A list of top twenty albums of 1978 chosen by Peel appeared in Sounds on 30th December 1978, along with other writers of the paper, who also chose their top twenty albums of that year.
Peel's Album List
- BBC Records And Radio Merseyside: The 1978 European Cup
- Siouxsie And The Banshees: The Scream
- Vivian Stanshall: Sir Henry At Rawlinson End
- Penetration: Moving Targets
- Kevin Coyne: Dynamite Days
- Buzzcocks: Another Music In A Different Kitchen
- Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band: Shiny Beast
- Lurkers: Fulham Fallout
- Magazine: Real Life
- Ossie All Stars: Leggo Dub Part One
- Wire: Chairs Missing
- Clash: Give 'Em Enough Rope
- Bob Dylan: Street Legal
- XTC: Go 2
- Graham Parker And The Rumour: The Parkerilla
- Twinkle Brothers: Love
- Boomtown Rats: A Tonic For The Troops
- Buzzcocks: Love Bites
- Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance
- Sham 69: Tell Us The Truth