Rock chronology: 1978 (original) (raw)
1978
The following 73 records from 1978 are reviewed on this site:
February
Kate Bush, The Kick Inside [13] Lou Reed, Street Hassle [11] National Health, National Health [12] Pere Ubu, The Modern Dance [11]
March
Bob Marley, Kaya [10] Genesis, And Then There Were Three [9] Japan, Adolescent Sex [12] Patti Smith, Easter [12] Paul McCartney, London Town [12] Renaissance, A Song For All Seasons [8]
April
Heart, Magazine [9] Jethro Tull, Heavy Horses [12] Ringo Starr, Bad Boy [7]
May
AC/DC, Powerage [11] Brian Eno, Before And After Science [14] Cars, The Cars [12] Kinks, Misfits [10] Steve Hackett, Please Don't Touch [10]
June
Bob Dylan, Street Legal [10] Bruce Springsteen, Darkness On The Edge Of Town [13] Foreigner, Double Vision [11] Moody Blues, Octave [9] Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (II) [11] Ramones, Road To Ruin [13] Rolling Stones, Some Girls [13]
July
Can, Out Of Reach [9]
Elvis Costello, This Year's Model [12]
Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings And Food [11]
Van Der Graaf, Vital [7]
August
Boston, Don't Look Back [8]
Godley & Creme, L [12]
Who, Who Are You [13]
September
10CC, Bloody Tourists [10]
Beach Boys, M.I.U. Album [9]
Blondie, Parallel Lines [13]
Bryan Ferry, The Bride Stripped Bare [10]
Frank Zappa, Studio Tan [10]
Gentle Giant, Giant For A Day [11]
Heart, Dog & Butterfly [10]
Klaatu, Sir Army Suit [12]
Yes, Tormato [8]
October
AC/DC, If You Want Blood You've Got It [11]
Aerosmith, Live! Bootleg [11]
Black Sabbath, Never Say Die! [5]
Brian Eno, Music For Films [10]
Dire Straits, Dire Straits [13]
Elton John, A Single Man [9]
Japan, Obscure Alternatives [10]
Neil Young, Comes A Time [9]
Police, Outlandos D'Amour [12]
Tom Waits, Blue Valentine [11]
November
Alice Cooper, From The Inside [11]
Doors, An American Prayer [7]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Love Beach [9]
Eric Clapton, Backless [11]
Grateful Dead, Shakedown Street [11]
Jam, All Mod Cons [12]
Jethro Tull, Live - Bursting Out [12]
Queen, Jazz [12]
December
Clash, Give 'Em Enough Rope [11]
National Health, Of Queues And Cures [9]
Rod Stewart, Blondes Have More Fun [10]
[Month unknown:]
Brian Eno, Ambient 1: Music For Airports [9]
Budgie, Impeckable [9]
Cheap Trick, Heaven Tonight [12]
David Bowie, Stage [10]
Eloy, Live [10]
Eno/Moebius/Roedelius, After The Heat [12]
Illusion, Illusion [9]
Residents, Duck Stab/Buster & Glen [11]
Soft Machine, Alive And Well - Recorded In Paris [8]
Steve Harley, Hobo With A Grin [10]
Thin Lizzy, Live And Dangerous [11]
Wire, Chairs Missing [12]
The following 44 albums in MP3 from 1978 are reviewed on this site:
Alan Parsons Project: Pyramid
Alvin Lee: Let It Rock
Alvin Lee: Rocket Fuel
Barclay James Harvest: XII
Brand X: Masques
Camel: Breathless
Carpenters: Christmas Portrait
Clannad: In Concert
Iggy Pop: T.V. Eye
Joe Cocker: Luxury You Can Afford
Judas Priest: Stained Class
Judas Priest: Killing Machine
Kate Bush: Lionheart
Kiss: Ace Frehley
Kiss: Gene Simmons
Kiss: Paul Stanley
Kiss: Peter Criss
Klaus Schulze: X
Kraftwerk: The Man Machine
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Watch
Midnight Oil: Midnight Oil
Mike Oldfield: Incantations
Motorhead: Overkill
Nazareth: No Mean City
Peter Hammill: The Future Now
Rainbow: Long Live Rock'n'Roll
Rory Gallagher: Photo Finish
Rush: Hemispheres
Santana: Inner Secrets
Siouxsie & The Banshees: The Scream
Slade: Return To Base
Slade: Alive Vol. 2
Styx: Pieces Of Eight
Sweet: Level Headed
Tangerine Dream: Cyclone
Television: The Blow Up
Tina Turner: Rough
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: You're Gonna Get It
Uriah Heep: Fallen Angel
Van Halen: Van Halen
Vangelis: Beaubourg
XTC: White Music
XTC: Go 2