Top 18 Music Albums of 1979 by Mother Nature's Son

My favourite albums of 1979.

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Ooh, babe! "The Wall" is such a wall of over-delivery, but without ever coming across as annoying, embarrassing or as an unintended joke. The music changes from fragile to thunderous and back again countless times with a steady build-up during the whole album until the wall is finally torn down by the end. Never before have emotions been expressed so boldly and never before has an album moved me so much, simply an epic concept album that never stops blowing your mind! Add to this some of the strongest nostalgic memories and you have a clear almost #1 favourite of all time.

Favourite tracks: "In the Flesh?", "Mother", "Nobody Home" & "Comfortably Numb"
[First added to this chart: 09/16/2013]
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1979
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If you need to lighten up a little, this is the album you need to hear. Here, you get everything from the many beautiful ballads to some ligtly rocky moments to the 11 minutes long extended disco version (!) of "Here Comes the Night", originally from the 1967 album "Wild Honey". I'd especially like to pinpoint the rather unknown "Baby Blue" which sounds like dropping down slowly from heaven.

Favourite tracks: "Lady Lynda", "Here Comes the Night" & "Baby Blue"
[First added to this chart: 09/28/2013]
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1979
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64
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Wonderful, a miracle, beautiful and magical. Their biggest hits found on it, yet with such artful finesse. Whimsical, bombastic, catchy and again magical, it simply contains all Supertramp's strengths!

Favourite tracks: "The Logical Song" & "Goodbye Stranger"
[First added to this chart: 10/11/2015]
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1979
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5,046
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Music can only be interesting when the band themselves have fear of music. Time, money, drugs, religion and science won't change you, but this album surely will!

Favourite tracks: "Life During Wartime" & "Heaven"
[First added to this chart: 10/08/2013]
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1979
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George is almost not guilty of making a guilty pleasure here. It's significantly poppy and lighthearted, but whatever, that's only a great thing in this instance. To actually believe that love comes to everyone is a beautiful mindset!

Favourite tracks: "Love Comes to Everyone", "Dark Sweet Lady" & "Your Love Is Forever"
[First added to this chart: 11/14/2013]
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1979
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317
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Disco? Very. Hands down the most uncool ELO album, but the truth is that I enjoy the most obvious disco tunes here the most. If you really want the night to last forever and if you want it served with ELO's charm, this is where your night begins!

Favourite tracks: "Shine a Little Love" & "Last Train to London"
[First added to this chart: 11/16/2013]
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1979
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A Barbra Streisand concept album about wetness, or things that are wet or related in any way to water, both in literal and in figurative senses... tears or actual rain, that pretty much covers its lyrical content. The songs tend to be either upbeat and fun or slow and sentimental, overall the music is quite varied. A good way to get through rainy days, if you don't appreciate those!

Favourite tracks: "Niagara" & "Kiss Me in the Rain"
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1979
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Van Morrison into the music once again. Joyous, playful and celtic, this is Van the Man on the bright side of the road. A highly pleasurable album from one of the greatest troubadors of all time.

Favourite tracks: "Bright Side of the Road" & "Angeliou"
[First added to this chart: 10/16/2013]
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1979
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880
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The Clash are bringing their revolution rock to the world now that phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust. They're still undeniably rooted in punk, but with ska/reggae/funk/jazz/the-list-goes-on-influences, this is hardly a punk record at all! Very festive music!

Favourite tracks: "Lost in the Supermarket", "I'm Not Down" & "Train in Vain"
[First added to this chart: 12/25/2013]
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1979
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United Kingdom XTC
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XTC wired with drums and wires. Arguably their first great album, it truly feels like they've found themselves here, without too much influence from the post-punk scene. A heavy load of pure energy with lots of quirky catchiness to it as best exemplified by the uptempo single "Making Plans for Nigel"!

Favourite tracks: "Making Plans for Nigel" & "Complicated Game"
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2016]
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1979
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Top 18 Music Albums of 1979 composition

Artist Albums %


Frank Zappa 2 11%
Electric Light Orchestra 1 6%
The Jam 1 6%
Barbra Streisand 1 6%
Van Morrison 1 6%
The Clash 1 6%
XTC 1 6%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 10 56%
United States 5 28%
Canada 1 6%
Japan 1 6%
Mixed Nationality 1 6%

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Into The Music
by Van Morrison
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London Calling
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Drums And Wires
by XTC
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by Barbra Streisand

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