Album Chart of 1979
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ENGLAND'S DREAMING
The so-called “British Invasion” of ’64 was a little bit of slap and tickle in comparison to the gigantic power-shift of the late 1970s, although the British scene was, at this time, largely Eurocentric. After the big-bang of ’76, there was absolutely no doubt as to where the alt-music strengths now lay. London had become well established as thee Jukebox Rebel hotspot in recent times, and remained so in 1979, albeit with some real heavyweight competition from Manchester.
The brilliance of Manchester was in evidence courtesy of Joy Division, The Fall and Buzzcocks. London, once again, was a hotbed of action with Madness, The Slits, Adam and The Ants, The Raincoats, The Clash, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, The Only Ones, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Police all featuring in my Top 30 this year.
By now, though, the inventive DIY spirit was spreading like wild-fire all over the British Isles, with a further SEVEN towns or cities featuring in the 30. There was Coventry (The Specials); Derry (The Undertones); Belfast (Stiff Little Fingers); Woking (The Jam); South Shields (Angelic Upstarts); Dunfermline (Skids) and Glasgow (Simple Minds).
American music seems hopelessly marginalized right now, with only Germs, The B-52s and Talking Heads making a real good impression on me this time around. 3 in the Top 30 is an all-time low from the States. Compare and contrast: All 30 of my favourite albums in 1962 were American!
No doubt the platinum sellers’ lists will tell an entirely different story to mine…
The Jukebox Rebel
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Joy Division
Factory FACT-10
“An elite masterpiece” Post-PunkJukebox picks: “Disorder” (10) • “She’s Lost Control” (10) • “Day Of The Lords” (10)
Arriving in the summertime of ’79 was the debut full-length from the Salfordian new sensations who lined up: Ian Curtis ...more →
The Specials
Two-Tone Records CDL-TT-5001
“A masterpiece” Ska / Rocksteady; ReggaeJukebox picks: “Doesn’t Make It Alright” (10) • “Too Hot” (10) • “Stupid Marriage” (10)
Very rarely does a group arrive so fully formed; so perfect with their sound, their message and their image. Taking no s...more →
Madness
Stiff Records SEEZ-17
“A classic” Ska / RocksteadyJukebox picks: “My Girl” (10) • “One Step Beyond” (10) • “Night Boat To Cairo” (9.7)
The rockingest rocksteady beat of Madness ruled my junior world and, as far as I was concerned at that stage, Lord Suggs...more →
The Fall
Step-Forward Records SFLP-1
“A classic” Post-Punk; Trance RockJukebox picks: “Futures And Pasts” (9.5) • “Industrial Estate” (9.5) • “Frightened” (9.4)
Live At The Witch Trials? Whut? Pffft, it’s not even live. Who are these chancers? At the time of their debut full-l...more →
The Slits
Island Records ILPS-9573
“A classic” Post-Punk; DubbeatJukebox picks: “Adventures Close To Home” (9.5) • “Instant Hit” (9.2) • “Love Und Romance” (9.1)
Staring back at you from the striking cover of their debut LP were (L to R): Ari Up (17, vocals); Viv Albertine (24, gui...more →
The Fall
Step-Forward Records SFLP-4
“Excellent” Trance Rock; Post-Punk; Rock n Roll / RockabillyJukebox picks: “Dice Man” (9.7) • “A Figure Walks” (9.3) • “Flat Of Angles” (9.3)
Continuing a late 70s trend, The Fall were the latest of the new breed to deliver two albums in the same year, with Octo...more →
Adam and The Ants
Do It Records RIDE-3
“Excellent” Post-Punk; New WaveJukebox picks: “Cartrouble, parts 1 and 2” (9.6) • “Day I Met God” (9.5) • “Cleopatra” (9.5)
