Welcome to the 10th part of the '70s acclaimed music forum poll. This month we will deal with 1979, the year hip-hop started to emerge.

Please submit at least 5 songs and/or albums, preferably but not necessarily with ranking, lists without ranking will get an average score of 10 points per album. The deadline is midnight on the 30th of November. For the scoring, rules and other details check here

You should have a look at the 1979 album and song lists before voting (but you can of course vote for songs and albums not in the AM list)

1 - The Clash - London Calling
2 - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
3 - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
4 - Camarón - La leyenda del tiempo
5 - The Undertones - The Undertones
6 - The B-52's - The B-52's
7 - Talking Heads - Fear of Music
8 - The Specials - The Specials
9 - The Jam - Setting Sons
10 - Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
11 - Robert Fripp - Exposure
12 - Van Morrison - Into the Music
13 - Various Artists - No New York
14 - Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
15 - Gang of Four - Entertainment!
16 - Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Armed Forces
17 - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
18 - Magazine - Secondhand Daylight
19 - Supertramp - Breakfast in America
20 - Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats


1 - The Clash - London Calling
2 - Chic - Good Times
3 - Camarón - La leyenda del tiempo
4 - Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Powderfinger
5 - Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
6 - Michael Jackson - Rock With You
7 - The B-52's - Dance This Mess Around
8 - The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
9 - Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
10 - Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Oliver's Army
11 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
12 - Patti Smith Group - Dancing Barefoot
13 - The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
14 - The Jam - Eton Rifles
15 - The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
16 - M - Pop Muzik
17 - Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland
18 - Joy Division - She's Lost Control
19 - The Specials - Gangsters
20 - Anita Ward - Ring My Bell

Is that Fortunecity avatar to celebrate the first home of Acclaimed Music?

Oh, my avatar was this beautiful picture of Camaron de la Isla. Do not know what happened.

This picture

Albums:

1. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
2. Clash – London Calling
3. Squeeze – Cool For Cats
4. Madness – One Step Beyond
5. David Bowie - Lodger
6. Buzzcocks – A Different Kind Of Tension
7. Frank Zappa – Sheik Yerbouti
8. Pink Floyd – The Wall
9. Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
10. Ebba Grön – We’re Only In It For The Drugs


Songs:

1. Patti Smith – Frederick
2. Teardrop Explodes – Bouncing Babies
3. Frank Zappa – Watermelon In Easter Hay
4. Joy Division – Shadowplay
5. Notsensibles – (I’m In Love With) Margaret Thatcher
6. Frank Zappa – Strictly Genteel
7. Cockney Rejects – Flares’n Slippers
8. Madness – Night Boat To Cairo
9. Tubeway Army – Down In The Park
10. Wire – The 15th
11. Thin Lizzy – Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) - A Rock Legend
12. Randy Crawford – Street Life
13. Frank Zappa – Yo’ Mama
14. Reeperbahn – Havet Ligger Blankt
15. Demics – New York City
16. Joy Division – She’s Lost Control
17. Van Morrison – And The Healing Has Begun
18. Madness – One Step Beyond
19. Clash – The Guns Of Brixton
20. Specials – Nite Club
21. Ebba Grön – Vad Ska Du Bli
22. Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Fire
23. B-52’s – Dance This Mess Around
24. Buzzcocks – Paradise
25. Joy Division – Transmission
26. Talking Heads – Cities
27. Frank Zappa – Rat Tomago
28. Dexys Midnight Runers – Dance Stance
29. Herb Alpert – Rise
30. Skids – Into The Valley
31. Squeeze – Up The Junction
32. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – Back in Your Life
33. Machine – There But For The Grace Of God
34. The Knack – My Sharona
35. Delta 5 – Mind Your Own Business
36. Pink Floyd – Hey You
37. Stranglers – The Raven
38. Swell Maps – Midget Submarines
39. Joy Division – Day Of The Lords
40. Santana – Aqua Marine
41. Roxy Music – Angel Eyes
42. Treacherous Three – The New Rap Language
43. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
44. France Joli – Come To Me
45. Sparks – Tryouts For The Human Race
46. Vivianne Goldmann – Laundrette
47. A Certain Ratio – Flight
48. David Johansen – Melody
49. Dire Straits – Once Upon A Time In The West
50. Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead

1. The Clash - London Calling (#11 all time)
2. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces (#50)
3. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall (#54)
4. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (#91)
5. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps (#127)
6. Talking Heads - Fear of Music (#130)
7. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
8. The Specials - The Specials
9. Chic - Risque

The songs:

1. The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton
2. The Slits – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
3. The Embarassment - Patio Set
4. Au Pairs - You
5. McNeal & Niles - Ja Ja
6. Marianne Faithfull - Working Class Hero
7. Paulett & Tanya Winley - Rhymin' And Rappin'
8. Fatal Microbes - Violence Grows
9. The B-52's - Dance This Mess Around
10. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army
11. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
12. Earth & Fire - Weekend
13. Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind
14. Family Fodder - Sunday Girl
15. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind The Mask
16. The Jam - The Butterfly Collector
17. The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
18. The Deep Freeze Mice - Emile Zola
19. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
20. Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays

21. Chrome - Zombie Warfare (Can't Let You Down)
22. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)
23. Joni Mitchell - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
24. The Feelies - Raised Eyebrows
25. Essential Logic - World Friction
26. Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
27. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
28. The Specials - Too Much Too Young
29. XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
30. The Specials - Gangsters
31. Godley & Creme - An Englishman In New York
32. Delta 5 - Now That You've Gone
33. Fischer-Z - The Worker
34. The Clash - London Calling
35. Jeff Lorber Fusion - Rain Dance
36. Joy Division - Transmission
37. Dark Day - Hands in the Dark
38. Suicide - Dream Baby Dream
39. Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
40. The Motels - Total Control
41. The Slits - Typical Girls
42. XTC - Life Begins At The Hop
43. Holger Czukay - Persian Love
44. Van Morrison - And The Healing Has Begun
45. Kermit - Rainbow Connection
46. The Feelies - Fa-Cé-La
47. The Pretenders - Kid
48. Graham Parker And The Rumour - Protection
49. Annette Peacock - Solar Systems
50. Bob Dylan - Man Gave Names To All the Animals
51. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Fire
52. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
53. Madness - My Girl
54. The Records - Starry Eyes
55. Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
56. James Chance & The Blacks - (Tropical) Heat Wave
57. Robert Fripp - North Star
58. The B-52s - 52 Girls
59. The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil
60. Madness - The Prince
61. Sugar Minott - The People Got To Know
62. Throbbing Gristle - Hot on the Heels of Love
63. Van Morrison - Bright Side Of The Road
64. The Deep Freeze Mice - Minstrel Radio Yoghurt
65. Emmanuel Dilhac - La Chanson De Gauguin
66. Hi-Voltage Orchestra - Midnight Blue
67. James Chance & Pill Factory - That's When Your Heartaches Begin
68. Wire - The 15th
69. Chic - Good Times
70. Roxy Music - Angel Eyes
71. James Chance & The Contortions - Contort Yourself
72. Rockets - If You Drive
73. Talking Heads - Drugs
74. Squeeze - Up The Junction
75. The Homosexuals - You're Not Moving The Way You're Supposed To
76. Devo - The Day My Baby Gave Me Surprize
77. The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
78. Gang Of Our - I Found That Essence Rare
79. Asha Puthli - 1001 Nights of Love
80. Average White Band - Walk On By
81. Material - O.A.O.
82. Charlie Dore - Pilot Of The Airwaves
83. Machine - There But For The Grace Of God Go I
84. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Playground Twist
85. Harry Thumann - Underwater
86. Beach Boys - Lady Lynda
87. Lydia Lunch - Atomic Bongos
88. Lake - Crystal Eyes
89. Swell Maps - Midget Submarines
90. The Raincoats - No Side To Fall In
91. Black Randy & The Metrosquad - Marlon Brando
92. Deep Freeze Mice - I Vote Conservative (because I Am In Love With You)
93. McNeal & Niles - Punk Funk
94. The Raincoats - Lola
95. Lydia Lunch - Lady Scarface
96. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mission Impossible
97. Family Fodder - Playing Golf
98. Iggy Pop - African Man
99. The Specials - Blank Expression
100. The Members - Solitary Confinement

This is a very bold prediction, but I have a feeling London Calling win win this year's album poll.

You should know I'm a Zappa freak, and this year is incredible for him.

but what version of Strictly Genteel was released in 1979?

I am aware of

1) the version from 200 Motels (1971)
2) the orchestral version (from the 1980s)
3) the version from Make a Jazz Noise Here
etc.) and at least one version from a live recording from the You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore 6-record release, which started to be released in 1988

Which Strictly Genteel is ranked on the list high enough to have points?

