VA - The 150 Best Singles of 1978 (45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) [2023] (7CD)
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Was 1978 the greatest year in music? In '78, Grease was the word, The Village Voice named 'This Year's Model' by Elvis Costello as the album of the year, Kate Bush, The Cars, Devo, Dire Straits, The Police, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Buzzcocks and Van Halen released their debut albums. The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, Protex, Rudi, The Ruts, The Human League, The Cure, Magazine, The Fall and Joy Division all released their classic debut singles.  The Clash delivered their powerful 'Give 'Em Enough Rope', The Boss dropped his classic 'Darkness on the Edge of Town', The Rolling Stones returned to peak form with 'Some Girls',

Warren Zevon's perennial favorite Excitable Boy and Patti Smith's commercial hit Easter were all over the radio. Blondie released their classic 'Parallel Lines', The Jam's 'All Mod Cons' was a career changing moment, Marvin Gaye released his divorce record, 'Here, My Dear', and Cheap Trick rocked one of the great live albums of all time.

1978 was a swirling mass of genres; disco, punk, funk, R&B, rock, and new wave all banging beautifully into each other as the seeds of hip-hop were being sown, ready to take on the world in 1979.

Track lists
CD1
01 The Jam 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:31
02 Alternative TV Action Time Vision 2:30
03 The Lurkers Ain't Got a Clue 2:10
04 The Motors Airport 4:37
05 Stiff Little Fingers Alternative Ulster 2:43
06 Subway Sect Ambition 3:07
07 Sham 69 Angels with Dirty Faces 2:34
08 The Only Ones Another Girl, Another Planet 3:00
09 XTC Are You Receiving Me? 3:04
10 Dee D. Jackson Automatic Lover (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:08
11 The Vibrators Automatic Lover (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:25
12 Rachel Sweet B-A-B-Y 3:05
13 Gerry Rafferty Baker Street (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:08
14 The Rolling Stones Beast of Burden (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:30
15 Patti Smith Group Because the Night 3:19
16 The Human League Being Boiled (Original 1978 Fast Product 7" Single Version) 3:50
17 Dr. Alimantado Best Dressed Chicken in Town 2:42
18 Queen Bicycle Race 3:01
19 Rudi Big Time 2:43
20 A Taste of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie (Original 1978 12" Single Mix) 5:38
21 Boney M. Brown Girl in the Ring (1st Pressing with Extra Verse) (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:21
22 Plastic Bertrand Ça Plane Pour Moi 3:01
23 Dr. Alimantado Can't Conquer Natty Dreadlocks 3:18
24 The Police Can't Stand Losing You 3:00
CD2
25 Skids Charles (Original 1978 No Bad Records 7" Single Version) 2:34
26 Devo Come Back Jonee (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:25
27 Gang of Four Damaged Goods 3:25
28 Marshall Hain Dancing in the City 3:46
29 Kraftwerk Das Model (Original 1978 German 7" Single Version) 3:39
30 The Jam David Watts (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:54
31 X-Ray Spex The Day the World Turned Day-Glo 2:51
32 Blondie Denis (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:15
33 The Rezillos Destination Venus 3:37
34 Ramones Don't Come Close (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:44
35 Protex Don't Ring Me Up (Original 1978 Good Vibrations 7" Single Version) 2:38
36 Wire Dot Dash 2:24
37 The Jam Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (Original 1978 7" Single Edit) 4:01
38 Tonight Drummer Man 2:44
39 999 Emergency 2:50
40 Buzzcocks Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) 2:41
41 Hot Chocolate Every 1's a Winner (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:00
42 Chic Everybody Dance (Original 1978 12" Single Mix) 8:28
43 Queen Fat Bottomed Girls 3:23
44 City Boy 5-7-0-5 3:12
45 Genesis Follow You Follow Me 4:00
46 Chris Rea Fool (If You Think It's Over) (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:35
47 Justin Hayward Forever Autumn (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:26
48 Television Foxhole 4:48
CD3
49 X-Ray Spex Germ-Free Adolescents 3:12
50 Rich Kids Ghosts of Princes in Towers 3:34
51 Squeeze Goodbye Girl (Original 1978 UK 7" Single Version) 3:03
52 Cheryl Lynn Got to Be Real (Original 1978 12" Single Mix) 5:06
53 Kate Bush Hammer Horror (Original 1978 7" Single Edit) 4:14
54 Blondie Hanging on the Telephone 2:21
55 Kleenex Hedi's Head 2:12
56 Graham Parker & The Rumour Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:51
57 999 Homicide (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:42
58 Siouxsie & the Banshees Hong Kong Garden 2:54
59 Nick Gilder Hot Child in the City (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:07
60 Sham 69 Hurry Up Harry 3:24
61 Wire I Am the Fly (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:06
62 Buzzcocks I Don't Mind 2:18