My love for this band will always be true; they were the first band I ever spent my own money on – how could it not? I s...more →
Stiff Little Fingers
Rough Trade ROUGH-1
“Excellent” PunkJukebox picks: “Alternative Ulster” (10) • “Wasted Life” (10) • “Suspect Device” (9.5)
Belfast’s raging in the 1970s and Stiff Little Fingers are screaming all about it. More explosive than a Molotov cocktai...more →
Leonard Cohen
Columbia JC-36264
“Excellent” JazzJukebox picks: “The Lost Canadian (Un Canadien Errant)” (10) • “The Window” (9.7) • “The Guests” (9.1)
After his blindingly brilliant stretch from ’67 to ’74, the charismatic Canadian took a miss-step in ’77 with the, large...more →
The Jam
Polydor POLD-5028
“Brilliant” New WaveJukebox picks: “Smithers-Jones” (9.7) • “The Eton Rifles” (9.5) • “Little Boy Soldiers” (9.1)
The Jam’s brilliant form continues on the 4th long player, ending the decade on a major high. The set was released in No...more →
Le Grande Lolo Lolitta
Société Ivoirienne Du Disque SID-LPS-014
“Brilliant” AfricanaJukebox picks: “Koum Koum” (9.5) • “C’est Trop Tard” (7.2) • “Oh Ma Julie” (6.9)
Lolita Babindamana, a Brazzavillian wanderer, is best described as a bit of an all-rounder with an interest in singing, ...more →
The Raincoats
Rough Trade ROUGH-3
“Really good” Post-Punk; IndieJukebox picks: “Adventures Close To Home” (9.4) • “No Side To Fall In” (8.7) • “In Love” (8.0)
More non-typical girls. Yay! No lead singer, no guitar solos, no songs about smashing things up. The Raincoats have got ...more →
Buzzcocks
United Artists Records UAG-30260
“Really good” New Wave; PunkJukebox picks: “A Different Kind Of Tension” (9.7) • “Sitting Around At Home” (8.8) • “You Say You Don’t Love Me” (8.2)
Buzzcocks swansong LP (as was thought at the time) saw them bow out on a high, with a completely unblemished report card...more →
Neil Young with Crazy Horse
Reprise Records HS-2295
“Really good” Folk Rock / Americana; RockJukebox picks: “Powderfinger [live '78]” (9.3) • “Thrasher [live '78]” (8.3) • “My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) [live '78]” (8.2)
Back in ’65 Bob Dylan had released “Bringing It All Back Home”, a half-acoustic / half-electric set, almost as if wary o...more →
The Clash
CBS CBS-CLASH-3
“Really good” New Wave; PunkJukebox picks: “The Guns Of Brixton” (9.8) • “Clampdown” (9.5) • “London Calling” (9.2)
The third Clash album was out just in time for Christmas 1979. Although it was a double album, the group insisted that C...more →
Germs
Slash SR-103
“Really good” PunkJukebox picks: “Lexicon Devil” (9.4) • “Shut Down (Annihilation Man)” (8.8) • “We Must Bleed” (8.3)
With so many albums in my collection it’s nearly impossible to remember where they all came from, but you always remembe...more →
Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Radar Records RAD-14
“Really good” New WaveJukebox picks: “Oliver’s Army” (10) • “Green Shirt” (8.0) • “Busy Bodies” (8.0)
Costello and his band continue to shine brightly on “Armed Forces”, his one-and-only U.S. Top 10 album. “Emotional fasci...more →
The B-52s
Warner Bros. Records BSK-3355
“Really good” New WaveJukebox picks: “Rock Lobster” (9.5) • “Planet Claire” (9.0) • “6060-842” (8.2)
Fuelled by the underground success of their “Rock Lobster” single from last year, the Athens, Georgia-based quintet were...more →
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Island Records ILPS-9566
“Really good” ReggaeJukebox picks: “Sonny’s Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)” (9.1) • “Fite Dem Back” (7.9) • “Want Fi Goh Rave” (7.2)
Arriving in May ’79 was the second long-player from the hard-hitting 27-year-old Brixton-poet, the first to bear his own...more →
Indoda Mahlatini Na Madodana
Goli GOL (E) 307
“Really good” AfricanaJukebox picks: “Akekho” (9.7) • “Sidedeleni Sigiye” (8.9) • “Isidwaba” (8.6)
At first I was thinking Madodana might be some sort of co-credited backing group, but I'm more inclined to guess the rea...more →
Culture
Front Line FL-1040
“Really good” ReggaeJukebox picks: “They Never Love In This Time” (9.3) • “Poor Jah People” (8.7) • “Innocent Blood” (8.0)
Culture have been terrifically consistent from the start, and “Cumbolo” leaves their 70s report card in rude health. Tha...more →
The Undertones
Sire SRK-6071
“Really good” PunkJukebox picks: “Here Comes The Summer [album version, issue #1]” (9.3) • “Jimmy Jimmy” (8.9) • “Male Model” (7.9)
There was only one thing more ridiculous than band’s from Dunfermline and Coventry making it big in ’79 – a band from De...more →
Angelic Upstarts
Warner Bros. Records K-56717
“Really good” PunkJukebox picks: “Teenage Warning” (9.4) • “The Murder Of Liddle Towers” (8.6) • “I’m An Upstart” (8.6)
“Teenage Warning” and “I’m An Upstart” on coloured vinyl were two of my very earliest 7” single purchases, altho...more →
Skids
Virgin V-2116
“Really good” Punk; New WaveJukebox picks: “Into The Valley” (9.8) • “Charles” (8.8) • “Of One Skin” (8.7)
Anythin’ Faye Fyffe can dae, these four fae Fife can dae better, ken? The fab-four on a quest to further Dunfermline’s b...more →
The Only Ones
CBS CBS-83451
“Really good” New WaveJukebox picks: “You’ve Got To Pay” (8.8) • “From Here To Eternity” (8.4) • “Someone Who Cares” (7.7)
One year on and the quality remains high on the second LP from the cracking London 4-piece, augmented by some cool assis...more →
Simple Minds
Zoom Records ZULP-1
“Really good” New WaveJukebox picks: “Chelsea Girl” (9.4) • “Life In A Day” (7.8) • “Wasteland” (7.6)
At last, a decent band from Glasgow, hallelujah. After 18 months of building momentum, the first-ever Simple Minds relea...more →
Siouxsie and The Banshees
Polydor POLD-5024
“Good” Post-PunkJukebox picks: “Playground Twist” (9.5) • “Poppy Day” (7.2) • “The Lord’s Prayer” (7.2)
“Join Hands” was knocked for the bleakness by some critics but, hey, c’mon, some of us quite like a bit of bleakness in ...more →
Talking Heads
Sire SRK-6076
“Good” New WaveJukebox picks: “Memories Can’t Wait” (8.7) • “Air” (7.6) • “Electric Guitar” (7.2)
The third album from the New York based quartet arrived in August ’79, with Brian Eno on production duties for the secon...more →
The Boys Next Door
Mushroom L-36931
“Good” New Wave; Post-PunkJukebox picks: “Shivers” (9.0) • “The Nightwatchman” (7.8) • “Dive Position” (7.5)
On the Boys Next Door debut Nick Cave comments: “It was a complete wet dream that record. I hate it. It wreaks of a ba...more →
The Police
A&M Records AMLH-64792
“Good” New Wave; DubbeatJukebox picks: “The Bed’s Too Big Without You” (9.4) • “Message In A Bottle” (9.2) • “Walking On The Moon” (9.0)
Spurred on by the success of their reissued “Roxanne” and “Can’t Stand Losing You” singles from earlier in the year, the...more →
Bob Marley and The Wailers
Island Records ILPS-9542
“Good” ReggaeJukebox picks: “So Much Trouble In The World” (8.1) • “Ambush In The Night” (8.0) • “Survival” (7.8)
The seeds of “Survival” were sown in '78 when Marley had spent some time in Shashamani, a Rastafarian settlement in Ethi...more →
Public Image Ltd.
