Top 10 Albums 1978-Baby Boomers

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John Travolta stars, as the soundtracks for Saturday Night Fever and Grease are #1 and #2.

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Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track is the soundtrack album from the blockbuster film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. In the United States, the album has gone platinum fifteen times, and it is widely considered one of the best compilations of disco music in history.

The Grease soundtrack is the original motion picture soundtrackfor the 1978 film Grease.

The most successful songs from the soundtrack were written specifically for the film. They included the Billboard number-one hits "You're the One That I Want", "Grease" and the number-three, Academy Award-nominated "Hopelessly Devoted to You".

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Parallel Lines is the third studio album by American New Wave band Blondie, released in 1978 on Chrysalis records. Their most popular and best selling effort, Parallel Lines was the first Blondie album to be produced by Mike Chapman. The album reached number one in the United Kingdom in February 1979.

Some Girls is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1978. Considered a highlight of their output and the best of their post-Exile on Main St. records, the album revitalized the band's career upon its release and re-established The Rolling Stones as a vital rock and roll band in an era infused with punk rock and disco. It also became the band's biggest-selling album in the United States, with more than 6 million copies to date.

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This Year's Model was Elvis Costello's second album and his first with The Attractions, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). It was recorded mainly at Eden Studios in West London.

Dire Straits is the self-titled debut album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1978.

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Van Halen is the eponymous debut album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1978.

Nightflight to Venus is the third album by the band Boney M, and was released in July 1978. The album became a major success in continental Europe and Scandinavia, topping most of the album charts during the second half of 1978 and also became their first UK number one album.

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Don't Look Back is the second album by American rock band Boston, released in 1978. The title track is one of the band's biggest hits, reaching #4 in 1978 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album sold over 4 million copies in the first month of its release, and over 7 million total in the U.S.

Darkness on the Edge of Town is the fourth album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1978.

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