In Through The Out Door Tops 1979 Creem Readers Poll

Led Zeppelin : Fool in the Rain

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Creem Readers picked Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door as the best album from 1979 as Jimmy Page took top honors as Best Guitarist and Best Producer, Robert Plant as Best Male Singer and John Bonham as Best Drummer. Cheap Trick also made a strong showing with the #3 and #4 albums and #2 finishes for Robin Zander, Bun E Carlos and Rick Nielsen.

TOP TWENTY-FIVE ALBUMS

 1. In Through The Out Door (Led Zeppelin)
 2. Candy-O (The Cars)
 3. Dream Police (Cheap Trick)
 4. Live At Budokan (Cheap Trick)
 5. Rust Never Sleeps (Neil Young + Crazy Horse)
 6. Squeezing Out Sparks (Graham Parker + the Rumour)
 7. The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
 8. Van Halen II (Van Halen)
 9. Low Budget (The Kinks)
10. Get The Knack (The Knack)
11. The Clash
12. Dynasty (Kiss)
13. Fear Of Music (Talking Heads)
14. Armed Forces (Elvis Costello)
15. Labour Of Lust (Nick Lowe)
16. Highway To Hell (AC/DC)
17. B-52's
18. Breakfast In America (Supertramp)
19. Night In The Ruts (Aerosmith)
20. Look Sharp! (Joe Jackson)
21. Eat To The Beat (Blondie)
22. The Long Run (The Eagles)
23. Tusk (Fleetwood Mac)
24. Damn The Torpedoes (Tom Petty + the Heartbreakers)
25. You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (Ian Hunter)

TOP FIFTEEN SINGLES






 1. My Sharona (The Knack)
 2. Let's Go (The Cars)
 3. Cruel To Be Kind (Nick Lowe)
 4. I Want You To Want Me (Cheap Trick)
 5. I Don't Like Mondays (Boomtown Rats)
 6. Dream Police (Cheap Trick)
 7. Pop Muzik (M)
 8. I Was Made For Lovin' You (Kiss)
 9. Long Live Rock (The Who)
10. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (Bad Co.)
11. My My Hey Hey (Neil Young)
12. I Fought The Law (The Clash)
13. Roxanne (The Police)
14. Superman (The Kinks)
15. Rock Lobster (The B-52's)

TOP TEN R+B SINGLES







 1. Bad Girls (Donna Summer)
 2. You Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob Dylan)
 3. Sail On (Commodores)
 4. Hot Stuff (Donna Summer)
 5. Boom, Boom (Pat Travers)
 6. After The Love Is Gone (Earth, Wind + Fire)
 7. Still (Commodores)
 8. Pop Muzik (M)
 9. Move It On Over (George Thorogood + the Destroyers)
10. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

BEST GUITARIST








 1. Jimmy Page
 2. Rick Nielsen
 3. Mick Jones (Clash)
 4. Edward Van Halen
 5. Pete Townshend
 6. Ted Nugent
 7. Ace Frehley
 8. Keith Richards
9. Johnny Ramone
10. Joe Perry

BEST DRUMMER





 1. John Bonham
 2. Bun E. Carlos
 3. Neil Peart
 4. Peter Criss
 5. Charlie Watts
 6. Clem Burke
 7. Keith Moon
 8. Nicky Headon
 9. David Robinson
10. Carl Palmer

BEST PRODUCER





 1. Jimmy Page
 2. Nick Lowe
 3. Roy Thomas Baker
 4. Brian Eno
 5. Todd Rundgren
 6. Mike Chapman
 7. Tom Werman
 8. Glimmer Twins
 9. Eddie Kramer
10. Phil Spector

BEST MALE SINGER






 

1. Robert Plant
 2. Robin Zander
 3. Roger Daltrey
 4. Mick Jagger
 5. David Lee Roth
 6. Steven Tyler
 7. Elvis Costello
 8. Bruce Springsteen
 9. Graham Parker
10. Bob Seger







BEST ROCK MOVIE





 1. The Kids Are Alright
 2. Rock 'n' Roll High School
 3. Life Of Brian
 4. Quadrophenia
 5. Rust Never Sleeps
 6. Apocalypse Now
 7. Alien
 8. Hair
 9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
10. The Rose


FAD OF THE YEAR





 1. Roller Disco
 2. Disco
 3. Drugs
 4. Punk/New Wave Rock
 5. Anti-disco
 6. The Knack
 7. Sex
 8. No Nukes
 9. Mods
10. Designer jeans