what are your favourite LP's from 1979 ?

[waldo]

looking at my many, many CD's, i think i have more albums issued in 1979 than any other year. could that be coincidence or subconsciously my favourite year for music !?

anyway what are your favourite albums issued in 1979 ?

here's the ones i play the most:

Caroline Crawford – Nice And Soulful
First Choice - Hold Your Horses
Phyllis Hyman - You Know How To Love Me
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Love Unlimited – Love Is Back
Cheryl Lynn – In Love
Bette Midler - Thighs And Whispers
Stephanie Mills - What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'
The Police – Reggatta De Blanc
Minnie Riperton - Minnie
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Skyy – Skyy
Betty Wright - Travelin' In The Wright Circle

[robb_k]

"From The Vaults"-Various Artists Natural Resources Records
It's the only album I know from 1979, as I worked on it.

[nomis]

What a year ! My favs were -

Lodger David
Manifesto Roxy Music
Grease Soundtrack
C'est Chic Chic
Barbra Streisands GH vol 2
Breakfast In America Supertramp
The Boss Diana Ross
Parallel Lines Blondie
Tusk Fleetwood Mac
Wings Greatest Hits

[pshark]

[timmyfunk]

PShark basically covered my list, but I'll add some more:

[the_classic_master]

donna summer - bad girls
diana ross - the boss
the whispers - the whispers
shalamar - big fun
michael jackson - off the wall
c'est chic - chic
stephanie mills - whatcha gonna do with my lovin'
ewf - i am

[smark21]

Dog and Butterfly by Heart

[FROM LONDON]

Off the wall - Michael Jackson

We are family - Sister Sledge

[reese]

The Boss - Diana Ross

Dionne - Dionne Warwick

Live And Uncensored - Millie Jackson

[timmyfunk]

looking at my many, many CD's, i think i have more albums issued in 1979 than any other year. could that be coincidence or subconsciously my favourite year for music !?

anyway what are your favourite albums issued in 1979 ?

here's the ones i play the most:

Caroline Crawford – Nice And Soulful
First Choice - Hold Your Horses
Phyllis Hyman - You Know How To Love Me
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Love Unlimited – Love Is Back
Cheryl Lynn – In Love
Bette Midler - Thighs And Whispers
Stephanie Mills - What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'
The Police – Reggatta De Blanc
Minnie Riperton - Minnie
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Skyy – Skyy
Betty Wright - Travelin' In The Wright Circle

Now that's funny, because if I examined my collection in that way, I'd have more albums from 1978. Hmmm...

[chidrummer]

Damn, pshark and tfunk have broken into my record collection again.
Well, in addition to the classics they listed, how about these:

Mother's Finest - Live
Angela Bofill - Angel of the Night
The Crusaders - Street Life
Weather Report - 8:30
Bell & James - Bell & James
EWF - I Am
Prince - Prince
Kool and The Gang - Ladies Night
Heatwave - Hot Property
Maze - Inspiration
Teddy Pendergrass - Live, Coast to Coast
Lakeside - Rough Riders
Pleasure - Future Now
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose

man, that was great year for music.

[uptight]

Gosh, that is a hard question. 1979..? I was a kid. But going through some of the lists above... bingo! Here are three of mine.

-Off The Wall by far Michael Jackson
-I Am EWF
-The Boss Miss Ross

[robb_k]

Now that's funny, because if I examined my collection in that way, I'd have more albums from 1978. Hmmm...

I'd have a lot more from 1965 [[maybe 40 vs. 1)!

[glencro]

Funny you asked because that was my favorite year musically even though I was only 13.

Sylvester "Living Proof"
Michael Jackson "Off The Wall"
Sister Sledge "We Are Family"
Diana Ross "The Boss"
Donna Summer "Bad Girls"
Chic "C'est Chic"
The Clark Sisters "He Gave Me Nothing To Lose"
Walter Hawkins "Love Alive II"

[the_classic_master]

here's a couple more, i was only 11.

minnie riperton - minnie i was so sad when she passed that year.
ashford and simpson - stay free [[which is also my all time favorite song by them)

[the_classic_master]

destiny - the jacksons

[timmyfunk]

I'd have a lot more from 1965 [[maybe 40 vs. 1)!

Not very surprising.

[arrr&bee]

Well let's see...ahhhh-first class and the softones[very underrated]..ray,goodman,brown[great lp]!

[pshark]

Yes, how did I forget Mutiny, Mother's Finest & Chuck Brown. And I need to cop Crusaders & Weather Report. Although 79 wasn't my fav yr, it was enough to get me over the hump. Here's some more.

[marv2]

Like Timmyfunk, had you asked for 1978 albums, I could have rattled off several dozen favorites without a problem.