Albums:

1. Blondie- Eat to the Beat
2. Tubeway Army- Replicas
3. Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
4. David Bowie- Lodger
5. Michael Jackson- Off the Wall
6. Donna Summer- Bad Girls
7. Prince- Prince
8. The Cure- Three Imaginary Boys
9. Gary Numan- The Pleasure Principle
10. Gang of Four- Entertainment!
11. The Clash- London Calling
12. Talking Heads- Fear of Music
13. The B-52's- The B-52's
14. Magazine- Secondhand Daylight
15. Chic- Risque
16. Roxy Music- Manifesto
17. Human League- Reproduction
18. Siouxsie and the Banshees- Join Hands

Songs:

1. Blondie- "Atomic"
2. Joy Division- "Disorder"
3. Tubeway Army- "Are 'Friends' Electric?"
4. Talking Heads- "Cities"
5. David Bowie- "DJ"
6. Joy Division- "New Dawn Fades"
7. Prince- "Bambi"
8. Michael Jackson- "Working Day and Night"
9. Tubeway Army- "Me! I Disconnect from You"
10. The Cure- "Jumping Someone Else's Train"
11. Prince- "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad"
12. M- "Pop Muzik"
13. Tubeway Army- "We Have a Technical"
14. Joy Division- "Day of the Lords"
15. Gary Numan- "Metal"
16. Blondie- "Dreaming"
17. Tubeway Army- "We Are So Fragile"
18. The Cure- "10:15 Saturday Night"
19. Blondie- "Shayla"
20. Tubeway Army- "Down in the Park"

Albums

[01] Philip Glass | Einstein on the Beach
[02] The Art Bears | Winter Songs
[03] The Raincoats | The Raincoats
[04] Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Armed Forces
[05] Michael Jackson | Off the Wall
[06] James Chance and The Contortions | Buy
[07] This Heat | This Heat
[08] Chrome | Half-Machine Lip Moves
[09] Gang of Four | Entertainment!
[10] Tony Allen | No Accommodation for Lagos
[11] The Swell Maps | A Trip To Marineville
[12] The Damned | Machine Gun Etiquette
[13] Blondie | Eat to the Beat
[14] The Pop Group | Y
[15] The Clash | London Calling
[16] Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures
[17] James Blood Ulmer | Tales of Captain Black
[18] Public Image Ltd. | Metal Box/Second Edition
[19] Neil Young with Crazy Horse | Rust Never Sleeps
[20] Chic | Risque
[21] Ornette Coleman & Charlie Haden | Soapsuds Soapsuds
[22] Wire | 154
[23] The Art Ensemble of Chicago | Nice Guys
[24] The Slits | Cut
[25] The B-52's | The B-52's
[26] Talking Heads | Fear of Music
[27] XTC | Drums and Wires
[28] AC/DC | Highway to Hell
[29] The Residents | Eskimo
[30] Frank Zappa | Joe's Garage

Songs

[01] Chic | Good Times
[02] Philip Glass | Spaceship
[03] The Art Bears | Three Wheels
[04] The Slits | Typical Girls
[05] Wire | Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
[06] The Raincoats | In Love
[07] Squeeze | Up The Junction
[08] Buzzcocks | Why Can't I Touch It?
[09] Blondie | Atomic
[10] Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Oliver's Army
[11] Public Image Ltd. | Poptones
[12] Tubeway Army | Are 'Friends' Electric?
[13] James Chance and The Contortions | Contort Yourself
[14] Neil Young with Crazy Horse | Powderfinger
[15] The Pop Group | She Is Beyond Good and Evil
[16] The Swell Maps | Full Moon in My Pocket/BLAM!!/Full Moon (reprise)
[17] Michael Jackson | Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
[18] Buzzcocks | Everybody's Happy Nowadays
[19] Talking Heads | Memories Can't Wait
[20] Suicide | Dream Baby Dream
[21] Joe Walsh | In The City
[22] This Heat | 24 Track Loop
[23] Philip Glass | Train 1
[24] The Damned | Machine Gun Etiquette
[25] Irakere | Juana Mil Ciento
[26] Joy Division | Disorder
[27] Blondie | Union City Blue
[28] Chrome | March of The Chrome Police
[29] The Clash | Spanish Bombs
[30] Dr. Alimantado | Born for a Purpose/Reason for Living
[31] The Raincoats | Fairytale In The Supermarket
[32] Linton Kwesi Johnson | Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)
[33] The Art Bears | The Bath of Stars
[34] Cheap Trick | Dream Police
[35] The Clash | London Calling
[36] Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Accidents Will Happen
[37] David Bowie | Fantastic Voyage
[38] Joy Division | New Dawn Fades
[39] Gang of Four | I Found That Essence Rare
[40] Gloria Gaynor | I Will Survive
[41] Gary Numan | Cars
[42] Fela Kuti | Unknown Soldier
[43] Led Zeppelin | Fool In The Rain
[44] Funkadelic | (Not Just) Knee Deep
[45] Pink Floyd | Comfortably Numb
[46] Prince | I Wanna Be Your Lover
[47] Michael Jackson | Rock With You
[48] The Buggles | Video Killed the Radio Star
[49] The Pretenders | Brass in Pocket
[50] AC/DC | Highway to Hell
[51] Fleetwood Mac | Tusk
[52] Patti Smith Group | Dancing Barefoot
[53] Neil Young with Crazy Horse | Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
[54] The Police | Message in a Bottle
[55] Yellow Magic Orchestra | Behind The Mask
[56] The Dead Kennedys | California Uber Alles
[57] The Cure | Boys Don't Cry
[58] Public Image Ltd. | Careering
[59] McFadden and Whitehead | Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
[60] Nick Lowe | Cruel to Be Kind
[61] The Cars | Let's Go
[62] The Damned | Love Song
[63] Sister Sledge | We Are Family
[64] Sugarhill Gang | Rapper's Delight
[65] Donna Summer | Hot Stuff
[66] Bauhaus | Bela Lugosi's Dead
[67] Van Halen | Dance The Night Away
[68] The Clash | Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
[69] XTC | Life Begins at The Hop
[70] The Kinks | A Rock and Roll Fantasy
[71] Anita Ward | Ring My Bell
[72] ABBA | Angeleyes
[73] The Boomtown Rats | I Don't Like Mondays
[74] Madness | One Step Beyond
[75] Supertramp | Take The Long Way Home
[76] The Bee Gees | Tragedy

Albums:

01. RAMONES-It's alive
02. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-Inflammable material
03. JOE JACKSON-Look sharp
04. B 52's-B 52's
05. JOY DIVISION-Unknown pleasures
06. FRANK ZAPPA-Joe's garage, act I
07. The CURE-Three imaginary boys
08. AC/DC-Highway to hell
09. The POPGROUP-Y
10. JOE JACKSON-I'm the man
11. PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY-The laughing academy
12. TUBEWAY ARMY-Replicas
13. LINTON KWESI JOHNSON-Forces of victory
14. NEIL YOUNG-Rust never sleeps
15. CRAMPS-Gravest hits
16. The POLICE-Regatta d' blanc
17. PHILIP GLASS-Einstein on the beach
18. SPECIALS-Specials
19. MOTÖRHEAD-Overkill
20. THIS HEAT-This heat
21. MIKEY DREAD-Dread at the controls
22. GANG OF FOUR-Entertainment
23. ALEX CHILTON-Like flies on sherbet
24. TALKING HEADS-Fear of music
25. SQUEEZE-Cool for cats
26. WIRE-154
27. ROBERT FRIPP-Exposure
28. UNDERTONES-Undertones
29. PERE UBU-New picnic time
30. YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA-Solid state survivor


Songs:

01. The POLICE-MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (from Regatta d' blanc-Punk/Wave)
02. The CLASH-LONDON CALLING (from London calling-Punk/Wave)
03. JOE JACKSON-I'M THE MAN (from I'm the man-Punk/Wave)
04. CRAMPS-ROCKIN' BONES (DEMO VERSION) (from The Ohio demos-Garage rock)
05. CHIC-GOOD TIMES (from Risque-Disco/Soul)
06. The CURE-BOYS DON'T CRY (single-Punk/Wave)
07. JOY DIVISION-TRANSMISSION (single-Punk/Wave)
08. MOTÖRHEAD-OVERKILL (from Overkill-Metal/Hardrock)
09. ETOILE DE DAKAR-THIELY (from Volume 1-World/Africa/Senegal) feat. a young Youssou N' Dour.
10. UNDERTONES-MALE MODEL (from Undertones-Punk/Wave)

11. ROMANTICS-WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU (from Romantics-Punk/Wave)
12. HEPTONES + JAH LION-MR. PRESIDENT ("12" VERSION) (single-Reggae)
13. PATTI SMITH-DANCING BAREFOOT (from Wave-Punk/Wave)
14. JOE JACKSON-ONE MORE TIME (from Look sharp-Punk/Wave)
15. BOOMTOWN RATS-I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS (from The art of surfacing-Punk/Wave)
16. REVEREND JULIUS CHEEKS-NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE (from Recorded live in Washington D.C.-Gospel)
17. AC/DC-BEATING AROUND THE BUSH (from Highway to hell-Metal/Hardrock)
18. TUBEWAY ARMY-ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC ? (from Replicas-Synthpop)
19. SISTER SLEDGE-LOST IN MUSIC (from We are family-Disco/Soul)
20. BAUHAUS-BELA LUGOSI IS DEAD (single-Punk/Wave)

21. ROBERT FRIPP-EXPOSURE (from Exposure-Pop/Rock)
22. JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS-STAINED SHEETS (from Off white-Punk/Wave) (James White = James Chance).
23. GANG OF FOUR-I FOUND THAT ESSENCE RARE (from Entertainment-Punk/Wave)
24. LYRES-HOW DO YOU KNOW ? (single-Garage rock)
25. JOHN BARRY-THE BLACK HOLE 'TITLE THEME' (from The black hole-Soundtrack)
26. PSYCHEDELIC FURS-PULSE (single-Punk/Wave)
27. SWELL MAPS-FULL MOON IN MY POCKET/BLAM! (from Trip to Marineville-Punk/Wave)
28. DAVE EDMUNDS-GIRLS TALK (from Repeat when necessary-Pop/Rock)
29. DEAD KENNEDYS-CALIFORNIA ÜBER ALLES (single-Punk/Wave)
30. SUZIE SEACELL-ME AND MY VIBRATOR (PUSH, PUSH) (from Circus royale-Pop/Rock)

31. PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY-ENGINE OF EXCESS (single-Punk/Wave)
32. The KNACK-MY SHARONA (from Get The Knack-Punk/Wave)
33. SPIZZ ENERGI-WHERE'S CAPTAIN KIRK ? (single-Punk/Wave)
34. SUGARHILL GANG-RAPPER'S DELIGHT (from Sugarhill gang-Hiphop)
35. GYPSIES DE PETIONVILLE-MIN DIABLE LA (from Gypsies de Petionville-World/Latin/Haïti)
36. BUZZCOCKS-EVERYBODY'S HAPPY NOWADAYS (single-Punk/Wave)
37. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS-REFUGEE (from Damn the torpedoes-Pop/Rock)
38. MIKEY DREAD-DREAD COMBINATION (from Dread at the controls-Reggae)
39. NINA HAGEN-AFRICAN REGGAE (from Unbehagen-Punk/Wave)
40. The POPGROUP-SHE IS BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL (from Y-Punk/Wave)

41. BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY-SARAH SMILES (from Strange man, changed man-Punk/Wave) The Motors' former frontman.
42. EARTH, WIND & FIRE-LET YOUR FEELINGS SHOW (from I am-Soul/Funk)
43. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-ROUGH TRADE (from Inflammable material-Punk/Wave)
44. ETOILE DE DAKAR-DOM SOU NARE BAKH (from Volume 1-World/Africa/Senegal)
45. MADNESS-ONE STEP BEYOND (from Madness-Wave/Ska revival)
46. WIRE-I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER (from 154-Punk/Wave)
47. HARRY THUMAN-UNDERWATER (single-Disco/Pop)
48. B 52's-LAVA (from B 52's-Punk/Wave)
49. JANIS IAN-FLY TOO HIGH (from Night rains-Pop/Rock)
50. JOY DIVISION-SHE'S LOST CONTROL (from Unknown pleasures-Punk/Wave)

51. LINTON KWESI JOHNSON-IT'S NOH FUNNY (from Forces of victory-Reggae)
52. NEIL YOUNG-POWDERFINGER (from Rust never sleeps-Pop/Rock)
53. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN-PICTURES ON MY WALL (SINGLE VERSION) (single-Punk/Wave)
54. NICK LOWE-CRACKING UP (from Labour of lust-Pop/Wave)
55. RUBEN BLADES-CANTO ABACUA (from Bohemio y poeta-World/Latin/Panama)
56. SHAKE-CULTURE SHOCK (single-Punk/Wave)
57. SPECIALS-TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG (from Specials-Wave/Ska revival)
58. ANGELIC UPSTARTS-I'M AN UPSTART (from Teenage warning-Punk/Wave)
59. TALKING HEADS-CITIES (from Fear of music-Punk/Wave)
60. FRANK ZAPPA-JOE'S GARAGE (from Joe's garage, act I-Pop/Rock)

61. The DAMNED-SMASH IT UP (from Machine gun etiquette-Punk/Wave)
62. BLASIUS TO UNA-LUSIONO (World/Asia/Papua New Guinea)
63. GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR-SATURDAY NITE IS DEAD (from Squeezing out sparks-Punk/Wave)
64. HOLGER CZUKAY-PERSIAN LOVE (from Movies-Krautrock)
65. REVELONS-THE WAY YOU TOUCH MY HAND (single-Punk/Wave)
66. U.K. SUBS-STRANGLEHOLD (single-Punk/Wave)
67. RESIDENTS-WALTER WESTINGHOUSE (single-Avantrock)
68. AC/DC-HIGHWAY TO HELL (from Highway to hell-Metal/Hardrock)
69. SQUEEZE-SLIGHTLY DRUNK (from Cool for cats-Punk/Wave)
70. YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA-TECHNOPOLIS (from Solid state survivor-Synthpop)

71. RUTS-BABYLON'S BURNING (from The crack-Punk/Wave)
72. PHILIP GLASS-TRAIN (from Einstein on the beach-Avantgarde)
73. RAMONES-TEENAGE LOBOTOMY (LIVE) (from It's alive-Punk/Wave)
74. PATRICK FITZGERALD-WAITING FOR THE FINAL CLUE (single-Punk/Wave)
75. ONLY ONES-MILES FROM NOWHERE (from Even serpents shine-Punk/Wave)
76. The POLICE-WALKING ON THE MOON (from Regatta d' blanc-Punk/Wave)
77. CRAMPS-LONESOME TOWN (from Gravest hits-Garage rock)
78. BLACK UHURU-GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (SHOWCASE VERSION) (from Showcase-Reggae)
79. MARIANNE FAITHFULL-WORKING CLASS HERO (from Broken English-Pop/Rock)
80. SHIRTS-LAUGH AND WALK AWAY (from Street light shine-Punk/Wave)

81. COWBOYS INTERNATIONAL-WISH (from The original sin-Punk/Wave)
82. ALEX CHILTON-LIKE FLIES ON SHERBET (from Like flies on sherbet-Pop/Rock)
83. PRETENDERS-BRASS IN POCKET (single-Punk/Wave)
84. The POPGROUP-WE ARE ALL PROSTITUTES (single-Punk/Wave)
85. DIRE STRAITS-LADY WRITER (from Communique-Pop/Rock)
86. PAUL COLLINS' BEAT-DON'T WAIT UP (from The Beat-Punk/Wave)
87. THIS HEAT-THE FALL OF SAIGON (from This heat-Punk/Wave)
88. RY COODER-THE VERY THING THAT MAKES YOU RICH (from Bop till you drop-Pop/Rock)
89. YACHTS-BOX 202 (from Yachts-Punk/Wave)
90. BETTE MIDLER-MIDNIGHT IN MEMPHIS (from The Rose-Pop/Rock)

91. FLESHTONES-AMERICAN BEAT (single-Garage rock)
92. The TEARDROP EXPLODES-BOUNCING BABIES (SINGLE VERSION) (single-Punk/Wave)
93. DONNA SUMMER-HOT STUFF (from Bad girls-Disco/Soul)
94. GERMS-COMMUNIST EYES (from G.I.-Punk/Wave)
95. NEIL YOUNG-HEY HEY MY MY (from Rust never sleeps-Pop/Rock)
96. JERZIMY-ANARCHIE POUR L' U.K. (from The great rock 'n' roll swindle-Punk/wave) Chanson version of Anarchy in the U.K.
97. MISTY IN ROOTS-MAN KIND (from Live at the Counter Eurovision-Reggae)
98. ELVIS COSTELLO-OLIVER'S ARMY (from Armed forces-Punk/Wave)
99. MALCOLM PRACTICE-SEX OBJECT (from 499 2139-Punk/Wave)
100. CABARET VOLTAIRE-NAG NAG NAG (single-Punk/Wave)

101. IRAKERE-AGUANILE (from Irakere-World/Latin/Cuba)
102. MAGGOTS-A BATTERED TAMMY WYNETTE RELIVES THE MACABRE ABDUCTION THAT NEARLY KILLED HER (single-Punk/Wave)
103. VAN MORRISON-BRIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD (from Into the music-Singer/songwriter)
104. TINOPENERS-SET ME FREE (single-Punk/Wave)
105. The CURE-GRINDING HALT (from Three imaginary boys-Punk/Wave)
106. DELTA 5-MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS (single-Punk/Wave)
107. SOFT BOYS-LEPPO AND THE JOOVES (from A can of bees-Pop/Wave)
108. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK-ELECTRICITY (SINGLE VERSION) (single-Synthpop)
109. PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY-ALL WHITE JACK (from Laughing academy-Punk/Wave)
110. BARRINGTON LEVY-IF YOU GIVE TO ME (from Englishman-Reggae)

111. BLONDIE-ACCIDENTS NEVER HAPPEN (from Eat to the beat-Punk/Wave)
112. HERMAN BROOD & HIS WILD ROMANCE-I LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE MYSELF (single-Pop/Rock)
113. PRINCE JAMMY-THRONE OF BLOOD (from Kamikazi dub-Reggae)
114. TELEX-ÇA PLANE POUR MOI (from Looking for Saint-Tropez-Synthpop)
115. JOE JACKSON-SUNDAY PAPERS (from Look sharp-Punk/Wave)
116. JAGS-BACK OF MY HAND (single-Punk/Wave)
117. MICHAEL JACKSON-DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH (from Off the wall-Disco/Soul)
118. FATAL MICROBES-VIOLENCE GROWS (single-Punk/Wave)
119. HUMAN LEAGUE-CIRCUS OF DEATH (ALBUM VERSION) (from Reproduction-Punk/Wave)
120. PURPLE HEARTS-MILLIONS LIKE US (single-Punk/Wave)

121. FLYING LIZARDS-MONEY (from Flying lizards-Punk/Wave)
122. DAVID BOWIE-BOYS KEEP SWINGING (from Lodger-Pop/Rock)
123. THROBBING GRISTLE-CONVINCING PEOPLE (from 20 Jazz Funk greats-Punk/Wave)
124. BETH CARVALHO-COISINHA DO PAI (from No pagode-World/Latin/Brazil)
125. RAMONES-ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGHSCHOOL (from Rock 'n' roll highschool-Punk/Wave)
126. NERVOUS EATERS-JUST HEAD (single-Punk/Wave)
127. TUBEWAY ARMY-DOWN IN THE PARK (from Replicas-Synthpop)
128. P-MODEL-PINKY TRICK (from In a model room-Japanese Wave)
129. DAN HARTMAN-RELIGHT MY FIRE (from Relight my fire-Disco/Pop)
130. The JAM-ETON RIFLES (from Setting sons-Punk/Wave)

131. POISON GIRLS-IDEALOGICALLY UNSOUND (from Hex-Punk/Wave)
132. DEVO-BLOCKHEAD (from Duty now for the future-Punk/Wave)
133. The FALL-FRIGHTENED (from Live at the witch trials-Punk/Wave)
134. PINK FLOYD-ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL pts. 1 & 2 (from The wall-Prog)
135. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-LAW AND ORDER (from Inflammable material-Punk/Wave)
136. NASH THE SLASH-UN CHIEN ANDALOU (from Dreams and nightmares-Synth/Wave) mysterious masked creature from Canada.
137. LINTON KWESI JOHNSON-REALITY POEM (from Forces of victory-Reggae)
138. SIMPLE MINDS-CHANGELING (from Reel to real cacophony-Punk/Wave)
139. The FEELIES-RAISED EYEBROWS (single-Punk/Wave)
140. MAGAZINE-BACK TO NATURE (from Secondhand daylight-Punk/Wave)

