Tag: Year-1979

Reviews tagged to the year 1979.

Lake - Paradise Island

Lake – Paradise Island 0 (0)

Lake went on to release several fine albums and retain their popularity in Germany, but for my money the first…

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Survivor - Survivor

Survivor – Survivor 0 (0)

Survivor was initially going to be the second phase of the Jim Peterik Band, but sounding nothing like the original…

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Bob Welch - Three Hearts

Bob Welch – Three Hearts 0 (0)

‘Three Hearts’ from Bob Welch is the follow-up to ‘French Kiss’ and is similar in style featuring two hit singles,…

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Rex Smith - Sooner Or Later

Rex Smith – Sooner Or Later 0 (0)

Those of us who know the first two Rex albums would agree that Rex Smith and his band offered some…

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Nick Gilder - Frequency

Nick Gilder – Frequency 5 (1)

Nick Gilder’s 1979 ‘Frequency’ album was one of the years most highly anticipated releases, but stalling out at 127 on…

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The Knack - Get The Knack

The Knack – Get The Knack 5 (1)

If you were a teenager in 1979 then ‘My Sharona’ was on everyone’s radio, if you weren’t aware of The…

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Hellfield - Night Music

Hellfield – Night Music 0 (0)

Hellfield’s second and last album ‘Night Music’ is a fun-sounding record, if a little lacking in the ‘balls’ department’, maybe…

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Nantucket - Your Face Or Mine

Nantucket – Your Face Or Mine 0 (0)

Here’s the second effort from North Carolina’s best melodic rock export of the 70’s and 80’s Nantucket, this is a…

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Riot - Narita

Riot – Narita 0 (0)

New York’s Riot were probably the best description of underground metal for an American band from the late 70’s.

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Jefferson Starship - Freedom At Point Zero

Jefferson Starship – Freedom At Point Zero 4 (1)

‘Freedom At Point Zero’ was a landmark album for Jefferson Starship, and moved them out of the semi folky territory…

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Supertramp - Breakfast In America

Supertramp – Breakfast In America 5 (1)

As far as rock staples go however, Supertramp’s ‘Breakfast In America’ is a masterpiece, the likes of which we’ll never…

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Pablo Cruise - Part Of The Game

Pablo Cruise – Part Of The Game 0 (0)

Pablo Cruise are featured here at Glory Daze extensively, but ‘Part Of The Game’ is an album I feel deserves…

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Sabu - Sabu (1979)

Sabu – Sabu (The Disco Album) 4 (1)

Despite Paul Sabu’s entry in the AOR sweepstakes, he still continued to produce dance pop well into the early ’80s,…

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The Scorpions - Lovedrive

The Scorpions – Lovedrive 4 (3)

‘Lovedrive’ is probably not The Scorpions most successful recording but certainly is one of the fans favourite albums from the…

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The Tubes - Remote Control

The Tubes – Remote Control 0 (0)

The ‘Remote Control’ album was a concept about the danger of TV and its life wasting possibilities, The Tubes made…

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The Cars - Candy-O

The Cars – Candy-O 0 (0)

The Cars released this album in June of 1979 with a stunning cover by renowned pin-up artist Alberto Vargas and…

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Trooper - Hot Shots

Trooper – Hot Shots: Best Of 0 (0)

As a band, Trooper have acquired an endearing relationship with Canadian audiences for years, their mix of straight ahead hard…

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Foghat - Boogie Motel

Foghat – Boogie Motel 4 (1)

Foghat’s ‘Boogie Motel’ arrived between the death of disco and the coming of new wave and sounded like a lot…

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Hall And Oates - X-Static

Hall And Oates – X-Static 0 (0)

‘X-Static’ is an excellent album, and is one of the last times that Hall And Oates would try anything so…

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ELO - Discovery

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) – Discovery 3.5 (2)

While nowhere in the league of ‘Eldorado’ or ‘A New World Record’, ‘Discovery’ holds up nicely as one of ELO’s…

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