Make a compilation album from 1978 tracks

So we'll go back again here to 1978. There was an awful lot going on in the music world in 1978, there always is, but to emory it seems to have been a big year.

So put together some, or one, compilation of tracks in whatever form suits your style.
by genre, by dynamic, by feel, by heart ... whatever suits you

Rock
Down And Out - Genesis
Badlands - Bruce Springsteen
Feel Like A Number - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Jethro Tull - One Brown Mouse
Tulsa Time - Eric Clapton
Love Is Like Oxygen - The Sweet
Hold The Line - Toto
I've Had Enough - Wings
Respectable - Rolling Stones
Motorcycle Mama - Neil young
Renegade - Styx
Big Shot - Billy Joel
Wheel In The Sky - Journey
Who Are You - The Who
Life's Been good - Joe Walsh


The New Wave
Safe European Home - The Clash
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
One Way Or Another - Blondie
Just What I Needed - The Cars
Because The Night - Patti Smith
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
Can't Stand Losing You - The Police
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
Lawyers, Guns and Money - Warren Zevon

Mellow Alt.
Christmas Card from a Hooker In Minneapolis - Tom Waits
Four Strong Winds - Neil Young
Follow You Follow Me - Genesis
Accidentally Like A Martyr - Warren Zevon
Man With The Child In His Eyes - Kate Bush
Fade Away And Radiate - Blondie

Alt
The Illinois Enema Bandit - Frank Zappa
Public Image - Public Image Limited
Know your Product - The Saints
Floppy Boot Stomp - Captain Beefheart
Hit Me With your Rhythm stick - Ian Dury
Julie's Been Working for The Drug Squad - The Clash
Sunday Girl - Blondie
Outside Tokyo - The Stranglers
Roxanne - The Police
Rat trap - Boomtown Rats
Down In the tube Station At Midnight - The Jam
The Adventures of Greggery Peccary - Frank Zappa

Hard Rock/Metal
Sin City - Acdc
Bad Boy For Love - Rose tattoo
Kill The King - Rainbow
The Boys Are Back In town (live) - Thin Lizzy
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
Ozone - Ace Frehley
No Mean city - Nazareth
Never Say Die - Black Sabbath
Wouldn't You Like to Know Me - Paul Stanley
Rock And Roll Outlaw - Rose tattoo
Whole Lotta Rosie (live) - Acdc
Beyond The Realms Of Death - Judas Priest

Pop
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
Miss you - Rolling Stones
Le Freak - Chic
Hong Kong garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Imaginary Lover - Atlanta Rhythm Section
With a Little Luck - Paul Mccartney
How You Gonna See Me Now - Alice Cooper
Still The Same - Bob Seger
Whenever I call you Friend - Kenny Loggins
Reminiscing - Little River Band
Every Kinda People - Robert Palmer
Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc

Difficult year to be genre specific ... and i know I missed a heap of great stuff, because I ran out of time ....
Anyhow, show us your choices

 

The Who 905
Phil May and the Fallen Angels Dogs of War
Genesis The Lady Lies
Camel Echoes
Renaissance Northern Lights
Joe Walsh At the Station
Lindisfarne Run for Home
Wally Waller Can't Walk on the Water
BeBop Deluxe Electrical Language
Sally Oldfield Land of the Sun
Genesis Burning Rope
Blondie One Way or Another
Maddy Prior In Fighting
UK In the Dead of Night
UK By the Light of Day
Poco Heart of the Night
The Kinks Misfits
The Who Who Are You
Phil May and the Fallen Angels Fallen Angels
The Rutles Cheese and Onions
Lindisfarne Warm Feeling
Cheap Trick Surrender (Budokan live version is better though)
Patti Smith Because the Night
Renaissance A Song For All Seasons
Blondie Picture This
Camel Breathless
Kate Bush Wuthering Heights
Joe Walsh Indian Summer
BeBop Deluxe Panic in the World
Steve Hackett Please Don't Touch
The Who Trick of the Light
Beach Boys She's Got Rhythm
Patti Smith Til Victory
The Kinks Rock and Roll Fantasy

 

Van Halen - Running With The Devil
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Peter Gabriel - DIY
Mink De Ville - Soul Twist
Police - Peanuts
Patti Smith - RnR n****r
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Ry Cooder - Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now
Rolling Stones - Shattered
Bruce Springsteen - Candy's Room
Warren Zevon - Accidentally Like A Martyr
Dirk Hamilton - Mouthful of Suck
Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
Tom Petty - No Second Thoughts
Molly Hatchet - Dreams I'll Never See
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Clash - Tommy Gun
Doobie Brothers - Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels
Stephen Stills - Thoroughfare Gap
Dire Straits - Wild West End
The Band & Staples - The Weight
Grateful Dead - Good Lovin'

 

