Top 84 Music Albums of 1981
by LittleM1971 
1981 Playlist:
The World Of Pauline Lewis - Television Personalities
Tally Ho! - The Clean
Event To Come - Article 58
Chance Meeting - Josef K
Spring Came - The Suburbs
She Is Mine - The Psychedelic Furs
Cathedral - Felt
Ceremony - New Order
Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure
Spellbound - Siouxsie & The Banshees
The Man With X-Ray Eyes - Bauhaus
Tales From The Riverbank - The Jam
All My Colours - Echo & The Bunnymen
Tomorrow - U2
Ho Ho - The Birthday Party
What We All Want - Gang Of Four
Picasso Visita El Planeta Delos Simios - Adam And The Ants
Loose Talk (Costs Lives) - Section 25
Silent Air - The Sound
Fall - My Captains
Repetition - Au Pairs
Leave The Capitol - The Fall
Cowboys In Africa - Bush Tetras
Sex Beat - The Gun Club
Poison - Generation X
Fucked Up Baby - D.O.A.
Rise Above - Black Flag
Protest And Survive - The Varukers
Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Dead Kennedys
Time & Matter - UK Subs
That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission Of Burma
Straight Jacket - Minutemen
It's Going To Happen! - The Undertones
Watch Your Step - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Ghost Town - Specials
Monkey Murders - The Beat
Silent Land - Material
70 Cities As Love Brings The Fall - Simple Minds
Ghosts - Japan
Fade To Grey - Visage
Sound Of The Crowd - The Human League
Planet Earth - Duran Duran
To Cut A Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet
Dreaming Of Me - Depeche Mode
Computer Love - Kraftwerk
Souvenir - O.M.D
Bedsitter - Soft Cell
(We Don’t Need This) Facist Groove Thang - Heaven 17
Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - Haircut One Hundred
Passionate Friend - The Teardrop Explodes
Shut Up - Madness
Spirits In The Material World - The Police
Talk Of The Town - The Pretenders
- Chart updated: 10/03/2025 21:45
- (Created: 01/15/2014 12:34).
- Chart size: 84 albums.
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Top 84 Music Albums of 1981 composition
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| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 2 | 2% | |
| Exploited | 2 | 2% | |
| The Stranglers | 2 | 2% | |
| Simple Minds | 2 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 1 | 1% | |
| Elvis Costello And The Attractions | 1 | 1% | |
| Kraftwerk | 1 | 1% | |
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55 | 65% | |
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16 | 19% | |
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5 | 6% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 84 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes
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| Down 1 from 49th to 50th Pleasant Dreams by Ramones |
| Down 1 from 50th to 51st Tin Drum by Japan |
| Down 1 from 51st to 52nd Pretenders II by Pretenders |
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