You know the drill by now. List as many or as few of your favorite albums from the year 1979. This covers all albums released between Jan 1, 1979 and Dec 31, 1979. Albums from other years that got big in 1979 don't count. Ok, do what thou wilt. Have fun! I've got a long list so I'm gonna put it on post #1.
Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors Van Halen -VH II Led Zeppelin- In Through The Out Door Pink Floyd - The Wall Cheap Trick - At Budokan Cheap Trick - Dream Police Bad Company - Desolation Angels Supertramp - Breakfast in America Journey - Evolution Kansas - Monolith The Who - Kids are Alright The Cars - Candy-O Styx - Cornerstone Tom Petty/Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts Plus many more. 1979 is easily my favorite year in music.
Alphabetical by artists: 1. The B-52's - The B-52's 2. Blondie - Eat To The Beat 3. The Boomtown Rats - The Fine Art Of Surfacing 4. David Bowie - Lodger 5. Buzzcocks - A Different Kind Of Tension 6. Cheap Trick - Dream Police 7. The Clash - London Calling 8. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces 9. The Dickies - The Incredible Shrinking Dickies 10. Marianne Faithful - Broken English 11. The Flamin' Groovies - Jumpin' In The Night 12. Steve Forbert - Jackrabbit Slim 13. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 14. The Kinks - Low Budget 15. Nick Lowe - Labour Of Lust 16. Patti Smith Group - Wave 17. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes 18. Shoes - Present Tense 19. The Soft Boys - A Can Of Bees 20. The Specials - Specials 21. Squeeze - Cool For Cats 22. Supertramp - Breakfast In America 23. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music 24. Wings - Back To The Egg 25. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
London Calling - The Clash Armed Forces - Elvis Costello The B-52s - The B-52s Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson Eat to the Beat - Blondie Labour of Lust - Nick Lowe Repeat When Necessary - Dave Edmunds Squeezing Out Sparks - Graham Parker Get the Knack - The Knack 1979 - A Great year for music!
Definitely a great year for music. Here are my top 15 alphabetically: The Clash - "The Clash" (U.S. debut album) Bob Dylan - "Slow Train Coming" Art Farmer & Jim Hall '- "Big Blues" Fleetwood Mac - "Tusk" Robert Fripp - "Exposure" Egberto Gismonti - "Solo" Michael Jackson - "Off the Wall" Led Zeppelin - "In Through the Out Door" Van Morrison - "Into the Music" Pink Floyd - "The Wall" Roxy Music - "Manifesto" The Shoes - "Present Tense" Tarney/Spencer Band - "Run for Your Life" Wings - "Back to the Egg" ZZ Top - "Degüello"
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming Bruce Cockburn - Dancing In The Dragon's Jaw The Clash - London Calling J. D. Souther - You're Only Lonely Marianne Faithful - Broken English Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps Peter Green - In The Skies Pink Floyd - The Wall The Police - Regatta De Blanc Rickie Lee Jones - self titled Ry Cooder - Bop Til You Drop Supertramp - Breakfast In America Talking Heads - Fear Of Music Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes Van Morrison - Into The Music It was actually a year were my music buying dropped off (two little kids can do that to you) but I still feel is a strong year in music.
I only have the first & last on your list. By 1979 I was listening mostly to jazz. In 1978 I moved to Athens, GA & soon saw the B-52s play, which explains #1. As for # 25, hey, it's Neil.
Just my three favorites: Jethro Tull - Stormwatch Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps Pink Floyd - The Wall
By the way, one of my Athens roommates was in a band (The Method Actors) which did a short English tour with The Soft Boys. Also by the way, Robyn Hitchcock lives here in Nashville now.
1. KISS - Dynasty 2. Neil Young – Rust Never sleeps 3. The Beach Boys – LA Light Album 4. Pink Floyd – The Wall 5. Led Zeppelin – In Through the Out Door 6. David Bowie – Lodger 7. Supertramp - Breakfast in America 8. Wings – Back to the Egg 9. Ramones - Road to Ruin 10. Brian Eno - Music for Airports
Off the Wall- Michael Jackson. I was 9 years old and played it over and over. Still my favorite album of his
Oh, that's kool. I've been lucky enough to see him a couple times, unfortunately always acoustic. I'd really love to see him with his band.
I would have gone with Singles Going Steady (one of my top 3 1979 albums) but I decided not to include compilations.