141. NOT SENSIBLES-I'M IN LOVE WITH MARGARET THATCHER (single-Punk/Wave)
142. The REAL THING-CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE ? (from Can you feel the force-Disco/Soul)
143. SLITS-TYPICAL GIRLS (from Cut-Punk/Wave)
144. JUDAS PRIEST-THE GREEN MANALISHI (LIVE) (from Unleashed in the East-Metal/Hardrock)
145. FISCHER Z.-REMEMBER RUSSIA (from Word salad-Punk/Wave)
146. U.K. SUBS-ALL I WANNA KNOW (DOES SHE SUCK ?) (from Another kind of blues-Punk/Wave)
147. RAINCOATS-NO SIDE TO FALL IN (from Raincoats-Punk/Wave)
148. CHEAP TRICK-I WANT YOU TO WANT ME (LIVE) (from At Budokan-Pop/Rock)
149. LEE CLAYTON-I WALK ALONE (from Naked child-Pop/Rock)
150. GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE-SUPERRAPPIN' (single-Hiphop)

151. PERE UBU-ONE LESS WORRY (from New picnic time-Punk/Wave)
152. JEAN-JACQUES BURNEL-EUROMAN (from Euroman cometh-Punk/Wave) solo album by Stranglers bassist.
153. JUNIOR DELGADO-TRICKSTER (from Taste of the young heart-Reggae)
154. FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS-LOOK WHATCHA DONE (from Girls go wild!-Pop/Rock)
155. FAD GADGET-THE BOX (single-Punk/Wave)
156. RED CRAYOLA-DISCIPLINE (from Soldier talk-Avantrock)
157. CRUSADERS-STREET LIFE (from Street life-Fusion/Funk)
158. SNAKEFINGER-I LOVE MARY (from Chewing hides the sound-Punk/Wave)
159. MEKONS-TEETH (from The quality of mercy is not strnen-Punk/Wave)
160. JULES & THE POLAR BEARS-WHAT DO YOU BELONG TO (from Phonetics-Pop/Rock)

161. ABBA-GIMME, GIMME, GIMME (single-Pop/Rock)
162. SWELL MAPS-LET'S BUILD A CAR (single-Punk/Wave)
163. XTC-MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL (from Drums and wires-Punk/Wave)
164. JANE AIRE & THE BELVEDERES-DRIVING (from Jane Aire & the belvederes-Punk/Wave)
165. SKIDS-INTO THE VALLEY (from Scared to dance-Punk/Wave)
166. PRINCE-SEXY DANCER (from-Prince-Soul/Funk)
167. ART BEARS-THE BATH OF STARS (from Winter songs-Avantgarde)
168. SUPERTRAMP-THE LOGICAL SONG (from Breakfast in America-Pop/Prog)
169. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.-CHANT (from Metal box-Punk/Wave)
170. CHROME-ABSTRACT NYMPHO (from Half machine lip moves-Punk/Wave)

171. LIPPS INC.-FUNKYTOWN (from Mouth to mouth-Disco/Pop)
172. SIOUXIE & THE BANSHEES-PLAYGROUND TWIST (from Join hands-Punk/Wave)
173. SPOONIE GEE-SPOONIN' RAP (single-Hiphop)
174. CARS-GOT A LOT ON MY HEAD (from Candy-O-Punk/Wave)
175. RICKIE LEE JONES-CHUCK E. IS IN LOVE (from Rickie Lee Jones-Singer/songwriter)
176. JAPAN-QUIET LIFE (from Quiet life-Punk/Wave)
177. MOLLY HATCHET-FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER (from Flirtin' with disaster-Metal/Hardrock)
178. LEYTON BUZZARDS-THROUGH WITH YOU (single-Punk/Wave)
179. JOHN HIATT-SHARON'S GOT A DRUGSTORE (from Slug line-Pop/Rock)
180. RESIDENTS-BIRTH (from Eskimo-Avantrock)

Very nice as always, mindrocker.

This is probably my most listened to year than any past music year. During my teenage years onward I began listening to music non-stop as it was released, but something about 1979 made it a lot easier list to make than any other 70s list. Lots of musical paths old and new with criss-crossing with eachother.

SONGS

1. Frank Zappa - Yo' Mama
2. Gary Numan - Metal
3. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
4. Gary Numan - Cars
5. The Cars - Let's Go
6. The Clash - Train In Vain (Stand By Me)
7. The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
8. Gary Numan - Observer
9. Gary Numan - Films
10. The Slits - Typical Girls
11. Frank Zappa - Tryin' to Grow a Chin
12. Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
13. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
14. Frank Zappa - City of Tiny Lites
15. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
16. Frank Zappa - Flakes
17. Joy Division - Disorder
18. Frank Zappa - Wild Love
19. Gary Numan - Complex
20. Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen

I wanted to try and make it an even 20... but I'm happy that I've already listened to 15 albums this year. I'd rather spend my time catching up on best of the decade album lists. Haven't listened to Aegetis Byrun yet, believe it or not.

ALBUMS

1. Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
2. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
3. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
4. Pink Floyd - The Wall
5. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
6. Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt
7. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
8. The Clash - London Calling
9. The Slits - Cut
10. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
11. Gary Numan / Tubeway Army - Replicas
12. The Specials - The Specials
13. The Cars - Candy-O
14. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
15. The B-52s - The B-52s

Albums:

I strongly recommend McNeal & Niles, an oasis in the desert of funk & soul in the end-seventies. You could believe it's a last year's record.

1. McNeal & Niles - Thrust
2. The B-52's
3. The Clash - London Calling
4. The Slits - Cut
5. The Specials
6. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
7. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor
8. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Armed Forces
9. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Press Color
10. Van Morrison - Into The Music
11. The Deep Freeze Mice - My Geraniums Are Bulletproof
12. XTC - Drums And Wires
13. Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves
14. Annette Peacock - The Perfect Release
15. Rockets - Plasteroid
16. The Raincoats
17. The Pop Group - Y
18. Lydia Lunch - Queen Of Siam
19. Black Randy & The Metrosquad - Pass The Dust, I Think I'm Bowie
20. Material - Temporary Music

ALBUMS
1. The Clash, LONDON CALLING
2. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, RUST NEVER SLEEPS
3. Gang of Four, ENTERTAINMENT!
4. Graham Parker & The Rumour, SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS
5. The B-52’s, THE B-52’s
6. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, ARMED FORCES
7. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, DAMN THE TORPEDOES
8. Talking Heads, FEAR OF MUSIC
9. The Undertones, THE UNDERTONES
10. Public Image Ltd., METAL BOX/SECOND EDITION
11. Nick Lowe, LABOUR OF LUST
12. Pink Floyd, THE WALL
13. Wire, 154
14. The Roches, THE ROCHES
15. Marianne Faithfull, BROKEN ENGLISH
16. AC/DC, HIGHWAY TO HELL
17. Michael Jackson, OFF THE WALL
18. Joy Division, UNKNOWN PLEASURES
19. The Raincoats, THE RAINCOATS
20. XTC, DRUMS AND WIRES

SONGS
1. The Clash, “London Calling”
2. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Powderfinger”
3. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, “Accidents Will Happen”
4. Graham Parker & The Rumour, “Protection”
5. Gang of Four, “Ether”
6. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Refugee”
7. The B-52’s, “Dance This Mess Around”
8. Talking Heads, “Heaven”
9. Gary Numan, “Cars”
10. Pink Floyd, “Comfortably Numb”
11. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)”
12. Graham Parker & The Rumour, “Passion is No Ordinary Word”
13. The Clash, “Clampdown”
14. Public Image Ltd., “Poptones”
15. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, “Oliver’s Army”
16. Talking Heads, “Memories Can’t Wait”
17. Marianne Faithfull, “Why D’Ya Do It?”
18. The Clash, “Lost in the Supermarket”
19. Gang of Four, “I Found That Essence Rare”
20. Neil Young, “Pocahontas”
21. AC/DC, “Highway to Hell”
22. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding”
23. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Even the Losers”
24. Joy Division, “She’s Lost Control”
25. The Knack, “My Sharona”
26. Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime”
27. The Clash, “Spanish Bombs”
28. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, “Sedan Delivery”
29. Gang of Four, “At Home He’s a Tourist”
30. Graham Parker & The Rumour, “Discovering Japan”
31. The B-52’s, “Planet Claire”
32. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, “Green Shirt”
33. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Here Comes My Girl”
34. Pretenders, “Brass in Pocket”
35. Public Image Ltd., “Death Disco” [“Swan Lake”]
36. Nick Lowe, “Cruel to Be Kind”
37. Michael Jackson, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”
38. XTC, “Making Plans for Nigel”
39. The Clash, “The Guns of Brixton”
40. Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk”

Albums

1. The Clash - London Calling
2. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces
3. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
4. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
5. Public Image Limited - Metal Box/Second Edition
6. Michale Jackson - Off the Wall
7. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
8. Graham Parker and the Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks
9. XTC - Drums and Wires
10. Pink Floyd - The Wall
11. The Specials - The Specials
12. Van Morrison - Into the Music
13. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
14. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
15. The Roches - The Roches
16. The Police - Reggatta de Blanc

albums list in progress

Albums
Rank Artist Album
1 The Clash - London Calling
2 The Germs - (GI)
3 Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Armed Forces
4 The Jam - Setting Sons
5 Swell Maps - Trip To Marineville
6 Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
7 The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
8 The Only Ones - Special View
9 The Cure - Three Imaginary (Boys) Don't Cry
10 Wire - 154
11 Buzzcocks - A Different Kind Of Tension
12 The Specials - The Specials
13 Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
14 The Raincoats - The Raincoats
15 Graham Parker & the Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks
16 Gang of Four - Entertainment!
17 Patti Smith Group - Wave
18 Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Live Rust
19 Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Replicas
20 Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
21 The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials
22 Talking Heads - Fear of Music
23 Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
24 Public Image, Ltd - Metal Box/Second Edition
25 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes

