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2018
List Aggregate
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1979 Album Releases
1978
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1979
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Type
Compilation
(9)
EP
(5)
Live
(11)
LP
(305)
Single
(14)
Soundtrack
(8)
Genre
Art Punk
(6)
Art Rock
(4)
Disco
(12)
Electronic
(16)
Experimental
(2)
Experimental Rock
(4)
Folk
(6)
Folk Rock
(3)
Funk
(3)
Hard Rock
(12)
Heavy Metal
(4)
Metal
(4)
New Wave
(22)
Pop
(22)
Pop Rock
(15)
Post-Punk
(22)
Power Pop
(4)
Progressive Rock
(5)
Punk
(7)
Punk Rock
(7)
Rock
(48)
Singer-Songwriter
(6)
Soft Rock
(3)
Soul
(3)
Synthpop
(5)
Jun 14
Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures
90
critic score
(6)
91
user score
(623)
Nov 30
Pink Floyd
The Wall
83
critic score
(3)
86
user score
(492)
Dec 14
The Clash
London Calling
100
critic score
(3)
90
user score
(379)
Aug 10
Michael Jackson
Off the Wall
98
critic score
(4)
87
user score
(205)
Aug 3
Talking Heads
Fear of Music
90
critic score
(1)
88
user score
(188)
May 18
David Bowie
Lodger
89
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(168)
Sep 1
Gang of Four
Entertainment!
94
critic score
(4)
89
user score
(110)
May 11
The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys
80
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(87)
Aug 3
AC/DC
Highway to Hell
90
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(81)
Aug 15
Led Zeppelin
In Through the Out Door
70
critic score
(3)
70
user score
(79)
Oct 12
Fleetwood Mac
Tusk
91
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(61)
Nov 23
Public Image Ltd.
Metal Box
96
critic score
(5)
85
user score
(59)
Sep 1
Wire
154
91
critic score
(2)
87
user score
(52)
Apr 20
The Pop Group
Y
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(50)
Oct 19
Prince
Prince
72
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(50)
Mar 29
Supertramp
Breakfast in America
75
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(38)
Jul 6
The B-52's
The B-52's
90
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(36)
Aug 17
XTC
Drums and Wires
90
critic score
(1)
87
user score
(35)
Oct 5
The Police
Reggatta de Blanc
60
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(35)
Oct 19
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Damn the Torpedoes
97
critic score
(5)
81
user score
(35)
Oct 10
The Specials
The Specials
100
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(33)
Dec 1
Throbbing Gristle
20 Jazz Funk Greats
100
critic score
(2)
87
user score
(33)
Sep 7
The Slits
Cut
88
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(32)
Jul 2
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Rust Never Sleeps
100
critic score
(1)
86
user score
(31)
Nov 3
The Raincoats
The Raincoats
93
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(31)
Aug 20
Bob Dylan
Slow Train Coming
68
critic score
(3)
65
user score
(29)
Sep 1
Buzzcocks
Singles Going Steady
100
critic score
(1)
88
user score
(29)
Sep 1
This Heat
This Heat
92
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(28)
Jan 5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Armed Forces
98
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(27)
Sep 25
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Solid State Survivor
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(27)
Mar 16
The Fall
Live at the Witch Trials
84
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(24)
Mar 24
Motörhead
Overkill
85
critic score
(2)
87
user score
(20)
Jun 13
The Cars
Candy-O
82
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(20)
Sep 1
James Chance & The Contortions
Buy
95
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(20)
Apr 23
ABBA
Voulez-Vous
70
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(19)
Sep 7
Gary Numan
The Pleasure Principle
84
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(19)
Sep 17
Frank Zappa
Joe's Garage Act I
75
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(19)
Feb 1
Marianne Faithfull
Broken English
85
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(18)
Dec 27
Pretenders
Pretenders
100
critic score
(3)
87
user score
(18)
Jan
Germs
(GI)
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(17)
Mar 3
Frank Zappa
Sheik Yerbouti
65
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(17)
Oct 4
Blondie
Eat to the Beat
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(17)
Oct 26
The Fall
Dragnet
82
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(17)
Mar 23
Van Halen
Van Halen II
85
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(15)
Apr 1
Iggy Pop
New Values
75
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(14)
Jun 1
Devo
Duty Now for the Future
70
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(14)
Jun 15
Dire Straits
Communiqué
50
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(14)
Sep 27
Leonard Cohen
Recent Songs
72
