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

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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)