Top 42 Music Albums of 1979 by drstuey

Listened to this year for #5albums79. Another cracking year. Lots of great post-punk, new-wave and disco of course. Best discoveries were probably the jazz, James White, Holger Czukay and Thomas Leer & Robert Rental. I was surprised how much I enjoyed Lodger, having not really enjoyed any other Bowie album so far.

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1979
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1,912
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1979
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1,069
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1979
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413
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1979
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678
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1979
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32,172
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1979
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6,928
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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2022]
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1979
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28
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1979
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146
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1979
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1,123
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1979
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26
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Total albums: 42. Page 1 of 5

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Top 42 Music Albums of 1979 composition

Country Albums %


United States 18 43%
United Kingdom 16 38%
Germany 3 7%
Mixed Nationality 2 5%
Japan 1 2%
Jamaica 1 2%
Nigeria 1 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 41 98%
Yes 1 2%

Top 42 Music Albums of 1979 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 11 from 18th to 7th
Off White
by James White And The Blacks
Climber Up 4 from 37th to 33rd
Reproduction
by The Human League
Climber Up 2 from 21st to 19th
The Bridge
by Thomas Leer & Robert Rental
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 4 from 11th to 15th
Movies
by Holger Czukay
Faller Down 3 from 6th to 9th
Three Imaginary Boys
by The Cure
Faller Down 2 from 9th to 11th
Secondhand Daylight
by Magazine

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