63 Elvis Costello and the Attractions (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea 3:02
64 Nick Lowe I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass 3:14
65 Menace I Need Nothing 2:17
66 Lene Lovich I Think We're Alone Now 2:47
67 Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated 2:29
68 Blondie (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear 2:43
69 X-Ray Spex Identity 2:23
70 Sham 69 If the Kids Are United 3:44
71 Suzi Quatro If You Can't Give Me Love 3:51
CD4
72 The Ruts In a Rut 3:42
73 Bob Marley and the Wailers Is This Love 3:51
74 The Fall It's the New Thing 3:26
75 Jilted John Jilted John (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:54
76 The Outcasts Just Another Teenage Rebel 3:15
77 Yellow Dog Just One More Night 3:28
78 The Cure Killing an Arab 2:23
79 Exile Kiss You All Over (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:29
80 Steel Pulse Ku Klux Klan (Original 1978 12" Single Mix) 6:46
81 Donna Summer Last Dance (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:19
82 Chic Le Freak (Original 1978 12" Single Mix) 5:29
83 Joe Walsh Life's Been Good (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:38
84 The Boomtown Rats Like Clockwork 3:44
85 Buzzcocks Lipstick 2:37
86 Rose Royce Love Don't Live Here Anymore (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:52
87 Sweet Love Is Like Oxygen (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:46
88 Buzzcocks Love You More 1:50
89 Bill Withers Lovely Day (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:50
90 Donna Summer MacArthur Park (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:56
91 Kate Bush The Man with the Child in His Eyes (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:51
CD5
92 The Rolling Stones Miss You (Original 1978 Bob Clearmountain 12" Special Disco Version) 8:35
93 Electric Light Orchestra Mr. Blue Sky 5:03
94 The Cars My Best Friend's Girl 3:44
95 Kraftwerk Neon Lights (Original 1978 7" Single Edit) 3:29
96 Radio Stars Nervous Wreck 1:58
97 The Stranglers Nice 'n' Sleazy 3:11
98 Bee Gees Night Fever 3:32
99 Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove (Original 1978 UK Special Limited Edition 12" Single Version) 11:27
100 Television Personalities Part Time Punks 2:38
101 Blondie Picture This 2:56
102 Buzzcocks Promises 2:36
103 Public Image Ltd Public Image 2:58
104 Elvis Costello and the Attractions Pump It Up 3:16
105 Elvis Costello and the Attractions Radio, Radio 3:06
106 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:56
107 Generation X Ready Steady Go 2:58
108 Rich Kids Rich Kids 2:57
109 AC/DC Rock 'n' Roll Damnation 3:37
110 The Police Roxanne 3:11
CD6
111 Van Halen Runnin' with the Devil 3:36
112 Patrik Fitzgerald Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart 2:41
113 Skids The Saints are Coming 2:41
114 Bob Marley and the Wailers Satisfy My Soul 4:31
115 Evelyn "Champagne" King Shame (Original 1978 12" Single Mix) 6:33
116 The Boomtown Rats She's So Modern 2:58
117 Magazine Shot by Both Sides (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:58
118 Capital Letters Smoking My Ganja (Original 1978 Greensleeves 12" Special Mix) 8:45
119 The Police So Lonely 4:49
120 The Records Starry Eyes (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:23
121 Bee Gees Stayin' Alive 4:43
122 Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman Stumblin' In (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:29
123 Clout Substitute 3:25
124 Cheap Trick Surrender 4:14
125 Stiff Little Fingers Suspect Device (Original 1978 Rigid Digits 7" Single Version) 2:44
126 The Normal T.V.O.D. 2:54
127 ABBA Take a Chance on Me 4:00
128 Squeeze Take Me I'm Yours (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 2:48
129 Talking Heads Take Me to the River 5:02
CD7
130 The Undertones Teenage Kicks 2:28
131 The Cure 10:15 Saturday Night 3:43
132 Kate Bush Them Heavy People 3:03
133 XTC This Is Pop? 2:40
134 The Clash Tommy Gun 3:14
135 The Rezillos Top of the Pops (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 3:19
136 The Tom Robinson Band Up Against the Wall 3:33
137 Althea & Donna Uptown Top Ranking (Original Joe Gibbs Record Globe 7" Single Version) 3:53
138 The Stranglers Walk on By (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 6:21
139 The Normal Warm Leatherette 3:23
140 Joy Division Warsaw 2:26
141 Ian Dury and the Blockheads What a Waste 3:25
142 Buzzcocks What Do I Get? 2:56
143 Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me to Do? 2:27
144 Elvis Costello and the Attractions (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding 3:32
145 The Mekons Where Were You? 2:40
146 The Clash (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 4:01
147 The Who Who Are You (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 5:08
148 Ivor Biggun The Winker's Song (Misprint) 3:09
149 Rose Royce Wishing on a Star (Original 1978 7" Single Edit) 3:56
150 Kate Bush Wuthering Heights (Original 1978 7" Single Version) 4:28