Monday, March 12, 2012

60 Albums 1979

60 albums from my collection released in 1979 and this was one of my favorite years for music. Any of my top ten could be the top of album of many other years. I really went crazy around this time buying new music. I had just moved to Buffalo in 1979 and suddenly I was in close proximity to so many more good record stores in my neighborhood.

This list has several of my all time favorites in the top five and many other wonderful releases scattered throughout. Heavy on the New Wave. I'm looking forward to the mixes that will come out of this year.
  1. The Clash - London Calling
  2. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
  3. XTC - Drums and Wires
  4. The Only Ones - Special View
  5. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
  6. Squeeze - Cool For Cats
  7. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces 
  8. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
  9. David Bowie - Lodger
  10. Gang of Four - Entertainment
  11. James White & The Blacks  - Off White
  12. The B-52's - The B-52's
  13. The Romantics - The Romantics
  14. The Specials - The Specials
  15. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
  16. Tom Verlaine - Tom Verlaine
  17. The Roches - The Roches
  18. Joe Ely - Down On The Drag
  19. The Fabulous Poodles - Think Pink
  20. Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
  21. The Undertones - The Undertones
  22. Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary
  23. Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
  24. Marianne Faithful - Broken English
  25. The Jam - Setting Sons
  26. Patti Smith - Wave
  27. Devo - Duty Now For The Future
  28. Buzzcocks - A Different Kind Of Tension
  29. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory
  30. Van Morrison - Into The Music
  31. Wire - 154
  32. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedos
  33. James Chance & The Contortions - Buy
  34. Bob Marley - Survival
  35. Magazine - Secondhand Daylight
  36. Neil Young - Live Rust
  37. James Blood Ulmer - Tales of Captain Black
  38. Roxy Music - Manifesto
  39. Bruce Cockburn - Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws
  40. John Hiatt - Slug Line
  41. Joan Armatrading - How Cruel
  42. Leonard Cohen - Recent Songs
  43. Skids - Scared To Dance
  44. Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
  45. The Slits - Cut
  46. Little Feat - Down On The Farm
  47. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons - Screaming Targets
  48. The Soft Boys - A Can Of Bees
  49. The Cars - Candy-O
  50. Peter Tosh - Mystic Man
  51. The Inmates - First Offense
  52. Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
  53. Blondie - Eat To The Beat
  54. The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
  55. Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
  56. Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You
  57. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
  58. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
  59. Ry Cooder - Bop To You Drop
  60. Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville

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