Wednesday, July 19, 2017

37 Years Ago - Albums of Summer '80


For whatever reasons, I've been listening to a lot of 1980 albums this summer. So let's take a look at what was topping the album charts in mid-July 1980.


Billboard
Cash Box
Record World
Rolling Stone
1
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
2
Just One Night
Eric Clapton
Against the Wind
Bob Seger
Emotional Rescue
Rolling Stones
Against the Wind
Bob Seger
3
McCartney II
Paul McCartney
Just One Night
Eric Clapton
Urban Cowboy
Soundtrack
McCartney II
Paul McCartney
4
The Empire Strikes Back
Soundtrack
Urban Cowboy
Soundtrack
Against the Wind
Bob Seger
Empty Glass
Pete Townshend
5
Empty Glass
Pete Townshend
Emotional Rescue
Rolling Stones
McCartney II
Paul McCartney
The Wall
Pink Floyd
6
Let's Get Serious
Jermaine Jackson
Empty Glass
Pete Townshend
Hold Out
Jackson Browne
Pretenders
Pretenders
7
Heroes
Commodores
Heroes
Commodores
Heroes
Commodores
Just One Night
Eric Clapton
8
Emotional Rescue
Rolling Stones
McCartney II
Paul McCartney
Off the Wall
Michael Jackson
Duke
Genesis
9
Urban Cowboy
Soundtrack
Off the Wall
Michael Jackson
The Rose
Soundtrack
Go to Heaven
Grateful Dead
10
Hold Out
Jackson Browne
Let's Get Serious
Jermaine Jackson
Empty Glass
Pete Townshend
Middle Man
Boz Scaggs



Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:
  1. Glass Houses (40 pts)
  2. McCartney II (25 pts)
  3. Against the Wind (25 pts)
  4. Just One Night (21 pts)
  5. Empty Glass (19 pts)
  6. Emotional Rescue (18 pts)
  7. Urban Cowboy (17 pts)
  8. Heroes (12 pts)
  9. The Empire Strikes Back (7 pts)
  10. (tie) Let's Get Serious, Hold Out, The Wall (6 pts)

1 comment :

  1. All good stuff, especially the exclusive meta-analysis.

    And the Billy Joel trade ad.

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