Top-rated albums of 1979

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1979 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

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21.

Setting Sons

The Jam

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

264 charts

Rank Score:

1,634

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

231

Overall Rank:

1,080

Average Rating:

79 (338 votes)

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22.

Unknown Soldier

Fela Kuti & Africa 70

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

15 charts

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23.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello And The Attractions

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

344 charts

Rank Score:

1,894

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

201

Overall Rank:

950

Average Rating:

79 (452 votes)

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24.

Avocet

Bert Jansch

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

13 charts

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25.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,283

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

273

Overall Rank:

1,357

Average Rating:

78 (251 votes)

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26.

Highway To Hell

AC/DC

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

620 charts

Rank Score:

4,505

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Overall Rank:

399

Average Rating:

78 (993 votes)

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27.

Solid State Survivor

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

488

Overall Rank:

2,631

Average Rating:

78 (108 votes)

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28.

La Leyenda Del Tiempo

Camarón

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

417

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

618

Overall Rank:

3,500

Average Rating:

78 (65 votes)

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29.

Black Rose: A Rock Legend

Thin Lizzy

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

134 charts

Rank Score:

920

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

352

Overall Rank:

1,825

Average Rating:

78 (177 votes)

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30.

Force Majeure

Tangerine Dream

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

410

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

626

Overall Rank:

3,557

Average Rating:

78 (97 votes)

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).

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