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Friday, February 25, 2011

The Best Albums of 1979
According to contributors to Rate Your Music, here are the top-rated albums (as of 2/22/2011) of 1979:
  1. Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures"
  2. The Clash "London Calling"
  3. Neil Young "Rust Never Sleeps"
  4. Talking Heads "Fear of Music"
  5. Gang of Four "Entertainment!"
  6. Neil Young "Live Rust"
  7. Judas Priest "Unleashed in the East - Live in Japan"
  8. Pink Floyd "The Wall"
  9. Ramones "It's Alive"
  10. UFO "Strangers in the Night"
  11. Wire "154"
  12. Olivier Messiaen "Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps"
  13. Motörhead "Overkill"
  14. Public Image Ltd. "Metal Box"
  15. AC/DC "Highway to Hell"
  16. Elvis Costello "Armed Forces"
  17. The Specials "Specials"
  18. Muddy Waters "Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live"
  19. The Damned "Machine Gun Etiquette"
  20. Anton Webern "Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1 / Five Movements for Orchestra, Op. 5 / Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 / Symphony, Op. 21"
  21. Camarón de la Isla "La leyenda del tiempo"
  22. Stiff Little Fingers "Inflammable Material"
  23. Thin Lizzy "Black Rose: A Rock Legend"
  24. The B-52's "The B-52's"
  25. The Who "The Kids Are Alright"
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Films released in 1979:

Alien
The Amityville Horror
Apocalypse Now
Breaking Away
The China Syndrome
Kramer vs. Kramer
Norma Rae
Rock 'n' Roll High School
The Warriors

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