Greatest Album of 1979 - Preliminary Round 2

[Wolter]

London Calling is my favorite album of all time and for some reason I want it to lose.

[Dr. Medulla]

I figure the Clash LC is a given, so I distributed my votes elsewhere.

A *real* fan wouldn't do that.

I'm merely a figment of your imagination Doc.

Oh god, it's happening again! The drugs are no longer working!

[Low Down Low]

Fun stuff - best 1979 guitar sound - Wire A Touching Display or Gang of Four Anthrax? Or other?

The Skids - Masquerade
The Clash - I Fought the Law

Best bass intro - The Skids 'Into The Valley, best guitar cutting in - The Skids 'Into The Valley', biggest knob on TOTP, The Skids 'Into The Valley' Richard Jobson.

I guess all that clobber and rubbish dancing was Jobsons way of standing out but he didn't half make himself look like a bit of a prat sometimes. Just as well they had those killer tunes!

[Silent Majority]

London Calling is my favorite album of all time and for some reason I want it to lose.

Yeah.

Crass, Madness, Specials, Ruts.

[Dr. Medulla]

London Calling is my favorite album of all time and for some reason I want it to lose.

Yeah.

Crass, Madness, Specials, Ruts.

I legit prefer Entertainment!, Metal Box, Unknown Pleasures, and 154 intellectually and aesthetically. But I'm not as much a straight-up rock fan as most are here (I'm more attracted to post-punk's/no wave's/shoegaze's/post-rock's "getting past rock" ambitions). But even with the severe pro-Clash skew in the voters here, LC merits consideration as best album of '79, no doubt.

[Silent Majority]

London Calling is my favorite album of all time and for some reason I want it to lose.

Yeah.

Crass, Madness, Specials, Ruts.

I legit prefer Entertainment!, Metal Box, Unknown Pleasures, and 154 intellectually and aesthetically. But I'm not as much a straight-up rock fan as most are here (I'm more attracted to post-punk's/no wave's/shoegaze's/post-rock's "getting past rock" ambitions). But even with the severe pro-Clash skew in the voters here, LC merits consideration as best album of '79, no doubt.

I'm an anarcist London reggae fan, which explains my choices.

[Kory]

Go4, Magazine, Slits, Wire

I surprised myself by letting Crass go, but these four are right at the top of my hierarchy and more important, despite how much I love Crass.

[drowninghere]

Lot of good/great albums struggling to gain traction but I think One Step Beyond is being overlooked - My Girl, Night Boat, One Step Beyond, Madness, The Prince are all top, top level tunes. Perhaps struggling because, despite that, its still the second best ska album on the list?

Overrated or overvoted so far for me is probably Armed Forces.

[Kory]

Lot of good/great albums struggling to gain traction but I think One Step Beyond is being overlooked - My Girl, Night Boat, One Step Beyond, Madness, The Prince are all top, top level tunes. Perhaps struggling because, despite that, its still the second best ska album on the list?

Overrated or overvoted so far for me is probably Armed Forces.

I struggle to get into Madness. They're just too goofy for me.

[Silent Majority]

Lot of good/great albums struggling to gain traction but I think One Step Beyond is being overlooked - My Girl, Night Boat, One Step Beyond, Madness, The Prince are all top, top level tunes. Perhaps struggling because, despite that, its still the second best ska album on the list?

Overrated or overvoted so far for me is probably Armed Forces.

I struggle to get into Madness. They're just too goofy for me.

They laugh to hide the tears.

[Kory]

Lot of good/great albums struggling to gain traction but I think One Step Beyond is being overlooked - My Girl, Night Boat, One Step Beyond, Madness, The Prince are all top, top level tunes. Perhaps struggling because, despite that, its still the second best ska album on the list?

Overrated or overvoted so far for me is probably Armed Forces.

I struggle to get into Madness. They're just too goofy for me.

They laugh to hide the tears.

The tears of a clown? That's a different band, I think.

[Heston]

Lot of good/great albums struggling to gain traction but I think One Step Beyond is being overlooked - My Girl, Night Boat, One Step Beyond, Madness, The Prince are all top, top level tunes. Perhaps struggling because, despite that, its still the second best ska album on the list?

Overrated or overvoted so far for me is probably Armed Forces.

I struggle to get into Madness. They're just too goofy for me.

They laugh to hide the tears.

Yes, there's always a streak of melancholy there.

[Marky Dread]

Fun stuff - best 1979 guitar sound - Wire A Touching Display or Gang of Four Anthrax? Or other?

The Skids - Masquerade
The Clash - I Fought the Law

Best bass intro - The Skids 'Into The Valley, best guitar cutting in - The Skids 'Into The Valley', biggest knob on TOTP, The Skids 'Into The Valley' Richard Jobson.

I see the new Skids album has a cover of Complete Control on it.

[Marky Dread]

Clash
Damned
Ruts
Specials

[Heston]

Clash
Jam
SLF
KISS