Songs
Rank Song Artist
1 Groovy Times - The Clash
2 Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
3 Dancing Barefoot - Patti Smith Group
4 Private Hell - The Jam
5 Love Song - The Damned
6 California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys
7 Spitfire Parade - Swell Maps
8 Harmony In My Head - Buzzcocks
9 Clampdown - The Clash
10 Party Girl - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
11 Suspect Device - Stiff Little Fingers
12 The Other Newest One - The Germs
13 Thick As Thieves - The Jam
14 Fairytale in the Supermarket - The Raincoats
15 We Must Bleed - The Germs
16 Green Shirt - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
17 Object - The Cure
18 Guns Of Brixton - The Clash
19 Rudy Can't Fail - The Clash
20 Chemistry Class - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
21 Frederick - Patti Smith Group
22 Spanish Bombs - The Clash
23 Plan 9 Channel 7 - The Damned
24 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) - Neil Young with Crazy Horse
25 Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure
26 Miles From Nowhere - The Only Ones
27 What We Do Is Secret - The Germs
28 Vertical Slum - Swell Maps
29 Eton Rifles - The Jam
30 Dragon Lady - The Germs
31 10:15 Saturday Night - The Cure
32 Wasted Life - Stiff Little Fingers
33 I'm Not Down - The Clash
34 London Calling - The Clash
35 Our Way - The Germs
36 Manimal - The Germs
37 Me! I Disconnect From You - Gary Numan & The Tubeway Army
38 Map Ref. 41 °N 93° W - Wire
39 Smash It Up (Pts. 1 & 2) - The Damned
40 Pressure Drop - The Clash
41 Barbed Wire Love - Stiff Little Fingers
42 Rebellious Jukebox - The Fall
43 Monkey Man - The Specials
44 Rat Tomago - Frank Zappa
45 Lexicon Devil - The Germs
46 Powderfinger - Neil Young with Crazy Horse
47 Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
48 Discovering Japan - Graham Parker & the Rumour
49 Sedan Delivery - Neil Young with Crazy Horse
50 Rabid (Over You) - The Damned
51 I Believe - Buzzcocks
52 Divorce Proceeding(s) from Reality - The Homosexuals
53 One Step Beyond - Madness
54 Look Back In Anger - David Bowie
55 I Found That Essence Rare - Gang of Four
56 Vociferous Slam - The Homosexuals
57 One More Time - Joe Jackson
58 Girls Talk - Dave Edmonds
59 Out There In The Night - The Only Ones
60 Astral Glamour - The Homosexuals
61 You Say You Don't Love Me - Buzzcocks
62 Message in a Bottle - The Police
63 Stop Your Sobbing - The Pretenders
64 Melody Lee - The Damned
65 Here Comes My Girl - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
66 I Don't Know What To Do With My Life - Buzzcocks
67 Lola - The Raincoats
68 I'm The Man - Joe Jackson
69 Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
70 Concrete Jungle - The Specials
71 On My Radio - The Selecter
72 I Fought the Law - The Clash
73 Meathook - The Cure
74 I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
75 Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson
76 Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
77 My Girl - Madness
78 Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
79 Lay It On The Line - Triumph

Albums:

1. The Clash - London Calling
2. The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
3. XTC - Drums and Wires
4. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
5. Wire - 154
6. Pink Floyd - The Wall
7. The B-52's - The B-52's
8. Marquis de Sade - Dantzig Twist
9. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
10. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
11. Fischer-Z - Word Salad
12. Jacques Higelin - Champagne pour tout le monde
13. Simple Minds - Reel to Real Cacophony
14. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
15. Joe Jackson - I'm the Man
16. Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
17. The Specials - The Specials
18. Patti Smith - Wave
19. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box/Second Edition
20. Madness - One Step Beyond

Songs:

1. Wire – The 15th
2. The Clash - London Calling
3. XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
4. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
5. Joy Division - Disorder
6. Joy Division - She's Lost Control
7. The Police - Message in a Bottle
8. M - Pop Muzik
9. Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
10. Blondie - Atomic
11. Marquis de Sade - Conrad Veidt
12. Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
13. The Police - Walking on the Moon
14. Patti Smith Group - Dancing Barefoot
15. The Clash – The Guns Of Brixton
16. The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
17. The Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train
18. Simple Minds – Premonition
19. The Jam - Private Hell
20. Fischer-Z - The Worker

Albums

1. VAN MORRISON: Into the Music
2. TALKING HEADS: Fear of Music
3. JOE JACKSON: Look Sharp!
4. RICKIE LEE JONES: Rickie Lee Jones
5. NEIL YOUNG: Rust Never Sleeps
6. LEONARD COHEN: Recent Songs
7. JOE JACKSON: I'm the Man
8. CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA: La leyenda del tiempo
9. SUPERTRAMP: Breakfast in America
10. XTC: Drums & Wires
11. FLEETWOOD MAC: Tusk
12. NEIL YOUNG: Live Rust
13. NICK LOWE: Labour of Lust
14. RY COODER: Bop Till You Drop
15. MICHAEL JACKSON: Off the Wall
16. BEE GEES: Spirits Having Flown
17. THE BEACH BOYS: L.A. (Light Album)
18. JONI MITCHELL: Mingus
19. MADNESS: One Step Beyond
20. PINK FLOYD: The Wall

21. MARIANE FAITHFULL: Broken English
22. BOB DYLAN: Slow Train Coming
23. GEORGE HARRISON: George Harrison
24. FRANCO BATTIATO: L'era del Cinghiale Bianco
25. ASTOR PIAZOLLA: Biyuya


Songs

1. VAN MORRISON: Bright Side of the Road
2. VAN MORRISON: Full Force Gale
3. NEIL YOUNG: Powderfinger
4. LEONARD COHEN: The Lost Canadian (Un canadien errant)
5. TALKING HEADS: Heaven
6. TALKING HEADS: Cities
7. VAN MORRISON: You Make Me Feel So Free
8. TALKING HEADS: I Zimbra
9. VAN MORRISON: Troubadours
10. JONI MITCHELL: The Drycleaner from Des Moines
11. JOE JACKSON: One More Time
12. VAN MORRISON: Stepping Out the Queen
13. NEIL YOUNG: Pocahontas
14. RICKIE LEE JONES: Chuck “E” is in Love
15. MADNESS: One Step Beyond
16. CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA: La leyenda del tiempo
17. SUPERTRAMP: The Logical Song
18. TALKING HEADS: Animals
19. LEONARD COHEN: The Guests
20. NICK LOWE: Cruel to be Kind


Spanish Albums

1. CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA: La leyenda del tiempo
2. VICTOR MANUEL: Soy un corazón tendido al sol
3. PACO IBÁÑEZ: Paco Ibáñez canta a Brassens
4. TRIANA: Sombra y luz
5. SISA: La magia de l’estudiant


Films

1. Arrebato (Rapture) – Iván Zulueta
2. Escape from Alcatraz – Don Siegel
3. Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) – Volker Schlöndorff
4. Alien – Ridley Scott
5. Manhattan – Woody Allen
6. Monty Python's Life of Brian – Terry Jones
7. Los bingueros – Mariano Ozores
8. Mad Max – George Miller
9. Stalker – Andrei Tarkovsky
10. The China Syndrome – James Bridges

Albums

1. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
2. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
3. The Specials - The Specials
4. The Clash - London Calling
5. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
6. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
7. The B-52's - The B-52's
8. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
9. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
10. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
11. Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am
12. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Survival
13. Chic - Risque
14. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
15. ZZ Top - Deguello
16. Wire - 154
17. The Undertones - The Undertones
18. Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach
19. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
20. Pink Floyd - The Wall

Songs

1. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
2. The Clash - The Guns of Brixton
3. John Surman - Edges of Illusion
4. The Clash - London Calling
5. Joy Division - She's Lost Control
6. Fleetwood Mac - Brown Eyes
7. Michael Jackson - Rock with You
8. Chic - Good Times
9. The Cure - Subway Song
10. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Zimbabwe
11. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
12. The Specials - A Message to You Rudy
13. Gang of Four - At Home He's a Tourist
14. Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?
15. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
16. Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
17. ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses
18. The B-52's - Planet Claire
19. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
20. Sister Sledge - Thinking of You

Big year for post-punk.

