1979: Oh. My. God. What a watershed year for new music releases. Usually I can just barely get a Top Ten together for any given year. But for 1979, I couldn't even hold it to a Top Twenty. I had to go with a TOP TWENTY-FIVE! There will never be another year as jam packed with innovative album releases. I am thankful to have been there when it was happening, collecting these albums on vinyl and playing them in the ground. They are Monumental Masterpieces, all:

Top Twenty Five Albums of 1979

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1.) 154 - Wire
http://www.allmusic.com/album/154-r22103

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drl900/l973/l97309sbej0.jpg…

1. Odelay - Beck
2. DJ Kicks - Kruder & Dorfmeister
3. Subliminal Sandwich - Meat Beat Manifesto
4. The In Sound from Way Out - Beastie Boys
5. Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty - The Orb
6. In Sides - Orbital
7. Positive - The Grassy Knoll
8. Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise
9. Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
10. Anthology 2 - The Beatles

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn700/n741/n74134b0zbh.jpg
Swim - Caribou
http://www.last.fm/music/Caribou/Swim
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dzfuxztsldje

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn900/n987/n98738k8okt.jpg
Nothing Else - Lorn
http://www.last.fm/music/lorn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/f5hf

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn400/n484/n48406idyyr.jpg
Black Noise - Pantha du Prince
http://www.last.fm/music/Pantha+du+Prince
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifoxz8sldke

http://i43.tinypic.com/b7m1zt.jpg
Ctrl Alt Delete - Free The Robots
http://www.last.fm/music/Free+THE+Robots
http://hangout.altsounds.com/reviews/118316-free-the-robots-ctrl-alt-delete-album.html

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn700/n787/n78776vfgwc.jpg
Speculation - To Rococo Rot
http://www.last.fm/music/to+rococo+rot/speculation
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifwxzrdldke

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Wildling - Kammerflimmer Kollektief
http://www.last.fm/music/Kammerflimmer%2520Kollektief?ac=kammerflimm
http://www.kammerflimmer.com/wildling/

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/imgrec/sl-67099.jpg
One-Armed Bandit - Jaga Jazzist
http://www.last.fm/music/Jaga%2520Jazzist/One-Armed%2520Bandit?ac=one-armed%20bandit
http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-armed-bandit-r1706037

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dro700/o720/o72026f1jjx.jpg
Small Craft on a Milk Sea - Brian Eno
http://www.last.fm/music/Brian+Eno/Small+Craft+on+a+Milk+Sea
http://www.allmusic.com/album/small-craft-on-a-milk-sea-r1967286

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Inversions of The Colossus - RJD2
http://www.last.fm/music/RJD2/Inversions+of+the+Colossus
http://www.allmusic.com/album/inversions-of-the-colossus-r1817973

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Broken Bells - Broken Bells
http://www.last.fm/music/Broken%2520Bells/Broken%2520Bells?ac=broken%20bells
http://www.allmusic.com/album/broken-bells-r1716460

Honorable Mention is an album I discovered in 2010 but was released in an earlier year…

My TOP TEN ALBUMS of the 00's

(Honorable
Mention) The Information - Beck (2006)
(10) Hot Shots II - Beta Band (2001)
(9) White Blood Cells - The White Stripes (2001)
(8) Instrument of the Trinity - Roots Tonic meets Bill Laswell (2006)
(7) Supermogodon - Marumari (2001)
(6) No Hassle - Tosca (2009)
(5) Geogaddi… - Boards of Canada (2002)
(4) Hail to the Thief - Radiohead (2003)
(3) Organik - Robert Miles (2001)
(2) The Dream - The Orb (2007)
(1) Beatitude - Pepe Deluxe (2003)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drm500/m508/m50891j60hw.jpg 1. No Hassle - Tosca (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jzfixze0ldde)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn100/n145/n14563ma6lq.jpg 2. Inspiration Information - Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics (http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/album-review/Content?oid=1220523)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drm700/m783/m78300p4g2p.jpg 3. Return From Planet Dub - Dubblestandart, Lee "Scratch" Perry & Ari Up (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bfuxzw0ldke)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn000/n049/n04919ywknd.jpg 4. The Secret Song - DJ Spooky (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfixztald0e)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drl900/l934/l93464swzqs.jpg 5. Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dcfuxz8kldfe)

http://www.ilikemusic.com/images/article_images/full/the_orb_baghdad_batteries_f.jpg 6. Baghdad Batteries: Orbsessions Vol. 3 - The Orb (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13620-baghdad-batteries-orbsessions-vol-iii/)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drl900/l951/l95153pvu4v.jpg 7. Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street - Jon Hassell (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jbfqxzekldae)

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/006/505/0000650564_182.jpg 8. (Best EP) The Shape of Things That Hum - DJ Food (http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/112424-dj-food-the-shape-of-things-that-hum-ep-out-14th-december.html)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drm700/m732/m73247xkjzt.jpg 9. (Best Local) Full Moon Flashlight…