Top 50 Albums of 1979

Fittingly, and never so surprisingly given its previous years’ musical local weather modifications, the final 12 months of the ’70s marked the turning of an period.(*50*)

Just as punk turned to new wave and post-punk, coloring pop music alongside the best way, basic rock began to soak up some of these modifications, as veteran artists akin to Pink Floyd and Neil Young started incorporating some of these burgeoning kinds into their music.(*50*)

As you will see within the under listing of Top 50 Albums of 1979, as chosen by the UCR employees, it was a 12 months of transitions, bending of genres, massive debuts and well-known final stands. Some of the ’70s’ largest names are right here – Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and Paul McCartney all launched albums – as are rising artists whose affect could be felt for many years to return.(*50*)

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Most artists had been nonetheless on an annual album launch schedule, with a handful nonetheless adhering to a number of LP releases as acts had accomplished within the ’60s. Newcomer Joe Jackson and relative newcomers Motorhead each had a busy 1979, however others slowed their tempo, leaving lengthy gaps – at the least for the time – between data. Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin every waited two or extra years between No. 1 albums to concern follow-ups.(*50*)

The Top 50 Albums of 1979 embody a mixture of artists who’d been making music because the ’60s and people who’d shaped solely a short while earlier; disco, pop, dub, punk and experimental sounds rub alongside jazz, rock, world and simple listening. It was the top of a decade that tailored to its period with open-armed pleasure.(*50*)