Albums
1. The Clash - London Calling
2. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
3. Gang of Four - Entertainment
4. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
5. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
6. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
7. Wire - 154
8. The Specials - The Specials
9. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
10. The Cure - Three Imaginery Boys

Songs
1. The Clash - London Calling
2. Joy Division - Transmission
3. Neil Young - Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)
4. Joy Division - She's Lost Control
5. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
6. The Clash - Revolution Rock
7. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
8. The Clash - Guns of Brixton
9. Gang of Four - Natural's Not In It
10. Gang of Four - At Home He's a Tourist

Albums

10. Entertainment!- Gang of Four
9. Rust Never Sleeps- Neil Young
8. Fear of Music- Talking Heads
7. Metal Box/ Second Edition- Public Image Ltd.
6. The B-52's- The B-52's
5. The Specials- The Specials
4. The Wall- Pink Floyd
3. Off the Wall- Michael Jackson
2. Unknown Pleasures- Joy Division
1. London Calling- The Clash

Songs

20. Lost in the Supermarket- The Clash
19. Message in a Bottle- The Police
18. My Sharona- The Knack
17. Rock With You- Michael Jackson
16. Oliver's Army- Elvis Costello
15. Gangsters- The Specials
14. Life During Wartime- Talking Heads
13. Highway to Hell- AC/DC
12. Transmission- Joy Division
11. I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor
10. Another Brick in the Wall Part 2- Pink Floyd
9. Boys Don't Cry- The Cure
8. Cars- Gary Numan
7. Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
6. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough- Michael Jackson
5. Brass In Pocket- The Pretenders
4. Good Times- Chic
3. Train in Vain (Stand By Me)- The Clash
2. Rapper's Delight- Sugarhill Gang
1. London Calling- The Clash

Songs

1. The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
2. The Clash - Train in Vain
3. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
4. The Clash - London Calling
5. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
6. Michael Jackson - Rock With You
7. The Clash - Clampdown
8. Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers' Delight
9. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
10. The Clash - Spanish Bombs
11. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
12. The Clash - Guns of Brixton
13. The Police - Message in a Bottle
14. Tom Petty - Refugee
15. Chic - Good Times
16. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
17. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
18. Gary Numan - Cars
19. The Bugles - Video Killed the Radio Star
20. The Clash - I Fought The Law

Songs
1. The Clash – Rudy Can’t Fail (96)
2. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding? (97)
3. The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket (136)
4. The Clash – Death or Glory (161)
5. Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
6. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Oliver’s Army
7. The Clash – London Calling
8. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – There Goes My Girl
9. Gang of Four – I Found That Essence Rare
10. The Clash – Guns of Brixton
11. The Police – Message in a Bottle
12. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
13. The Clash – Train in Vain
14. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
15. Neil Young – Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
16. Gang of Four - Ether
17. Graham Parker & the Rumour – Local Girls
18. XTC – Making Plans for Nigel
19. Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
20. Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough

Not enough time to verify that my date tags are right. Hopefully all of these are actually from 1979.

Songs:
1 - Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles
2 - AC/DC - Highway To Hell
3 - The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
4 - Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
5 - 999 - Found Out Too Late
6 - The Clash - London Calling
7 - Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
8 - Gary Numan - Cars
9 - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Refugee
10 - The Undertones - Girls Don't Like It
11 - Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
12 - Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
13 - The Damned - Love Song
14 - Joy Division - She's Lost Control
15 - Ellen Foley - We Belong To The Night
16 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
17 - Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)
18 - AC/DC - Walk All Over You
19 - The Clash - Death Or Glory
20 - Joe Walsh - In The City

Albums:
1 - The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
2 - Pink Floyd - The Wall
3 - The Undertones - The Undertones
4 - Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
5 - The Clash - London Calling
6 - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
7 - AC/DC - Highway To Hell
8 - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
9 - Ellen Foley - Night Out
10 - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps (Live)
11 - Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
12 - The Soft Boys - A Can of Bees
13 - Van Morrison - Into The Music
14 - Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
15 - Bram Tchaikovsky - Strange Man, Changed Man

Songs

1 Clash London Calling
2 Costello, Elvis (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
3 Jackson, Joe Is She Really Going Out With Him
4 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
5 Petty, Tom Refugee
6 Jackson, Joe It's Different For Girls
7 Supertramp The Logical Song
8 Police Message In a Bottle
9 Jackson, Joe Don't Wanna Be Like That
10 Pretenders Brass in Pocket
11 Eagles I Can't Tell You Why
12 Cure Boys Don't Cry
13 Lowe, Nick Cruel to Be Kind
14 Jackson, Joe One More Time
15 Jones, Rickie Lee Chuck E.'s in Love
16 Pretenders Stop Your Sobbing
17 Summer, Donna Hot Stuff
18 Clash Train in Vain
19 AC/DC Highway to Hell
20 Sister Sledge We Are Family
21 Petty, Tom Don't Do Me Like That
22 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall Part II
23 Jackson, Joe Pretty Girls
24 Eagles The Long Run
25 Jackson, Michael Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
26 Knack My Sharona
27 Jackson, Joe I'm the Man
28 Summer, Donna Bad Girls
29 Earth Wind and Fire After the Love Has Gone
30 Smith, Patti Dancing Barefoot
31 Gaynor, Gloria I Will Survive
32 Jackson, Michael Rock with You
33 Village People Y.M.C.A.
34 Supertramp Breakfast in America
35 Pink Floyd Hey You
36 Cheap Trick I Want You to Want Me
37 Walsh, Joe In the City
38 Babys Every Time I Think of You
39 Bad Company Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
40 Benatar, Pat Heartbreaker
41 Electric Light Orchestra Don't Bring Me Down
42 Fleetwood Mac Tusk
43 Jackson, Joe On Your Radio
44 Chic Good Times
45 Blondie Dreaming
46 Eagles Heartache Tonight
47 Cross, Christopher Ride Like the Wind
Knack Good Girls Don't
48 Blondie Atomic
49 Police Walking On the Moon
50 Stewart, Rod Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
51 Bee Gees Too Much Heaven
52 Larson, Nicolette Lotta Love
53 Edmonds, Dave Girls Talk
54 Journey Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin
55 Dire Straits Lady Writer
56 XTC Making Plans for Nigel
57 Young, Neil Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)
58 Pretenders Kid
59 Cross, Christopher Sailing
60 Eagles In the City
61 Squeeze Up the Junction
62 Joy Division Transmission
63 Costello, Elvis Oliver's Army
64 Clash I Fought the Law
65 Earth Wind and Fire Boogie Wonderland
66 Peaches & Herb Reunited
67 Cross, Christopher Say You'll Be Mine
68 Clash Rudy Can't Fail
66 Costello, Elvis Accidents Will Happen
67 Talking Heads Life During War
68 Petty, Tom Here Comes My Girl
69 Cars Let's Go
70 Clash Lost In the Supermarket
71 Costello, Elvis Party Girl
72 Jam Eton Rifles
73 Robinson, Smokey Cruisin'
74 Jam Strange Town
75 Daniels, Charlie The Devil Went Down to Georgia
76 Bee Gees Tragedy
77 McFadden and Whtehead Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
78 Boomtwon Rats I Don't Like Mondays
79 Squeeze Cool for Cats


Albums
1 Pink Floyd The Wall
2 Petty, Tom Damn the Torpedoes
3 Jackson, Joe Look Sharp!
5 Jackson, Joe I'm the Man
4 Clash London Calling
8 Supertramp Breakfast In America
6 Jackson, Michael Off the Wall
7 Costello, Elvis Armed Forces
9 Eagles Long Run
10 Summer, Donna Bad Girls
11 Police Reggatta de Blanc
12 Jones, Rickie Lee Rickie Lee Jones
13 Squeeze Cool for Cats
14 Joy Division Unknown Pleasures
15 AC/DC Highway to Hell
16 XTC Drums and Wires
17 Jam Setting Sons
18 Crusaders Street Life
19 Cure Three Imaginary Boys
20 Fleetwood Mac Tusk
21 Earth Wind and Fire I Am
22 Bowie, David Lodger
23 Lowe, Nick Labour of Lust
24 Blondie Eat to the Beat
25 Van Halen Van Halen II
26 Cars Candy-O

1. The Specials - s/t
2. The Clash - London Calling
3. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
4. Madness - One Step Beyond
5. Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes
6. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
7. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
8. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
9. Van Morrison - Into The Music
10. Gang Of Four - Entertainment!

ALBUMS:

1. THE CLASH "London Calling" (#4 in my all-time list)
2. CAMARÓN "La leyenda del tiempo" (#34)
3. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Rust Never Sleeps"
4. THE POLICE "Reggatta de Blanc"
5. PINK FLOYD "The Wall"
6. TALKING HEADS "Fear of Music"
7. THE SPECIALS "The Specials"
8. ROBERT FRIPP "Exposure"
9. THE CURE "Three Imaginary Boys"
10. FLEETWOOD MAC "Tusk"
11. MICHAEL JACKSON "Off the Wall"
12. ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS "Armed Forces"
13. MADNESS "One Step Beyond…"
14. JOE JACKSON "Look Sharp!"
15. GANG OF FOUR "Entertainment!"
16. JOY DIVISION "Unknown Pleasures"
17. CHIC "Risqué"
18. FRANK ZAPPA "Joe’s Garage Act I"
19. IAN HUNTER "You’re Never Alone With a Schizophrenic"
20. MARIANNE FAITHFULL "Broken English"
21. EARTH, WIND & FIRE "I Am"
22. GATO PÉREZ "Romesco"
23. XTC "Drums and Wires"
24. GRAHAM PARKER "Squeezing Out Sparks"
25. DIRE STRAITS "Communiqué"


SONGS:

1. THE CLASH "Spanish Bombs" (#19 in my all-time list)
2. ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS "Oliver's Army" (#53)
3. CAMARÓN "Volando voy" (#56)
4. PINK FLOYD "Comfortably Numb" (#185)
5. THE SPECIALS "A Message to You Rudy" (#192)
6. THE SUGARHILL GANG "Rapper's Delight" (#193)
7. AC/DC "Highway to Hell" (#219)
8. THE CURE "Boys Don't Cry" (#230)
9. MADNESS "My Girl" (#231)
10. THE CLASH "London Calling"
11. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"
12. TALKING HEADS "Heaven"
13. THE POLICE "Message in a Bottle"
14. BLONDIE "Dreaming"
15. PRETENDERS "Kid"
16. EARTH, WIND & FIRE "Boogie Wonderland"
17. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA "Last Train to London"
18. ABBA "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
19. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Powderfinger"
20. CAMARÓN "Nana del caballo grande"
21. PINK FLOYD "Goodbye Blue Sky"
22. FLEETWOOD MAC "Save Me a Place"
23. GEORGE HARRISON "Blow Away"
24. WINGS "Goodnight Tonight"
25. MICHAEL JACKSON "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough"
26. CHIC "Good Times"
27. STEVIE WONDER "Send One Your Love"
28. XTC "Making Plans for Nigel"
29. THE CLASH "Rudie Can’t Fail"
30. THE SPECIAL A.K.A. "Gangsters"
31. THE POLICE "The Bed’s Too Big Without You"
32. CAMARÓN "La leyenda del tiempo"
33. GANG OF FOUR "Anthrax"
34. JOY DIVISION "She’s Lost Control"
35. ROBERT FRIPP "Exposure"
36. TALKING HEADS "Mind"
37. DAVID BOWIE "Repetition"
38. FRANK ZAPPA "Joe’s Garage"
39. MARIANNE FAITHFULL "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan"
40. PINK FLOYD "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2"
41. GATO PÉREZ "Todos los gatos son pardos"
42. TEQUILA "Me vuelvo loco"
43. THE KNACK "My Sharona"
44. JOE JACKSON "I'm the Man"
45. THE CLASH "The Guns of Brixton"
46. THE SPECIALS "Nite Klub"
47. THE POLICE "On Any Other Day"
48. THE CURE "Object"
49. DIRE STRAITS "Where Do You Think You're Going?"
50. NEIL YOUNG "Sail Away"

FAVOURITE COMPILATION: BUZZCOCKS "Singles Going Steady"

Camarón de la Isla can be considered the most important Spanish artist ever (well, along with Joan Manuel Serrat) and also the most important flamenco artist, along again (naturally) with long time collaborator Paco de Lucía. Camarón achieved a mythical stature within the Spanish gypsy population but he was also able to transcend his own scene, to appeal both the most strict flamenco aficionados and some rock fans who never thought that could like roots music. Quoting Luis Troquel, Camarón was simultaneously the last of the classic cantaores (singers) and the first figure of flamenco renewal.
His most renowned album, “La leyenda del tiempo” (“The Legend of Time”, 1979), was also his most innovative and a landmark for Spanish music. This album not only divided his career in two halves, more pure (following an ancient tradition) prior to 1979 and more free (and more oriented to song) after, but it even divided the flamenco genre in general. Oddly a non-initiated listener would find that album a quite straight flamenco album. In fact although every song in the album is inventive in its own way, the main innovations rely on the four songs that opened and closed the two sides of the original vinyl. “La leyenda del tiempo” (the song) opened the album adapting a poem by Federico García Lorca, introducing for the first time the fabulous guitar playing of new partner Tomatito and the backing of jazz-rock musicians (maybe some sounds like the synth solo hasn’t aged very well but they were groundbreaking at the time). “La Tarara”, probably the most popular Spanish traditional song, closed side A coming to a new life thanks to a music arrangement that includes piano, synthesizer or electric guitar. And most notably the terrific album closer, “Nana del caballo grande” (“Lullaby of the Big Horse”), backed only by keyboards and a sitar superbly played by Gualberto, closing the circle of nomad gypsy people that originally came from India.
But the song I’ve chose is the opener of side B, “Volando voy” (“I’m Flying Up”), not as innovative and solemn as the other three songs I just commented. In fact it’s an humorous and uptempo number that uses as basis the rumba, the most impure and bastard flamenco style (it derives from South-American rhythms that were influenced earlier by flamenco, it’s what they call ritmos de ida y vuelta, round-trip rhythms). One of the wiser moves of Camarón was to choose well his collaborators, especially producer Ricardo Pachón (you can find him too in the 1976, 1977 and 1988 chapters) and musicians coming from groundbreaking bands that fused jazz, rock and flamenco like Alameda, Dolores, Smash or more significantly Veneno. You can listen in “Volando voy” wonderful instrumental parts of bongos (Rubem Dantas from Dolores), flute (Jorge Pardo from Dolores) and bass (Raimundo Amador from Veneno). And we can’t forget the composer of the song, Kiko Veneno (leader of Veneno), that wrote a hymn for the easy living that fitted perfectly with the Spanish idiosyncrasy. Diego Manrique (one the most important Spanish critics) suggested that “Volando Voy” could be a more appropriate Spanish official anthem than the actual one. And I agree. It would be nice to see Spanish soccer players celebrating the victory on next World Cup in South Africa (lol) singing and dancing to this hymn of joy.


VOLANDO VOY
Composer: Kiko Veneno
Performer: CAMARÓN
First release: 1979 ("La leyenda del tiempo" album)
Length: 3’24”


Volando voy,
volando vengo.
Volando voy,
volando vengo,
por el camino
yo me entretengo.
Por el camino
yo me entretengo.

Enamorao de la vida
aunque a veces duela.
Enamorao de la vida
aunque a veces duela.
Si tengo frío
busco candela.
Si tengo frío
busco candela.

Y volá volando,
volá volando voy,
volando vengo, vengo,
volá volando voy,
volando vengo, vengo.
Por el camino
yo me entretengo.
Por el camino
yo me entretengo.

Señoras y señores,
sepan ustedes.
Señoras y señores,
sepan ustedes
que la flor de la noche
es pa quien la merece.
Que la flor de la noche
es pa quien la merece.

Y volá volando,
volá volando voy,
volando vengo, vengo,
volá volando voy,
volando vengo, vengo.
Por el camino
yo me entretengo.
Por el camino
yo me entretengo.

Enamorao de la vida
aunque a veces duela.
Enamorao de la vida
aunque a veces duela.
Yo no sé quién soy,
ni lo pretendiera.
Yo no sé quién soy,
ni lo pretendiera.

Y volá volando,
volá volando voy,
volando vengo, vengo,
volá volando voy,
volando vengo, vengo.
Por el camino
yo me entretengo.
Por el camino
yo me entretengo.

Porque a mí me va
mucho la marcha tropical.
Porque a mí me va
mucho la marcha tropical
y los cariños
de la frontera me van.
Y los cariños
de la frontera me van.

Volando voy,
volando vengo,
Volando voy,
volando vengo.


I’M FLYING UP

I'm flying up,
I'm flying back.
I'm flying up,
I'm flying back,
and in my way
I take my time.
And in my way
I take my time.

I'm in love with life
though sometimes hurts.
I'm in love with life
though sometimes hurts.
If I feel cold
I light a fire.
If I feel cold
I light a fire.

Fly flying
Fly I'm flying up
I'm flying back, back.
Fly I'm flying up
I'm flying back, back,
and in my way
I take my time.
And in my way
I take my time.

Ladies and gentlemen,
you ought to know.
Ladies and gentlemen,
you ought to know
that the flower of night
belongs to who deserves it.
The flower of night
belongs to who deserves it.

Fly flying
Fly I'm flying up
I'm flying back, back.
Fly I'm flying up
I'm flying back, back,
and in my way
I take my time.
And in my way
I take my time.

I'm in love with life
though sometimes hurts.
I'm in love with life
though sometimes hurts.
I don't know who I am
I don't even try.
I don't know who I am
I don' even try.

Fly flying
Fly I'm flying up
I'm flying back, back.
Fly I'm flying up
I'm flying back, back,
and in my way
I take my time.
And in my way
I take my time.

Cause I like so much
the tropical groove.
Cause I like so much
the tropical groove,
and I like the loves
of the borders.
And I like the loves
of the borders.

I'm flying up,
I'm flying back.
I'm flying up,
I'm flying back.

Albums
1)The Clash-London Calling
2)Joy Division-Unknown Pleasures
3)Neil Young-Rust Never Sleeps
4)The Undertones-The Undertones
5)Michael Jackson-Off The Wall
6)Gang Of Four-Entertainment!
7)Talking Heads-Fear Of Music
8)The Fall-Dragnet
9)Fleetwood Mac-Tusk
10)Pink Floyd-The Wall
11)Joe Jackson-Look Sharp!
12)The Specials-The Specials
13)AC/DC-Highway To Hell
14)The Cure-Three Imaginary Boys
15)The B-52s-The B-52s
16)Bob Dylan-Slow Train Coming
17)David Bowie-Lodger
18)Led Zeppelin-In Through The Out Door

Songs
1)Neil Young-Powderfinger
2)Blondie-Atomic
3)The Cure-Boys Don't Cry
4)Chic-Good Times
5)The Buggles-Video Killed The Radio Star
6)Joy Division-Disorder
7)The Clash-Lost In The Supermarket
8)Fleetwood Mac-Sara
9)The Clash-London Calling
10)Boomtown Rats-I Don't Like Mondays
11)Elvis Costello-(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
12)The Clash-Train In Vain
13)Michael Jackson-She's Out Of My Life
14)Joy Division-Shadowplay
15)Joy Division-New Dawn Fades
16)M-Pop Muzik
17)The Specials-A Message To You Rudy
18)John Stewart-Gold
19)Queen-Don't Stop Me Now
20)Squeeze-Up The Junction

1. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
2. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
3. The Police - Regatta De Blanc
4. The B-52s - The B-52s
5. The Clash - London Calling
6. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
7. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
8. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
9. Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes
10. Motorhead - Bomber

Songs
1. Gary Numan - Cars
2. The Police - Message in a Bottle
3. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
4. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
5. Gary Numan - Airplane
6. The Police - Walking on the Moon
7. The Clash - London Calling
8. The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
9. Michael Jackson - Rock With You
10. Gary Numan - Are 'Friends' Electric?

