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1979 Nina Hagen - Nina Hagen Band ("TV Glotzer") (Germany's answer to Lena Lovich) Tiny Dancer: The song's available on Definitive Collection Hall and Oates - X-Static John Hiatt - Slug Line (Hiatt's best LP) Buddy Holly - The Complete Buddy Holly (a fantastic reissue package by one of rock's early geniuses) Human League - Dignity of Labour EP (debut EP by one of my favorite synth pop groups) Human League - Reproduction Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic ("Cleveland Rocks") (fine solo work by former Mott the Hoople lead singer) Hypsterz - Hypsterz Live EP The Inmates - First Offense ("Dirty Water") Joe Jackson - Look Sharp ("Is She Really Going Out with Him?" "One More Time," "Sunday Papers") (some of the best songs of the year here) Michael Jackson - Off The Wall ("Don't Stop Till You Get Enough," "Rock With You") The Jacksons - Destiny ("Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)," "Blame It On The Boogie") The Jam - Setting Sons ("Private Hell," "Eton Rifles," "Heatwave") Japan - Quiet Life Elton John - Victim of Love Tiny Dancer: Must you remind me, Tom?! I'm not a deaf fan, this one sucks royally, IMHO. Elton's one and only disco attempt, thank goodness he came to his senses! David Johansen - In Style Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones ("Chuck E's In Love," "Danny's All-Star Joint") Tiny Dancer: Excellent debut album, I loved the big hit as well as "On Saturday Afternoons In 1963", "Easy Money" and "Company". Journey - Evolution ("Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'") Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (an amazing record by one of the greatest bands to ever exist) The Kinks - Low Budget ("Catch Me Now I'm Falling," "Pressure," "National Health," "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman") (another excellent Kinks LP; they end their second decade on a high note) Killing Joke - Almost Red EP (influential band beloved by everyone from Ministry to Metallica) Kiss - Dynasty ("I Was Made For Loving You," "2000 Man") The Knack - Get The Knack ("My Sharona," "Good Girls Don't") (fun powerpop record containing the monster hit "My Sharona") The Last - L.A. Explosion Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door ("Fool in the Rain," "All My Love") Thomas Leer and Robert Rental - The Bridge (creative fun with synthesizers and tape machines) Richard Lloyd - Alchemy Nick Lowe - Labour Of Lust ("Cruel To Be Kind") M - New York*London*Paris*Munich ("Pop Music" - one of the great singles of the year) Madness - One Step Beyond ("Madness," "One Step Beyond") (a fun ska revivalist band - great party music) Tiny Dancer: Indeedy! "Night Boat To Cairo" was also a hit off this one. Magazine - Secondhand Daylight Martha and the Muffins - Metro Music ("Echo Beach") Tiny Dancer: Great album and single! I worked with Martha's father a few years later, neat, huh? The album's out of print now but two of the songs ("Echo Beach" and "Paint By Number Heart") are available on Then Again (A Retrospective) Material - Temporary Music 1 EP (influential NY experimental funk band led by bassist/producer Bill Laswell) Mekons - The Quality of Mercy is Not Stern Members - At the Chelsea Nightclub Midnight Oil - Head Injuries Mi-Sex - Graffiti Crimes ("Computer Games") Tiny Dancer: No albums available but I found "Computer Games" on Hits You Remember: Just Say New Wave Misfits - Beware The Misfits EP Molly Hatchet - Flirtin With Disaster (Q: Was this the top party band of the late 70s among high school druggies in the U.S. South?) Van Morrison - Into The Music Elton Motello - Victim of Time ("Jet Boy Jet Girl") Motels - Motels ("Anticipating") Motorhead - Bomber Judy Mowatt - Black Woman (before there was Lauren Hill, Judy Mowatt was the Carribean musical sex goddess of her time) Wazmo Nariz - Thingsa Aren't Right ("Tele-tele-telephone," "Checking Out the Checkout Girl") 999 - High Energy Plan Ian North - Neo Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle ("Cars") Jeff Troutman: Before this, he releases the pivotal Replicas disc ("Are Friends Electric?", a #1 UK hit. "Down In The Park") under the Gary Numan & Tubeway Army name. The Only Ones - Special View (fine American release compiling tracks from band's earlier British releases, The Only Ones and Even Serpents Shine; contains hit "Another Girl, Another Planet") Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks ("Discovering Japan," "Local Girls," "Nobody Hurts You") (great LP!) Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (another great release by avante guard Clevelanders) Jeff Troutman: 1978, unless I'm mistaken. Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes ("Refuee," "Even the Losers," "Don't Do Me Like That") (really inspired, one of Petty's best) Pink Floyd - The Wall ("Another Brick in the Wall," "Comfortably Numb," "Run Like Hell") (Floyd end the decade on a high note with another epic LP dealing with their choice theme - alienation) The Plugz - Electrify Me The Police - Regatta de Blanc ("Message in a Bottle") Iggy Pop - New Values ("I'm Bored," "Five Foot One") The Pop - Go! The Pop Group - Y The Pork Dukes - Pork Dukes Tiny Dancer: The only link I could find was for All The Filth! which appears to contain their debut. The Pretenders - The Pretenders ("Stop Your Sobbing," "Brass In Pocket") (arguably, their first was their best; one of the best mainstream rock records of the year) Jeff Troutman: FWIW, my sources have (this) coming out in 1980. Prince - Prince ("I Wanna Be Your Lover") (I can still remember the posters for this in the record stores of Boston; Warner Brothers' investment in him would soon pay off) Public Image, Ltd. - Metal Box (released later in the U.S. as Second Edition) (raw, enthralling, eclectic mood music from Mr. John Lydon and company) Queen - Live Killers The Raincoats - The Raincoats Ramones - End of the Century ("Danny Says," "Baby I Love You") ("It's the end, the end of the seventies/It's the end, the end of the century") The Records - Shades In Bed (retitled The Records in the U.S.) ("Starry Eyes") Red Krayola - Soldier Talk The Reds - The Reds Renaldo and the Loaf - Songs for Swinging Larvae (one of the premier members of the Ralph Records lineup) Lou Reed - The Bells REO Speedwagon - Nine Lives The Residents - Eskimo Jonathan Richman - Back In Your Life Roxy Music - Manifesto ("Angel Eyes," "Ain't That So," "Dance Away") (their big U.S. commercial breakthrough; a fine record) The Ruts - The Crack Go to the next page for the rest of the list. 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