One of the very greatest years for music I'd say. Though every year between 1977 and 1982 was rather wonderful. Here's the Top Ten for 1979 from the Best Ever Albums site:
1. London Calling - The Clash
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
4. Gang of Four - Entertainment
5. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
6. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
7. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
8. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
9. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
10. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
And here's mine from records I own. An impossible task really. Almost any of the Top Ten could be top on a different day of the week. Here's my list today. Comfortably making another Top 25 for this year, I truly love every one of the Top 20 and there are lots more great records from this year I don't own that could easily have made the list .
1. . Gang of Four - Entertainment
2. London Calling - The Clash
3. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
4.. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
5. The B 52s - B52s
6. The Specials - The Specials
7. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces
8. The Raincoats - The Raincoats
9. The Undertones - The Undertones
10. The Slits - Cut
11. Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am
12. Misty & Roots - Live at the Counter Eurovision 79
13.Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
14. Patti Smith Group - Wave
15. The Stranglers - The Raven
16. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live Rust
17. Iggy Pop - New Values
18.The Fall - Live At The Witch Trials
19. Wire - 154
20. Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
21. The Only Ones - Only Serpents Shine
22. Chic - Risque
23. The Roches - The Roches
24. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
25. Madness - One Step Beyond
Honorable mentions. Eat To The Beat, Drums & Wires, Rickie Lee Jones, Off The Wall, (which I should have), Quiet Life, Metal Box, Y, Setting Sons, Lodger, Replicas, Three Imaginary Boys, Reggatta De Blanc Staggering frankly.
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