Best Albums of 1979

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
58	London Calling - The Clash	1979	88.6	80.2	100	87.4	84.7	92.2	87	88.8
111	Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division	1979	87.5	82	95	86.3	83.8	92.2	86	87
142	Off the Wall - Michael Jackson	1979	86.9	79.2	99	89.6	88.1	91.2	79	82
160	Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.7	81.8	98	85	82	88.8	84	87.2
174	Live Rust - Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1979	86.5	83	90	85.4	89.9	88.2	81	88
276	Fear of Music - Talking Heads	1979	85.6	80	96	85.1	81.8	88.4	84	84
332	Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks	1979	85.1	82	95	84.4	78.6	91	81	84
415	It's Alive - Ramones	1979	84.7	81.8	80	83.7	89.9	91.2	78	88
428	Entertainment! - Gang of Four	1979	84.6	79	93	83.3	80.6	91.2	81	84
466	Sleeping Beauty - Sun Ra and His Arkestra	1979	84.4	79.6	90	84.9	82.9	94.6	77	82
493	The Wall - Pink Floyd	1979	84.3	76.6	76	85.1	87.6	92.2	87	85.4
544	154 - Wire	1979	84	79.4	93	83.6	79.1	91.8	79	82
737	Ambient 1: Music For Airports - Brian Eno	1979	83.2	76.2	90	82.7	81.7	90	80	82
738	Overkill - Motörhead	1979	83.2	77.4	88	80	80.8	90.8	80	85.6
790	No. 1 in Heaven - Sparks	1979	83	76	92	82.4	83.7	88	79	80
924	Solid State Survivor - Yellow Magic Orchestra	1979	82.6	77	83	83.2	83.2	90.8	79	82
990	Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	1979	82.4	74.6	94	78.9	78.5	88.8	80	82
1097	This Heat - This Heat	1979	82.1	76.8	91	79.1	79.7	92.2	76	80
1268	Bad Girls - Donna Summer	1979	81.7	75.2	90	84.1	83.5	85.2	76	78
1306	Breakfast in America - Supertramp	1979	81.6	77.8	75	84	85.4	87.2	82	80
1323	Black Rose: A Rock Legend - Thin Lizzy	1979	81.6	76.8	80	83.2	81.8	87.4	78	84
1324	Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned	1979	81.6	76.2	85	79.6	80.8	89.6	76	84
1397	Force Majeure - Tangerine Dream	1979	81.5	74.8	90	78.7	84.5	86.2	78	78
1761	Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1979	80.7	74	94	76.1	75.6	85.2	78	82
1781	Tusk - Fleetwood Mac	1979	80.7	75.4	91	80.3	80	83	77	78
1782	Drums and Wires - XTC	1979	80.7	75.2	85	80.7	78.8	87	78	80
1839	Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson	1979	80.6	74	93	79.5	76.1	83.4	78	80
1855	Replicas - Tubeway Army	1979	80.5	74.6	85	78.8	80.7	87.6	77	80
1924	The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan	1979	80.4	74	86	78.8	77.5	87.4	77	82
2020	Highway to Hell - AC/DC	1979	80.2	70.4	88	74.2	78.6	90.2	78	82
2119	Setting Sons - The Jam	1979	80	75	80	78.4	78.2	87.4	79	82
2142	Y - The Pop Group	1979	80	72.8	90	78.8	76.3	88.8	75	78
2325	Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers	1979	79.6	75.4	70	79.9	81.7	90.4	78	82
2425	Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones	1979	79.5	71	100	78.5	70.8	84	74	78
2578	20 Jazz Funk Greats - Throbbing Gristle	1979	79.2	72.2	85	75.5	76	91.4	76	78
2594	The Undertones - The Undertones	1979	79.1	71.8	90	74.4	73.9	89.8	78	76
2713	(GI) - Germs	1979	78.9	72.4	90	75.7	71.7	90.6	72	80
2734	Eskimo - The Residents	1979	78.9	71.8	85	76.5	75.9	90	75	78
