Top 29 Music Albums of 1981
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As I wander around this wreck of a town, where people never speak aloud, with its ivory towers and its plastic flowers, I wish I was back in 1981. Just to see your face instead of this place, now I know what you mean to me. And I wonder, yes I wonder, is this the way life's meant to be?
- Chart updated: 06/01/2019 01:15
- (Created: 12/13/2013 21:35).
- Chart size: 29 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/24/2014]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,406
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[First added to this chart: 01/24/2014]
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[First added to this chart: 01/24/2014]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
703
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[First added to this chart: 01/24/2014]
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1981
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Rank Score:
805
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[First added to this chart: 04/02/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 02/20/2015]
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1981
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839
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[First added to this chart: 09/26/2017]
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1981
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Rank Score:
449
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[First added to this chart: 03/20/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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3,499
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Total albums: 29. Page 1 of 3
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Top 29 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Journey | 2 | 7% | |
| Television Personalities | 1 | 3% | |
| Depeche Mode | 1 | 3% | |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | 1 | 3% | |
| Carpenters | 1 | 3% | |
| Glenn Branca | 1 | 3% | |
| Kraftwerk | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 29 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 15th to 18thOdyshape by The Raincoats |
| Down 3 from 16th to 19th...And Don't The Kids Just Love It by Television Personalities |
| Down 3 from 17th to 20thRaise! by Earth, Wind & Fire |
| New entries |
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| Made In America by Carpenters |
| Architecture & Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark |
| Dead Ringer by Meat Loaf |
| Ghost In The Machine by The Police |
| Leavers |
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| Moving Pictures by Rush |
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| Best Artists of the 1980s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Iron Maiden | |
| 15. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 16. Tom Waits | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |
