My favourite albums from 1979

1. 30

   Van Halen II

   Van Halen

   

   

   Hard rock | Heavy metal

   Tracks:

   1. You're No Good
   2. Dance the Night Away
   3. Somebody Get Me a Doctor
   4. Bottoms up!
   5. Outta Love Again
   6. Light up the Sky
   7. Spanish Fly
   8. D.O.A.
   9. Women in Love ...
   10. Beautiful Girls ●

2. 29

   Stand by

   Heldon

   

   

   Avant-garde rock | Progressive rock | Electronica

   Tracks:

   1. Bolero
   2. Une drôle de journée
   3. Stand by ●

3. 28

   Dynasty

   Kiss

   

   

   Hard rock | Disco

   Tracks:

   1. I Was Made for Lovin' You ●
   2. 2,000 Man
   3. Sure Know Something
   4. Dirty Livin'
   5. Charisma
   6. Magic Touch
   7. Hard Times
   8. X-Ray Eyes
   9. Save Your Love

4. 27

   Enlightened Rogues

   The Allman Brothers Band

   

   

   Southern rock | Blues rock

   Tracks:

   1. Crazy Love
   2. Can't Take It With You ●
   3. Pegasus
   4. Need Your Love So Bad
   5. Blind Love
   6. Try It One More Time
   7. Just Ain't Easy
   8. Sail Away

5. 26

   Regatta de Blanc

   The Police

   

   

   New wave | Reggae rock

   Tracks:

   1. Message in a Bottle ●
   2. Regatta de Blanc
   3. It's Alright for You
   4. Bring on the Night
   5. Deathwish
   6. Walking on the Moon
   7. On Any Other Day
   8. The Bed's Too Big Without You
   9. Contact
   10. Does Everyone Stare
   11. No Time This Time

6. 25

   Hydra

   Toto

   

   

   Progressive rock | Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. Hydra ●
   2. St. George and the Dragon
   3. 99
   4. Lorraine
   5. All Us Boys
   6. Mama
   7. White Sister
   8. A Secret Love

7. 24

   Narita

   Riot

   

   

   Hard rock | Heavy metal

   Tracks:

   1. Waiting for the Taking
   2. 49er ●
   3. Kick Down the Wall
   4. Born to Be Wild
   5. Narita
   6. Here We Come Again
   7. Do It up
   8. Hot for Love
   9. White Rock
   10. Road Racin'

8. 23

   Casiopea

   Casiopea

   

   

   Jazz fusion

   Tracks:

   1. Time Limit
   2. Tears of the Star
   3. Space Road
   4. Midnight Rendezvous ●
   5. Far Away
   6. Swallow
   7. Dream Hill
   8. Black Joke

9. 22

   Top Priority

   Rory Gallagher

   

   

   Blues rock | Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. Follow Me
   2. Philby ●
   3. Wayward Child
   4. Key Chain
   5. At the Depot
   6. Bad Penny
   7. Just Hit Town
   8. Off the Handle
   9. Public Enemy No. 1

10. 21

    Flirtin' with Disaster

    Molly Hatchet

    

    

    Southern rock | Boogie 'n' roll

    Tracks:

    1. Whiskey Man
    2. It's All Over Now
    3. One Man's Pleasure
    4. Jukin' City
    5. Boogie No More
    6. Flirtin' with Disaster ●
    7. Good Rockin'
    8. Gunsmoke
    9. Long Time
    10. Let the Good Times Roll

11. 20

    Strikes

    Blackfoot

    

    

    Southern rock | Blues rock

    Tracks:

    1. Road Fever
    2. I Got a Line on You
    3. Left Turn on a Red Light
    4. Pay My Dues
    5. Baby Blue
    6. Wishing Well
    7. Run and Hide
    8. Train, Train
    9. Highway Song ●

12. 19

    Lovehunter

    Whitesnake

    

    

    Blues rock | Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Long Way from Home
    2. Walking in the Shadow of the Blues
    3. Help Me Thro' the Day
    4. Medicine Man
    5. You 'n' Me
    6. Mean Business
    7. Love Hunter ●
    8. Outlaw
    9. Rock 'n' Roll Women
    10. We Wish You Well

13. 18

    Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws

    Bruce Cockburn

    

    

    Folk | Folk rock

    Tracks:

    1. Creation Dream
    2. Hills of Morning
    3. Badlands Flashback
    4. Northern Lights
    5. After the Rain
    6. Wondering Where the Lions Are ●
    7. Incandescent Blue
    8. No Footprints

14. 17

    Machine Gun Etiquette

    The Damned

    

    

    Punk rock | Proto-hardcore

    Tracks:

    1. Love Song ●
    2. Machine Gun Etiquette
    3. I Just Can't Be Happy Today
    4. Melody Lee
    5. Anti-Pope
    6. These Hands
    7. Plan 9 Channel 7
    8. Noise, Noise, Noise
    9. Looking at You
    10. Liar
    11. Smash It up (Part 1)
    12. SMash It up (Part 2)

15. 16

    Degüello

    ZZ Top

    

    

    Blues | Blues rock

    Tracks:

    1. I Thank You
    2. She Loves My Automobile
    3. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
    4. A Fool dor Your Stockings
    5. Dust My Broom
    6. Lowdwn in the Street
    7. Hi Fi Mama
    8. Cheap Sunglasses ●
    9. Esther Be the One

16. 15

    Down to Earth

    Rainbow

    

    

    Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. All Night Long ●
    2. Eyes of the World
    3. No Time to Lose
    4. Makin' love
    5. Since You've Been Gone
    6. Love's No Friend
    7. Danger Zone
    8. Lost in Hollywood

17. 14

    Wave

    Patti Smith Group

    

    

    Art rock | Art punk

    Tracks:

    1. Frederick
    2. Dancing Barefoot ●
    3. So You Want to Be (a Rock 'n' Roll Star)
    4. Hymn
    5. Revenge
    6. Citizen Ship
    7. Seven Ways of Going
    8. Broken Flag
    9. Wave

18. 13

    Bomber

    Motörhead

    

    

    Speed metal

    Tracks:

    1. Dead Man Tell No Tales
    2. Lawman
    3. Sweet Revenge
    4. Sharpshooter
    5. Poison
    6. Stone Dead Forever
    7. All the Aces
    8. Step Down
    9. Talking Head
    10. Bomber ●

19. 12

    Cornerstone

    Styx

    

    

    Pop rock | progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. Lights
    2. Why Me
    3. Babe
    4. Never Say Never
    5. Boat on a River ●
    6. Borrowed Time
    7. First Time
    8. Eddie
    9. Love in the Midnight

20. 11

    Fröm the Fjörds

    Legend

    

    

    Heavy metal | Progressive metal

    Tracks:

    1. The Destroyer
    2. The Wizard's Vengeance ●
    3. The Golden Bell
    4. The Confrontation
    5. R.A.R.Z.
    6. Against the Gods
    7. The Iron Horse
    8. From the Fjords

21. 10

    Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes

    Eloy

    

    

    Space rock | Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. Astral Entrance
    2. Master of Sensation
    3. The Apocalypse
    4. Pilot to Paradise
    5. De Labore Solis
    6. Mighty Echoes ●

22. 9

    Lovedrive

    Scorpions

    

    

    Hard rock | heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Loving You Sunday Morning
    2. Another Piece of Meat
    3. Always Somewhere
    4. Coast to Coast
    5. Can't Get Enough
    6. Is There Anybody There?
    7. Lovedrive
    8. Holiday ●

23. 8

    Magnum II

    Magnum

    

    

    Progressive rock | hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Great Adventure
    2. Changes
    3. The Battle
    4. If I Could Live Forever
    5. Reborn
    6. So Cold the Night
    7. Foolish Heart
    8. Stayin' Alive
    9. Firebird
    10. All of My Life ●

24. 7

    Unknown Pleasures

    Joy Division

    

    

    Post-punk | Gothic rock

    Tracks:

    1. Disorder
    2. Day of the Lords ●
    3. Candidate
    4. Insight
    5. New Dawn Fades
    6. She's Lost Control
    7. Shadowplay
    8. Wilderness
    9. Interzone
    10. I Remember Nothing

25. 6

    Rust Never Sleeps

    Neil Young & the Crazy Horse

    

    

    Folk rock | hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) ●
    2. Thrasher
    3. Ride My Llama
    4. Pocahontas
    5. Sail Away
    6. Powderfinger
    7. Welfare Mothers
    8. Sedan Delivery
    9. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)

26. 5

    Damn the Torpedoes

    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

    

    

    Roots rock

    Tracks:

    1. Refugee ●
    2. Here Comes My Girl
    3. Even the Losers
    4. Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)
    5. Century City
    6. Don't Do Me Like That
    7. You Tell Me
    8. What Are You Doin' in My life?
    9. Louisiana Rain

27. 4

    Tusk

    Fleetwood Mac

    

    

    Pop rock | experimental rock

    Tracks:

    1. Over & Over
    2. The Ledge
    3. Think About Me
    4. Save Me a Place
    5. Sara
    6. What Makes You Think You're the One
    7. Storms
    8. That's All for Everyone
    9. Not That Funny
    10. Sisters of the Moon
    11. Angel
    12. That's Enough for Me
    13. Brown Eyes
    14. Never Make Me Cry
    15. I Know I'm Not Wrong
    16. Honey Hi
    17. Beautiful Child
    18. Walk a Thin Line
    19. Tusk ●
    20. Never Forget

28. 3

    Overkill

    Motörhead

    

    

    Speed metal | heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Overkill
    2. Stay Clean
    3. (I Won't) Pay Your Price
    4. I'll Be Your Sister
    5. Capricorn
    6. No Class ●
    7. Damage Case
    8. Tear Ya Down
    9. Metropolis
    10. Limb from Limb

29. 2

    The Wall

    Pink Floyd

    

    

    Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. In the Flesh?
    2. The Thin ice
    3. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1
    4. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
    5. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
    6. Mother
    7. Goodbye Blue Sky
    8. Empty Spaces
    9. Young Lust
    10. One of My Turns
    11. Don't Leave Me Now
    12. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3
    13. Goodbye Cruel World
    14. Hey You
    15. Is There Anybody out There?
    16. Nobody Home
    17. Vera
    18. Bring the Boys Home
    19. Comfortably Numb ●
    20. The Show Must Go on
    21. In the Flesh
    22. Run Like Hell
    23. Waiting for the Worms
    24. Stop
    25. The Trial
    26. Outside the Wall

30. 1

    Highway to Hell

    AC/DC

    

    

    Hard rock | heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Highway to Hell
    2. Girls Gor Rhythm
    3. Walk All Over You
    4. Touch Too Much ●
    5. Beating Around the Bush
    6. Shot Down in Flames
    7. Get It Hot
    8. If You Want Blood (You've Got It)
    9. Love Hungry Man
    10. Night Prowler