Top 39 Music Albums of 1979
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- (Created: 04/11/2012 18:32).
- Chart size: 39 albums.
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1979-DARK HORSE
Produced By GEORGE HARRISON & RUSS TITELMAN
1. Love Comes To Everyone
2. Not Guilty
3. Here Comes The Moon
4. Soft-Hearted Hana
5. Blow Away
6. Faster
7. Dark Sweet Lady
8. Your Love Is Forever
9. Soft Touch
10. If You Believe
11. Here Comes The Moon (Demo Version)
By 1979, the huge creative burst that George Harrison let out as an unrestricted songwriter after the breakup of The Beatles was long since over. He had already released a string of mediocre albums when this one came out. The only difference was that George was in a very happy place in life: he had just married Olivia and they had just had their son Dhani. The songs are thus more about domestic bliss and direct love than before. But the quality of Harrison’s songwriting was still very clearly still on the downhill slide. The result is an album that would have been perfect adult contemporary music a decade and a half later.
The highlights are rare. “Blow Away” is the lead single and the strongest track, but it would have been glaringly bad on an album like All Things Must Pass. “Here Comes The Moon” is an obvious attempt to follow up on the similarly titled Beatles era song, and the results are far from great, although the song is pleasant enough. Bottom line: George was done at this point. Stick with the earlier stuff, or the later, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty inspired work. [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
Produced By GEORGE HARRISON & RUSS TITELMAN
1. Love Comes To Everyone
2. Not Guilty
3. Here Comes The Moon
4. Soft-Hearted Hana
5. Blow Away
6. Faster
7. Dark Sweet Lady
8. Your Love Is Forever
9. Soft Touch
10. If You Believe
11. Here Comes The Moon (Demo Version)
By 1979, the huge creative burst that George Harrison let out as an unrestricted songwriter after the breakup of The Beatles was long since over. He had already released a string of mediocre albums when this one came out. The only difference was that George was in a very happy place in life: he had just married Olivia and they had just had their son Dhani. The songs are thus more about domestic bliss and direct love than before. But the quality of Harrison’s songwriting was still very clearly still on the downhill slide. The result is an album that would have been perfect adult contemporary music a decade and a half later.
The highlights are rare. “Blow Away” is the lead single and the strongest track, but it would have been glaringly bad on an album like All Things Must Pass. “Here Comes The Moon” is an obvious attempt to follow up on the similarly titled Beatles era song, and the results are far from great, although the song is pleasant enough. Bottom line: George was done at this point. Stick with the earlier stuff, or the later, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty inspired work. [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
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Top 39 Music Albums of 1979 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 2 | 5% | |
| Buzzcocks | 1 | 3% | |
| Eagles | 1 | 3% | |
| Gary Numan | 1 | 3% | |
| The Allman Brothers Band | 1 | 3% | |
| George Harrison | 1 | 3% | |
| The B-52's | 1 | 3% | |
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| Down 1 from 11th to 12thIn Through The Out Door by Led Zeppelin |
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| ! | 12/23/2020 15:51 |  imimesis | 54 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2014 14:41 |  thedistantship | 162 | 84/100 |
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From thedistantship 08/22/2014 14:42 | #120103
thedistantship 08/22/2014 14:42 | #120103
Another good chart, browsing your 70's charts, you really seem to embrace live albums more than most, which is a great thing
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From ecwashere 11/02/2012 12:18 | #54011
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