1979 - Top 5 albums from the year of Three Mile Island?

Hell Yeah Mike!..Props for Whitesnake! I love it!

I totally missed 78, I was soo busy yesterday I never got to Y!A at all...dammit.

Oh well, I love 79 too so here's my fave albums from it.

1 In Through The Out Door-Led Zeppelin

2 Lovehunter-Whitesnake

3 The Wall-Pink Floyd

4 Lightning To The Nations-Diamond Head

5 Down To Earth-Rainbow

Other albums that I love from 79 but that didn't quite make it

Bomber-Motorhead

Overkill-Motorhead

Black Rose (A Rock Legend)-Thin Lizzy

Candy O-The Cars

Hyrda-Toto

London Calling-The Clash

Lovedrive-The Scorpions

Marathon-Santana

Night In The Ruts-Aerosmith

Rust Never Sleeps-Neil Young

Street Machine-Sammy Hagar

Van Halen II-Van Halen

1. Kiss Dynasty

2. Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door

3. Van Halen Van Halen 2

4. Cheap Trick At Budokan

5. Aerosmith Night In The Ruts

1979, Hmmm, not the greatest year for rock. Though the late 70's early 80's was a fantastic transitional phase.

1) Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East - Live in Japan

2) Motorhead - Bomber or Overkill (both '79)

3) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes

4) Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend

5) The Clash - London Calling

I'd say it's a tie between Accepts first album and all of the above too!

1. The Clash- London Calling

2. Cheap Trick- At Budokan

3. Fleetwood Mac- Tusk

4. Led Zeppelin- In through the Out Door

5. Supertramp- Breakfast in America

Toss ups/ difficult to leave off:

AC/DC- Highway to Hell

Pink Floyd- The Wall

Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures

1. Kiss - Dynasty

2. Van Halen - Van Halen II

3. Bad Company - Desolation Angels

4. Foreigner - Head Games

5. Whitesnake - Lovehunter

1. AC/DC - Highway To Hell

2. The Clash - London Calling

3. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

4. Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door

5. Pink Floyd - The Wall

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Bob Dylan-Desire AC/DC-High Voltage Steely Dan-The Royal Scam Tom Waits-Small Change ALSO: The Modern Lovers-The Modern Lovers The Rolling Stones-Black and Blue Peter Tosh-Legalize It AC/DC-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap The Upsetters-Super Ape David Bowie-Station to Station

More importantly, this was the year of disco demolition night at the old Comiskey Park. 1979 was a very strong year.

http://www.discodemolition.com/

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

Devo - Duty Now for the Future

The Clash - London Calling

Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

London Calling - The Clash

Highway to Hell - AC/DC

In Though The Out Door - Led Zeppelin

Cheap Trick - At Budokan

The Wall - Pink Floyd

1. London Calling - The Clash

2. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

3. End of the Century - The Ramones

4. Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure

5. Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned