TOP 30 albums from 1979
selected from my vinyl record collection
| album | artist | label | top |
| unknown pleasures | joy division | factory | 1 |
| the undertones | the undertones | sire | 2 |
| machine gun etiquette | the damned | chiswick records | 3 |
| the feeding of the 5000 | crass | crass records | 4 |
| stations of the crass | crass | crass records | 5 |
| three imaginary boys | the cure | fiction records | 6 |
| mix up | cabaret voltaire | rough trade | 7 |
| fear of music | talking heads | sire | 8 |
| gravest hits | the cramps | illegal records | 9 |
| press color | lizzy mercier descloux | ze records | 10 |
| eat to the beat | blondie | chrysalis | 11 |
| a different kind of tension | buzzcocks | united artists records | 12 |
| another kind of blues | uk subs | gem | 13 |
| one step beyond | madness | stiff records | 14 |
| second edition | public image ltd | virgin | 15 |
| crawdaddy express | the crawdaddys | voxx records | 16 |
| inflammable material | stiff little fingers | rough trade | 17 |
| join hands | siouxsie and the banshees | polydor | 18 |
| regatta de blanc | the police | a&m records | 19 |
| 1000 titels | de kommeniste | mastik | 20 |
| self conscious over you | the outcasts | good vibrations records | 21 |
| living in the 20th century | the kids | mercury | 22 |
| the adventures of hersham boys | sham 69 | polydor | 23 |
| specials | the specials | two-tone records | 24 |
| london calling | the clash | cbs | 25 |
| unbehagen | nina hagen | cbs | 26 |
| 154 | wire | emi | 27 |
| word salad | fischer z | united artists records | 28 |
| overkill | motorhead | bronze | 29 |
| dirk wears white sox | adam and the ants | do it records | 30 |
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