1979 in music

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Albums released

• Voulez-Vous - ABBA
• Highway to Hell - AC/DC
• Night In The Ruts - Aerosmith
• The B-52's - The B-52's
• Desolation Angels - Bad Company
• In the Heat of the Night - Pat Benatar
• Lodger - David Bowie
• One of a Kind - Bill Bruford
• Make Your Move - Captain & Tennille
• The Cars - The Cars
• The Audience with Betty Carter - Betty Carter
• Dream Police - Cheap Trick
• Risqué - Chic
• London Calling - The Clash (2-record set)
• Armed Forces - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
• Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
• Dédié à toi (Monday Tuesday) - Dalida
• Love or Let Me Be Lonely - Paul Davis
• Dire Straits - Dire Straits
• Do It Yourself - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
• The Long Run - The Eagles
• Dragnet - The Fall
• Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
• Entertainment! - Gang of Four
• Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye
• My Father's Eyes - Amy Grant
• X-Static - Hall & Oates
• Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
• Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
• Setting Sons - The Jam
• 52nd Street - Billy Joel
• Unleashed in the East - Judas Priest
• Low Budget - The Kinks
• Get the Knack - The Knack
• In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin
• One Step Beyond - Madness
• Back to the Egg - Paul McCartney & Wings
• Into the Music - Van Morrison
• Laminar Flow - Roy Orbison
• Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• The Wall - Pink Floyd
• Outlandos D'Amour - The Police
• Regatta de Blanc - The Police
• Metal Box- Public Image Ltd
• Night Owl - Gerry Rafferty
• Down to Earth - Rainbow
• Reddy - Helen Reddy
• Exhibition - John Serry
• Nine Lives - REO Speedwagon
• The Specials - The Specials
• Cool for Cats - Squeeze
• Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers
• The Raven - The Stranglers
• Wet - Barbra Streisand
• Bad Girls - Donna Summer
• On the Radio - Donna Summer
• Breakfast in America - Supertramp
• Fear of Music - Talking Heads
• The Undertones - The Undertones
• Van Halen II - Van Halen
• 154 - Wire
• Live Rust - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
• Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
• Joe's Garage Act 1 - Frank Zappa
• Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa