Favorite 1979 album?

[TomAz]

I think my picture of Squeezing Out Sparks by Graham Parker disappeared,and i think that's my favorite.

that is a great album.

[full on idle]

Tusk!

[shoegazer76]

I'm sure Kraftwerk had a release in 79.

[BROKENDOLL]

This wasn't the stuff I was listening to in 1979. Where did you get this list?

I was listening to:

Pink Floyd
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
AC/DC
Fleetwood Mac
The Police
Cheap Trick
ELO
The Cars
Dire Straits
Prince
ABBA
George Harrison

Thank you, GPS! I was not only having a hard time remembering what I was listening to in 1979, but I was having a hard time finding credibility in a poll started by someone who wasn't even a sperm droplet then.

I was listening to 6 of those albums around that time. I'm including London Calling, even though it wasn't released in the US until January 1980.

Okay, now that Mr.Credibility has arrived, I can take this poll more seriously... Now, if only I could remember 1979 as clearly as Tom...

[fatbastard]

Blondie:Eat To The Beat

Elvis Costello & The Attractions:Armed Forces

Ian Dury And The Blockheads: Do It Yourself

Prince:Prince

Talking Heads:Fear Of Music

The B-52's:The B-52's

The Cars:Candy-O

The Specials:The Specials

The Who:Quadrophenia Soundtrack

[TallGuyCM]

I was listening to 6 of those albums around that time.

Right. And if you're on this board, you likely fall into the "music geek" category, hence why you were listening to those albums that most people would find at least slightly obscure.

For instance, I just googled "top albums 1979" and it looks like the best-sellers were The Wall, Highway to Hell, Off the Wall, The Clash, and The B-52s.

[TomAz]

I'm pretty sure The Clash was not a big seller in the US in 1979.

Also, 52nd Street would be on any best seller list for 1979. Also Get the Knack. And Donna Summer and Rod Stewart.

Edit: and Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty.

[fatbastard]

I am assumming that this is my favorite album(s) that were being played at my house in 1979, not looking back in time as of today.

[Still-ill]

Not really.

[fatbastard]

It would be my preference as opposed to be a 25 year morning quaterback.

I had no idea who Joy Division was in 1979, but I could have won a Debbie Harry nipple sucking contest in 79.

Blondie, Joe Jackson, Cheap Trick, The Cars, and the B52s would be my list for 1979.

The B52s would be my favorite 1979 album. I still have my original LP.

[TallGuyCM]

I had no idea who Joy Division was in 1979, but I could have won a Debbie Harry nipple sucking contest in 79.

Blondie, Joe Jackson, Cheap Trick, The Cars, and the B52s would be my list for 1979.

The B52s would be my favorite 1979 album. I still have my original LP.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. The average pop culture awareness of the time, I'd say.

[Still-ill]

I just realized every single one of those up there are English.

[Still-ill]

Well.. Shit.

[WhyTheLongFace]

Since Off The Wall isnt an option I vote for London Calling.

[TomAz]

[nahuatldream]

Since Off The Wall isnt an option I vote for London Calling.

I pick "The Wall". "Off the Wall" would be my runner up, for "Don't stop 'til you get enough" alone! Never been a ginourmous Clash fan, but they'd be my third pick. For compilations, I would go with Bee Gees Greatest! I love that set. This is all in retrospect, of course, I wasn't even born until 1980.

[TomAz]

[Still-ill]

[rage patton]

My thoughts exactly.

[Still-ill]

[TomAz]

You had a good point with The Jam. Now you've ruined it.

[TomAz]

My thoughts exactly.

You're better than that, Josh.

[Still-ill]

I think I improved it. I think I improved everything.

[TomAz]

Well you've leavened the discussion with a dash of absurdity. I would pay cash money to punch Jimmy Buffet in his swollen red schnozz.

[Still-ill]

He does the song "Cheeseburger in Paradise" right? Yeah, go ahead.

[Still-ill]

...and I've never seen the term "leavened", used outside of baking.

[TomAz]

really? weird.

noun
1.a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
2.fermented dough reserved for producing fermentation in a new batch of dough.
3.an element that produces an altering or transforming influence.
–verb (used with object)
4.to add leaven to (dough or batter) and cause to rise.
5.to permeate with an altering or transforming element.

[Mr.Nipples]

[donkey sex]

JD. Never got the appeal of The Clash.

[Still-ill]

Finally someone voted for that.