Top 100 Music Albums of 1981
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bertrandu 
Updated May 9th 2017
Rating of # 1 : 4,65/5
Rating of # 100 : 3,53/5
Average Rating : 3,71/5
- Chart updated: 05/09/2017 14:45
- (Created: 04/27/2014 16:16).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1981
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1,071
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Year of Release:
1981
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1,033
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Year of Release:
1981
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2,726
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Year of Release:
1981
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3,443
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[First added to this chart: 11/21/2015]
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Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,762
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[First added to this chart: 05/09/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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1,870
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Elvis Costello And The Attractions | 2 | 2% | |
| João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil | 1 | 1% | |
| Japan | 1 | 1% | |
| Public Image Ltd. | 1 | 1% | |
| The Gun Club | 1 | 1% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 1% | |
| Pretenders | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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45 | 45% | |
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34 | 34% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 74th to 75thSons And Fascination by Simple Minds |
| Down 1 from 75th to 76thAs Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays |
| Down 1 from 76th to 77thControversy by Prince |
| New entries |
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| Pizza by Alain Bashung |
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| ! | 05/09/2017 14:02 |  bobbyb5 | 725 | 90/100 |
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bobbyb5 05/09/2017 14:02 | #190544
Awesome. So many good ones I forgot all about. Shit
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