Top-rated albums of 1979

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1979 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

London Calling 

 The Clash

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,757 charts

Rank Score:

35,914

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,093 votes)

Comments:

256

2.

The Wall 

 Pink Floyd

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,206 charts

Rank Score:

29,904

Rank in 1979:

2

Rank in 1970s:

7

Overall Rank:

29

Average Rating:

 87 (3,420 votes)

Comments:

261

3.

Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,918 charts

Rank Score:

24,841

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

37

Average Rating:

 86 (2,281 votes)

Comments:

189

4.

Rust Never Sleeps 
Live

 Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

647 charts

Rank Score:

4,645

Rank in 1979:

8

Rank in 1970s:

94

Overall Rank:

385

Average Rating:

 84 (860 votes)

Comments:

43

5.

Fear Of Music 

 Talking Heads

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

842 charts

Rank Score:

7,248

Rank in 1979:

4

Rank in 1970s:

56

Overall Rank:

234

Average Rating:

 84 (1,064 votes)

Comments:

49

6.

Breakfast In America 

 Supertramp

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

609 charts

Rank Score:

5,050

Rank in 1979:

5

Rank in 1970s:

90

Overall Rank:

355

Average Rating:

 82 (783 votes)

Comments:

56

7.

Live Rust 
Live

 Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,180

Rank in 1979:

25

Rank in 1970s:

292

Overall Rank:

1,469

Average Rating:

 82 (341 votes)

Comments:

10

8.

Entertainment! 

 Gang Of Four

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

659 charts

Rank Score:

5,029

Rank in 1979:

6

Rank in 1970s:

91

Overall Rank:

359

Average Rating:

 81 (739 votes)

Comments:

43

9.

Greatest Hits 1972-1978 
Compilation

 10cc

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

34

Rank in 1979:

303

Rank in 1970s:

3,066

Overall Rank:

26,239

Average Rating:

 81 (24 votes)

Comments:

0

10.

Overkill 

 Motörhead

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

191 charts

Rank Score:

1,039

Rank in 1979:

29

Rank in 1970s:

327

Overall Rank:

1,646

Average Rating:

 80 (239 votes)

Comments:

13

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).