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2023
List Aggregate
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1979 Electronic Album Releases
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Aug 10
Michael Jackson
Off the Wall
98
critic score
(4)
87
user score
(2,418)
Apr 23
ABBA
Voulez-Vous
70
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(360)
Apr 25
Donna Summer
Bad Girls
95
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(291)
Sep 1
Sparks
No. 1 in Heaven
92
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(189)
Jun 9
Earth, Wind & Fire
I Am
60
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(144)
1979
Rita Lee
Rita Lee
60
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(140)
Nov 23
Pink Floyd
Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
89
user score
(119)
Jul 30
Chic
Risqué
88
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(116)
Aug 10
Michael Jackson
Rock with You
96
user score
(113)
Jul 10
Michael Jackson
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
94
user score
(98)
Jan 22
Sister Sledge
We Are Family
88
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(83)
Aug
John Carpenter
Halloween
80
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(68)
Feb 1
Tangerine Dream
Force Majeure
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(67)
Feb 5
Bee Gees
Spirits Having Flown
75
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(66)
Jan
Blondie
Heart of Glass
92
user score
(66)
Oct 12
ABBA
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
90
user score
(63)
Apr
Lou Reed
The Bells
80
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(53)
Oct 13
Elton John
Victim of Love
25
critic score
(2)
31
user score
(53)
Sep
The Sugarhill Gang
Rapper's Delight
83
user score
(43)
Oct 30
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
74
critic score
(4)
73
user score
(39)
Jan 25
Cher
Take Me Home
40
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(35)
May 23
Diana Ross
The Boss
70
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(33)
Sep 4
Grace Jones
Muse
50
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(32)
Nov
Lipps, Inc.
Mouth to Mouth
60
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(32)
Oct 23
Cabaret Voltaire
Mix Up
45
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(31)
Oct 21
山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]
Moonglow
82
user score
(29)
1979
Heldon
Stand By
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(29)
Oct 22
Cher
Prisoner
71
user score
(27)
Dec
Tuxedomoon
Half-Mute
90
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(26)
1979
Ann Steel
Ann Steel
77
user score
(26)
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Apr 13
Donna Summer
Hot Stuff
92
user score
(24)
Oct 15
Donna Summer
On the Radio (Greatest Hits, Volumes I & II)
90
critic score
(2)
87
user score
(24)
Jan 1
Cluster
Grosses Wasser
68
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(23)
Jul 2
ABBA
Voulez-Vous
90
user score
(19)
Jun 4
Chic
Good Times
89
user score
(16)
Jun 23
Donna Summer
Bad Girls
88
user score
(14)
Jul 2
ABBA
Angeleyes
94
user score
(13)
Nov 9
Electric Light Orchestra
Last Train to London
90
user score
(12)
Oct 1
Bee Gees
Bee Gees Greatest
83
critic score
(3)
90
user score
(12)
1979
Roberto Cacciapaglia
Sei note in logica
72
user score
(11)
May 6
Earth, Wind & Fire
Boogie Wonderland
87
user score
(10)
1979
Isaac Hayes
Don't Let Go
60
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(8)
Sep 6
Kool & The Gang
Ladies' Night
40
critic score
(1)
62
user score
(7)
1979
Dschinghis Khan
Dschinghis Khan
52
user score
(7)
Feb 1
Edwin Birdsong
Edwin Birdsong
71
user score
(6)
1979
M
Pop Muzik
84
user score
(6)
Nov 11
Village People
Go West
50
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(6)
Mar 16
Various Artists
The Warriors Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
83
user score
(5)
1979
Tuxedomoon
Scream With a View
77
user score
(5)
Oct 24
The Whispers
The Whispers
60
critic score
(1)
61
user score
(4)
1979
Jacno
Jacno
77
user score
(4)
1979
George Duke
Follow the Rainbow
90
critic score
(1)
63
user score
(4)
Oct
Fad Gadget
Back to Nature
83
user score
(4)
1979
Anita Ward
Songs of Love
60
critic score
(1)
62
user score
(3)
1979
Material
Temporary Music 1
78
user score
(3)
Oct 29
ABBA
Greatest Hits Vol. 2
40
critic score
(1)
91
user score
(3)
1979
Shalamar
Big Fun
78
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(2)
Jun 22
Deniece Williams
When Love Comes Calling
70
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(2)
Jul
Various Artists
Mickey Mouse Disco
50
critic score
(1)
26
user score
(2)
1979
Nash The Slash
Dreams And Nightmares
75
user score
(2)
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