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1
Communique
Communique - Dire Straits
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 2
POLYGRAM
2
Breakfast In America
Breakfast In America - Supertramp
Last week: 3, Peak: 1, Weeks: 16
FESTIVAL
3
Bad Girls
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Last week: 4, Peak: 3, Weeks: 5POLYGRAM
4
Discovery
Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra
Last week: 2, Peak: 2, Weeks: 6
CBS
5
Fate For Breakfast
Fate For Breakfast - Art Garfunkel
Last week: 8, Peak: 5, Weeks: 6CBS
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I Am
I Am - Earth, Wind And Fire
Last week: 5, Peak: 5, Weeks: 2CBS
7
Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Last week: 6, Peak: 3, Weeks: 10WEA/Warner
8
The Very Best Of
The Very Best Of - Leo Sayer
Last week: 9, Peak: 1, Weeks: 9FESTIVAL
9
Candy-O
Candy-O - The Cars
Last week: 10, Peak: 6, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
10
Outlandos D'amour
Outlandos D'amour - The Police
Last week: 7, Peak: 6, Weeks: 6FESTIVAL
11
The Cars
The Cars - The Cars
Last week: 19, Peak: 5, Weeks: 41WEA/Warner
12
Dire Straits
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Last week: 20, Peak: 2, Weeks: 32POLYGRAM
13
20 Smash Hits
20 Smash Hits - Frankie Laine
Last week: 15, Peak: 13, Weeks: 3CBS
14
The Roussos Phenomenon
The Roussos Phenomenon - Demis Roussos
Last week: 11, Peak: 3, Weeks: 7POLYGRAM
15
Manifesto
Manifesto - Roxy Music
Last week: 12, Peak: 8, Weeks: 16POLYGRAM
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Rust Never Sleeps
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
Last week: 14, Peak: 12, Weeks: 6WEA/Warner
17
Greatest Hits Vol 1
Greatest Hits Vol 1 - Earth, Wind And Fire
Last week: 25, Peak: 3, Weeks: 27CBS
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Lodger
Lodger - David Bowie
Last week: 17, Peak: 3, Weeks: 7RCA/SonyMusic
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Minute by Minute
Minute by Minute - The Doobie Brothers
Last week: 16, Peak: 6, Weeks: 17WEA/Warner
20
Move It On Over
Move It On Over - George Thorogood
Last week: 18, Peak: 10, Weeks: 5RCA/SonyMusic
21
Crime Of The Century
Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
Last week: 37, Peak: 12, Weeks: 117FESTIVAL
22
Voulez-Vous
Voulez-Vous - ABBA
Last week: 21, Peak: 2, Weeks: 12RCA/SonyMusic
23
Back To The Egg
Back To The Egg - Wings
Last week: 28, Peak: 9, Weeks: 7EMI
24
Armed Forces
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
Last week: 32, Peak: 9, Weeks: 23WEA/Warner
25
Richard Strauss - Four Last Songs
Richard Strauss - Four Last Songs - Kiri Te Kanawa
Last week: 27, Peak: 25, Weeks: 2
CBS
27
Look Sharp
Look Sharp - Joe Jackson
Last week: 13, Peak: 13, Weeks: 5FESTIVAL
28
Classic Rock - The Second Movement
Classic Rock - The Second Movement - London Symphony Orchestra
Last week: 29, Peak: 13, Weeks: 6RCA/SonyMusic
29
Mingus
Mingus - Joni Mitchell
Peak: 29, Weeks: 1
WEA/Warner
30
Cheap Trick At Budokan
Cheap Trick At Budokan - Cheap Trick
Last week: 35, Peak: 12, Weeks: 13CBS
31
Parallel Lines
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Last week: 24, Peak: 3, Weeks: 26FESTIVAL
33
Morning Dance
Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra
Peak: 33, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
34
Bob Dylan At Budokan
Bob Dylan At Budokan - Bob Dylan
Last week: 26, Peak: 3, Weeks: 10CBS
35
Do It Yourself
Do It Yourself - Ian Dury
Last week: 23, Peak: 18, Weeks: 4POLYGRAM
36
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Last week: 39, Peak: 9, Weeks: 87Mercury/Universal
37
More Songs About Buildings And Food
More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads
Last week: 47, Peak: 4, Weeks: 25WEA/Warner
38
New Values
New Values - Iggy Pop
Last week: 42, Peak: 18, Weeks: 12EMI
39
Right First Time
Right First Time - Th' Dudes
Last week: 41, Peak: 17, Weeks: 6FESTIVAL
40
Q. Are We Not Men? A. No We Are Devo
Q. Are We Not Men? A. No We Are Devo - Devo
Peak: 7, Weeks: 19
WEA/Warner
41
52Nd Street
52Nd Street - Billy Joel
Last week: 44, Peak: 1, Weeks: 31CBS
42
George Thorogood And The Destroyers
George Thorogood And The Destroyers - George Thorogood
Last week: 31, Peak: 11, Weeks: 11RCA/SonyMusic
43
Pennies From Heaven (BBC Soundtrack)
Pennies From Heaven (BBC Soundtrack) - Various
Peak: 43, Weeks: 1EMI
44
Night Flight To Venus
Night Flight To Venus - Boney M
Last week: 40, Peak: 3, Weeks: 33WEA/Warner
45
You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic
You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic - Ian Hunter
Peak: 45, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
46
Live Killers
Live Killers - Queen
Last week: 34, Peak: 21, Weeks: 6WEA/Warner
47
Duty Now For The Future
Duty Now For The Future - Devo
Last week: 30, Peak: 13, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
48
Even In The Quietest Moments
Even In The Quietest Moments - Supertramp
Peak: 2, Weeks: 43FESTIVAL
49
Comes A Time
Comes A Time - Neil Young
Peak: 6, Weeks: 37WEA/Warner
50
Promises
Promises - Promises
Peak: 13, Weeks: 7EMI