These Memories Can't Wait: 40 Year Vintage- The Best of 1979

Top 40 Albums of 1979

1. Public Image Ltd- Metal Box

2. Wire- 154

3. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

4. Michael Jackson- Off  the Wall

5. Gary Numan- The Pleasure Principle

6. The Slits- Cut

7. The Boys Next Door- Hee Haw

8. Sylvester- Stars

9. Japan- Quiet Life

10. Flying Lizards- Flying Lizards

11. Gang of Four- Entertainment!

12. Devo- Duty Now for the Future

13. Cabaret Voltaire- Mix Up

14. Sun Ra- Sleeping Beauty

15. Talking Heads- Fear of Music

16. Pink Floyd - The Wall

17. Roedelius- Jardin Au Fou

18. Throbbing Gristle- 20 Jazz Funk Greats

19. The Pop Group- Y

20. Leonard Cohen- Recent Songs

21. The Clash- London Calling

22. The B-52's- The B-52's

23. SPK- Factory EP

24. David Bowie- Lodger

25. Eduard Artemiev- Solaris OST

26. Univers Zero- Heresie

27. Poison Girls- Hex

28. The Cars- Candy-O

29. P-Model- In a Modern Room

30. This Heat- This Heat

31. The Fall- Dragnet

32. Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door

33. Thomas Leer and Robert Rental- The Bridge

34. A Certain Ratio- The Graveyard and the Ballroom

35. Prince-Prince

36. Dickies- Dawn of the Dickies

37. JJ Burnel - Euroman Cometh

38. The Cure- Three Imaginary Boys

39. Neil Young- Rust Never Sleeps

40. The Residents- Eskimo Top 40 Tracks of 1979 1. Joy Division- "Transmission" 2. The Slits- "Shoplifting" 3. Suicide- "Dream Baby Dream" 4. Michael Jackson- "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" 5. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark- "Electricity" 6. Flying Lizards- "Her Story" 7. Delta 5- "Mind Your Own Business" 8. Tubeway Army- "Are Friends Electric" 9. Sylvester- "I Need Somebody to Love Tonight" 10. Lady B- "To the Beat Y'All" 11. Talking Heads- "Memories Can't Wait" 12. The Younger Generation- "We Rap More Mellow" 13. Dead Kennedys- "California Uber Alles" 14. Wire- "Map Ref 41N 93W" 15. The Boys Next Door- "Faint Heart" 16. Rose Royce- "Is It Love That You're After" 17. XTC- "Making Plans for Nigel" 18. The Pretenders- "Brass in Pocket" 19. P-Model- "Kameari Pop" 20. Sugarhill Gang- "Rapper's Delight" 21. The Human League- "The Dignity of Labour" 22. Edwin Birdsong- "Cola Bottle Baby" 23. 20/20- "Yellow Pills" 24. Yellow Magic Orchestra- "Behind the Mask" 25. Donna Summer- "Bad Girls" 26. James White and the Blacks- "Contort Yourself" 27. Blondie - "Dreaming" 28. Glaxo Babies- "This is Your Life" 29. The Cure- "Boys Don't Cry" 30. George Duke- "I Love You More" 31. Willie Williams- "Armagideon Time" 32. The Buggles- "Video Killed the Radio Star" 33. Cerrone- "Rocket in the Pocket" 34. Supertramp- "Goodbye Stranger" 35. Prince- "Why You Want to Treat Me So Bad" 36. A Certain Ratio- "Do the Du" 37. BeeGees- "Love You Inside Out" 38. Donnie and Joe Emerson- "Baby" 39. David Bowie- "Boys Keep Swinging" 40. Shalamar- "The Second Time Around"