4POLYGRAM
45
Plastic Letters
Plastic Letters - Blondie
Last week: 48, Peak: 45, Weeks: 2FESTIVAL
46
Stardust
Stardust - Willie Nelson
Peak: 46, Weeks: 1CBS
47
Changesbowie
Changesbowie - David Bowie
Last week: 42, Peak: 8, Weeks: 23RCA/SonyMusic
48
Greatest Hits Vol Ii
Greatest Hits Vol Ii - Barbra Streisand
Last week: 38, Peak: 1, Weeks: 17CBS
49
Go West
Go West - Village People
Last week: 33, Peak: 28, Weeks: 5RCA/SonyMusic
50
Live X-Cert
Live X-Cert - The Stranglers
Last week: 49, Peak: 49, Weeks: 2FESTIVAL