Top Albums of 1979
1 |
7 |
The Clash |
London Calling |
Punk Rock
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2 |
78 |
Joy Division |
Unknown Pleasures |
Post-Punk
|
3 |
103 |
Michael Jackson |
Off the Wall |
Disco,
Pop
|
4 |
158 |
Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
Rust Never Sleeps |
Country Rock,
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
5 |
166 |
Pink Floyd |
The Wall |
Art Rock,
Progressive Rock,
Rock Opera
|
6 |
171 |
Gang of Four |
Entertainment! |
Post-Punk
|
7 |
198 |
The Specials |
Specials |
2 Tone
|
8 |
244 |
Public Image Ltd. |
Metal Box/Second Edition |
Experimental Rock,
Post-Punk
|
9 |
283 |
Talking Heads |
Fear of Music |
New Wave,
Post-Punk
|
10 |
286 |
AC/DC |
Highway to Hell |
Hard Rock
|
11 |
418 |
The Police |
Reggatta de Blanc |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
|
12 |
426 |
Elvis Costello and The Attractions |
Armed Forces |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
|
13 |
441 |
The B-52's |
The B-52's |
New Wave
|
14 |
513 |
Chic |
Risqué |
Disco
|
15 |
574 |
The Undertones |
The Undertones |
Pop Punk
|
16 |
606 |
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers |
Damn the Torpedoes |
Heartland Rock,
Pop Rock
|
17 |
625 |
Marianne Faithfull |
Broken English |
Art Pop,
New Wave
|
18 |
654 |
The Slits |
Cut |
Post-Punk
|
19 |
772 |
Madness |
One Step Beyond... |
2 Tone
|
20 |
913 |
Supertramp |
Breakfast in America |
Pop Rock,
Progressive Pop
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21 |
914 |
Stiff Little Fingers |
Inflammable Material |
Punk Rock
|
22 |
952 |
XTC |
Drums and Wires |
New Wave,
Pop Rock,
Post-Punk
|
23 |
965 |
Graham Parker & The Rumour |
Squeezing Out Sparks |
Power Pop,
Pub Rock
|
24 |
971 |
The Cure |
Three Imaginary Boys/Boys Don't Cry |
Post-Punk
|
25 |
996 |
Donna Summer |
Bad Girls |
Disco
|
26 |
1033 |
The Pop Group |
Y |
Art Punk,
Experimental Rock,
Post-Punk
|
27 |
1123 |
Wire |
154 |
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
|
28 |
1145 |
Throbbing Gristle |
20 Jazz Funk Greats |
Industrial
|
29 |
1184 |
Ramones |
It's Alive |
Punk Rock
|
30 |
1212 |
Joe Jackson |
Look Sharp! |
New Wave,
Power Pop
|
31 |
1230 |
The Jam |
Setting Sons |
Mod Revival,
New Wave
|
32 |
1313 |
Motörhead |
Overkill |
Hard Rock,
Heavy Metal
|
33 |
1355 |
Serge Gainsbourg |
Aux armes et caetera |
Reggae
|
34 |
1432 |
Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
Live Rust |
Country Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
35 |
1440 |
Rickie Lee Jones |
Rickie Lee Jones |
Jazz Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
36 |
1479 |
Philip Glass |
Einstein on the Beach |
Minimalism,
Opera
|
37 |
1508 |
Betty Carter |
The Audience with Betty Carter |
Vocal Jazz
|
38 |
1701 |
The Raincoats |
The Raincoats |
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
|
39 |
1754 |
Sister Sledge |
We Are Family |
Disco,
Pop Soul
|
40 |
1759 |
Camarón |
La leyenda del tiempo |
Flamenco Nuevo
|
41 |
1781 |
Germs |
(GI) |
Hardcore Punk
|
42 |
1947 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Tusk |
Pop Rock
|
43 |
2169 |
Ry Cooder |
Bop Till You Drop |
Roots Rock
|
44 |
2178 |
ZZ Top |
Degüello |
Blues Rock,
Southern Rock
|
45 |
2267 |
The Roches |
The Roches |
Folk Pop
|
46 |
2302 |
Cabaret Voltaire |
Mix-Up |
Industrial,
Minimal Wave
|
47 |
2330 |
Air [USA] |
Air Lore |
Avant-Garde Jazz
|
48 |
2375 |
The Residents |
Eskimo |
Experimental
|
49 |
2394 |
Van Morrison |
Into the Music |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
50 |
2416 |
Tubeway Army |
Replicas |
New Wave,
Synthpop
|
51 |
2418 |
Linton Kwesi Johnson |
Forces of Victory |
Dub Poetry
|
52 |
2508 |
Scorpions |
Lovedrive |
Hard Rock,
Heavy Metal
|
53 |
2528 |
Lucio Dalla |
Lucio Dalla |
Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
54 |
2551 |
Art Ensemble of Chicago |
Nice Guys |
Avant-Garde Jazz
|
55 |
2594 |
Blondie |
Eat to the Beat |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
|
56 |
2635 |
The Fall |
Live at the Witch Trials |
Post-Punk
|
57 |
2637 |
The Damned |
Machine Gun Etiquette |
Punk Rock
|
58 |
2679 |
The Stranglers |
The Raven |
New Wave,
Post-Punk
|
59 |
2682 |
Dave Edmunds |
Repeat when Necessary |
Rock & Roll,
