Monday, June 22, 2020

40 Years Ago - Top Jazz Albums of June 21, 1980


Let's take a look at what was topping the various jazz album charts on June 21, 1980.


Billboard
Cash Box
Record World
1
Catching the Sun
Spyro Gyra
Catching the Sun
Spyro Gyra
Skylarkin'
Grover Washington, Jr
2
Wizard Island
Jeff Lorber Fusion
Skylarkin'
Grover Washington, Jr.
Catching the Sun
Spyro Gyra
3
Monster
Herbie Hancock
Wizard Island
Jeff Lorber Fusion
Hideaway
David Sanborn
4
Hideaway
David Sanborn
One Bad Habit
Michael Franks
A Brazilian Love Affair
George Duke
5
Skylarkin'
Grover Washington, Jr.
Dream Come True
Earl Klugh
Monster
Herbie Hancock
6
A Brazilian Love Affair
George Duke
Monster
Herbie Hancock
Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
Stanley Clarke
7
One Bad Habit
Michael Franks
Hideaway
David Sanborn
Wizard Island
Jeff Lorber Fusion
8
Dream Come True
Earl Klugh
You'll Never Know
Rodney Franklin
One Bad Habit
Michael Franks
9
Tap Step
Chick Corea
A Brazilian Love Affair
George Duke
You'll Never Know
Rodney Franklin
10
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
Every Generation
Ronnie Laws
This Time
Al Jarreau



Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:
  1. Catching the Sun (29 points)
  2. Skylarkin' (25 pts)
  3. Wizard Island (14 pts)
  4. (tie) Monster and Hideaway (19 pts)
  5. (tie) A Brazilian Love Affair and One Bad Habit (14 pts)
  6. Dream Come True (9 pts)
  7. (tie) You'll Never Know and Pebbles, Rocks and Sand (5 pts)
  8. Tap Step (2 pts)
  9. (tie) Robert Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway, Every Generation, and This Time (1 pt)





Listen to selected tracks from the above albums, courtesy of Dr. Smooth:


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