Top 100 Music Albums of 1979
by jnfbn

''I’ve lost the will to want more...''

100+ albums from 1979: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=60968
There are 0 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 has an average rating of 88 out of 100 (from 2 votes). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.

View the complete list of 57,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.

Share this chart
Collector's summaryLog in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!
Sort by
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
This perfectly sums up Unknown Pleasures or Joy Division:
''Guess your dreams always end, They don't rise up, just descend, but I don't care anymore, i've lost the will to want more''

The life must've be horrendous for Ian as much as his music is haunting for us... (for me at least)
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
21,808
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Top rated album (86/100 - 2337 votes)  86 (2,337 votes)
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
30,858
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Top rated album (87/100 - 3158 votes)  87 (3,158 votes)
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,864
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
25,131
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Top rated album (86/100 - 3500 votes)  86 (3,500 votes)
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,505
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
718
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,249
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
67
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5,026
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1979
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,661
Rank in 1979:
Rank in 1970s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!

Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 composition

Country Albums %


United Kingdom 55 55%
United States 19 19%
Canada 6 6%
Mixed Nationality 5 5%
France 3 3%
Turkey 3 3%
Germany 3 3%
Show all
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Faller Down 8 from 83rd to 91st
Voulez-Vous
by ABBA
Faller Down 6 from 86th to 92nd
Eyes Of The Universe
by Barclay James Harvest
Faller Down 6 from 87th to 93rd
This Heat
by This Heat

Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 similarity to your chart(s)


Not a member? Registering is quick, easy and FREE!


Why register?


Register now - it only takes a moment!

jnfbn has created 71 other 1979 year charts - click here to explore them all.

Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 ratings

Average Rating: 
88/100 (from 2 votes)
  Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

N.B. The average rating for this chart will not be reliable as it has been rated very few times.

Showing all 2 ratings for this chart.

Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberChart ratingsAvg. chart rating
The chart has been updated since this rating was assigned   
100/100
 !
07/04/2020 05:08 Rhyner   1,45699/100
The chart has been updated since this rating was assigned   
95/100
 !
02/21/2019 09:00 sssvnnn   2,86583/100
Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 favourites

Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a favourite

Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 comments

Be the first to add a comment for this Chart - add your comment!

Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Top 100 Music Albums of 1979

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
Log in or register to assign a rating or leave a comment for this chart.
Best Artists of 1960
1. Miles Davis
2. John Coltrane
3. Etta James
4. Charles Mingus
5. Elvis Presley
6. Joan Baez
7. Max Roach
8. Wes Montgomery
9. Muddy Waters
10. The Everly Brothers
11. Hank Mobley
12. Bill Evans
13. Bill Evans Trio
14. Ella Fitzgerald
15. Johnny Cash
16. John Lee Hooker
17. Bo Diddley
18. Miriam Makeba
19. Eddie Cochran
20. The Ventures
Back to Top