Best Albums of 1979
Listed below are the best albums of 1979 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 6 hours ago).
"A bad acid trip. This album ventures out into pretty frightening territory, while combining a vast variety of musical style. This is a complex nightmarish psychedelia. Listening will cause you to become tense, lost in darkness, paranoid. DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS RECORD WHILE ON ACID!" Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +12 votes (12 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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1,318
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"It's hard to put a finger on XTC. I understand why some people don't love them. They manage to be disorienting without the traditional means. The guitars frequently enter into repetitive hypnotic states, with a jagged bounce. Drums & Wires may be their finest collection, and a solid entry point f..." [+] Reply
- meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (8 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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1979
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1,270
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"Released 5 months after Rust Never Sleeps, an almost live album with studio overdubs and removed crowd noise, Young released the fully live Live Rust. Starting off with Young playing solo, he is joined by Carzy Horse and turns in a rocking performance. The song selection is key, and it's mostly g..." [+] Reply
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Romanelli | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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"The songs sound a little complicated and oblique but catchy at the same time. As avant as bowie is on this album, it's a pretty catchy album throughout, from the distorted guitar tempo of "red sails" to the "afro-pop-thru-devo" beat of "african night flight". A fair amount of credit goes to Brian..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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1,219
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"A major advancement in electronic music with massive influence over a variety of genres, and yet it can't even crack the top 1,000 albums." Reply
- meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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"One of those debuts where all the pieces are there, and there are even a few strong highlights, but there's plenty of room for improvement. Luckily, we know just how much room The Cure is able to find moving forward. Relative to their highs, it's hard not to see Three Imaginary Boys as much more ..." [+] Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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1,101
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"Jeff Lynne was a popmeister. Confusion and Don't Bring Me Down were brilliant in that right but tracks like Midnight Blue cemented this as another solid outing by a band that was unabashedly Beatles-esque... yet not." Reply
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jhuik | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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"The thing with Gary Numan is...he's not that great of a songwriter. He writes these limited little tunes that aren't great...BUT, he makes them interesting. He is good at putting catchy riffs in his music, and cool sounding synths, that make his music very listenable, enjoyable and atmospheric. T..." [+] Reply
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1979
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1,048
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"Has it's moments and is often labeled with the hugely influential tag (perhaps more in attitude then the music itself). It's certainly an interesting album that I'm still not quite sure how to rate. If their supposed lack of musical ability is true, then they've put the careers of a lot of bands ..." [+] Reply
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1979
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1,037
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"Ahhhhhh what an opening track!! And still this album doesn't slow down as it goes! One of the most influential albums to the thrash metal genre and all of rock n roll for that matter (Since Motorhead ARE rock n roll) ;)" Reply
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Jasonconfused | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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1,030
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 3 of 100
Best Albums of 1979 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 17 | 2% | |
| Frank Zappa | 5 | 1% | |
| Steve Hillage | 4 | 0% | |
| The Residents | 3 | 0% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Vangelis | 3 | 0% | |
| Fela Kuti & Africa 70 | 3 | 0% | |
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368 | 37% | |
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245 | 25% | |
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41 | 4% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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30 | 3% | |
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