Top 85 Music Albums of 1979
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Repo 
Essential EPs
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Misfits - Horror Business EP
- Chart updated: 07/30/2025 04:15
- (Created: 07/17/2018 19:01).
- Chart size: 85 albums.
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Punk
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2025]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
677
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Accidents (Never) Happen!
Is it merely an accident that the cover reminds me of a Pink Flag being tossed about in the wind? Recombined with other colors as it goes about its way? Nope. Accidents never happen. If you get far enough away, you can see that they're actually set in motion by prior events. Past behaviors. Past conditioning. Simple ballistics from the god's point of view, really. Physics 101. If we had just been paying attention ...
Accident or not, 154 is a post-punk masterpiece. One of the most important & influential albums of the late '70s post-punk era. And actually maybe my favorite of their classic late 70s trilogy. It's clear they've been listening to Another Green World by Eno. But, in turn, it's also clear that bands like The Cure and Love & Rockets would listen to this.
One thing is for sure, in making making 154, Wire definitely did NOT care about making some accidents along the way. They did NOT care about fucking up. No. 154 is a creation of wonder. About how far they could push. How far they could stretch. Like the best taffy. It's got some air bubbles in there. Some accidents. But wait! The gods know that accidents don't exist. Twisted Evil
Vital af.
Repo Ranking: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 08/08/2024]
Is it merely an accident that the cover reminds me of a Pink Flag being tossed about in the wind? Recombined with other colors as it goes about its way? Nope. Accidents never happen. If you get far enough away, you can see that they're actually set in motion by prior events. Past behaviors. Past conditioning. Simple ballistics from the god's point of view, really. Physics 101. If we had just been paying attention ...
Accident or not, 154 is a post-punk masterpiece. One of the most important & influential albums of the late '70s post-punk era. And actually maybe my favorite of their classic late 70s trilogy. It's clear they've been listening to Another Green World by Eno. But, in turn, it's also clear that bands like The Cure and Love & Rockets would listen to this.
One thing is for sure, in making making 154, Wire definitely did NOT care about making some accidents along the way. They did NOT care about fucking up. No. 154 is a creation of wonder. About how far they could push. How far they could stretch. Like the best taffy. It's got some air bubbles in there. Some accidents. But wait! The gods know that accidents don't exist. Twisted Evil
Vital af.
Repo Ranking: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 08/08/2024]
Year of Release:
1979
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1,725
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Punk 1
Masterpiece of sleaze rock! The Royal Trux owe their entire careers to this gem. [First added to this chart: 11/16/2019]
Masterpiece of sleaze rock! The Royal Trux owe their entire careers to this gem. [First added to this chart: 11/16/2019]
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Punk
Essential [First added to this chart: 08/08/2024]
Essential [First added to this chart: 08/08/2024]
Year of Release:
1979
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30,878
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Rock
Essential [First added to this chart: 08/08/2024]
Essential [First added to this chart: 08/08/2024]
Year of Release:
1979
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25,152
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Metal
Essential [First added to this chart: 12/22/2019]
Essential [First added to this chart: 12/22/2019]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
1,024
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Punk
Essential [First added to this chart: 08/08/2024]
Essential [First added to this chart: 08/08/2024]
Year of Release:
1979
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1,117
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Rock
Essential [First added to this chart: 11/20/2021]
Essential [First added to this chart: 11/20/2021]
Year of Release:
1979
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2,276
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Punk
[First added to this chart: 05/09/2021]
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Top 85 Music Albums of 1979 composition
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| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| Motörhead | 2 | 2% | |
| The Only Ones | 2 | 2% | |
| The Stranglers | 2 | 2% | |
| Pink Floyd | 1 | 1% | |
| The Slits | 1 | 1% | |
| Nazareth | 1 | 1% | |
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38 | 45% | |
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31 | 36% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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