Virgin METAL-1
“Good” Post-PunkJukebox picks: “Poptones” (8.6) • “The Suit” (8.0) • “Chant” (7.5)
Canadian student Jim Walker had departed the group early in the year, dis-satisfied with the new direction they were tak...more →
Tubeway Army
Beggars Banquet BEGA-7
“Good” New Wave; ElectronicaJukebox picks: “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” (10) • “Replicas” (7.5) • “Me! I Disconnect From You” (7.4)
Arriving in April, 1979, just five months after their debut, was the second long player from the London trio fronted by ...more →
Skids
Virgin V-2138
“Good” New Wave; PunkJukebox picks: “Charade” (9.2) • “The Olympian” (7.7) • “Working For The Yankee Dollar” (7.3)
The second album of the year from the young Fifers arrived in October '79, with drummer Tam Kellichan having departed du...more →
The Dubliners
RAM Records RMLP-1030
“Good” FolkJukebox picks: “Danny Farrell” (8.2) • “The Mero” (7.7) • “And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda” (7.3)
After 5 years with the group, guitarist-vocalist Jim McCann left the Dubliners in March, 1979, to pursue his solo career...more →
The Boomtown Rats
Ensign ENROX-11
“Good” New WaveJukebox picks: “Someone’s Looking At You” (10) • “I Don’t Like Mondays” (9.8) • “Diamond Smiles” (9.1)
Sticking with producer Robert John 'Mutt' Lange all the while, the third album in three years from the Irish sextet, del...more →
Blondie
Chrysalis CHE-1225
“Good” New WaveJukebox picks: “Dreaming” (9.3) • “Union City Blue” (9.2) • “Die Young, Stay Pretty” (9.2)
For the second album in a row Blondie present as a sextet: Deborah Harry (vocals), Chris Stein (guitar), Frank Infante (...more →
Joe Jackson
A&M Records AMLH-64743
“Good” New WaveJukebox picks: “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” (10) • “Fools In Love” (8.0) • “One More Time” (6.9)
The debut album from the 24-year-old singer-songwriter-musician arrived in January '79 and, although was a bit of a slow...more →
Gary Numan
Beggars Banquet BEGA-10
“Good” Electronica; New WaveJukebox picks: “Cars” (9.4) • “Observer” (7.4) • “M.E.” (7.1)
After fronting two album with Tubeway Army, the 21-year-old delivered his first solo full length in September '79. Comin...more →
Johnny Osbourne
Studio One SOLP-0132
“Good” ReggaeJukebox picks: “Can’t Buy Love” (8.3) • “Sing Jah Stylee” (8.1) • “Jah Promise” (7.1)
After some nine years in Canada singing with various soul and reggae groups, Johnny, recently turned 30, returned to his...more →
Peter Tosh
Intel Diplo
“Good” ReggaeJukebox picks: “Crystal Ball” (7.9) • “Recruiting Soldiers” (7.0) • “Jah Seh No” (6.8)
His second album on the very welcome Rolling Stones platform continued to give him good exposure and he used it well. Fo...more →
Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje
Masterpiece Records LMS-541
“Good” AfricanaJukebox picks: “Indoda Eyixoki” (7.3) • “Nhlebi Ndini” (7.2) • “Umuntu Othulile” (7.1)
Good album, though not in the same class as previous efforts, largely down to this new “soulful” vibe which is infiltrat...more →
Gang Of Four
EMI EMC-3313
“Good” Post-Punk; New WaveJukebox picks: “Ether” (8.1) • “At Home He’s A Tourist” (8.1) • “Damaged Goods” (7.2)
Well, here we are in 1979 and already there are groups making Punk sound old-fashioned, its toughness herewith re-channe...more →
Pere Ubu
Chrysalis CHR-1248
“Good” Avant-GardeJukebox picks: “Have Shoes, Will Walk (The Fabulous Sequel)” (8.7) • “Goodbye” (7.5) • “Jehovah's Kingdom Comes!” (7.2)
“It's me again” yelps our frontman on the excellent “Have Shoes, Will Walk (The Fabulous Sequel)”, so introducin...more →
The Damned
Chiswick Records CWK-3011
“Decent enough” PunkJukebox picks: “Love Song” (9.5) • “Noise Noise Noise” (7.0) • “Machine Gun Etiquette” (6.9)
