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