Top 95 Music Albums of 1979 by cronadigallina

• Chart updated: 01/02/2023 16:15
• (Created: 02/15/2020 21:08).
• Chart size: 95 albums.

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Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,920 charts

Rank Score:

24,989

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

37

Average Rating:

 87 (2,275 votes)

Comments:

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London Calling 

 The Clash

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,756 charts

Rank Score:

36,003

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,086 votes)

Comments:

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Specials 

 The Specials

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

380 charts

Rank Score:

2,035

Rank in 1979:

15

Rank in 1970s:

190

Overall Rank:

884

Average Rating:

 78 (452 votes)

Comments:

20

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Live (X-Cert) 
Live

 The Stranglers

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

37

Rank in 1979:

293

Rank in 1970s:

2,970

Overall Rank:

25,018

Average Rating:

 73 (13 votes)

Comments:

1

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Three Imaginary Boys 

 The Cure

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

257 charts

Rank Score:

1,166

Rank in 1979:

25

Rank in 1970s:

294

Overall Rank:

1,493

Average Rating:

 76 (404 votes)

Comments:

16

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Reggatta De Blanc 

 The Police

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

426 charts

Rank Score:

2,606

Rank in 1979:

11

Rank in 1970s:

160

Overall Rank:

696

Average Rating:

 78 (598 votes)

Comments:

29

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It's Alive 
Live

 Ramones

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

403

Rank in 1979:

63

Rank in 1970s:

638

Overall Rank:

3,623

Average Rating:

 78 (128 votes)

Comments:

6

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Highway To Hell 

 AC/DC

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

623 charts

Rank Score:

4,500

Rank in 1979:

9

Rank in 1970s:

97

Overall Rank:

397

Average Rating:

 78 (995 votes)

Comments:

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The Wall 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,207 charts

Rank Score:

30,115

Rank in 1979:

2

Rank in 1970s:

7

Overall Rank:

29

Average Rating:

 87 (3,415 votes)

Comments:

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One Step Beyond... 

 Madness

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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2020]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

189 charts

Rank Score:

681

Rank in 1979:

44

Rank in 1970s:

451

Overall Rank:

2,360

Average Rating:

 76 (203 votes)

Comments:

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Top 95 Music Albums of 1979 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Flame Dream	2	2%
The Fall	2	2%
Bob Dylan	2	2%
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	2%
The Stranglers	2	2%
UFO	1	1%
Stiff Little Fingers	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	45	47%
	31	33%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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Top 95 Music Albums of 1979 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 72nd to 73rd Calatea by Flame Dream
Down 1 from 73rd to 74th The Beat by The Beat (US)
Down 1 from 74th to 75th Mystic Man by Peter Tosh

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Strangers In The Night by UFO

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100/100	12/21/2020 21:57	sssvnnn	2,829	83/100
90/100	05/09/2020 22:37	Leonard	322	88/100

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From sssvnnn 12/21/2020 22:07

Brilliant chart.
So many rare and good choices: John Cale: Sabotage, Ludwig Hirsch, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Loudon Wainwright III or Tuxedomoon.
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