Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 by 
Leonard 
It was the time, when I went nearly daily to the recordstore, only to listen not to buy ....
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- (Created: 05/01/2015 10:06).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1979
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Joe Jackson | 2 | 2% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
| Simple Minds | 2 | 2% | |
| Donna Summer | 2 | 2% | |
| Peter Baumann | 1 | 1% | |
| Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker / Edith Mathis | 1 | 1% | |
| Bob Dylan | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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40 | 40% | |
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26 | 26% | |
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17 | 17% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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 Up 6 from 56th to 50thLife In A Day by Simple Minds |
| Up 6 from 55th to 49th Duty Now For The Future by Devo |
| Up 6 from 54th to 48th Drums And Wires by XTC |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 12 from 40th to 52nd Off The Wall by Michael Jackson |
| Down 7 from 44th to 51st It's Alive by Ramones |
| Down 7 from 46th to 53rd Tusk by Fleetwood Mac |
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