2790	Risqué - CHIC	1979	78.8	72.8	88	77.1	73	86.6	74	80
2913	Cut - The Slits	1979	78.6	72	88	75.5	73.6	88.8	76	76
2999	Dragnet - The Fall	1979	78.4	73.2	76	79.1	79.5	87.8	75	78
3079	Lodger - David Bowie	1979	78.2	70.8	91	76.7	72.3	83.8	77	76
3133	Candy-O - The Cars	1979	78.1	70.4	88	77.6	73.6	84.2	77	76
3153	Joe's Garage Acts II & III - Frank Zappa	1979	78.1	73	60	80.3	86.2	83.6	78	85.4
3154	The Raincoats - The Raincoats	1979	78.1	72.2	88	73.9	70.4	88	76	78
3223	Dream Police - Cheap Trick	1979	77.9	70.6	90	76.7	76.1	79.8	74	78
3243	Live at the Witch Trials - The Fall	1979	77.8	72.8	83	78.2	71.9	88	75	76
3283	One Step Beyond... - Madness	1979	77.8	71.4	80	77.6	78.1	85.2	76	76
3296	Eat to the Beat - Blondie	1979	77.7	73	81	76.8	77.4	80.8	77	78
3312	I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire	1979	77.7	75.6	60	81.6	84.7	83.8	76	82
3329	Broken English - Marianne Faithfull	1979	77.7	71	83	75.9	75.9	82.8	77	78
3512	Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross	1979	77.2	69	90	77.5	79.1	80	73	72
3567	Voulez-Vous - ABBA	1979	77.1	73.6	65	80.4	85.6	82.2	73	80
3620	Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa	1979	77	72.2	65	79.3	80.5	86	78	78
3683	Quiet Life - Japan	1979	76.8	70.8	74	75.5	74.3	88.2	75	80
3780	Bomber - Motörhead	1979	76.6	74.2	60	78.3	77.8	88.6	77	80
3807	Survival - Bob Marley & The Wailers	1979	76.5	74.4	65	76.2	79.8	88	74	78
3856	Lovedrive - Scorpions	1979	76.4	73.6	65	74.8	74.9	85.2	79	82
4091	Wave - Patti Smith Group	1979	75.7	71.6	63	78.1	81.5	81.6	76	78
4253	Live Killers - Queen	1979	75.2	74.8	58	74.4	76.9	87.4	75	80
4263	Reggatta de Blanc - The Police	1979	75.2	71.8	70	74.2	74.1	84.2	78	74
4373	Duty Now for the Future - Devo	1979	74.8	72.4	65	73.9	76.6	85	75	76
4382	Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees	1979	74.8	65.6	75	78.9	81.5	78.6	72	72
4451	Prince - Prince	1979	74.5	70.2	68	77	78.4	86.2	72	70
4474	Communiqué - Dire Straits	1979	74.5	70.2	61	76	78.9	86.2	75	74
4483	Discovery - Electric Light Orchestra	1979	74.4	72	62	79.9	81.8	83.4	74	68
4523	Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure	1979	74.3	67.8	77	68.8	71.5	88	75	72
4666	George Harrison - George Harrison	1979	73.7	71.4	65	76.7	80.4	82.2	72	68
4922	Get The Knack - The Knack	1979	72.2	66.4	75	70.5	70.9	77.4	69	76
5163	Manifesto - Roxy Music	1979	69.9	63.8	72	71.4	71.6	78.6	72	60
5164	Eve - The Alan Parsons Project	1979	69.9	62.8	80	72.8	70.4	77.4	68	58
5172	Down to Earth - Rainbow	1979	69.8	66.8	60	67.7	71.6	82.4	74	66
5273	The Long Run - Eagles	1979	68.1	61.6	60	66.5	72.6	81.8	72	62
5326	Slow Train Coming - Bob Dylan	1979	67.1	62.4	68	63.1	67.3	78.6	70	60
5334	Join Hands - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1979	66.8	65	45	67.8	68.9	84	71	66
5348	In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin	1979	66.4	62	46	64.2	68.9	84.6	73	66
5366	Back to the Egg - Wings	1979	65.8	65.2	47	67.7	71	77.8	70	62
5431	Dynasty - KISS	1979	63	63.4	30	59.4	73.2	82.8	68	64

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