Best Albums of 1979

« View best albums of 1978View best albums of 1980 »

Listed below are the best albums of 1979 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

summaryThe best artists of 1979 were The Clash, Pink Floyd, Joy Division, Talking Heads, Neil Young, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Michael Jackson, Supertramp, Gang Of Four and AC/DC.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

61.

Survival

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

458

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

579

Overall Rank:

3,243

Average Rating:

75 (154 votes)

Comments:

62.

A Different Kind Of Tension

Buzzcocks

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

423

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

611

Overall Rank:

3,483

Average Rating:

73 (84 votes)

Comments:

63.

Buy

James Chance & The Contortions

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

419

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

617

Overall Rank:

3,517

Average Rating:

76 (96 votes)

Comments:

64.

Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll

Frank Zappa

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

404

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

637

Overall Rank:

3,618

Average Rating:

77 (86 votes)

Comments:

65.

Force Majeure

Tangerine Dream

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

400

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

641

Overall Rank:

3,650

Average Rating:

78 (101 votes)

Comments:

66.

It's Alive
Live

Ramones

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

398

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

644

Overall Rank:

3,663

Average Rating:

78 (132 votes)

Comments:

67.

Risqué

Chic

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

363

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

691

Overall Rank:

3,964

Average Rating:

74 (121 votes)

Comments:

68.

Dynasty

Kiss

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

357

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

698

Overall Rank:

4,021

Average Rating:

68 (148 votes)

Comments:

69.

Degüello

ZZ Top

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

349

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

712

Overall Rank:

4,104

Average Rating:

76 (141 votes)

Comments:

70.

(GI)

Germs

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

341

Rank in 1979:

Rank in 1970s:

724

Overall Rank:

4,194

Average Rating:

72 (134 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
...
6
7
8
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 7 of 100

Best Albums of 1979 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	17	2%
Frank Zappa	5	1%
Steve Hillage	4	0%
The Residents	3	0%
Electric Light Orchestra	3	0%
Vangelis	3	0%
Herbie Hancock	3	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	363	36%
	255	26%
	40	4%
	37	4%
	36	4%
	34	3%
	26	3%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	951	95%
Yes	49	5%

Live?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

« View best albums of 1978View best albums of 1980 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Best Artists of 2018
1. Car Seat Headrest
2. Kids See Ghosts
3. Idles
4. Beach House
5. Daughters
6. Parquet Courts
7. MGMT
8. Kacey Musgraves
9. Arctic Monkeys
10. Earl Sweatshirt
11. Mitski
12. Janelle Monáe
13. Pusha T
14. SOPHIE
15. Denzel Curry
16. The 1975
17. Low
18. Julia Holter
19. Nicolas Jaar
20. Against All Logic