As for 1979, albums that come to mind that I liked and bought include but not limited to:

Masterjam - Rufus with Chaka Khan [[ excellent version of Quincy Jones' "Body Heat")
Minnie - Minnie Ripperton - [[ I bought it a week before she passed. "Memory Lane" is a forever favorite)
Off The Wall- Michael Jackson [[Mike had a special something going on with this album)
Mary Wilson- Mary Wilson [[ 'cause she's my girl! LOL!)
Do You Wanna Go Party - KC and the Sunshine Band
Disco Nights -GQ
Dionne - Dionne Warwick
McFadden & Whitehead - McFadden & Whitehead [[just for the anthem!!)
Winner Take All - Isley Bros
Wild & Peaceful - Teena Marie
Bustin' Out of L 7 - Rick James
Brenda Russell - Brenda Russell
Feets Don't Fail Me Now - Herbie Hancock
Uncle Jam Wants You -Funkadeliac [[How could you not have this album in '79?)

[timmyfunk]

I'd have a lot more from 1965 [[maybe 40 vs. 1)!

Interesting considering that 1965 was still a period where singles reigned.

[splanky]

Among kids, Tim. Singles reigned amongst the still new demographic of the "teenaged record buyer" in 65 but a lot of grown
folks bought a lot of great albums in the 60's, soul and otherwise. I know cause I spent a lot of time sitting on their living
room floors staring at and reading liner notes on the covers of albums by not just The Temptations but John Coltrane, Duke
Ellington and Rahaan Roland Kirk.
Anyway, you and Pshark basically covered my 79 albums in your first posts on this thread. Those were the best years for me
as a young man....

[timmyfunk]

Well, the pop market, at least since the beginning of the sixties was a youth oriented market, wasn't it Splank? I know that the Temptations and maybe Aretha Franklin did well in the album market in the early and mid-sixties, but it seems that the Sly Stone and to a lesser extent Issac Hayes really opened up the album market to Black artists.

[timmyfunk]

Like Timmyfunk, had you asked for 1978 albums, I could have rattled off several dozen favorites without a problem.

As for 1979, albums that come to mind that I liked and bought include but not limited to:

Masterjam - Rufus with Chaka Khan [[ excellent version of Quincy Jones' "Body Heat")
Minnie - Minnie Ripperton - [[ I bought it a week before she passed. "Memory Lane" is a forever favorite)
Off The Wall- Michael Jackson [[Mike had a special something going on with this album)
Mary Wilson- Mary Wilson [[ 'cause she's my girl! LOL!)
Do You Wanna Go Party - KC and the Sunshine Band
Disco Nights -GQ
Dionne - Dionne Warwick
McFadden & Whitehead - McFadden & Whitehead [[just for the anthem!!)
Winner Take All - Isley Bros
Wild & Peaceful - Teena Marie
Bustin' Out of L 7 - Rick James
Brenda Russell - Brenda Russell
Feets Don't Fail Me Now - Herbie Hancock
Uncle Jam Wants You -Funkadeliac [[How could you not have this album in '79?)

Though UJWY features the immortal "[[not just) Knee Deep", the absolute winner in the P-Funk album sweepstakes for that year was "Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy" by the Brides Of Funkenstein. If that title cut had been released as a Parliament single, it would have been a smash!

[copley]

For me '79 was a poor year for new music.

B-52'S - 52'S
BLONDIE - EAT TO THE BEAT
FAITHFULL, MARIANNE - BROKEN ENGLISH
FOLEY, ELLEN - NIGHTOUT
MIDLER, BETTE - THIGHS & WHISPERS
MITCHELL, JONI - MINGUS
MOTELS - MOTELS
REED, LOU - THE BELLS
ROSS, DIANA - THE BOSS
SMITH, PATTI - WAVE
SPRINGFIELD, DUSTY - LIVING WITHOUT YOUR LOVE
SUMMER, DONNA - BAD GIRLS

[cozmic]

[cozmic]

[soulster]

I guess i'll add to the images. A couple of these were actually released near the end of 1978, so I think they still apply.

[adrian]

Atlantic Starr - Straight To The Point
Chanson - Chanson
The Clash - London Calling
Commodores - Midnight Magic
Earth, Wind and Fire - I Am
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You
Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up
The Isley Brothers - Winner Takes All
Japan - Quiet Life
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Tavares - Madame Butterfly

[superlou]

The Jones Girls - their first Philly Int'l album.

[blkfrost]

Diana Ross' The Boss

[useyourchucklemuscle]

Atlantic Starr - Straight To The Point
Chanson - Chanson
The Clash - London Calling
Commodores - Midnight Magic
Earth, Wind and Fire - I Am
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You
Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up
The Isley Brothers - Winner Takes All
Japan - Quiet Life
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Tavares - Madame Butterfly

Top marks for your inclusion of Japan!!!!
One of the great groups of the New Romantic era! And Steve Jannsen was sooooo much cuter than his brother David Sylvian!

[soulster]

I forgot to list "Winner Takes All" by the Isley Brothers, but I could never listen to that album as it was released. I always thought it worked better as a single-length album. I created my own track sequence and created a single-length album with it. I used Audition to get the edits and gaps just right:

01 Winner Takes All
02 Let Me In Your Life
03 Life In The City
04 It's A Disco Night
05 Key To My Heart
06 You're Beside Me
07 Can't You See
08 Mind Over Matter

Obviously, a lot of cuts didn't make the cut, particularly the hit single "I Wanna Be With You".