Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 by bertrandu

Updated May 11th 2017

Rating of # 1 : 4,88/5
Rating of # 100 : 3,57/5
Average Rating : 3,78/5

• Chart updated: 05/15/2017 09:15
• (Created: 05/08/2014 07:01).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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London Calling 

 The Clash

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(80. 160119/ ..80..) [First added to this chart: 01/19/2016]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,808 charts

Rank Score:

32,994

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,137 votes)

Comments:

257

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The Wall 

 Pink Floyd

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(..90 160210/ ..90..) [First added to this chart: 10/11/2015]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,239 charts

Rank Score:

27,115

Rank in 1979:

2

Rank in 1970s:

7

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 86 (3,477 votes)

Comments:

264

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Breakfast In America 

 Supertramp

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(.85 151011/ .80) [First added to this chart: 06/23/2014]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

627 charts

Rank Score:

4,881

Rank in 1979:

6

Rank in 1970s:

89

Overall Rank:

355

Average Rating:

 82 (798 votes)

Comments:

57

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,963 charts

Rank Score:

23,051

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 86 (2,315 votes)

Comments:

190

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Broken English 

 Marianne Faithfull

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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

608

Rank in 1979:

49

Rank in 1970s:

479

Overall Rank:

2,585

Average Rating:

 77 (163 votes)

Comments:

8

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Entertainment! 

 Gang Of Four

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[First added to this chart: 01/09/2016]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

676 charts

Rank Score:

4,809

Rank in 1979:

7

Rank in 1970s:

90

Overall Rank:

361

Average Rating:

 81 (750 votes)

Comments:

44

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Fear Of Music 

 Talking Heads

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[First added to this chart: 07/30/2015]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

867 charts

Rank Score:

7,178

Rank in 1979:

4

Rank in 1970s:

55

Overall Rank:

230

Average Rating:

 84 (1,083 votes)

Comments:

50

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Specials 

 The Specials

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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

392 charts

Rank Score:

2,006

Rank in 1979:

16

Rank in 1970s:

186

Overall Rank:

874

Average Rating:

 78 (461 votes)

Comments:

20

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Armed Forces 

 Elvis Costello And The Attractions

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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

357 charts

Rank Score:

1,944

Rank in 1979:

17

Rank in 1970s:

191

Overall Rank:

902

Average Rating:

 79 (459 votes)

Comments:

32

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Into The Music 

 Van Morrison

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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2017]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

155 charts

Rank Score:

919

Rank in 1979:

34

Rank in 1970s:

351

Overall Rank:

1,829

Average Rating:

 78 (195 votes)

Comments:

10

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Frank Zappa	3	3%
The Fall	2	2%
Joe Jackson	2	2%
Swell Maps	1	1%
David Bowie	1	1%
Emmylou Harris	1	1%
Talking Heads	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	48	48%
	33	33%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 chart changes

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You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic by Ian Hunter
We Are Family by Sister Sledge
Solid State Survivor by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Spectral Mornings by Steve Hackett
Dream Police by Cheap Trick
Lovedrive by Scorpions
Western Culture by Henry Cow
Babble by Kevin Coyne & Dagmar Krause
Candy-O by The Cars
Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll by Frank Zappa
New Picnic Time by Pere Ubu
The Raven by The Stranglers
The Roches by The Roches
Street Life by The Crusaders (US)
Get The Knack by The Knack
Blue Kentucky Girl by Emmylou Harris
Cool For Cats by Squeeze
Movies by Holger Czukay
The Flying Lizards by The Flying Lizards
Mix-Up by Cabaret Voltaire

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