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Best albums of 1979

Posted on 5/4/15 at 5:32 pm
Posted by DyeHardDylan
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 5:32 pm
1979 was one of the best years in music in the last 50 years. Some of my favorites

Breakfast in America - Supertramp
Reggata de Blanc - The Police
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
The Long Run - Eagles
In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin

Forgot to add
Highway to Hell - ACDC
Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

This post was edited on 5/4/15 at 5:44 pm
Posted by MrBobDobalina
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 6:07 pm to
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 6:17 pm to
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division
20 Jazz Funk Greats Throbbing Gristle
Sheik Yerbouti Frank Zappa
Joe's Garage Frank Zappa(zappa releasd 4 lps in '79)
Overkill Motörhead
New Values Iggy Pop
Discovery Electric Light Orchestra
In the Skies Peter Green
Entertainment! Gang of Four
Quadrophenia The Who
Broken English Marianne Faithful
Flirtin with Disaster Molly_Hatchet
Armed Forces Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Honorable Mention: Bauhaus released a debut sing "Bel Lugosi's Dead"





Posted by Fab4Freddy
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 6:22 pm to
ELO Discovery is awesome.
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 6:40 pm to
London Calling- The Clash

B52s- B52s
Undertones- Undertones
The Great Rock and Roll Swindle- Sex Pistols
Into the Music- Van Morrison
Setting Sons- The Jam
Reggata de Blanc - The Police
Communiqué- Dire Straits
Unknown Pleasures- Joy Division
Three Imaginary Boys- The Cure
Squeezing Out Sparks- Graham Parker
In Through the Out Door- Led Zeppelin



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Posted by bleeng
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 6:48 pm to










Posted by bleeng
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 6:50 pm to
quote:

Quadrophenia The Who
1973.
The movie came out in 1979.
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
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Posted by TigerJeff
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 8:08 pm to
Yeah. All good ones. Was Graham Parker's Squeezing out Sparks from that year? Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps?
Posted by Fab4Freddy
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 8:09 pm to
There ya go. What a great year for pop and rock. It was one of the first that I can actually remember keeping up with the charts. Christopher cross got SO MUCH HYPE.
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 8:16 pm to
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Christopher cross got SO MUCH HYPE.


He won 5 Grammy awards off that album. Not to mention an Oscar and Golden Globe in the same year.

And, as usual with most "Best New Artist" winners, he quickly faded into oblivion.
This post was edited on 5/4/15 at 8:18 pm
Posted by Fab4Freddy
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 8:23 pm to
Which is just laughable when you look at some of these: LINK

The stones and steely Dan were off this year with releases. And Fleetwood Mac I think- and bee gees. Left a lot of room for other artists to flourish.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 8:50 pm to
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 8:55 pm to
He swept the Grammys that year.

That album is fantastic.

Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 8:59 pm to
quote:

In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin


I remember when this album came out. I was a freshman at LSU and went in between classes to the Record Rink on College Drive and bought this record. I had no idea that my beloved Led Zeppelin could produce such a huge, steaming pile of suck. I had waited for months with bated breath for this LP; boy was I disappointed.
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 9:02 pm to
I gotta say..."In the Evening" is one hell of an opening track.

Posted by CrimsonFever
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 9:04 pm to
Most of those albums suck.
Posted by Fab4Freddy
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Posted on 5/4/15 at 9:19 pm to
Its a great album. No argument there, but there was a heckuva lot of great music that year.
Posted by BigOrangeBri
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