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Best of 1979

I dug a lot of the Power Pop, New Wave, Post-Punk and experimental shit that was warning of the 80's. Overall year rating: 3/5

95

Flamin' Groovies
Jumpin' In The Night

Power Pop

94

The Motels
Motels

New Wave

93

Saga (CAN)
Images at Twilight

Progressive Rock

92

Sun Ra
Sleeping Beauty

Jazz Fusion

91

AC/DC
Highway To Hell

Hard Rock

90

The Allman Brothers Band
Enlightened Rogues

Southern Rock

89

Graham Parker
Squeezing Out Sparks

Pub Rock

88

Steve Howe
The Steve Howe Album

Progressive Rock

87

The Police
Reggatta de Blanc

New Wave

86

Triumph
Just a Game

Hard Rock

85

Madness
One Step Beyond

2 Tone

84

The Knack
Get the Knack

Power Pop

83

Earth, Wind and Fire
I Am

Funk

82

The Cars
Candy-O

New Wave

81

The Undertones
The Undertones

Pop Punk

80

Michael Jackson
Off the Wall

Disco

79

Bee Gees
Spirits Having Flown

Disco

78

Van Halen
Van Halen II

Hard Rock

77

Nazareth
No Mean City

Hard Rock

76

Frank Zappa
Sheik Yerbouti

Art Rock

75

ZZ Top
Degüello

Blues Rock

74

The Fall
Live At The Witch Trials

Post-Punk

73

Ian Hunter
You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic

Glam Rock

72

Blondie
Eat to the Beat

New Wave

71

Riot
Narita

Hard Rock

70

The Jam
Setting Sons

Mod Revival

69

Crass
The Feeding of the 5000

Anarcho-Punk

68

Black Uhuru
Showcase / Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Roots Reggae

67

Nick Lowe
Labour of Lust

Power Pop

66

The Ruts
The Crack

Punk Rock

65

Adam and the Ants
Dirk Wears White Sox

Post-Punk

64

Rory Gallagher
Top Priority

Blues Rock

63

Richard Lloyd
Alchemy

Power Pop

62

Pink Floyd
The Wall

Rock Opera

61

Scorpions
Lovedrive

Hard Rock

60

The Desperate Bicycles
Remorse Code

Post-Punk

59

Chic
Risqué

Disco

58

Klaus Schulze
Dune

Berlin School

57

Magazine
Secondhand Daylight

Post-Punk

55

Prince
Prince

Pop Soul

54

Tangerine Dream
Force Majeure

Progressive Electronic

53

Devo
Duty Now For The Future

New Wave

52

The Pop Group
Y

Experimental Rock

51

The Specials
Specials

2 Tone

50

Eloy
Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes

Progressive Rock

49

Rainbow
Down To Earth

Hard Rock

48

Swell Maps
A Trip to Marineville

Art Punk

47

Molly Hatchet
Flirtin' With Disaster

Southern Rock

46

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Damn The Torpedoes

Heartland Rock

45

The Toms
The Toms

Power Pop

44

Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine

Post-Punk

43

The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys

Post-Punk

42

The Last
L.A. Explosion!

Power Pop

41

The B-52s
The B-52's

New Wave

40

Misfits
Night of the Living Dead

Horror Punk

39

Pere Ubu
New Picnic Time

Art Punk

38

The Stranglers
The Raven

New Wave

37

Electric Sun
Earthquake

Hard Rock

36

Elvis Costello
Armed Forces

New Wave

35

The Beat
The Beat

Power Pop

34

Cheap Trick
Dream Police

Power Pop

33

Joe Jackson
I'm The Man

New Wave

32

Public Image Ltd.
Metal Box

Experimental Rock

31

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks

No Wave

30

Misfits
Horror Business

Horror Punk

29

Gang of Four
Entertainment!

Post-Punk

28

David Bowie
Lodger

Art Rock

27

Buzzcocks
A Different Kind of Tension

Punk Rock

26

The Clash
London Calling

Punk Rock

25

The Boomtown Rats
The Fine Art of Surfacing

New Wave

24

Motorhead
Bomber

Heavy Metal

23

Thin Lizzy
Black Rose: A Rock Legend

Hard Rock

22

The Raincoats
The Raincoats

Post-Punk

21

Legend (USA)
From the Fjords

Heavy Metal

20

XTC
Drums And Wires

New Wave

19

The Only Ones
Even Serpents Shine

Power Pop

18

Tubeway Army
Replicas

Synthpop

17

The Cramps
Gravest Hits

Psychobilly

16

Supertramp
Breakfast in America

Progressive Pop

15

Blackfoot
Strikes

Southern Rock

14

Gary Numan
The Pleasure Principle

Synthpop

13

James Chance and the Contortions
Buy

No Wave

12

The Human League
Reproduction

Synthpop

11

This Heat
This Heat

Experimental Rock

10

Sparks
No. 1 in Heaven

Electro-Disco

9

The Soft Boys
A Can of Bees

Post-Punk

8

Wire
154

Art Punk

7

The Records
Shades in Bed

Power Pop

6

Motorhead
Overkill

Heavy Metal

5

The Damned
Machine Gun Etiquette

Punk Rock

4

Yellow Magic Orchestra
Solid State Survivor

Synthpop

3

Talking Heads
Fear of Music

New Wave

2

Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures

Post-Punk

1

Joe Jackson
Look Sharp!

Power Pop

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