Their initial explosion which delivered two albums in '77 led to a pressured implosion early in '78 due to tensions with...more →
Motörhead
Bronze BRON-515
“Decent enough” RockJukebox picks: “(I Won’t) Pay Your Price” (7.8) • “Overkill” (7.4) • “Tear Ya Down” (7.3)
Having survived from being on the verge of extinction, the London trio were now going from strength to strength, and the...more →
Japan
Ariola Hansa AHAL-8010
“Decent enough” New WaveJukebox picks: “Quiet Life” (9.3) • “All Tomorrow’s Parties” (6.6) • “Halloween” (6.5)
After a rather underwhelming start, Japan came good in '79 on their third long-player, synthesizers to the fore and a ge...more →
Prince Far I
Trojan Records TRLS-175
“Decent enough” ReggaeJukebox picks: “Light Of Fire” (7.2) • “Don’t Deal With Folly” (7.1) • “When Jah Ready You Got To Move” (6.6)
His second album of '79 is on familiar grounds, preaching Rastafari with righteous conviction. A thoroughly decent set, ...more →
The Mekons
Virgin V-2143
“Decent enough” Punk; Post-PunkJukebox picks: “What” (7.2) • “After 6” (6.8) • “Watch The Film” (6.6)
“The quality of mercy is not strain’d” is a quote from Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice. Acco...more →
Lou Reed
Arista AB-4229
“Decent enough” Cerebral PopJukebox picks: “All Through The Night” (8.3) • “The Bells” (7.0) • “I Want To Boogie With You” (6.6)
The free spirited one co-wrote this with ex-Crazy-Horse Nils Lofgren and introduced experimental jazz trumpeter Don Cher...more →
Holger Czukay
Harvest 1C-064-45-754
“Decent enough” ProgJukebox picks: “Hollywood Symphony” (7.0) • “Persian Love” (6.9) • “Oh Lord Give Us More Money” (5.4)
Can's co-founding bassist quit the group late in 1977, allowing himself time for a break and leaving himself free to exp...more →
Patti Smith Group
Arista AB-4221
“Decent enough” New Wave; Soft Rock / A.O.R.; SongwriterJukebox picks: “Seven Ways Of Going” (7.5) • “Wave” (6.6) • “So You Want To Be (A Rock ’n’ Roll Star)” (6.4)
Patti's fourth is decent enough, although Todd Rundgren's production could do with a bit more grit and edge for my taste...more →
Toots and The Maytals
Island Records ILPS-9534
“Decent enough” ReggaeJukebox picks: “Feel Free” (7.2) • “Famine” (6.8) • “Inside, Outside” (6.2)
With “Monkey Man” getting a 2-Tone makeover in '79, the timing for a new Toots & The Maytals record was good, but it see...more →
Marianne Faithfull
Island Records M-1
“Average” Blues Rock / Soul Rock; Cerebral Pop; Dubbeat; Folk Rock / Americana; New Wave; Pop; Post-Punk; Soft Rock / A.O.R.Jukebox picks: “Working Class Hero” (7.4) • “Why D'Ya Do It” (7.2) • “The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan” (6.3)
The sixth album from the 32-year-old singer-songwriter arrrived in November, 1979, and what an achievement it was, given...more →
Crass
Small Wonder Records WEENY-2
“Average” PunkJukebox picks: “They’ve Got A Bomb” (8.0) • “Do They Owe Us A Living?” (7.7) • “Well?…Do They?” (7.6)
Crass were just a name on the back of leather jackets – I was just too young to get them first time around – but I tend ...more →
The Stranglers
United Artists Records UAG-30262
“Average” Post-Punk; New WaveJukebox picks: “Duchess” (7.2) • “Don’t Bring Harry” (6.7) • “Genetix” (6.2)
Despite recent solo LPs from both Cornwell and Burnel, the Stranglers still managed to deliver their fourth LP in Septem...more →
Prince Far I
Front Line FLX-4002
“Average” ReggaeJukebox picks: “Gongola Dub” (7.2) • “Suru-Lere Dub” (6.7) • “Ogun Dub” (6.2)
Far I in dub once again, this time with Prince Jammy engineering the desk. Unlike the first chapter, almost all material...more →
The Cure
Fiction Records FIX-1
“Average” Post-PunkJukebox picks: “10.15 Saturday Night” (7.7) • “Accuracy” (6.7) • “Subway Song” (6.1)
