| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | When It's Love | 1 | 3 |  |
| Van Halen |
| 2 | 2 | Roll With It | 1 | 1 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 6 | 3 | Simply Irresistible | 1 | 1 | |
| Robert Palmer |
| 5 | 4 | All Fired Up | 2 | 25 | |
| Pat Benatar |
| 8 | 5 | Sweet Child O' Mine | 2 | 1 | |
| Guns N' Roses |
| 3 | 6 | I Know You're Out There Somewhere | 2 | 18 | |
| The Moody Blues |
| 11 | 7 | Can't Get Over You | 3 | |
| The Gregg Allman Band |
| 10 | 8 | The Dead Heart | 8 | |
| Midnight Oil |
| 7 | 9 | Wasting My Time | 5 | |
| Jimmy Page with John Miles |
| 17 | 10 | Holding On | 2 | ▲ | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 14 | 11 | This Note's For You | 10 | |
| Neil Young & The Bluenotes |
| 13 | 12 | House We Used To Live In | 9 | |
| The Smithereens |
| - | 13 | Perfect World | 7 | 2 | |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
| 4 | 14 | Look Out Any Window | 4 | 23 | |
| Bruce Hornsby And The Range |
| 16 | 15 | Let Go | 15 | |
| Cheap Trick |
| 18 | 16 | People Have The Power | 16 | |
| Patti Smith |
| - | 17 | Common Ground | 3 | |
| Rhythm Corps. |
| - | 18 | Guns In The Sky | 17 | |
| INXS |
| 12 | 19 | Part Of The Machine | 9 | |
| Jethro Tull |
| 9 | 20 | Open All Night | 4 | |
| Georgia Satellites |
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