Smash Hits Album Ratings - 1979 [part 2 of 2]

Smash Hits was a British teen music magazine that was (mostly) issued fortnightly. On a scale of 1-10, here's how the magazine's reviewers rate albums released in the latter half of 1979. Hope you find something new that you missed back in '79.

July 12 issue
Teena Marie	Wild and Peaceful	6
Patti Boulaye	You Stepped Into My Life	4
The Cars	Candy-O	8
Nick Lowe	Labour of Lust	7
Dave Edmunds	Repeat When Necessary	7
Metro	New Love	6
The Records	Shades in Bed	6
Queen	Live Killers	3½
Swell Maps	A Trip to Marineville	9½

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July 26 issue
(No numerical ratings given)
Buddy Holly	The Complete Buddy Holly
Richie Valens	Richie Valens
Gene Vincent	Greatest, Vol. 2
Earth, Wind & Fire	I Am
The Isley Brothers	Winner Takes All
Edwin Starr	Happy Radio
Fischer-Z	Word Salad

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Aug 9 issue
Atlantic Starr	Straight to the Point	5
Deniece Williams	When Love Comes Calling	5
The B-52's	The B-52's	5
Rickie Lee Jones	Rickie Lee Jones	8
Neil Young	Rust Never Sleeps	8
The Knack	Get The Knack	5
The Korgis	The Korgis	6½
Nina Hagen Band	Nina Hagen Band	8
Sex Pistols	Some Product	9

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Aug 23 issue
The Commodores	Midnight Magic	5
Parlet	Invasion of the Booty Snatchers	5
Starjets	Starjets	6
Sinceros	The Sound of Sunbathing	5
Chas 'n' Dave	Don't Give a Monkeys	5
Tarney-Spencer Band	Run for Your Life	5
Mike Oldfield	Exposed	6
AC/DC	Highway to Hell	3
Gibson Brothers	Cuba	7½
XTC	Drums and Wires	9

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Sept 6 issue
James Brown	The Original Disco Man	8
Smokey Robinson	Where There's Smoke	6
Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra	3
Rootboy Slim & The Sex Change Band	Zoom	6½
Talking Heads	Fear of Music	7½
Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	8
Tubeway Army	Tubeway Army	7
Chic	Risqué	8½

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Sept 20 issue
Bootsy's Rubber Band	This Boot is Made for Fonk'n	6
Rose Royce	Rainbow Collection IV	8
Cliff Richard	Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile	3
Gary Numan	The Pleasure Principle	7
Alan Parsons Project	Eve	8
Led Zeppelin	In through the Out Door	7
Siouxsie & The Banshees	John Hands	6
The Slits	Cut	9

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Oct 4 issue
(No numerical ratings given)
Boney M	Oceans of Fantasy
Sham 69	Hersham Boys
The Ritchie Family	The Ritchie Family
Darts	Dart Attack
Punishment of Luxury	Laughing Academy
Penetration	Coming Up for Air
Michael Jackson	Off the Wall
The Pointer Sisters	Priority
John Hiatt	Slug Line
Various Bands	Mods Mayday
Jane Aire & The Belvederes	Jane Aire & The Belvederes
Cheap Trick	Dream Police
The Police	Reggatta De Blanc
Blondie	Eat to the Beat

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Oct 18 issue
Olympic Runners	It's a Bitch	6
The O'Jays	Identify Yourself	6
Joe Jackson	I'm the Man	7½
Wire	154	7½
Gang of Four	Entertainment!	7½
The Stranglers	The Raven	6½
Buzzcocks	A Different Kind of Tension	7
Human League	Reproduction	8
The Skids	Days in Europa	8

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Nov 1 issue
Three Degrees	3D	4
David Bendeth	Adrenalin	2
Bob Marley & The Wailers	Survival	5
Boomtown Rats	The Fine Art of Surfacing	3
Steve Harley	The Candidate	5
Status Quo	Whatever You Want	7½
Eagles	The Long Run	4
Fleetwood Mac	Tusk	9
The Specials	The Specials	9

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Nov 15 issue
Gloria Gaynor	I Have a Right	4
Herb Alpert	Rise	6
Stevie Wonder	The Secret Life of Plants	6
Cabaret Voltaire	Mix Up	5
Madness	One Step Beyond	6
Tourists	Reality Effect	6
The Headboys	The Headboys	7
The Shoes	Present Tense	8
Marianne Faithful	Broken English	8

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Nov 29 issue
Revanche	Music Man	3
Millie Jackson & Isaac Hayes	Royal Rappin's	5
The Dickies	Dawn of The Dickies	4
The Buzzards	Jellied Eels to Record Deals	5
Matchbox	Matchbox	7½
Suzi Quatro	Suzi...And Other Four Letter Words	7½
Genya Ravan	And I Mean It	5
Dr. Hook	Sometimes You Win	5
The Jam	Setting Sons	9

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Dec 13 issue
Fern Kinney	Groove Me	6
Sly & The Family Stone	Back on the Right Track	2
The Mekons	The Quality of Mercy is Not Strnen	8
Ian Gomm	Gomm With the Wind	6
Charlie Dore	Where to Now	6
Mike Oldfield	Platinum	7
Public Image	The Metal Box	6
Simple Minds	Real to Real Cacophony	8
Pink Floyd	The Wall	8

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Dec 27 issue
No album reviews in this issue

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h/t to Brian McCloskey over at Like Punk Never Happened