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


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