The demo to “10:15 Saturday Night” had caught Chris Parry’s attention in 1978 and led him to sign the band to his ne...more →
Magazine
Virgin V-2121
“Average” New WaveJukebox picks: “Rhythm Of Cruelty” (6.4) • “Permafrost” (6.2) • “Talk To The Body” (5.7)
In the nine months since their debut, departing drummer Martin Jackson had been replaced, and the Manchester five-piece ...more →
This Heat
Piano THIS-1
“Below average” Avant-GardeJukebox picks: “Horizontal Hold” (8.5) • “Twilight Furniture” (8.3) • “24 Track Loop” (8.1)
On their September '79 debut this highly experimental group of multi-instrumentalists from London line-up: Charles Bulle...more →
Squeeze
A&M Records AMLH-68503
“Below average” New Wave; PopJukebox picks: “Up The Junction” (10) • “Cool For Cats” (9.4) • “Slap And Tickle” (8.2)
13 months on from their debut, the London five continue to frustrate on their second long-player, delivered in April '79...more →
Motörhead
Bronze BRON-523
“Below average” RockJukebox picks: “Poison” (6.3) • “Step Down” (6.1) • “All The Aces” (5.8)
Arriving in October '79 was the second album of the year from the re-energized group, just 7 months after “Overkill”. It...more →
Ken Nordine
Snail Records SR-1001
“Below average” Crooner / Cabaret; PoetryJukebox picks: “Ballad Of The Final Page” (7.1) • “Seven Ways Of The Meek” (6.7) • “Scratch” (6.6)
“Silly silly me writing songs your ears can see, songs they are more said than sung, talking songs for solo tongue. So...more →
Simple Minds
Zoom Records SPART-1109
“Below average” New WaveJukebox picks: “Changeling” (6.5) • “Premonition” (6.4) • “Factory” (6.2)
Just 7 months on from their debut, the second long-player from the Glasgow five-piece arrived in November, 1979, once ag...more →
The Human League
Virgin V-2133
“Below average” New Wave; ElectronicaJukebox picks: “Almost Medieval” (6.7) • “Empire State Human” (5.8) • “The Path Of Least Resistance” (5.6)
“//The League would like to positively affect the future by close attention to the present, allying technology with huma...more →
Thin Lizzy
Vertigo 6360 169
“Below average” RockJukebox picks: “Do Anything You Wanna Do” (6.1) • “S And M” (5.9) • “Toughest Street In Town” (5.6)
The ninth album from the London-based quartet was recorded in Paris in early '79 and saw release in April. They line-up:...more →
Roxy Music
EG 2310-651
“Below average” Cerebral Pop; New Wave; PopJukebox picks: “Angel Eyes” (6.7) • “Trash” (6.4) • “Manifesto” (6.3)
The sixth Roxy album was delivered in March, '79, almost 4 years on from “Siren”. The very fine start of “Manifesto”...more →
Nash The Slash
Cut-Throat Records CUT-2
“Poor” ElectronicaJukebox picks: “Blind Windows / Countervail” (6.2) • “Moon Curse” (6.0) • “Islands” (5.4)
Debut album from the 31-year-old Toronto musician, Jeff Plewman, introducing the rather off-putting surgical bandage loo...more →
Pink Floyd
Harvest SHDW-411
“Poor” Rock; Prog; SongwriterJukebox picks: “The Trial” (7.2) • “Mother” (6.7) • “Another Brick In The Wall [album version, part II]” (6.2)
Following on from “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973), “Wish You Were Here” (1975) and “Animals” (1977), the eleventh Pin...more →
ABBA
Polar POLS-292
“Poor” PopJukebox picks: “Does Your Mother Know” (7.1) • “Voulez-Vous” (6.4) • “Chiquitita” (6.0)
A flirtation with disco informs the April '79 long-player from the Swedish quartet, where, true to form, the good qualit...more →
Bob Dylan
Columbia FC-36120
“Poor” Soft Rock / A.O.R.Jukebox picks: “Man Gave Names To All The Animals” (5.8) • “When He Returns” (5.6) • “Gotta Serve Somebody” (5.0)
Bob Dylan’s final LP of the 1970s was his first since becoming a born-again Christian, and all of the songs either expre...more →
Chic
Atlantic SD-16003
