1979 - Top 5 albums from the year of Three Mile Island?!
Question: 1. Kiss - Dynasty
2. Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts
3. Whitesnake - Lovehunter
4. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
5. Van Halen - Van Halen II
Answers: 1. Kiss - Dynasty
2. Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts
3. Whitesnake - Lovehunter
4. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
5. Van Halen - Van Halen II
Hell Yeah Mike!..Props for Whitesnake! I love it!
I totally missed 78, I was soo busy yesterday I never got to Y!A at all...dammit.
Oh well, I love 79 too so here's my fave albums from it.
1 In Through The Out Door-Led Zeppelin
2 Lovehunter-Whitesnake
3 The Wall-Pink Floyd
4 Lightning To The Nations-Diamond Head
5 Down To Earth-Rainbow
Other albums that I love from 79 but that didn't quite make it
Bomber-Motorhead
Overkill-Motorhead
Black Rose (A Rock Legend)-Thin Lizzy
Candy O-The Cars
Hyrda-Toto
London Calling-The Clash
Lovedrive-The Scorpions
Marathon-Santana
Night In The Ruts-Aerosmith
Rust Never Sleeps-Neil Young
Street Machine-Sammy Hagar
Van Halen II-Van Halen
1. Overkill - Motorhead
2. London Calling - The Clash
3. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
4. The Long Run - Eagles
5. In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin
1. London Calling - The Clash
2. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
3. End of the Century - The Ramones
4. Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
5. Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
For once, I actually have more than 5!
In no particular order :~
Mike Oldfield ~ "Platinum"
Fleetwood Mac ~ "Tusk"
Mike Oldfield ~ "Exposed" {live}
Thin Lizzy ~ "Black Rose"
Dire Straits ~ "Communique"
Led Zeppelin ~ "In Through the Out Door"
1. Kiss - Dynasty
2. Van Halen - Van Halen II
3. Bad Company - Desolation Angels
4. Foreigner - Head Games
5. Whitesnake - Lovehunter
1. The Clash- London Calling
2. Pink Floyd- the wall
3. The Police- Regatta de Blanc
4 Elvis costello- armed forces
5. the crawdaddys- crawdaddy express
worth mention: serge gainsbourg- aux armes et cetera, frank zappa- joes garage, Art ensemble of chicago- nice guys.... oh and john denver & the muppets- a christmas together (joke, but then again, so is dynasty)
1.Deguello - ZZ Top , 2.Van Halen II- Van Halen , 3.Flirtin' With Disaster- Molly Hatchet , 4.Lovedrive- Scorpions , 5.Desolation Angels- Bad Company
1. Kiss Dynasty
2. Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door
3. Van Halen Van Halen 2
4. Cheap Trick At Budokan
5. Aerosmith Night In The Ruts
did I miss 1978?
Anyway - here's some choices
Journey - Evolution
Pat Travers - Live/Go For What You Know
Clash - London calling
Toto - Hydra
Earth Wind and Fire - I Am
Commodores- Midnight Magic
and one not to be on anyone's list:
Village people - Live and Sleazy
More importantly, this was the year of disco demolition night at the old Comiskey Park. 1979 was a very strong year.
http://www.discodemolition.com/
The B-52's - The B-52's
Devo - Duty Now for the Future
The Clash - London Calling
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Roxy Music - Manifesto
Eagles - The Long Run
Frank Zappa - Sheif Yerbouti
1 clash, london calling
2 talking heads, fear of music
3 sunra, sleeping beauty
4 sunra, disco 3000
5 ornette coleman, soapsuds, soapsuds
some others albums: stevie wonder- journey through the secret lives of plants, joy division- unknown pleasures, neil young- rust never sleeps, pink floyd- the wall, the specials- specials, henry cow- western culture, the residents- eskimo
i dont see how anyone could have a list without london calling for 79, but then again i dont see how anyone could list any kiss album as the best of any year.
