Billboard #1 Albums - 1980

Hold Out - Jackson Browne

(1 week at #1)

September 13th 1980

Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Browne except where noted:

1. "Disco Apocalypse" – 5:08
2. "Hold Out" – 5:37
3. "That Girl Could Sing" – 4:34
4. "Boulevard" – 3:15
5. "Of Missing Persons" – 6:31
6. "Call It a Loan" (Browne, David Lindley) – 4:35
7. "Hold On Hold Out" (Browne, Craig Doerge) – 8:08

The Year in Billboard #1 Albums - 1980

Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones

(7 consecutive weeks at #1)

July 26th - September 6th

Also topped the UK album chart for 2 weeks and was the first #1 album for the Rolling Stones in the UK since Goat's Head Soup in 1973.

 

Track listing[edit]

All songs composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except "Dance (Pt. 1)" co-written by Ronnie Wood.

Side one

1. "Dance (Pt. 1)" – 4:23
2. "Summer Romance" – 3:16
3. "Send It to Me" – 3:43
4. "Let Me Go" – 3:50
5. "Indian Girl" – 4:23

Side two

6. "Where the Boys Go" – 3:29
7. "Down in the Hole" – 3:57
8. "Emotional Rescue" – 5:39
9. "She's So Cold" – 4:12
10. "All About You" – 4:18

Billboard #1 Albums of 1980

Glass Houses - Billy Joel

(6 consecutive weeks at #1)

June 14th 1980 - July 19th 1980

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Billy Joel.

Side one

1. "You May Be Right" – 4:15
2. "Sometimes a Fantasy" – 3:40
3. "Don't Ask Me Why" – 2:59
4. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" – 2:57
5. "All for Leyna" – 4:15

Side two

6. "I Don't Want to Be Alone" – 3:57
7. "Sleeping with the Television On" – 3:02
8. "C'était Toi (You Were the One)" – 3:25
9. "Close to the Borderline" – 3:47
10. "Through the Long Night" – 2:43

The Year in Billboard #1 Albums - 1980

Against The Wind - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band

May 3rd 1980 - June 7th 1980

(6 consecutive weeks at #1)

All songs written and composed by Bob Seger. 

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Horizontal Bop"	4:03
2.	"You'll Accomp'ny Me"	4:00
3.	"Her Strut"	3:51
4.	"No Man's Land"	3:43
5.	"Long Twin Silver Line"	4:18

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Against the Wind"	5:34
7.	"Good for Me"	4:03
8.	"Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight"	2:52
9.	"Fire Lake"	3:30
10.	"Shinin' Brightly"	4:30

The Silver Bullet Band perform on tracks 1-3, 6 & 8

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section perform on tracks 4, 5, 7, 9 & 10

The Year in Billboard #1 Albums - 1980

The Wall - Pink Floyd

January 19th 1980 - April 26th 1980

(15 consecutive weeks at #1)

Track listing[edit]

All songs written and composed by Roger Waters, except where noted. 

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"In the Flesh?"		Waters	3:16
2.	"The Thin Ice"		Gilmour, Waters	2:27
3.	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)"		Waters	3:21
4.	"The Happiest Days of Our Lives"		Waters	1:46
5.	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)"		Gilmour, Waters	3:59
6.	"Mother"		Waters, Gilmour	5:32

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Goodbye Blue Sky"		Gilmour	2:45
2.	"Empty Spaces"		Waters	2:10
3.	"Young Lust"	Gilmour, Waters	Gilmour	3:25
4.	"One of My Turns"		Waters	3:41
5.	"Don't Leave Me Now"		Waters	4:08
6.	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part III)"		Waters	1:48
7.	"Goodbye Cruel World"		Waters	0:48

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Hey You"		Gilmour, Waters	4:40
2.	"Is There Anybody Out There?"		Waters	2:44
3.	"Nobody Home"		Waters	3:26
4.	"Vera"		Waters	1:35
5.	"Bring the Boys Back Home"		Waters	1:21
6.	"Comfortably Numb"	Waters, Gilmour	Waters, Gilmour	6:23

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"The Show Must Go On"		Gilmour	1:36
2.	"In the Flesh"		Gilmour, Waters	4:15
3.	"Run Like Hell"	Waters, Gilmour	Waters	4:20
4.	"Waiting for the Worms"		Waters, Gilmour	4:04
5.	"Stop"		Waters	0:30
6.	"The Trial"	Waters, Ezrin	Waters	5:13
7.	"Outside the Wall"		Waters	1:41

The Year in Billboard #1 Albums - 1980

January 5th 1980

On The Radio : Greatest Hits Vol 1 and 2 - Donna Summer

(1 week at #1)

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"On the Radio"	Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer	Foxes (soundtrack)	4:00
2.	"Love to Love You Baby"	Pete Bellotte, Moroder, Summer	Love to Love You Baby	4:07
3.	"Try Me, I Know We Can Make It"	Bellotte, Moroder, Summer	A Love Trilogy	3:24
4.	"I Feel Love"	Bellotte, Moroder, Summer	I Remember Yesterday	3:20
5.	"Our Love"	Moroder, Summer	Bad Girls	3:43

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
6.	"I Remember Yesterday"	Bellotte, Moroder, Summer	I Remember Yesterday	4:46
7.	"I Love You"	Bellotte, Moroder, Summer	Once Upon a Time	3:12
8.	"Heaven Knows" (duet with Brooklyn Dreams)	Bellotte, Greg Mathieson, Moroder, Summer	Live and More	3:30
9.	"Last Dance"	Paul Jabara	Thank God It's Friday (soundtrack)	4:56

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
10.	"MacArthur Park"	Jimmy Webb	Live and More	3:54
11.	"Hot Stuff"	Bellotte, Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey	Bad Girls	2:54
12.	"Bad Girls"	Joe "Bean" Esposito, Eddie Hokenson, Bruce Sudano, Summer	Bad Girls	3:05
13.	"Dim All the Lights"	Summer	Bad Girls	4:11
14.	"Sunset People"	Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer, Forsey	Bad Girls	4:32

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
15.	"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (duet with Barbra Streisand)	Jabara, Bruce Roberts	Wet (Barbra Streisand album)	11:41
16.	"On the Radio (Long Version)"	Moroder, Summer	Foxes (soundtrack)	5:50