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The Best Music of 1979
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1979. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1979, check out this list.
Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
AC/DC | Highway to Hell | ☆ |
Amy Grant | My Father's Eyes | ☆ |
April Wine | Harder … Faster | ☆ |
Bette Midler | The Rose: The Original Soundtrack Recording | ☆ |
Cheap Trick | Dream Police | ☆ |
Chic | Risqué | ☆ |
Christopher Cross | Christopher Cross | ☆ |
D.A.F. | Ein Produkt der Deutsch- Amerikanischen Freundschaft | ☆ |
David Bowie | Lodger | ☆ |
Diana Ross | The Boss | ☆ |
Donna Summer | Bad Girls | ☆ |
Earth, WInd & Fire | I Am | ☆ |
Electric Light Orchestra | Discovery | ☆ |
Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Armed Forces | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Tusk | ☆ |
Foreigner | Head Games | ☆ |
Frank Zappa | Joe's Garage | ☆ |
Funkadelic | Uncle Jam Wants You | ☆ |
Gang of Four | Entertainment! | ☆ |
Gary Numan | The Pleasure Principle | ☆ |
Graham Parker & The Rumour | Squeezing Out Sparks | ☆ |
Herb Alpert | Rise | ☆ |
Jimmy Buffett | Volcano | ☆ |
Joe Jackson | Look Sharp! | ☆ |
John Carpenter | Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ☆ |
Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures | ☆ |
Kenny Loggins | Keep the Fire | ☆ |
KISS | Dynasty | ☆ |
Kool and the Gang | Ladies' Night | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | In Through The Out Door | ☆ |
Madness | One Step Beyond... | ☆ |
Marianne Faithfull | Broken English | ☆ |
Michael Jackson | Off the Wall | ☆ |
Millie Jackson | Live & Uncensored | ☆ |
Motörhead | Overkill | ☆ |
Motörhead | Bomber | ☆ |
Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Rust Never Sleeps | ☆ |
Nick Lowe | Labour of Lust | ☆ |
Original Broadway Cast | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | ☆ |
Original Broadway Cast | Evita | ☆ |
Pat Benatar | In the Heat of the Night | ☆ |
Pere Ubu | New Picnic Time | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | The Wall | ☆ |
Public Image Ltd. | Metal Box | ☆ |
Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | ☆ |
Robin Williams | Reality... What a Concept | ☆ |
Roxy Music | Manifesto | ☆ |
Sister Sledge | We Are Family | ☆ |
Smokey Robinson | Where There's Smoke... | ☆ |
Sparks | No. 1 in Heaven | ☆ |
Squeeze | Cool for Cats | ☆ |
Styx | Cornerstone | ☆ |
Supertramp | Breakfast in America | ☆ |
Talking Heads | Fear Of Music | ☆ |
Teddy Pendergrass | Teddy | ☆ |
The B-52's | The B-52's | ☆ |
The Cars | Candy-O | ☆ |
The Clash | London Calling | ☆ |
The Cure | Three Imaginary Boys | ☆ |
The Damned | Machine Gun Etiquette | ☆ |
The Eagles | The Long Run | ☆ |
The Germs | (GI) | ☆ |
The Knack | Get The Knack | ☆ |
The Police | Reggatta de Blanc | ☆ |
The Slits | Cut | ☆ |
The Specials | Specials | ☆ |
Thin Lizzy | Black Rose: A Rock Legend | ☆ |
Throbbing Gristle | 20 Jazz Funk Greats | ☆ |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Damn the Torpedoes | ☆ |
Tubeway Army | Replicas | ☆ |
UFO | Strangers in the Night | ☆ |
Van Halen | Van Halen II | ☆ |
Wire | 154 | ☆ |
XTC | Drums and Wires | ☆ |
Yellow Magic Orchestra | Solid State Survivor | ☆ |
ZZ Top | Degüello | ☆ |
Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
ABBA | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) | ☆ |
AC/DC | Highway To Hell | ☆ |
Anita Ward | Ring My Bell | ☆ |
Atlanta Rhythm Section | Spooky | ☆ |
Bad Company | Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy | ☆ |
Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer | No More Tears (Enough is Enough) | ☆ |
Bauhaus | Bela Lugosi's Dead | ☆ |
Bette Midler | The Rose | ☆ |
Blackfoot | Highway Song | ☆ |
Blondie | Dreaming | ☆ |
Bruce Cockburn | Wondering Where The Lions Are | ☆ |
Cheap Trick | Dream Police | ☆ |
Chic | Good Times | ☆ |
Christopher Cross | Sailing | ☆ |
Christopher Cross | Ride Like the Wind | ☆ |
Dave Edmunds | Girls Talk | ☆ |
Dead Kennedys | California Uber Alles | ☆ |
Dionne Warwick | Déjà Vu | ☆ |
Donna Summer | Hot Stuff | ☆ |
Donna Summer | Bad Girls | ☆ |
Donna Summer | On the Radio | ☆ |
Donna Summer | Dim All the Lights | ☆ |
Earth, Wind & Fire | After the Love Has Gone | ☆ |
Earth, Wind & Fire feat. The Emotions | Boogie Wonderland | ☆ |
Electric Light Orchestra | Don't Bring Me Down | ☆ |
Elvis Costello & The Attractions | (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding | ☆ |
Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Oliver's Army | ☆ |
