AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S TOP ALBUMS OF 1979
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month-Peak Position 1 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-SUPERTRAMP-MAY-1 2 DISCOVERY-ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-August 3 DYNASTY-KISS-December 2 4 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN-ROD STEWART-February-1 5 52ND STREET-BILLY JOEL-January-1 6 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-BEE GEES-March-1 7 THE BOB SEGER COLLECTION-BOB SEGER-May-1 8 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER-Leo Sayer-August-1 9 RICKIE LEE JONES-Rickie Lee Jones-June-1 10 DIRE STRAITS-Dire Straits-January-1 11 Minute By Minute-Doobie Brothers-May-6 12 Parallel Lines-Blondie-April-2 13 Toto-Toto-March-2 14 Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume II-Barbra Streisand-February-2 15 Breakfast At Sweethearts-Cold Chisel-April-4 16 In Through The Out Door-Led Zeppelin-September-3 17 Face To Face-The Angels-January-18 18 Slow Train Coming-Bob Dylan-October-1 19 Get The Knack-The Knack-September-1 20 You Don't Bring Me Flowers-Neil Diamond-February-5 21 Bad Girls-Donna Summer-July-6 22 Back To The Egg-Paul McCartney & Wings-July-3 23 Nicolette-Nicolette Larson-February-6 24 Fate For Breakfast-Art Garfunkel-August-3 25 The Long Run-Eagles-November-1 26 Candy-O-The Cars-October-7 27 Against The Grain-Phoebe Snow-April-9 28 A Single Man-Elton John-January-8 29 First Under The Wire-Little River Band-August-2 30 Voulez-Vous-Abba-June-5 31 Inner Secrets-Santana-January-9 32 Armed Forces-Elvis Costello & The Attractions-April-9 33 Rust Never Sleeps-Neil Young & Crazy Horse-August-8 34 5-J.J. Cale-October-6 35 The Best Of Earth,Wind & Fire-Earth,Wind & Fire-April-7 36 Grease Soundtrack-Various Artists-January-1 37 No Exit-The Angels-August-8 38 English History-Jon English-September-4 39 At Budokan-Bob Dylan-June-4 40 Living In The U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt-January-3 41 Greatest Hits-Rod Stewart-November-1 42 Tusk-Fleetwood Mac-November-2 43 Communique-Dire Straits-July-5 44 Forever And Ever-Demis Roussos-June-11 45 The Best Of Kenny Rogers-Kenny Rogers-November-4 46 The Sports Don't Throw Stones-The Sports-April-9 47 Graffiti Crimes-Mi-Sex-December-16 48 Comes A Time-Neil Young-January-6 49 Bop Till You Drop-Ry Cooder-October-7 50 Promises-Promises-May-6 51 Dream Police-Cheap Trick-November-7 52 Totally Hot-Olivia Newton-John-January-7 53 Wings Greatest-Wings-January-8 54 Bombs Away Dream Babies-John Stewart-September-10 55 Dragon's Greatest Hits Vol. 1-Dragon-June-8 56 Nightflight To Venus-Boney M-January-7 57 Livin' Inside Your Love-George Benson-May-14 58 Into The Music-Van Morrison-November-10 59 I Am-Earth,wind & Fire-July-12 60 Bee Gees Greatest-Bee Gees-December-1 61 Marathon-Santana-October-9 62 Night Owl-Gerry Rafferty-August-18 63 Eat To The Beat-Blondie-November-9 64 It's A Long Way There-Little River Band-January-4 65 Against The Wind-Soundtrack-March-10 66 Go West-Village People-April-8 67 Lodger-David Bowie-June-11 68 Screaming Targets-Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons-September-13 69 Replicas-Tubeway Army-October-11 70 From The Inside-Alice Cooper-January-12 71 Bloody Tourists-10 CC-January-3 72 Backless-Eric Clapton-March-16 73 Smash And Grab-Racey-December-6 74 New Boots And Panties-Ian Dury-May-13 75 Stateless-Lene Lovich-June-13 76 Manifesto-Roxy Music-May-13 77 Look Sharp-Joe Jackson-July 20 78 Let's Keep It That Way-Anne Murray-January-13 79 Angel Station-Manfred Mann's Earth Band-June-22 80 Cool For Cats-U.K. Squeeze-September-18 81 Ooh Child-Marcia Hines-July-15 82 Highway To Hell-AC/DC-November-13 83 Olivia Newton John's Greatest Hits Volume 2-Olivia Newton John-January-18 84 Time Passages-Al Stewart-March-15 85 Wet-Barbara Streisand-December-7 86 Night-Night-October-19 87 Cruisin'-Village People-January-16 88 Hot Streets-Chicago-February-14 89 Secrets-Robert Palmer-July-23 90 Flag-James Taylor-August-18 91 Head First-The Babys-April-18 92 War Of The Worlds-Jeff Wayne & Various Artists-January-1 93 C'est Chic-Chic-March-18 94 The Roussos Phenomenon-Demis Roussos-October-25 95 The B-52's-The B-52's-October-25 96 Greatest Hits:1972-1978-10cc-December-15 97 Love Tracks-Gloria Gaynor-May-15 98 Lionheart-Kate Bush-January-12 99 Eve-Alan Parson's Project-October-14 100 The Fine Art Of Surfacing-Boomtown Rats-December-11