“Poor” Disco / Funk; R n BJukebox picks: “Good Times” (7.9) • “My Forbidden Lover” (6.5) • “My Feet Keep Dancing” (4.9)
Third album three years from le groupe très chic, including three singles; “Good Times” (US #1), “My Forbidden Lov...more →
Fleetwood Mac
Warner Bros. Records K-66088
“Poor” Folk Rock / Americana; Pop; Pop Ballad; Rock; SongwriterJukebox picks: “Never Make Me Cry” (6.4) • “That's All For Everyone” (6.1) • “That's Enough For Me” (5.9)
I'm still not loving 70s Mac, but “Tusk” at least has a bit of a go at connecting with the new wave, resulting in almost...more →
Sister Sledge
Cotillion SD-5209
“Lame” Disco / FunkJukebox picks: “Lost In Music” (7.4) • “Thinking Of You” (5.9) • “He’s The Greatest Dancer” (5.1)
Third long-player from the Philly vocal group, maintaining their record of an album every two years since '75. The sibli...more →
The Sherbone Stars
Ziya Duma BL-174
“Terrible” PopJukebox picks: “Nokuzola” (6.8) • “Kudala Ngihlupheka” (4.7) • “Ngiyizwile Inyoni” (4.3)
In the disco-soul-jive style of the day, this West Nkosi production was released in '79 on the Ziya Duma label. South Af...more →
Parliament
Casablanca NBLP-7195
“Terrible” Disco / FunkJukebox picks: “The Big Bang Theory” (4.8) • “Prologue” (4.5) • “Colour Me Funky” (4.0)
Another tedious concept album which tries to explain that Funk was responsible for the creation of the universe. Tired, ...more →
AC/DC
Albert Productions APLP-040
“Terrible” RockJukebox picks: “Beating Around The Bush” (4.6) • “Night Prowler” (4.6) • “Touch Too Much” (3.6)
For their sixth new music album in July, 1979, they line-up: Bon Scott (lead vocals), Angus Young (lead guitar), Malcolm...more →
Myriam Makeba
Disques Espérance ESP-7501
“Terrible” Disco / Funk; SoulJukebox picks: “Murtala” (4.3) • “African Convention” (4.0) • “Ndibanga Hamba” (3.8)
A new album although there are 2 reworkings from the back catalogue; “Malaisha (Bring The Axe)” (Live In Tokyo, 1968...more →
Michael Jackson
Epic FE-35745
“Dire” Disco / FunkJukebox picks: “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (5.4) • “Working Day And Night” (4.0) • “Rock With You” (3.8)
Amazingly, the fifth solo album from the 20-year-old singer arrived 4 years after the preceding “Forever, Michael”. By n...more →
Crusaders
MCA Records MCA-3094
“Dire” Disco / FunkJukebox picks: “Street Life” (4.3) • “My Lady” (3.6) • “Rodeo Drive (High Steppin')” (2.5)
Bendy bass alert! The 28th album from the 19-year-old group gave them their greatest commercial success, propelled by th...more →
Grace Jones
Island Records ILPS-9538
“An embarrassment” Disco / FunkJukebox picks: “Atlantic City Gambler” (3.0) • “Don’t Mess With The Messer” (2.4) • “Saved” (1.9)
The character of her voice which suggests something different to the disco funk style starts to appear, albeit very slig...more →
Hits Machine Unlimited
Chevron CHVL-017
“An embarrassment” SoulJukebox picks: “I’ll Pick A Rose For My Rose” (2.2) • “Walk Away Rene” (2.0) • “Stop Her On Sight” (1.8)
Copycat bobbins on the budget label, Chevron, exclusively licensed to Woolworths chain store....more →
Bee Gees
RSO 2394 216
“An embarrassment” Pop; Pop BalladJukebox picks: “Tragedy” (5.5) • “I’m Satisfied” (1.4) • “Stop (Think Again)” (1.3)
Following on from the monster success of the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack in which they were heavily involved, the ...more →
Peter Morrison
Lismor Recordings LIDL-6003
“Pathetically abysmal” FolkJukebox picks: “The Muckin’ O’ Geordie’s Byre” (4.0) • “The Soor Milk Cairt” (1.6) • “Roses Of Prince Charlie” (1.3)
An Arts & Law graduate of Glasgow University, his career-path changed forever after becoming a regular on “Songs of Scot...more →
| see also: (B-list) Album Chart of 1979 |
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