"New York Groove" - Ace Frehley
"Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb
"Copacabana" - Barry Manilow
"Night Fever" - Bee Gees
"My Life" - Billy Joel
"Heart Of Glass" - Blondie
"Still The Same" - Bob Seger
"Last Dance" - Donna Summer
"When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" - Dr. Hook
"September" - Earth, Wind & Fire
"Tulsa Time" - Eric Clapton
"Grease" - Frankie Valli
"Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
"Count On Me" - Jefferson Starship
"The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers
"Lady" - Little River Band
"Lotta Love" - Nicolette Larson
"Use Ta My Girl" - O'Jays
"Miss You" - Rolling Stones
"Emotion" - Samantha Sang
"Magnet and Steel" - Walter Egan
"All Of Me" - Willie Nelson
"If I Can't Have You" - Yvonne Elliman

 

Shock Wave - Black Sabbath
Exciter - Judas Priest
Rip It Out - Ace Frehley
Barbados - Poco
When The Time Comes - Tom Petty
Denis - Blondie
Just What I Needed - The Cars
52nd Street - Billy Joel
Love Has Taken Its Toll
Long Live Rock and Roll - Rainbow
Water Me Dowm - Max Webster
The Trees - Rush
Take Me With You - Whitesnake
Silver Dollar - April Wine
Hold The Line - Toto
Here Comes The Night - Nick Gilder
The Moment That It Takes - Trooper
Next To You - The Police
New Song - The Who
Fool For You - 38 Special
I Want Your Love - Chic

 

Disc One (Prog)

Smak Tendži Tandži

Genesis Burning Rope

Steve Hillage Sea Nature

Rush La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise In Self-Indulgence)

Jethro Tull Heavy Horses

Renaissance A Song For All Seasons

Happy The Man Ibby It Is

Indexi More

Tako Sinteza (instrumental)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer For You

Yes On The Silent Wings of Freedom

 

Disc Two


The Who New Song

Slade Rock'n'Roll Bolero

Boston A Man I'll Never Be

The Rolling Stones Beast of Burden

Eric Clapton Watch Out For Lucy

Chip Trick Surrender

Rainbow Lady of the Lake

Foreigner Hot Blooded

Tina Turner Fire Down Bellow

Joe Cocker Fun Time

Billy Joel Big Shot

Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town

 

Side 1
"Werewolves of London” Warren Zevon
"We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions" Queen
"Baker Street" Gerry Rafferty
"Still the Same" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
"Running on Empty" Jackson Browne
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" Waylon & Willie
"Blue Bayou" Linda Ronstadt
"Take Me to the River” Talking Heads
"She's Gone” Bob Marley and the Wailers

Side 2
"Beast of Burden” Stones
"Slip Slidin' Away" Paul Simon
"Sweet Talkin' Woman" Electric Light Orchestra
"If I Can't Have You" Yvonne Elliman
"Cheeseburger in Paradise" Jimmy Buffet
"Blue Skies” Willie Nelson
"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” Warren Zevon
and finally "You're the One That I Want" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
because my kids loved it and I had to either beat them of join them. I chose the latter.

Bonus cuts
"Y.M.C.A." The Village People

 

I'll have to do several volumes of this ... 1978 was my first BIG year for music.

 

sounds good to me

 

Go for it. lots of folks have multi-album sets. For me '78 was a down year, part of a down decade. Or two.

 

Stuff I loved back then (I realize some of these were actually released in late 1977, but I was listening to AM and all of these were singles)::

Side 1:
ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
The Who - Who Are You
Boston - Don't Look Back
Foreigner - Blue Morning, Blue Day
Queen - We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
Jackson Browne - Running on Empty
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good


Side 2:
Heatwave - Always and Forever
Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy
Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing
Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
Rod Stewart - You're In My Heart
Samantha Sang - Emotion
Billy Joel - Movin' Out
Wings - With A Little Luck
Rolling Stones - Miss You
Peter Brown - Dance With Me
Foxy - Get Off

 

Dance/Disco

Dance Across the Floor -Jimmy Bo Horne
Every 1’s A Winner - Hot Chocolate
You Make Me Feel Mighty Real - Sylvester
He’s The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
Le Freak - Chic
Only You -Teddy Pendergrass
September- Earth Wind and Fire
Mary Jane -Rick James
Bootzilla - Bootsy Collins
The Groove Line - Heatwave
The Chase- Giorgio Moroder
Groove With You -Isley Brothers
Holy Ghost- Bar Kays
Blame It On the Boogie - Jacksons
Used Ta Be My Girl - O’Jays

Reggae

Peace And Love- Johnny Clarke
I’m Not Ashamed - Culture
Lambs Bread Collie - The Light Of Saba
Sat A Massagana - Abyssinians
Let’s All Unite - Hugh Mundell
Pick Myself Up - Peter Tosh
Best Dressed Chicken In Town - Dr. Alimantado
King Selassie -Black Uhuru
Armageddon Time- Willie Wilson

