Top 30 Music Albums of 1979 by 
Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 10/02/2023 09:45
- (Created: 07/24/2017 09:52).
- Chart size: 30 albums.
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Best gothic rock post-punk album of the year
Best debut album of the year
Best UK album of the year
"I've got the spirit, but lose the feeling,
Feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling"
I am glad that when I was about 18 my best mate was a Joy Division fan because they are not easily instantly accessable, but over a short period of time I came to adore this, Closer, Still, and Substance.
10/10 songs: Disorder, She's Lost Control, and Shadowplay [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
Best debut album of the year
Best UK album of the year
"I've got the spirit, but lose the feeling,
Feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling"
I am glad that when I was about 18 my best mate was a Joy Division fan because they are not easily instantly accessable, but over a short period of time I came to adore this, Closer, Still, and Substance.
10/10 songs: Disorder, She's Lost Control, and Shadowplay [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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25,867
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Best punk rock album of the year
"They say they've got control of you
And that's a lie, you know"
When I first started getting into punk 30 odd years ago this was one of the first albums I loved. Great songs, with things to say, fighting injustices, fantastic vocals. Still a great album today and highly recommended to anyone with even a slight interest in punk.
10/10 songs: Johnny Was, Suspect Device, Barbed Wire Love [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
"They say they've got control of you
And that's a lie, you know"
When I first started getting into punk 30 odd years ago this was one of the first albums I loved. Great songs, with things to say, fighting injustices, fantastic vocals. Still a great album today and highly recommended to anyone with even a slight interest in punk.
10/10 songs: Johnny Was, Suspect Device, Barbed Wire Love [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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867
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Best rock opera album of the year
"Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother do you think they'll like this song?
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Ooh, ah
Mother should I build the wall?"
I don't think I ever listened to this album fully until after I saw the movie, at which time it all made so much more emotional sense. One of my 100 favourite movies that I have seen many times. I admit the album has lost some of it's shine over time for me, but it always wii be an awedome album.
10/10 songs: Comfortably Numb, Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
"Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother do you think they'll like this song?
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Ooh, ah
Mother should I build the wall?"
I don't think I ever listened to this album fully until after I saw the movie, at which time it all made so much more emotional sense. One of my 100 favourite movies that I have seen many times. I admit the album has lost some of it's shine over time for me, but it always wii be an awedome album.
10/10 songs: Comfortably Numb, Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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30,875
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Best punk rock post-punk album of the year
Best Australian album of the year [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
Best Australian album of the year [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
Best 2 tone album of the year
[First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
652
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Best dance-punk post-punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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5,305
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Best funk rock post-punk new wave album of the year
Best USA album of the year [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
Best USA album of the year [First added to this chart: 07/25/2017]
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1979
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7,494
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Best surf rock new wave album of the year
[First added to this chart: 11/12/2018]
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1979
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2,218
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Best live album of the year
[First added to this chart: 10/02/2023]
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1979
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4,574
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Best psychedelic rock post-punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 11/29/2021]
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Top 30 Music Albums of 1979 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Electric Light Orchestra | 1 | 3% | |
| Christopher Cross | 1 | 3% | |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 1 | 3% | |
| The Clash | 1 | 3% | |
| The Afflicted Man | 1 | 3% | |
| The Jam | 1 | 3% | |
| The Specials | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 30 Music Albums of 1979 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 15th to 16th Drums And Wires by XTC |
| Down 1 from 16th to 17th Dragnet by The Fall |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18th (GI) by Germs |
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