Greatest Album of 1979 - Preliminary Round 1

Which albums deserve to move on?

Poll ended at 13 May 2021, 8:18am

The B-52’s, The B-52’s
1
1%
Blondie, Eat to the Beat
4
4%
David Bowie, Lodger
3
3%
The Clash, London Calling
18
16%
Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Armed Forces
11
10%
Crass, Stations of the Crass
4
4%
The Cure, Three Imaginary Boys
5
4%
The Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette
6
5%
Gang of Four, Entertainment!
8
7%
The Jam, Setting Sons
12
11%
Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures
5
4%
KISS, Dynasty
2
2%
Madness, One Step Beyond …
3
3%
Magazine, Secondhand Daylight
3
3%
Public Image Ltd., Metal Box
4
4%
The Raincoats, The Raincoats
0
No votes
The Slits, Cut
4
4%
The Specials, The Specials
11
10%
Talking Heads, Fear of Music
6
5%
Wire, 154
3
3%
XTC, Drums and Wires
1
1%
 
Total votes: 114

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I'm nominating A Different Kind of Tension.

There were a lot of great albums released that year. A lot of genres, too.
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Flex wrote:
12 May 2021, 11:24am
Wolter wrote:
12 May 2021, 11:22am
Why not run the quiz, then the winner goes head to head with London Calling? That way it’s not just some bullshit of watching a pitcher hit a sac bunt to appear fair.
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Flex wrote:
12 May 2021, 11:32am
It wasn't an album so it wouldn't qualify, but just want to point out that Rapper's Delight was released as a single in 79, in case anyone wanted to remember how important this year was not just in punk-adjacent music.
It really is hard to exaggerate the significance of that year for signaling what was to come. For all the hype of 76/77, '79 was the real start of post-60s music.
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I could safely listen to music from only 1979 for probably several weeks before I started feeling constrained.
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I'm going to nominate Highway To Hell - AC/DC. The final Bon Scott album is fantastic, nearly every track a winner, might put it on now actually.

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Lots of astonishing reggae, a good Bob Marley album, gonna go with the home team with Mikey Dreads Dread at the Controls.
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Wolter wrote:
12 May 2021, 12:18pm
I could safely listen to music from only 1979 for probably several weeks before I started feeling constrained.
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Voted Crass, Madness, Specials, Go4, PiL
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FWIW, I voted Blondie, B-52's, Crass, Gang of Four and The Slits.
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Crass, Go4, Magazine, Slits, Wire

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Honestly, there are at least ten albums on this list that I would absolutely accept as someone’s favorite album without batting an eye. Maybe more.
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BitterTom wrote:
12 May 2021, 12:27pm
I'm going to nominate Highway To Hell - AC/DC. The final Bon Scott album is fantastic, nearly every track a winner, might put it on now actually.
Seconded. Also seconding Off the Wall.
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A few i could think of like Rust Never Sleeps or the pleasure principle, but the one I'd nominate is Skids - Scared to Dance

The first of two albums they released in '79 and their best song that year, Masquerade, wasn't even on either of them.

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Heston wrote:
12 May 2021, 12:52pm
BitterTom wrote:
12 May 2021, 12:27pm
I'm going to nominate Highway To Hell - AC/DC. The final Bon Scott album is fantastic, nearly every track a winner, might put it on now actually.
Seconded. Also seconding Off the Wall.
You already second SLF. You're done, hon.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 May 2021, 1:30pm
Heston wrote:
12 May 2021, 12:52pm
BitterTom wrote:
12 May 2021, 12:27pm
I'm going to nominate Highway To Hell - AC/DC. The final Bon Scott album is fantastic, nearly every track a winner, might put it on now actually.
Seconded. Also seconding Off the Wall.
You already second SLF. You're done, hon.
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