Roots Rock
|
60 |
2685 |
David Bowie |
Lodger |
Art Rock
|
61 |
2686 |
The Fall |
Dragnet |
Post-Punk
|
62 |
2746 |
Robert Fripp |
Exposure |
Art Rock,
Experimental Rock
|
63 |
2876 |
Yellow Magic Orchestra |
Solid State Survivor |
Synthpop
|
64 |
2942 |
Van Halen |
Van Halen II |
Hard Rock
|
65 |
2993 |
Nick Lowe |
Labour of Lust |
Power Pop,
Pub Rock
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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James Chance & The Contortions |
Buy |
No Wave
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Earth, Wind & Fire |
I Am |
Disco,
Funk
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Thin Lizzy |
Black Rose - A Rock Legend |
Hard Rock
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Tom Verlaine |
Tom Verlaine |
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
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Joe Jackson |
I'm the Man |
New Wave,
Power Pop
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Bob Marley and The Wailers |
Survival |
Roots Reggae
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Gary Numan |
The Pleasure Principle |
New Wave,
Synthpop
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The Ruts |
The Crack |
Punk Rock
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This Heat |
This Heat |
Experimental Rock
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Magazine |
Secondhand Daylight |
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
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Frank Zappa |
Sheik Yerbouti |
Art Rock,
Experimental Rock
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Buzzcocks |
A Different Kind of Tension |
Punk Rock
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The Human League |
Reproduction |
Minimal Synth,
New Wave,
Synthpop
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Iggy Pop |
New Values |
New Wave,
Punk Rock
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Bob Dylan |
Slow Train Coming |
Christian Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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UFO |
Strangers in the Night |
Hard Rock
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Old and New Dreams |
Old and New Dreams [1979] |
Avant-Garde Jazz
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Ebba Grön |
We're Only in It for the Drugs |
Punk Rock
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Judas Priest |
Unleashed in the East - Live in Japan |
Heavy Metal
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Frank Zappa |
Joe's Garage, Act 1 |
Comedy Rock,
Experimental Rock,
Rock Opera
|
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Holger Czukay |
Movies |
Art Rock,
Krautrock
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The Cars |
Candy-O |
New Wave,
Pop Rock
|
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The Only Ones |
Even Serpents Shine |
New Wave,
Power Pop
|
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Sarah Vaughan |
Duke Ellington Song Book One |
Vocal Jazz
|
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Sarah Vaughan |
Duke Ellington Song Book Two |
Vocal Jazz
|
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Chrome |
Half Machine Lip Moves |
Experimental Rock,
Post-Punk
|
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Japan |
Quiet Life |
Art Pop,
New Romantic
|
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Pere Ubu |
New Picnic Time |
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
|
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Ornette Coleman & Charlie Haden |
Soapsuds Soapsuds |
Free Jazz
|
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Smokey Robinson |
Where There's Smoke.. |
Soul
|
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The Crusaders |
Street Life |
Jazz Pop
|
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Lowell George |
Thanks, I'll Eat It Here |
Pop Rock
|
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Swell Maps |
A Trip to Marineville |
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
|
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Squeeze |
Cool for Cats |
New Wave
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