| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 4 | 1 | It's Still Rock And Roll To Me | ▲ | 1 |  |
| Billy Joel |
| 1 | 2 | Cocaine LIVE | 1 | |
| Eric Clapton |
| 9 | 3 | Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) | 1 | 1 | |
| Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 2 | 4 | Love Stinks | 1 | |
| The J. Geils Band |
| 3 | 5 | And The Cradle Will Rock... | 1 | |
| Van Halen |
| 5 | 6 | Against The Wind | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| 10 | 7 | Walks Like A Lady | ▲ | |
| Journey |
| 18 | 8 | All Night Long | 3 | 11 | |
| Joe Walsh |
| - | 9 | Alabama Getaway | 2 | |
| Grateful Dead |
| 8 | 10 | Run Like Hell | 8 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| - | 11 | Misunderstanding | 1 | 3 | |
| Genesis |
| - | 12 | Hello America | 9 | |
| Def Leppard |
| 6 | 13 | Brass In Pocket | 1 | 7 | |
| Pretenders |
| - | 14 | Rough Boys | 1 | |
| Pete Townshend |
| - | 15 | Pulling Mussels (From A Shell) | 6 | |
| Squeeze |
| 17 | 16 | Stop Your Sobbing | 9 | |
| Pretenders |
| 11 | 17 | London Calling | 6 | |
| The Clash |
| 7 | 18 | Breakdown Dead Ahead | 4 | 4 | |
| Boz Scaggs |
| - | 19 | The Wait | 13 | |
| Pretenders |
| 13 | 20 | You May Be Right | 1 | 1 | |
| Billy Joel |
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