In 1978, punk rock and new wave are at the top of the music scene, but a young guitar virtuoso called Van Halen is making a great impression in hard rock.

1.

Van Halen

Van Halen

2.

The Cars

The Cars

3.

Blondie

Parallel Lines

4.

Ramones

Road To Ruin

5.

The Rolling Stones

Some Girls

6.

The Saints

Eternally Yours

7.

The Clash

Give 'Em Enough Rope

8.

Fiori-Séguin

Deux cents nuits à l'heure

9.

Cheap Trick

Heaven Tonight

10.

Willie Nelson

Stardust

11.

The Jam

All Mod Cons

12.

Funkadelic

One Nation Under A Groove

13.

Elvis Costello

This Year's Model

14.

Talking Heads

More Songs About Buildings and Food

15.

Devo

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

16.

Chic

C'est Chic

17.

The Police

Outlandos D'Amour

18.

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel (2)

19.

Boston

Don't Look Back

20.

Dire Straits

Dire Straits

Willie Colon & Ruben Blades

Siembra

Joe Ely

Honky Tonk Masquerade

The Adverts

Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts

Grease