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(14)
May 1
The Undertones
The Undertones
90
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(13)
May 17
Patti Smith Group
Wave
65
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(13)
Sep
The Residents
Eskimo
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(13)
Sep 1
Sparks
No. 1 in Heaven
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(13)
1979
Robert Ashley
Automatic Writing
60
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(12)
Feb 1
Tangerine Dream
Force Majeure
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(12)
Jun 13
Joni Mitchell
Mingus
63
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(12)
Nov 17
The Jam
Setting Sons
100
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(12)
Jan 1
Philip Glass
Einstein on the Beach
95
critic score
(2)
90
user score
(11)
Mar 1
Roxy Music
Manifesto
72
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(11)
May 31
Electric Light Orchestra
Discovery
62
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(11)
Sep 4
Grace Jones
Muse
50
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(11)
Nov 1
Aerosmith
Night in the Ruts
35
critic score
(2)
56
user score
(11)
Nov 12
The Damned
Machine Gun Etiquette
87
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(11)
1979
Rita Lee
Rita Lee
60
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(10)
Jan 1
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Press Color
84
critic score
(3)
69
user score
(10)
Feb 5
Bee Gees
Spirits Having Flown
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(10)
Mar 5
Joe Jackson
Look Sharp!
100
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(10)
Apr 1
Tubeway Army
Replicas
85
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(10)
Jul 1
Can
Can
50
critic score
(1)
59
user score
(10)
Jul 1
Swell Maps
A Trip to Marineville
80
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(10)
Jul 30
Chic
Risqué
88
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(10)
Aug 6
Bauhaus
Bela Lugosi's Dead
90
user score
(10)
Sep 1
Buzzcocks
A Different Kind of Tension
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(10)
Sep 24
Eagles
The Long Run
60
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(10)
Oct 1
The Human League
Reproduction
60
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(10)
Mar 30
Magazine
Secondhand Daylight
80
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(9)
Apr 1
Lou Reed
The Bells
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(9)
Feb 20
George Harrison
George Harrison
55
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(8)
Feb 28
Crass
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
40
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(8)
Mar 15
The Boys Next Door
Door, Door
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(8)
Mar 19
The Beach Boys
L.A. (Light Album)
28
critic score
(3)
43
user score
(8)
Oct 13
Elton John
Victim of Love
30
critic score
(1)
28
user score
(8)
Oct 27
Motörhead
Bomber
80
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(8)
Jan 19
Frank Zappa
Sleep Dirt
65
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(7)
Apr 25
Donna Summer
Bad Girls
95
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(7)
Oct 1
Toto
Hydra
70
critic score
(1)
64
user score
(7)
Oct 2
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Survival
60
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(7)
Oct 7
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Join Hands
40
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(7)
Oct 19
Madness
One Step Beyond...
90
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(7)
Nov 23
Pink Floyd
Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
84
user score
(7)
Dec 1
Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(7)
Jan 1
Van Morrison
Into the Music
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(6)
May 23
KISS
Dynasty
40
critic score
(2)
39
user score
(6)
Jun 9
Earth, Wind & Fire
I Am
60
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(6)
Jun 11
The Knack
Get The Knack
75
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(6)
Jun 16
Camarón De La Isla
La leyenda del tiempo
93
user score
(6)
Jun 22
Queen
Live Killers
68
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(6)
Jul 1
The Cramps
Gravest Hits
65
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(6)
Aug
John Carpenter
Halloween
80
critic score
(1)
90
user score
(6)
Sep 21
The Stranglers
The Raven
70
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(6)
Oct 30
Stevie Wonder
Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"
75
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(6)
Jan 1
The Soft Boys
A Can of Bees
78
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(5)
Jan 1
Cluster
Grosses Wasser
68
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(5)
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