Greatest Yacht Rock Albums

Updated December 2024

A continuation of my posts:
Top 50 Yacht Rock Songs
More Top Yacht Rock Songs

This time I take a look at the best Yacht Rock Albums.  Most of these artists populated my songs posts, but the albums are full of deep Yacht Rock cuts.

Unranked, and I decided not to include Greatest Hits albums.

Al Stewart - Time Passages  (1978)
Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky (1982)
Al Jarreau - Breakin' Away (1981)
Ambrosia - Life Beyond L.A.  (1978)
America - Hearts  (1975)
Bill Withers - Menagerie  (1977)
Bob Welch -  French Kiss  (1977)
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees  (1976)
Boz Scaggs - Middle Man (1980)
Bread - Baby I'm-a Want You (1972)

Carly Simon - Boys In The Trees (1978)
Carole King - Tapestry (1971)
Chicago -  X  (1976)
Chicago - 17  (1984)
Christopher Cross - s/t  (1979)
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good  (1978)
Craig Fuller & Eric Kaz - Fuller & Kaz  (1978)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - CSN  (1977)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix  (1979)
Doobie Brothers - Minute By Minute  (1978)

Doobie Brothers - One Step Closer (1980)
Dr. Hook - Sometimes You Win (1979)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces  (1980)
England Dan & John Ford Coley  - Nights Are Forever  (1976)
Firefall -  s/t  (1976)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours  (1977)
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)

George Benson - Give Me The Night (1980)
Gerry Rafferty - City to City  (1978)
Gino Vannelli  -   Brother to Brother  (1978)
Hall & Oates - Voices  (1980)
Herb Alpert - Rise  (1979)
James Ingram - It's Your Night  (1983)
John Stewart - Bombs Away Dream Babies   (1979)
Kenny Loggins - Keep The Fire  (1979)
Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Little River Band  -  Sleeper Catcher   (1978)
Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes (1982)
Paul Davis - Cool Night  (1981)
Quincy Jones - Dude  (1981)

Rupert Holmes - Partners in Crime (1979)
Seals & Crofts - Diamond Girl  (1973)
Steely Dan - Aja   (1978)
Steely Dan - Gaucho (1980)
Stephen Bishop - Careless  (1976)
Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life Again (1986)
Toto - IV  (1982)