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Best Albums of 1979 by User Score
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1
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The Clash - London Calling
December 14th, 1979
Punk Rock
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
89
1,944 ratings
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2
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Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
June 14th, 1979
Post-Punk
,
Gothic Rock
USER SCORE
88
3,257 ratings
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3
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Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
August 10th, 1979
Contemporary R&B
,
Disco
,
Funk
,
Pop
,
R&B
USER SCORE
87
1,638 ratings
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4
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
July 9th, 1979
Country Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
86
146 ratings
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5
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Talking Heads - Fear of Music
August 3rd, 1979
New Wave
,
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
86
1,171 ratings
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6
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Gang of Four - Entertainment!
September 25th, 1979
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
86
619 ratings
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7
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Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty
Jazz Fusion
,
Spiritual Jazz
USER SCORE
85
53 ratings
Amazon
8
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Pink Floyd - The Wall
November 30th, 1979
Art Rock
,
Rock Opera
,
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
85
3,045 ratings
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9
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Wire - 154
September 1st, 1979
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
USER SCORE
85
300 ratings
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10
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Zé Ramalho - A Peleja do Diabo Com o Dono do Céu
Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
85
23 ratings
Amazon
11
.
John Carpenter - Halloween
August 0th, 1979
Horror Synth
,
Minimal Synth
USER SCORE
85
45 ratings
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12
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Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach
January 1st, 1979
Minimalism
,
Opera
USER SCORE
84
72 ratings
Amazon
13
.
Casiopea - Casiopea
Jazz Fusion
USER SCORE
84
268 ratings
Amazon
14
.
Serú Girán - La Grasa de Las Capitales
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
84
50 ratings
Amazon
15
.
Angela Ro Ro - Angela Ro Ro
MPB
,
Piano Rock
USER SCORE
84
20 ratings
Amazon
16
.
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
November 23rd, 1979
Post-Punk
,
Experimental Rock
USER SCORE
84
285 ratings
Amazon
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17
.
Judas Priest - Unleashed in The East
September 17th, 1979
Heavy Metal
USER SCORE
89
14 ratings
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18
.
Gilberto Gil - Realce
August 15th, 1979
MPB
USER SCORE
83
21 ratings
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19
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Cátia De França - 20 palavras ao redor do Sol
Singer-Songwriter
,
MPB
USER SCORE
83
24 ratings
Amazon
20
.
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
March 29th, 1979
Pop Rock
,
Progressive Pop
,
Soft Rock
,
Art Rock
USER SCORE
83
396 ratings
Amazon
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21
.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live Rust
November 19th, 1979
Singer-Songwriter
,
Country Rock
USER SCORE
83
28 ratings
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22
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XTC - Drums and Wires
August 17th, 1979
New Wave
,
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
83
239 ratings
Amazon
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23
.
Teddy Pendergrass - Teddy
June 23rd, 1979
Soul
,
Smooth Soul
USER SCORE
83
25 ratings
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24
.
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor
September 25th, 1979
Synthpop
,
Electro-Disco
USER SCORE
83
371 ratings
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25
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Rita Lee - Rita Lee
Pop
,
Disco
,
Pop Rock
,
Soft Rock
,
Sophisti-Pop
USER SCORE
83
84 ratings
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