1979 Post-Punk Album Releases

1979

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Jun 14

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures

88

critic score

(5)

88

user score

(2,065)

Aug 3

Talking Heads - Fear of Music

96

critic score

(5)

86

user score

(730)

May 11

The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys

Three Imaginary Boys

80

critic score

(2)

74

user score

(429)

Sep 25

Gang of Four - Entertainment!

94

critic score

(4)

85

user score

(414)

Nov 23

Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

95

critic score

(2)

83

user score

(208)

Sep 1

94

critic score

(3)

85

user score

(198)

Apr 20

The Pop Group - Y

85

critic score

(2)

81

user score

(193)

Sep 7

The Slits - Cut

88

critic score

(3)

80

user score

(116)

Nov 3

The Raincoats - The Raincoats

90

critic score

(4)

79

user score

(114)

Mar 16

The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials

Live at the Witch Trials

84

critic score

(3)

81

user score

(78)

Oct 26

The Fall - Dragnet

82

critic score

(3)

78

user score

(51)

Jun 1

Devo - Duty Now for the Future

Duty Now for the Future

65

critic score

(2)

71

user score

(43)

Oct 7

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Join Hands

Siouxsie and the Banshees

45

critic score

(2)

69

user score

(42)

Jul 1

Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville

A Trip to Marineville

80

critic score

(1)

78

user score

(40)

Aug 6

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

Bela Lugosi's Dead

93

user score

(28)

Mar 15

Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves

Half Machine Lip Moves

80

critic score

(1)

76

user score

(27)

Oct

Joy Division - Transmission

95

user score

(26)

Mar 15

The Boys Next Door - Door, Door

The Boys Next Door

80

critic score

(1)

73

user score

(25)

Mar 30

Magazine - Secondhand Daylight

Secondhand Daylight

80

critic score

(1)

75

user score

(25)

Jan 1

The Soft Boys - A Can of Bees

78

critic score

(3)

73

user score

(18)

1979

The Flying Lizards - The Flying Lizards

The Flying Lizards

The Flying Lizards

60

critic score

(1)

77

user score

(17)

1979

Talking Heads - Cities

90

user score

(13)

Oct 11

Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony

Real to Real Cacophony

88

critic score

(2)

71

user score

(13)

1979

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

85

user score

(12)

Jan 1

Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition

Public Image Ltd.

100

critic score

(1)

88

user score

(12)

Sep 1

Pere Ubu - New Picnic Time

New Picnic Time

70

critic score

(2)

74

user score

(12)

1979

Aunt Sally - Aunt Sally

75

user score

(10)

Apr 1

Simple Minds - Life in a Day

50

critic score

(1)

66

user score

(9)

Oct 26

Killing Joke - Almost Red

72

user score

(4)

Jul

Black Randy & The Metrosquad - Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie.

Black Randy & The Metrosquad

Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie.

72

user score

(3)

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Mar 23

Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Staircase (Mystery)

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Staircase (Mystery)

78

user score

(2)

Sep

38

user score

(2)

1979

The Doll - Desire Me

80

user score

(1)

Sep 1

Pylon - Cool / Dub

85

user score

(1)

Sep 7

A.D. 1984 - The Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming!

70

user score

(1)

Nov

Hobbies Of Today - Metal Boys

Hobbies Of Today

70

user score

(1)

1979

C.O.M.A. - C.O.M.A.

Feb

The Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas / Camera Camera / Kirkby Workers Dream Fades

The Teardrop Explodes

Sleeping Gas / Camera Camera / Kirkby Workers Dream Fades

May

Alternative TV - The Force Is Blind

The Force Is Blind

Aug

The Associates - Boys Keep Swinging

Boys Keep Swinging

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