| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | Love Stinks | 1 |  |
| The J. Geils Band |
| 1 | 2 | Brass In Pocket | 1 | 7 | |
| Pretenders |
| 14 | 3 | And The Cradle Will Rock... | 1 | |
| Van Halen |
| 11 | 4 | Breakdown Dead Ahead | 4 | ▲ | |
| Boz Scaggs |
| 9 | 5 | Against The Wind | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| 4 | 6 | You May Be Right | 1 | 1 | |
| Billy Joel |
| 3 | 7 | Young Lust | 3 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 17 | 8 | London Calling | 6 | |
| The Clash |
| 7 | 9 | Train In Vain (Stand By Me) | 7 | 13 | |
| The Clash |
| 18 | 10 | Stop Your Sobbing | 9 | |
| Pretenders |
| 5 | 11 | Goodbye Blue Sky | 2 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 12 | 12 | Her Strut | 2 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| - | 13 | Walks Like A Lady | 7 | |
| Journey |
| 13 | 14 | Comfortably Numb | 1 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 19 | 15 | Sometimes A Fantasy | 2 | 16 | |
| Billy Joel |
| 8 | 16 | Where Were You | 8 | |
| Journey |
| 10 | 17 | Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| - | 18 | Entre Nous | 16 | |
| Rush |
| - | 19 | I Can't Let Go | 19 | 24 | |
| Linda Ronstadt |
| - | 20 | Call Me | 2 | 1 | |
| Blondie |
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