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Best Album of 1979

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  • The Clash - London Calling

    Votes: 14 23.3%

  • Pink Floyd - The Wall

    Votes: 14 23.3%

  • Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

    Votes: 4 6.7%

  • AC/DC - Highway to Hell

    Votes: 9 15.0%

  • Gang of Four - Entertainment!

    Votes: 3 5.0%

  • Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

    Votes: 12 20.0%

  • Led Zeppelin - In through the Out Door

    Votes: 3 5.0%

  • Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps

    Votes: 1 1.7%
  • Total voters
    60
From the list I'll take Unknown Pleasures but Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Damn the Torpedoes was THE best album of 1979! Another great one not mentioned is The Cars - Candy-O. Oh, and Fleetwood Mac's Tusk.
 
79 was big for the beginning of 2 Tone Ska. The Specials first self-titled album and Madness' first album, One Step Beyond, came out that year.
 
CHillDeac said:
From the list I'll take Unknown Pleasures but Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Damn the Torpedoes was THE best album of 1979! Another great one not mentioned is The Cars - Candy-O. Oh, and Fleetwood Mac's Tusk.
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pos rep!

I came here with Damn the torpedoes in mind. Hard to argue with Candy-O and Tusk. I voted for Off the Wall.
 
Going to commence listening to as many of these as I can before Radiohead at 11.
 
Go said:
I'm gonna write in Christopher Cross here.

Also Billy Joel had a great album come out in 1979
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The hipsters will laugh about your inclusion of Christopher Cross but I like it. Everyone knew someone who had a copy of that album. I went with The Clash but my favorite album from that year is probably Discovery by ELO.
So many awesome songs. How is that band not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?
 
BobStackFan4Life said:
The hipsters will laugh about your inclusion of Christopher Cross but I like it. Everyone knew someone who had a copy of that album. I went with The Clash but my favorite album from that year is probably Discovery by ELO.
So many awesome songs. How is that band not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?
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How about "Singles Going Steady" by the Buzzcocks?

I was at a party around 1980 when one of the girls played Christopher Cross' album one too many times. The guy's apartment was a few levels up and he had a patio. He promptly took his album off the turntable, walked to the patio over a park, and frisbeed that motherfucker about 100 feet away to the cheers of many of us. Of course, we retrieved it the next morning so "Sailing" could live another day.
 
This week on SiriusXM on the 1970's channel on the Kasey Casem countdown it is this week in 1979. It brought back quite a few memories as this reminds me of listening to the radio on the way to see the Deacs on their memorable run to the Tangerine Bowl.

40: GOOD FRIEND - MARY MacGREGOR
39: GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY - BOB DYLAN
38: GOOD TIMES - CHIC
37: PLEASE DON'T GO - K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND
36: MIDNIGHT WIND - JOHN STEWART
LDD: YOU'RE SIXTEEN - RINGO STARR
35: THIS NIGHT WON'T LAST FOREVER - MICHAEL JOHNSON
34: HOLD ON - IAN GOMM
33: I KNOW A HEARTACHE WHEN I SEE ONE - JENNIFER WARNES
AT40 ARCHIVES: FALLIN' IN LOVE - HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYNOLDS
32: COME TO ME - FRANCE JOLIE
31: ROLENE - MOON MARTIN
30: ARROW THROUGH ME - WINGS
29: LEAD ME ON - MAXINE NIGHTINGALE
28: WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS FALLING IN LOVE - LOBO
27: GOOD GIRLS DON'T - THE KNACK
26: DEPENDIN' ON YOU - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
AT40 EXTRA: OH PRETTY WOMAN - ROY ORBISON
25: YOU DECORATED MY LIFE - KENNY ROGERS
24: DIRTY WHITE BOY - FOREIGNER
23: GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME - GERRY RAFFERTY
22: WHAT'CHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN - STEPHANIE MILLS
AT40 ARCHIVES: GET DOWN TONIGHT - K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND
21: LOVIN', TOUCHIN', SQUEEZIN' - JOURNEY
20: SPOOKY - ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION
19: THE BOSS - DIANA ROSS
18: DIFFERENT WORLDS - MAUREEN McGOVERN
17: THE DEVIL WENT TO GEORGIA - CHARLIE DANIELS BAND
16: BORN TO BE ALIVE - PATRICK HERNANDEZ
15: DRIVER'S SEAT - SNIFF & THE TEARS
14: BAD CASE OF LOVIN' YOU - ROBERT PALMER
13: HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU - BONNIE POINTER
LDD: WISHING YOU WERE HERE - CHICAGO
12: CRUEL TO BE KIND - NICK LOWE
AT40 ARCHIVE: RHINESTONE COWBOY - GLEN CAMPBELL
11: DON'T BRING ME DOWN - ELO
10: DIM ALL THE LIGHTS - DONNA SUMMER
9: AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
8: POP MUZIK - "M"
7: I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN - DIONNE WARWICK
6: LONESOME LOSER - LITTLE RIVER BAND
5: SAIL ON - THE COMMODORES
4: MY SHARONA - THE KNACK
3: RISE - HERB ALPERT
2: DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH - MICHAEL JACKSON
1: SAD EYES - ROBERT JOHN
 
I would have voted for "Regatta de Blanc" from The Police had it been an option.
 
kennylogginsfan said:
This week on SiriusXM on the 1970's channel on the Kasey Casem countdown it is this week in 1979. It brought back quite a few memories as this reminds me of listening to the radio on the way to see the Deacs on their memorable run to the Tangerine Bowl.
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Nice. The Knack with two songs in the Top 40 at the same time. This might be favorite song in that list.
 
I love "Cruel to be Kind"
 
Awesome countdown and I think a week or two later the Eagles debuted at 15 with Heartache Tonight from "The Long Run", another solid album that year...
kennylogginsfan said:
This week on SiriusXM on the 1970's channel on the Kasey Casem countdown it is this week in 1979. It brought back quite a few memories as this reminds me of listening to the radio on the way to see the Deacs on their memorable run to the Tangerine Bowl.

40: GOOD FRIEND - MARY MacGREGOR
39: GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY - BOB DYLAN
38: GOOD TIMES - CHIC
37: PLEASE DON'T GO - K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND
36: MIDNIGHT WIND - JOHN STEWART
LDD: YOU'RE SIXTEEN - RINGO STARR
35: THIS NIGHT WON'T LAST FOREVER - MICHAEL JOHNSON
34: HOLD ON - IAN GOMM
33: I KNOW A HEARTACHE WHEN I SEE ONE - JENNIFER WARNES
AT40 ARCHIVES: FALLIN' IN LOVE - HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & REYNOLDS
32: COME TO ME - FRANCE JOLIE
31: ROLENE - MOON MARTIN
30: ARROW THROUGH ME - WINGS
29: LEAD ME ON - MAXINE NIGHTINGALE
28: WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS FALLING IN LOVE - LOBO
27: GOOD GIRLS DON'T - THE KNACK
26: DEPENDIN' ON YOU - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
AT40 EXTRA: OH PRETTY WOMAN - ROY ORBISON
25: YOU DECORATED MY LIFE - KENNY ROGERS
24: DIRTY WHITE BOY - FOREIGNER
23: GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME - GERRY RAFFERTY
22: WHAT'CHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN - STEPHANIE MILLS
AT40 ARCHIVES: GET DOWN TONIGHT - K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND
21: LOVIN', TOUCHIN', SQUEEZIN' - JOURNEY
20: SPOOKY - ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION
19: THE BOSS - DIANA ROSS
18: DIFFERENT WORLDS - MAUREEN McGOVERN
17: THE DEVIL WENT TO GEORGIA - CHARLIE DANIELS BAND
16: BORN TO BE ALIVE - PATRICK HERNANDEZ
15: DRIVER'S SEAT - SNIFF & THE TEARS
14: BAD CASE OF LOVIN' YOU - ROBERT PALMER
13: HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU - BONNIE POINTER
LDD: WISHING YOU WERE HERE - CHICAGO
12: CRUEL TO BE KIND - NICK LOWE
AT40 ARCHIVE: RHINESTONE COWBOY - GLEN CAMPBELL
11: DON'T BRING ME DOWN - ELO
10: DIM ALL THE LIGHTS - DONNA SUMMER
9: AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
8: POP MUZIK - "M"
7: I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN - DIONNE WARWICK
6: LONESOME LOSER - LITTLE RIVER BAND
5: SAIL ON - THE COMMODORES
4: MY SHARONA - THE KNACK
3: RISE - HERB ALPERT
2: DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH - MICHAEL JACKSON
1: SAD EYES - ROBERT JOHN
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In Through the Out Door, amazing album. Zeppelin lives, they need to have a reunion tour and get Dave Grohl on the drums.
 
Good poll.

A best movie of 1994 poll would probably elicit some similar thoughts.
 
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