1. The Clash- London Calling
2. Cheap Trick- At Budokan
3. Fleetwood Mac- Tusk
4. Led Zeppelin- In through the Out Door
5. Supertramp- Breakfast in America
Toss ups/ difficult to leave off:
AC/DC- Highway to Hell
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
You only need one...
The Clash - "London Calling"
Definitely one of the most influential and imprtant records in rock history.
Slainte'
(EDIT)
I guess I suck. I'm one of only 3 people with any thumbs downs on here... and I've got 3x as many as the other two!
There were other good albums, don't get me wrong... but the Clash has it, if you ask me...
1. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
2. The Clash - London Calling
3. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
4. Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
5. Pink Floyd - The Wall
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
London Calling - The Clash
Breakfast in America - Supertramp
Overkill - Mot?rhead
Reggatta de Blanc - The Police
Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Clash - London Calling
XTC - Drums and Wires
ABBA - Voulez-Vous
Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown
Blondie - Eat To The Beat
Leonard Cohen - Recent Songs
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
P.S. WTF?? no one has mentioned Off The Wall? It's like one of the most influential albums ever recorded.
First, my apologies to Mike :)
1. "154" - (Wire)
- this album influenced the New Romance - Depeche Mode, Joy Division, etc.
2. "Laughing Academy" (Punishment of Luxury)
3. "Regatta de Blanc" (The Police) - better than debut
4. "Replicas" - (Gary Numan & Tubeway Army)
5. "Drums & Wires" - (XTC)
EDIT - and speaking of "OverKill" - here we go, Lemmy !!
PUNK -
"A Different Kind of Tension" - (Buzzcocks)
"Machine Gun Etiquette" - (The Damned)
"London Calling" - (The Clash) - happy christmas!!
NEW WAVE -
"The B-52's" - (The B-52's) - debut with 4-string guitar ha ha
"Fear of Music" - (Talking Heads) - a new direction!!
"The Fine Art of Surfacing" - (The Boomtown Rats)
"Join Hands" - (Siouxsie & the Banshees) - not as good as debut
"Life in a Day" - (Simple Minds) - debut
"Live at the Witch Trials" - (The Fall) - debut
"Metal Box" - "Public Image Ltd" - best packaging of the year!
"The Pleasure Principle" - (Gary Numan) (NEW ROMANCE)
POP-PROG or ART-ROCK -
"Breakfast in America" - (Supertramp)
"Lodger" - (David Bowie)
"Manifesto" - (Roxy Music) - Welcome back!!
"Stormwatch" - (Jethro Tull)
"The Wall" - (Pink Floyd)
"Spectral Mornings" - (Steve Hackett) - his best CD
POWER POP -
"Candy-O" - (The Cars) - better than debut??
"I'm the Man" & "Look Sharp" - (Joe Jackson)
INDUSTRIAL -
"Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella" - (Nurse With Wound)
ELECTRONIC -
"Force Majeure" - (Tangerine Dream)
AMBIENT -
"Jardin Au Fou" - (Hans-Joachim Roedelius)
SKA -
"One Step Beyond" - (Madness) - debut
"The Specials" - (The Specials) - debut
METAL -
"Lovedrive" - (Scorpions)
"Strangers in the Night" - UFO - the only Live on my list, because it's so damn good!!
POPULAR -
"Journey through the Secret Life of Plants" - (Stevie Wonder) - Wonderful!!
"Mingus" - (Joni Mitchell) - Joni goes Jazz...
"Off the Wall" - (Michael Jackson) - hate Disco, Love this album - the end of normality for MJ
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London Calling - The Clash
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
In Though The Out Door - Led Zeppelin
Cheap Trick - At Budokan
The Wall - Pink Floyd
1979, Hmmm, not the greatest year for rock. Though the late 70's early 80's was a fantastic transitional phase.
1) Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East - Live in Japan
2) Motorhead - Bomber or Overkill (both '79)
3) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
4) Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend
5) The Clash - London Calling
I'd say it's a tie between Accepts first album and all of the above too!
In no order:
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Cars - Candy-O
Rainbow - Down To Earth
Scorpions - Lovedrive
The Clash - London Calling