1979 – Great Year or Greatest Year?

 

POP Goes The World makes a solid case for the latter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Boomtown Rats “Someone's Looking At You” from The Fine Art of Surfacing (1979)

XTC “Making Plans for Nigel” from Drums and Wires (1979)

The Jam “Saturday's Kids” from Setting Sons (1979)

The Undertones “Jimmy jimmy” from The Undertones (1979)

 

 

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The Slickee Boys “Gotta Tell Me Why” from 3rd EP (1979)

Classic Ruins “1+1<2” from 1+1<2 (1979)

The Boys “Sabre dance” from To Hell with the Boys (1979)

The Boys “Rue Morgue” from To Hell with the Boys (1979)

The Neighborhoods “No Place Like Home” from No Place Like Home (1979)

 

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The Knack “Let Me Out” from Get the Knack (1979)

Cheap Trick “I'll Be With You Tonight” from Dream Police (1979)

The Beat “There She Goes” from The Beat (1979)

Blondie “Dreaming” from Eat to the Beat (1979)

 

 

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Pearl Harbor & The Explosions “You Got It (Release It)” from Pearl Harbor & the Explosions (1979)

The Squares “This is Airbeat” from This Is Airbeat (1979)

The Monks “Love in Stereo” from Bad Habits (1979)

Dave Edmunds “Girls Talk” from Repeat When Necessary (1979)

The Rubinoos “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” from Back to the Drawing Board (1979)

 

 

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The Dickies “You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)” from The Incredible Shrinking Dickies (1979)

The Damned “Love Song” from Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)

Joe Jackson “Throw it Away” from Look Sharp! (1979)

The Police “No Time This Time” from Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

The Stranglers “Duchess” from The Raven (1979)

The Clash “Hateful” from London Calling (1979)

 

 

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The English Beat “Ranking Full Stop” from I Just Can't Stop It (1980)

The Selecter “Too Much Pressure” from Too Much Pressure (1980)

The Specials “Concrete Jungle” from The Specials (1979)

Madness “Madness” from One Step Beyond... (1979)

The Pop Group “She Is Beyond Good and Evil” from Y (1979)

Talking Heads “I Zimbra” from Fear of Music (1979)

 

 

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The Records “Starry eyes” from Shades In Bed (1979)

Shoes “Too Late” from Double Exposure (1979)

20/20 “Yellow Pills” from 20/20 (1979)

The Cars “Dangerous Type” from Candy-O (1979)

The Zones “Mourning Star” from Under Influence (1979)

 

 

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Television Personalities “Where's Bill Grundy Now?” from Part Time Punks (The Very Best of Television Personalities) (1999)