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1979 Albums - Month By Month

JANUARY

United States

1. Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 - Barbra Streisand (5P)
2. 52nd Street - Billy Joel (7P)
3. Briefcase Full Of Blues - Blues Brothers (2P)
4. A Wild And Crazy Guy - Steve Martin (P)
5. C'est Chic - Chic (P)
6. The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1 - Earth, Wind & Fire (4P)
7. You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Neil Diamond (2P)
8. Backless - Eric Clapton (P)
9. Jazz - Queen (P)
10. Grease - Soundtrack (8P)

United Kingdom

1. Greatest Hits - Showaddywaddy
2. Don't Walk Boogie - Various
3. Singles 1974-78 - Carpenters
4. Grease - Soundtrack (P)
5. Night Flight To Venus - Boney M
6. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
7. Midnight Hustle - Various
8. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)
9. 20 Golden Greats - Neil Diamond
10. Blondes Have More Fun - Rod Stewart

FEBRUARY

United States

1. Blondes Have More Fun - Rod Stewart (3P)
2. Briefcase Full Of Blues - Blues Brothers (2P)
3. 52nd Street - Billy Joel (7P)
4. Cruisin' - Village People (P)
5. Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees (P)
6. C'est Chic - Chic (P)
7. You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Neil Diamond (2P)
8. Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 - Barbra Streisand (5P)
9. Dire Straits - Dire Straits (2P)
10. Greatest Hits - Barry Manilow (3P)

United Kingdom

1. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)
2. Action Replay - Various
3. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
4. Don't Walk Boogie - Various
5. New Boots And Panties!! - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
6. Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees
7. The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1 - Earth, Wind & Fire
8. Wings Greatest Hits - Wings
9. Marty Robbins Collection - Marty Robbins
10. Strangers In The Night - UFO

MARCH

United States

1. Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees (P)
2. Blondes Have More Fun - Rod Stewart (3P)
3. Minute By Minute - Doobie Brothers (3P)
4. Dire Straits - Dire Straits (2P)
5. Cruisin' - Village People (P)
6. Love Tracks - Gloria Gaynor (P)
7. Briefcase Full Of Blues - Blues Brothers (2P)
8. Totally Hot - Olivia Newton-John (P)
9. 52nd Street - Billy Joel (7P)
10. 2 Hot! - Peaches & Herb (P)

United Kingdom

1. Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees
2. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)
3. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
4. Manilow Magic - Barry Manilow
5. C'est Chic - Chic
6. Thank You Very Much - Reunion Concert At The London Palladium - Cliff Richard
7. Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Barbra Streisand
8. The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle - Sex Pistols
9. Action Replay - Various
10. New Boots And Panties!! - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

APRIL

United States

1. Minute By Minute - Doobie Brothers (3P)
2. Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees (P)
3. Dire Straits - Dire Straits (2P)
4. 2 Hot! - Peaches & Herb (P)
5. Blondes Have More Fun - Rod Stewart (3P)
6. Desolation Angels - Bad Company (2P)
7. Livin' Inside Your Love - George Benson
8. Love Tracks - Gloria Gaynor (P)
9. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)
10. Enlightened Rogues - Allman Brothers Band

United Kingdom

1. Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Barbra Streisand
2. The Very Best Of Leo Sayer - Leo Sayer
3. C'est Chic - Chic
4. Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees
5. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
6. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
7. Manilow Magic - Barry Manilow
8. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)
9. Country Life - Various
10. A Collection Of Their 20 Greatest Hits - Three Degrees

MAY

United States

1. 2 Hot! - Peaches & Herb (P)
2. Breakfast In America - Supertramp (4P)
3. Minute By Minute - Doobie Brothers (3P)
4. Desolation Angels - Bad Company (2P)
5. Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees (P)
6. Van Halen II - Van Halen (3P)
7. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)
8. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
9. Go West - Village People (P)
10. Bad Girls - Donna Summer (2P)

United Kingdom

1. The Very Best Of Leo Sayer - Leo Sayer
2. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
3. Black Rose (A Rock Legend) - Thin Lizzy
4. Fate For Breakfast - Art Garfunkel
5. Voulez-Vouz - Abba
6. Last The Whole Night Long - James Last
7. Country Life - Various
8. Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees
9. Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Barbra Streisand
10. Dire Straits - Dire Straits

JUNE

United States

1. Breakfast In America - Supertramp (4P)
2. Bad Girls - Donna Summer (2P)
3. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
4. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (P)
5. 2 Hot! - Peaches & Herb (P)
6. Cheap Trick At Budokan - Cheap Trick (P)
7. Van Halen II - Van Halen (3P)
8. Desolation Angels - Bad Company (2P)
9. Minute By Minute - Doobie Brothers (3P)
10. I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire (2P)

United Kingdom

1. Voulez-Vouz - Abba
2. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)
3. Last The Whole Night Long - James Last
4. Do It Yourself - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
5. Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra
6. Lodger - David Bowie
7. Bob Dylan At Budokan - Bob Dylan
8. Communique - Dire Straits
9. This Is It - Various
10. Manifesto - Roxy Music

JULY

United States

1. Bad Girls - Donna Summer (2P)
2. Breakfast In America - Supertramp (4P)
3. I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire (2P)
4. Cheap Trick At Budokan - Cheap Trick (P)
5. Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra (P)
6. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (P)
7. Candy-O - Cars (P)
8. Back To The Egg - Paul McCartney (P)
9. Songs Of Love - Anita Ward
10. Desolation Angels - Bad Company (2P)

United Kingdom

1. Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra
2. Replicas - Tubeway Army
3. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)
4. The Best Disco Album In The World - Various
5. Live Killers - Queen
6. Bridges - John Williams
7. I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire
8. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
9. Last The Whole Night Long - James Last
10. Voulez-Vouz - Abba

AUGUST

United States

1. Get The Knack - Knack (2P)
2. Bad Girls - Donna Summer (2P)
3. Breakfast In America - Supertramp (4P)
4. Candy-O - Cars (P)
5. I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire (2P)
6. Teddy - Teddy Pendergrass (P)
7. Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra (P)
8. Cheap Trick At Budokan - Cheap Trick (P)
9. The Kids Are Alright - Who (P)
10. Million Mile Reflections - Charlie Daniels Band (2P)

United Kingdom

1. The Best Disco Album In The World - Various
2. Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra
3. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
4. Replicas - Tubeway Army
5. Voulez-Vouz - Abba
6. I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire
7. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)
8. Some Product - Carri On Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
9. The Best Of The Dooleys - Dooleys
10. Outlandos D'amour - Police

SEPTEMBER

United States

1. Get The Knack - Knack (2P)
2. Breakfast In America - Supertramp (4P)
3. In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin (5P)
4. Candy-O - Cars (P)
5. Risque - Chic (P)
6. I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire (2P)
7. Million Mile Reflections - Charlie Daniels Band (2P)
8. Slow Train Coming - Bob Dylan (P)
9. Midnight Magic - Commodores
10. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson (6P)

United Kingdom

1. Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra
2. In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin
3. The Best Disco Album In The World - Various
4. Slow Train Coming - Bob Dylan
5. I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire
6. The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
7. Voulez-Vouz - Abba
8. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
9. Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile - Cliff Richard
10. Parallel Lines - Blondie (P)

OCTOBER

United States

1. In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin (5P)
2. Get The Knack - Knack (2P)
3. Midnight Magic - Commodores (P)
4. Slow Train Coming - Bob Dylan (P)
5. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson (6P)
6. Head Games - Foreigner (2P)
7. The Long Run - Eagles (4P)
8. Breakfast In America - Supertramp (4P)
9. Dream Police - Cheap Trick (P)
10. Cornerstone - Styx (2P)

United Kingdom

1. Reggatta De Blanc - Police
2. Eat To The Beat - Blondie
3. The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
4. The Long Run - Eagles
5. Oceans Of Fantasy - Boney M
6. Whatever You Want - Status Quo
7. Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra
8. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
9. String Of Hits - Shadows
10. Outlandos D'amour - Police

NOVEMBER

United States

1. The Long Run - Eagles (4P)
2. In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin (5P)
3. Cornerstone - Styx (2P)
4. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (2P)
5. Midnight Magic - Commodores
6. On The Radio - Greatest Hits Volumes I & II - Donna Summer (2P)
7. Rise - Herb Alpert (P)
8. Head Games - Foreigner (2P)
9. Wet - Barbra Streisand (P)
10. Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants - Stevie Wonder

United Kingdom

1. Reggatta De Blanc - Police
2. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
3. Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Abba
4. Greatest Hits - Rod Stewart
5. Rock 'n' Roller Disco - Various
6. Lena's Music Album - Lena Martell
7. Greatest Hits 1972-1978 - 10cc
8. 20 Golden Greats - Diana Ross
9. Specials - Specials
10. Eat To The Beat - Blondie

DECEMBER

United States

1. The Long Run - Eagles (4P)
2. On The Radio - Greatest Hits Volumes I & II - Donna Summer (2P)
3. Cornerstone - Styx (2P)
4. Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants - Stevie Wonder
5. In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin (5P)
6. Bee Gees Greatest - Bee Gees (P)
7. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (2P)
8. Wet - Barbra Streisand (P)
9. Rise - Herb Alpert (P)
10. Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (2P)

United Kingdom

1. Greatest Hits - Rod Stewart
2. Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Abba
3. Reggatta De Blanc - Police
4. The Wall - Pink Floyd
5. Love Songs - Elvis Presley
6. 20 Golden Greats - Diana Ross
7. Peace In The Valley - Various
8. 20 Hottest Hits - Hot Chocolate
9. ELO's Greatest Hits - Electric Light Orchestra
10. Rock 'n' Roller Disco - Various

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