Eric Idle | Always Look on the Bright Side of Life | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Tusk | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Sara | ☆ |
Foreigner | Head Games | ☆ |
Foreigner | Dirty White Boy | ☆ |
Frank Mills | Music Box Dancer | ☆ |
Frank Zappa | Joe's Garage | ☆ |
Funkadelic | (Not Just) Knee Deep | ☆ |
Gang Of Four | At Home He's a Tourist | ☆ |
Gang of Four | Natural's Not in It | ☆ |
Gary Numan | Cars | ☆ |
Herb Alpert | Rise | ☆ |
Ian Hunter | Cleveland Rocks | ☆ |
Jefferson Starship | Jane | ☆ |
Jimmy Buffett | Volcano | ☆ |
Jimmy Buffett | Fins | ☆ |
John Mellencamp | I Need a Lover | ☆ |
Journey | Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' | ☆ |
Journey | Just the Same Way | ☆ |
Joy Division | Shadowplay | ☆ |
Joy Division | Disorder | ☆ |
Joy Division | She's Lost Control | ☆ |
Joy Division | New Dawn Fades | ☆ |
Joy Division | Transmission | ☆ |
Kenny Loggins | This Is It | ☆ |
Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) | Rainbow Connection | ☆ |
KISS | I Was Made for Lovin' You | ☆ |
Kool and the Gang | Ladies' Night | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | All My Love | ☆ |
Led Zeppelin | Fool In the Rain | ☆ |
Lipps Inc. | Funkytown | ☆ |
Little River Band | Lonesome Loser | ☆ |
M | Pop Muzik | ☆ |
Marianne Faithfull | Broken English | ☆ |
McFadden & Whitehead | Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now | ☆ |
Michael Jackson | Don't Stop Til You Get Enough | ☆ |
Michael Jackson | Rock With You | ☆ |
Motörhead | Overkill | ☆ |
Neil Young | Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) | ☆ |
Neil Young | My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) | ☆ |
Nick Lowe | Cruel To Be Kind | ☆ |
Pat Benatar | Heartbreaker | ☆ |
Patti Smith | Dancing Barefoot | ☆ |
Paul McCartney | Wonderful Christmastime | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Comfortably Numb | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Hey You | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Run Like Hell | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | Young Lust | ☆ |
Prince | I Wanna Be Your Lover | ☆ |
Rainbow | Since You've Been Gone | ☆ |
Ramones | Rock 'n' Roll High School | ☆ |
Rickie Lee Jones | Chuck E.'s in Love | ☆ |
Rupert Holmes | Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | ☆ |
Sister Sledge | We Are Family | ☆ |
Sister Sledge | He's the Greatest Dancer | ☆ |
Smokey Robinson | Cruisin' | ☆ |
Sparks | Tryouts for the Human Race | ☆ |
Sparks | The Number One Song in Heaven | ☆ |
Squeeze | Up the Junction | ☆ |
Stiff Little Fingers | Alternative Ulster | ☆ |
Styx | Babe | ☆ |
Suicide | Dream Baby Dream | ☆ |
Supertramp | Goodbye Stranger | ☆ |
Supertramp | Breakfast in America | ☆ |
Supertramp | The Logical Song | ☆ |
Supertramp | Take the Long Way Home | ☆ |
Talking Heads | Life During Wartime | ☆ |
The B-52's | Planet Claire | ☆ |
The B-52's | 52 Girls | ☆ |
The Bee Gees | Tragedy | ☆ |
The Boomtown Rats | I Don't Like Mondays | ☆ |
The Buggles | Video Killed The Radio Star | ☆ |
The Cars | Let's Go | ☆ |
The Charlie Daniels Band | The Devil Went Down To Georgia | ☆ |
The Clash | London Calling | ☆ |
The Clash | Train In Vain (Stand By Me) | ☆ |
The Clash | I Fought The Law | ☆ |
The Clash | The Guns of Brixton | ☆ |
The Clash | Lost in the Supermarket | ☆ |
The Clash | Rudie Can't Fail | ☆ |
The Clash | Clampdown | ☆ |
The Cure | Boys Don't Cry | ☆ |
The Damned | Smash it Up | ☆ |
The Damned | Love Song | ☆ |
The Eagles | The Long Run | ☆ |
The Eagles | Heartache Tonight | ☆ |
The Jam | The Eton Riffles | ☆ |
The Knack | My Sharona | ☆ |
The Misfits | Where Eagles Dare | ☆ |
The Police | Message In A Bottle | ☆ |
The Police | Walking on the Moon | ☆ |
The Slits | Typical Girls | ☆ |
The Specials | A Message to You Rudy | ☆ |
The Spinners | Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl | ☆ |
The Sugarhill Gang | Rapper's Delight | ☆ |
The Village People | In the Navy | ☆ |
Throbbing Gristle | Hot on the Heels of Love | ☆ |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Refugee | ☆ |
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Don't Do Me Like That | ☆ |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Even The Losers | ☆ |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Here Comes My Girl | ☆ |
Tubeway Army | Are 'Friends' Electric? | ☆ |
Van Halen | Dance the Night Away | ☆ |
Willie Nelson | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | ☆ |
XTC | Making Plans For Nigel | ☆ |
ZZ Top | Cheap Sunglasses | ☆ |
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