45 Years Ago - Top Albums of December 3, 1977

Let's take a look at what was topping the album charts on December 3, 1977:

	Billboard	CashBox	Record World
1	Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt	Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt	Rumours Fleetwood Mac
2	Rumours Fleetwood Mac	Rumours Fleetwood Mac	Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt
3	Aja Steely Dan	Aja Steely Dan	Elvis in Concert Elvis Presley
4	Live Commodores	Elvis in Concert Elvis Presley	Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd
5	Foot Loose & Fancy Free Rod Stewart	Shaun Cassidy Shaun Cassidy	Aja Steely Dan
6	Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd	Greatest Hits, Vol. II Elton John	Moody Blue Elvis Presley
7	Point of No Return [sic] Kansas	Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd	Shaun Cassidy Shaun Cassidy
8	You Light Up My Life Debby Boone	Point of Know Return Kansas	You Light Up My Life Soundtrack
9	In Full Bloom Rose Royce	Star Wars Original Soundtrack	You Light Up My Life Debby Boone
10	Let's Get Small Steve Martin	Foreigner Foreigner	Star Wars Original Soundtrack

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. Simple Dreams (29 pts)
2. Rumours (28 pts)
3. Aja (22 pts)
4. Street Survivors (16 pts)
5. Elvis in Concert (15 pts)
6. Shaun Cassidy (10 pts)
7. (tie) Commodores Live & Point of Know Return (7 pts)
9. Foot Loose & Fancy Free (6 pts)
10. (tie) You Light Up My Life (Boone), Greatest Hits Vol. II, & Moody Blue (5 pts)
13. (tie) Star Wars & You Light Up My Life (soundtrack) (3 pts)
15. In Full Bloom (2 pts)
16. (tie) Let's Get Small & Foreigner (1 pt)