Rock

Ambition- Subway Sect
City Slang - Sonics Rendezvous Band
Bullet - Misfits
Nervous Breakdown- Black Flag
Bangkok - Alex Chilton
Drivers Seat - Sniff N the Tears
What’s This Sh1t Called Love - Pagans
Aloha Steve and Dano - Radio Birdmen
New York Groove Ace Frehley
What Do I Get - Buzzcocks
Walk On By - Stranglers
Public Image- PiL
Shot By Both Sides -Magazine
Warsaw - Joy Division
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
Know Your Product - Saints
I Am the Fly - Wire
Another Girl Another Planet - Only Ones
Satisfaction- Devo
White Man In Hammersmith Palais - Clash

 

Stuff I got into later in life:

Side A:
Genesis - Burning Rope
Pat Metheny Group - Phase Dance
Journey - Feeling That Way/Anytime
Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Yes - Future Times/Rejoice
Black Sabbath - A Hard Road

Side B:
Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Peter Gabriel - On The Air
Police - Truth Hits Everybody
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Listen To Her Heart
The Cars - Bye Bye Love
Kinks - Rock & Roll Fantasy
Joe Walsh - Indian Summer
Rolling Stones - Shattered
Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Lively Up Yourself (live - Babylon By Bus)

 

Disc Three


Jakson Browne Running on Empty

Big Star Thank You Friends

Bob Dylan Changing the Guards

Patti Smith Because the Night

Atomsko Sklonište Pomorac sam majko

Sweet Show Me The Way

Joe Walsh Over and Over

Styx Queen of Spades

Uriah Heep Save It

Good Rats Local Zero

Rod Stewart Blondes (Have More Fun)

Thin Lizzy Emerald (from Live And Dangerous)

 

Side 1

Who Needs A Heart - Ringo Starr
With A Little Luck - Wings
Big Dipper - Elton John
Bicycle Race - Queen
Heart On My Sleeve - Ringo Starr
Flinstone Boy - Elton John

Side 2

Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
In Only Seven Days - Queen
Deliver Your Children - Wings
Tonight - Ringo Starr
One More Look At The Night - Andy Gibb
Song For Guy - Elton John

 

Chris Bell - "I Am the Cosmos"
Cramps - "Human Fly"
Kiss - "Rocket Ride"
City Boy - "5705"
Patti Smith - "Because the Night"
Rod Stewart - "Hot Legs"

Poppees - "Jealousy"
Ian Matthews - "Shake It"
Walter Egan - "Magnet & Steel"
Foghat - "Stone Blue"
Nick Lowe - "Marie Provost"
Yvonne Elliman - "If I Can't Have You"

 

Zappa in New York - Frank Zappa

Lawyers Guns & Money - Warren Zevon
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet
Easy Skanking - Bob Marley
Dixie Chicken(live) - Little Feat
Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rundgren
Rubin And Cherise - Jerry Garcia Band
Love In The Afternoon - Jerry Garcia Band
Misfits - Kinks
Take Me To the River - Talking Heads
Shakedown Street - Grateful Dead
Fire on the Mountain - Grateful Dead
Sweet Talkin' Woman - ELO
Who Are You - The Who
Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions - Queen

 

I could have put together about 10 reggae compilations from 1978, such was it a glorious year

Bob Marley - Is this love
Peter Tosh - (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back
Burning Spear - Come
Gladiators - Can You Imagine How I Feel
Bunny Wailer ‎– Rockers
Culture - Tell Me Where You Get It
Third World - Cool Meditation
Gregory Isaacs - One more time
Sly Dunbar - A Who Say
Johnny Clarke - Peace And Love In The Ghetto
Lee Perry - Throw Some Water In
Justin Hinds - Groovin'
IJahMan - Jah Is No Secret

 

My compilation of songs from 1978:
1. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio Radio
2. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouln't've)
3. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
4. Cheap Trick - Surrender
5. The Records - Starry Eyes
6. The Police - So Lonely
7. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
8. Ramones - Don't Come Close
9. Big Star - Thank You Friends
10. ELO - Mr Blue Sky
11. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Listen To Her Heart
12. The Kinks - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
13. I Never Loved Eva Braun - The Boomtown Rats
14. Warren Zevon - Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner

 

Good idea and songs listed.
My 2 cents
But
Think for 70s...esp mid to end
Disco
Reggae

Should have own category

 

I reckon they should, but although I like both genre's, I would probably struggle to fill a playlist from one year.

 

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I was born in 1078 and to this day I don't know that many songs from then. I might know the actual songs but I don't know that they came out then. But I will link to this:

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I own a copy of this on record (and boy does it need a deep clean) and while I'm not familiar with the songs, I quite like it. Mind you, I can say the same for most chart hits compilations from the 1970's.

 

Understand.
This is a contributory thread.
Some Disco already covered by some posts here.
It was a big year for disco.
For Reggae I will add a few biggies

Ku Klux Klan. Steel Pulse
Number one. Gregory Isaacs
Now That We Found Love. Third World
Is this Love. Bob Marley and the Wailers