Favourite Albums of 1979?

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while compiling this it belatedly dawned on me whata huge year this was for me. Don't think anything from, say, 1976 wouldve cracked my 1979 Top 10

1 Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves
2 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live Rust. live Lp cheatin, sure, but this thing, OMG
3 The Stranglers - The Raven
4 Gang of Four - Entertainment
5 Tubeway Army- s/t
6 Gary Numan - Replicas
7 Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
8 Devo - Duty now for the future
9 Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
10 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

HM:
Graham Central Station - Star Walk
John Cale - Sabotage/Live live album more cheatin but so undeniable
Wire - 154
Sparks - Number One In Heaven
B-52's - s/t
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Herbie Hancock - Feets Don't Fail Me Now
Buzzcocks - Different kind of tension
Raydio - Rock On
Brian Eno - Music For Airports
 
The OrderArtistAlbum
1​
Joy DivisionUnknown Pleasures
2​
The ClashLondon Calling
3​
Talking HeadsFear of Music
4​
Pink FloydThe Wall
5​
Neil Young & Crazy HorseRust Never Sleeps
6​
Michael JacksonOff the Wall
7​
AC/DCHighway to Hell
8​
Gang of FourEntertainment!
9​
The CureThree Imaginary Boys
10​
Elvis Costello and The AttractionsArmed Forces
11​
The SlitsCut
12​
The B-52'sThe B-52's
13​
Marianne FaithfullBroken English
14​
BlondieEat to the Beat
15​
David BowieLodger
16​
Wire154
17​
XX-Aspirations
18​
ChicRisqué
19​
The SpecialsSpecials
20​
Public Image Ltd.Metal Box/Second Edition
21​
The PoliceReggatta de Blanc
22​
Fleetwood MacTusk
23​
The UndertonesThe Undertones
24​
Tom Petty and The HeartbreakersDamn the Torpedoes
25​
MadnessOne Step Beyond...
 
Jazz:
Ella Fitzgerald Fine and Mellow Pablo
The Pat Metheny Group American Garage ECM
Weather Report 8:30 Columbia
Spyro Gyra Morning Dance MCA
Art Pepper Straight Life Galaxy
Chick Corea Gary Burton Duet ECM

Country
Kenny Rogers The Gambler
Emmy Lou Harris Blue Kentucky Girl
The Charlie Daniels Band The Devil Went Down to Georgia


The Clash London Calling
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Damn The Torpedoes
Neil Young And Crazy Hose Rust Never Sleeps
Elvis Costello And the Attractions Armed Forces
Cheap Trick Dream Police
Supertramp Breakfast In America
AC/DC Highway To Hell
Joe Jackson I'm The Man
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures
The Cars Candy O
Tubeway Army Replicas / Gary Numan The Pleasure Principle
John Carpenter / Alan Howarth Halloween
 
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Pink Floyd - The Wall
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Survival
The Clash - London Calling
Prince - Prince
Marianne Faithful- Broken English
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Joni Mitchell - Mingus
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You
Blackfoot- Strikes
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
 
While The Jam's Setting Sons is a step down from All Mod Cons (1978) and Sound Affects (1980) it is worth it for Saturday Kids and Eton Rifles. Strangely enough one of their best singles (Strange Tow b/w Butterfly Collector) came out in early 79, about 6 months before Setting Sons, but was not included on the album
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
While The Jam's Setting Sons is a step down from All Mod Cons (1978) and Sound Affects (1980) it is worth it for Saturday Kids and Eton Rifles. Strangely enough one of their best singles (Strange Tow b/w Butterfly Collector) came out in early 79, about 6 months before Setting Sons, but was not included on the album
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I think Butterfly Collector might be my favourite song from of all Weller’s guises. I kinda also love the habit of the 70s/80s British punks/post punks having loads of non album singles lol!
 
Don't mind me, just leaving this here.....

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