IMO not a great yr for albums, but plenty of great singles

Albums

1. The Clash - London Calling (all time # 68 )
2. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall (136)
3. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps (140)
4. Growling Tiger - Knock Down Calypsos (144) (see here )
5. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
6. Camarón - La Leyenda del tiempo
7. Madness - One Step Beyond
8. Supertramp - Breakfast In America
9. Terry Allen - Lubbock (On Everything)
10. Serge Gainsbourg - Aux armes caetera
11. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces Of Victory
12. The Police - Reggatta De Blanc
13. Pink Floyd - The Wall
14. Prince - Prince
15. The Specials - Specials
16. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
17. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
18. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
19. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
20. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Songs

1. The Clash - London Calling
2. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
3. Growling Tiger - Money Is King
4. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
5. Madness - One Step Beyond
6. The Clash - The Guns of Brixton
7. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
8. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall pt 2
9. Camarón - La leyenda del tiempo
10. The Police - Message In A Bottle
11. Neil Young - 'Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
12. Supertramp - The Logical Song
13. The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
14. Michael Jackson - Rock With You
15. The Specials - Gangsters
16. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
17. Serge Gainsbourg - Aux armes et caetera
18. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
19. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
20. Terry Allen - The Wolfman Of Del Rio

21. Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
22. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Sonny's Lettah (anti-sus poem)
23. Dennis Brown - Money in my Pocket
24. Chic - Good Times
25. Donna Summer - Hot Stuff

Albums

1. The Clash - London Calling
2. The Police - Regatta de Blanc
3. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
4. Pink Floyd - The Wall
5. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

Songs

1. The Clash - London Caliing
2. The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
3. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
4. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
5. The Police - Message in a Bottle
6. Blondie - Atomic
7. Funky 4 + 1 - Rapping and Rocking the House
8. Joy Division - Transmission
9. The Clash - Spanish Bombs
10. Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
11. Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
12. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
13. The Clash - Death or Glory
14. Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
15. The Police - Walking on the Moon
16. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
17. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
18. Chic - Good Times
19. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
20. Joy Division - She's Lost Control

Albums
1.Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
2.Michael Jackson – Off the Wall
3.Gang of Four - Entertainment!
4.Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves
5.Pop Group - Y
6.Wire - 154
7.Elvis Costello – Armed Forces
8.Pink Floyd – The Wall
9.Clash – London Calling
10.Tuomari Nurmio – Kohdusta hautaan

Songs
1.Michael Jackson – Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough
2.Joy Division – Disorder
3.Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
4.Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
5.Clash – London Calling
6.Knack – My Sharona
7.The Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star
8.Joy Division – Shadowplay
9.Joy Division - She's Lost Control
10.Michael Jackson – Rock with You

Albums:
1 - Bob Dylan – Slow Train Coming
2 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes
3 - Neil Young – Live Rust
4 - Neil Young – Rust Never sleeps
5 - Patti Smith – Wave
6 - Leonard Cohen – Recent Songs
7 - Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
8 - Clash – London Calling
9 - Pink Floyd – The Wall
10 - Graham Parker – Squeezing Out Sparks
11 - Bruce Cockburn – Dancing in the Dragon’s Jaws
12 - John Cale - Sabotage/Live
13 - Lee Clayton – Naked Child
14 - Marianne Faithfull – Broken English

I need to listen to more music from this period. I had a lot of new discoveries for this list, the best being "Are Friends Electric?" The Clash could have dominated my list even more than they did.

1979 Songs

01. The Clash | Death or Glory
02. The Cure | Boys Don't Cry
03. Joy Division | She's Lost Control
04. The Clash | Spanish Bombs
05. The Clash | Train in Vain
06. Tubeway Army | Are Friends Electric?
07. Michael Jackson | Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
08. The Clash | London Calling
09. Buzzcocks | Everybody's Happy Nowadays
10. Joy Division | Disorder
11. Sugarhill Gang | Rapper's Delight
12. Gang of Four | Ether
13. Wire | Map Ref. 41N 93W
14. The Clash | Lost in the Supermarket
15. Gary Numan | Cars
16. Buzzcocks | Harmony in My Head
17. Talking Heads | Cities
18. Chic | Good Times
19. Lipps Inc. | Funkytown
20. Gang of Four | Natural's Not in It

Songs

1 Disorder Joy Division
2 She Is Beyond Good and Evil Pop Group, The
3 The Guns of Brixton Clash, The
4 Powderfinger Neil Young and Crazy Horse
5 Map Ref. 41°N 93°W Wire
6 Making Plans For Nigel XTC
7 Typical Girls Slits, The
8 Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough Michael Jackson
9 Death Disco PiL
10 Atomic Blondie
11 She's Lost Control Joy Division
12 (What's So Funnny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? Elvis Costello and The Attractions
13 Girls Talk Dave Edmunds
14 Gangsters Special A.K.A., The
15 Good Times Chic
16 London Calling Clash, The
17 Union City Blue Blondie
18 Rowche Rumble Fall, The
19 Message In A Bottle Police, The
20 Brass In Pocket Pretenders, The
21 Air Talking Heads
22 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Neil Young and Crazy Horse
23 Poptones PiL
24 Highway To Hell AC/DC
25 Cruel to Be Kind Nick Lowe
26 A Message To You, Rudy Specials, The
27 Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang
28 Contort Yourself James Chance and the Contortions
29 At Home He's A Tourist Gang of Four
30 My Sharona Knack, The
31 Transmission Joy Division
32 Walking On The Moon Police, The
33 Look Back In Anger David Bowie
34 Is She Really Going Out With Him? Joe Jackson
35 Accidents Will Happen Elvis Costello
36 Up The Junction Squeeze
37 No. 1 Song In Heaven Sparks
38 Are 'Friends' Electric? Tubeway Army
39 Everybody's Happy Nowadays Buzzcocks
40 I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
41 I Fought The Law Clash, The
42 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus
43 Oliver's Army Elvis Costello
44 Slow Train Bob Dylan
45 Boys Don't Cry Cure, The
46 I Wanna Be Your Lover Prince
47 Boogie Wonderland Earth, Wind and Fire
48 Strange Town Jam, The
49 Memories Can Wait Talking Heads
50 He's The Greatest Dancer Sister Sledge

Albums (best year ever imo)

1 London Calling The Clash
2 Unknown Pleasures Joy Division
3 Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4 The Specials The Specials
5 Metal Box/Second Edition Public Image Ltd.
6 Fear of Music Talking Heads
7 Entertainment! Gang of Four
8 Armed Forces Elvis Costello and The Attractions
9 Cut The Slits
10 Off the Wall Michael Jackson
11 154 Wire
12 Broken English Marianne Faithfull
13 Highway to Hell AC/DC
14 Lodger David Bowie
15 Slow Train Coming Bob Dylan
16 The Raincoats The Raincoats
17 Risque Chic
18 Y The Pop Group
19 Drums and Wires XTC
20 One Step Beyond Madness

As usual from me, a lament: In the US, Labour of Lust is unavailable on iTunes and is out of print. Used copies sell for $40-some-odd and higher (in fact I found someone asking well in excess of $100). What I know from the album I like a lot, but I don't know enough of it to include it in my list. Another lament: Either too few people know the Shoes, or too few people who know them appreciate them. Sigh. Now, the list:

1) The Clash - London Calling
2) Graham Parker & the Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks
3) Van Morrison - Into the Music
4) Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
5) Shoes - Present Tense
6) The B-52's - The B-52's
7) Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
8) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
9) Gang of Four - Entertainment!
10) Donna Summer - Bad Girls
11) Marianne Faithful - Broken English
12) Wire - 154
13) The Specials - The Specials
14) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
15) Talking Heads - Fear of Music
16) The Roches - The Roches
17) Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box/Second Edition
18) XTC - Drums and Wires
19) Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
20) Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

ALBUMS

1. THE CLASH ~ LONDON CALLING
2. RUPERT HOLMES ~ PARTNERS IN CRIME
3. MICHAEL JACKSON ~ OFF THE WALL
4. MICHAEL FRANKS ~ TIGER IN THE RAIN
5. GIORGIO MORODER ~ E = MC ²
6. A TASTE OF HONEY ~ ANOTHER TASTE
7. BOB JAMES ~ LUCKY SEVEN
8. BUZZCOCKS ~ SINGLES GOING STEADY
9. MANOELLA TORRES ~ QUE ME PERDONE TU SEÑORA
10. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA ~ DISCOVERY
11. GANG OF FOUR ~ ENTERTAINMENT
12. THE CRUSADERS ~ STREET LIFE
13. ROCIO JURADO ~ SEÑORA
14. FRANK ZAPPA ~ JOE'S GARAGE
15. TEDDY PENDERGRASS ~ TEDDY
16. SUN RA ~ SLEEPING BEAUTY
17. BEE GEES ~ SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN
18. MAZE ~ INSPIRATION
19. CHROME ~ HALF MACHINE LIP MOVES
20. LEAH KUNKEL ~ LEAH KUNKEL

And the last albums to reach our final list are :

1) Clash, The - London Calling (1032 pts)
2) Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (547)
3) Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (521)
4) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps (421)
5) Gang of Four - Entertainment! (340)
6) Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Armed Forces (331)
7) Pink Floyd – The Wall (314)
8) Specials, The - The Specials (289)
9) Talking Heads - Fear of Music (271)
10) B-52's, The - The B-52's (241)

The Clash wins with the largest margin of any previous poll, appearing in 27 ballots out of 29.
Not much suspens for the other 9, they all took an early lead from the rest of the pack. The #11, Tom Petty with 178 pts lacks more than a first place vote to enter the top 10, which I think never happened on the previous years.

I'll try to get the songs results as soon as I can !

Songs results :

1) Clash, The - London Calling (618 points)
2) Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (309)
3) Cure, The - Boys Don't Cry (219)
4) Chic - Good Times (209)
5) Clash, The - Train In Vain (Stand By Me) (201)
6) Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Powderfinger (194)
7) Clash, The - The Guns Of Brixton (193)
8) Joy Division - Disorder (191)
8(tie) Police, The - Message in a Bottle (191)
10) Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (187)

Had I voted, Disorder would be out and Atomic in !

Nassim, I don't get why you didn't vote!? Anyway, thanks for the great job again. And now I really look forward to the final '70s poll.

And here's a link to the spreadsheet: