Top 20 Music Albums of 1981
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- Chart updated: 01/30/2023 17:45
- (Created: 11/22/2014 10:07).
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"Put your finger on the trigger, but you don't have to pull it."
Celebrate The Bullet, Dream Goes On, Washed Up & Left For Dead [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
Celebrate The Bullet, Dream Goes On, Washed Up & Left For Dead [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
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"We live in a world overrun by tourists."
Controversy, Annie Christian, Jack U Off [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
Controversy, Annie Christian, Jack U Off [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
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1981
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649
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"You poor take courage, you rich take care. The Earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share."
Both Sides The Tweed, Workers Song, World Turned Upside Down [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
Both Sides The Tweed, Workers Song, World Turned Upside Down [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
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"No one is blinder than he who will not see."
Rejoice, Gloria, Tomorrow [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
Rejoice, Gloria, Tomorrow [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
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1981
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761
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"I can take you places in a different way."
Puppets, Photographic, Just Can't Get Enough [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
Puppets, Photographic, Just Can't Get Enough [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
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1981
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449
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"I believe in truth though I lie a lot."
Love Action, The Things That Dreams Are Made Of, Darkness [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
Love Action, The Things That Dreams Are Made Of, Darkness [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
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1981
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2,058
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"From the safest places come the bravest words."
Contact The Fact, New Dark Age, Possession [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
Contact The Fact, New Dark Age, Possession [First added to this chart: 11/22/2014]
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1981
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1,044
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"I need to play with the ones I hate."
Never Gonna Cry Again, Revenge, Your Time Will Come [First added to this chart: 11/25/2014]
Never Gonna Cry Again, Revenge, Your Time Will Come [First added to this chart: 11/25/2014]
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"Unhappy the land that needs heroes."
Theme For Great Cities, This Earth You Walk Upon, Seeing Out The Angel [First added to this chart: 11/25/2014]
Theme For Great Cities, This Earth You Walk Upon, Seeing Out The Angel [First added to this chart: 11/25/2014]
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"I've been waiting for this moment for all my life."
In The Air Tonight, Roof Is Leaking, I Missed Again [First added to this chart: 12/13/2014]
In The Air Tonight, Roof Is Leaking, I Missed Again [First added to this chart: 12/13/2014]
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1981
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1,301
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Top 20 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Selecter | 1 | 5% | |
| Rondo Veneziano | 1 | 5% | |
| Prince | 1 | 5% | |
| Midnight Oil | 1 | 5% | |
| Dick Gaughan | 1 | 5% | |
| Grace Jones | 1 | 5% | |
| U2 | 1 | 5% | |
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