| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | The Stroke | 1 | 22 |  |
| Billy Squier |
| 1 | 2 | A Life Of Illusion | 1 | 25 | |
| Joe Walsh |
| 7 | 3 | Talk To Ya Later | 2 | |
| The Tubes |
| 5 | 4 | Big Balls | 4 | |
| AC/DC |
| 2 | 5 | Crazy Train | 1 | |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
| 9 | 6 | The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | 4 | 13 | |
| Greg Kihn Band |
| 13 | 7 | The Voice | 1 | 6 | |
| The Moody Blues |
| 11 | 8 | Mean Street | 8 | |
| Van Halen |
| 6 | 9 | The Waiting | 1 | 10 | |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| 4 | 10 | Winning | 1 | 7 | |
| Santana |
| 8 | 11 | All Those Years Ago | 8 | 1 | |
| George Harrison |
| 15 | 12 | Gemini Dream | 5 | 7 | |
| The Moody Blues |
| - | 13 | A Woman In Love (It's Not Me) | 1 | |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| - | 14 | Breaking All The Rules | 6 | |
| Peter Frampton |
| - | 15 | Tempted | 3 | 26 | |
| Squeeze |
| 18 | 16 | Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution | 16 | |
| AC/DC |
| 10 | 17 | In The Air Tonight | 1 | 6 | |
| Phil Collins |
| 16 | 18 | Stranger | 13 | |
| Jefferson Starship |
| - | 19 | Push Comes To Shove | 19 | |
| Van Halen |
| 12 | 20 | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | 1 | |
| AC/DC |
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