Best Albums of 1979
Explore the best albums of 1979, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"Whenever my house is empty and I'm doing homework I blast this album from my PA system and the second the album reaches "Train in Vain" I get out of my chair and dance around my entire house. So... basically the only bad thing I can say about this album is it makes doing homework very unproductive." [+] Reply
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nachosbob | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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"The Wall always reminds me of "The White Album" by the Beatles because, aside from the obvious things like the white cover and the double disc, they're both huge collections of very diverse songs, with some of the band's lowest points and also some of their most brilliant." Reply
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swhaze | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (9 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1979
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"A brooding masterpiece. Like Jim Morrison and The Doors captured L.A in their music and lyrics, so Ian Curtis and Joy Division do the same with Manchester. Unknown pleasures, is a dark record of alienation, loneliness and foreboding. You cannot fail to be drawn into the eerie atmosphere as Curtis..." [+] Reply
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1979
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"Seeing the patchy Remain In Light album rated head and shoulders above this stunner leaves me puzzled and scratching my head." Reply
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1979
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6,626
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"78/100?? Shame on you BEA... The masses love this album, the critics love this album. It deserves at least 85/100." Reply
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1979
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"I really like this record. The sum being greater than specific individual tracks. Great sound, pounding bass & rhythm section. Pulsating & pierces the soul. I enjoy listening to this album quite often. It never moves too far from the "regular rotation pile". Reminds some of The Talking Heads whom..." [+] Reply
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1979
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4,639
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"Not a perfect album, but Logical Song is one of the finest crafted songs in history and anyone on Earth can immediately relate to it. The title track is a lot of fun too and everyone seems to know the hook without knowing the actual song or band, thanks to some rap group in the 2000's that covere..." [+] Reply
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1979
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"A true classic of the hard rock era. Not a whole lot of depth here, but plenty of not so clean, good fun." Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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"With 'Rust Never Sleeps' Neil combines his innovative and distinctive guitar style and vocals with highly evocative lyricism and memorable melodies, best illustrated on the cryptic acoustic masterpiece 'Thrasher'. Shot through with rich imagery and metaphor, this bitter satire is one of rocks gre..." [+] Reply
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1979
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4,003
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"How possible so low position in the ranking?! This is definitely one of the peaks of entire music, despite on the tastes." Reply
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IlMala | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1979
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 1979 composition
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| Various Artists | 17 | 2% | |
| Frank Zappa | 5 | 1% | |
| Steve Hillage | 4 | 0% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Fela Kuti | 3 | 0% | |
| Motörhead | 3 | 0% | |
| Vangelis | 3 | 0% | |
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364 | 36% | |
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246 | 25% | |
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41 | 4% | |
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41 | 4% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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