Saturday, August 20, 2022

Top Jazz Albums on May 26, 1984


Let's take a look at what was topping the various jazz album charts for the week of June 26, 1984.


Billboard
CashBox
Radio & Records
1
Think of One
Wynton Marsalis
Rejoicing
Pat Metheny
Modern Times
Steps Ahead
2
Wishful Thinking
Earl Klugh
Wishful Thinking
Earl Klugh
Rejoicing
Pat Metheny
3
Backstreet
David Sanborn
Think of One
Wynton Marsalis
88 Basie Street
Count Basie
4
Ghetto Blaster
The Crusaders
Domino Theory
Weather Report
Dimensions
McCoy Tyner
5
Domino Theory
Weather Report
Ghetto Blaster
The Crusaders
In Performance at The Playboy Jazz Festival
Various Artists
6
G Force
Kenny G
Modern Times
Steps Ahead
Heavy Heart
Carla Bley
7
December
George Winston
Time Exposure
Stanley Clarke
Wishful Thinking
Earl Klugh
8
In the Heat of the Night
Jeff Lorber
Backstreet
David Sanborn
Steppin' Out
George Howard
9
Future Shock
Herbie Hancock
G Force
Kenny G
Love Explosion
Tania Maria
10
Imagine This
Pieces of a Dream
In the Heat of the Night
Jeff Lorber
Scenes in the City
Branford Marsalis



Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:
  1. Wishful Thinking (22 pts)
  2. Rejoicing (19 pts)
  3. Think of One (18 pts)
  4. Modern Times (15 pts)
  5. (tie) Ghetto Blaster and Domino Theory (13 pts)
  6. Backstreet (11 pts)
  7. 88 Basie Street (8 pts)
  8. (tie) G Force and Dimensions (7 pts)
  9. In Performance at The Playboy Festival (6 pts)
  10. Heavy Heart (5 pts)
  11. (tie) In the Heat of the Night, Time Exposure, and December (4 pts)
  12. Steppin' Out (3 pts)
  13. (tie) Future Shock and Love Explosion (2 pts)
  14. (tie) Scenes in the City and Imagine This (1 pt)




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