#FarOutMagazine is 100% correct!
War of the Worlds as a story did indeed peak in 1978!
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/war-of-the-worlds-franchise-peaked-as-album/
I was four in 1978 and when the album came out my mother played it non stop for 3 months.
It both terrified me and enraptured like no other album. I still have her original gatefold album from 1978. It's probably the most listened to thing in my life.














