Top 31 Music Albums of 1981
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JMGL95 
Extra: Favourite songs from 1981 ->
1. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight (Face Value)
2. Franco Battiato - Centro di gravità permanente (La voce del padrone)
3. Rush - Tom Sawyer (Moving Pictures)
4. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up (Tattoo You)
5. New Order - Dreams Never End (Movement)
*Honorable mention: The Stranglers - Golden Brown, actual number 1 but I haven't heard the album so doesn't count for this list (songs from this list albums only) haha. So good I can't help but make this honorable mention still.
- Chart updated: 09/04/2026 18:15
- (Created: 02/22/2015 12:42).
- Chart size: 31 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/15/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,697
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Year of Release:
1981
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8,638
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[First added to this chart: 01/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,385
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[First added to this chart: 02/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,150
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2021]
Year of Release:
1981
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1,025
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[First added to this chart: 01/17/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,104
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[First added to this chart: 06/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
3,186
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Total albums: 31. Page 1 of 4
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Top 31 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| King Crimson | 1 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 1 | 3% | |
| 松下誠 [Makoto Matsushita] | 1 | 3% | |
| Phil Collins | 1 | 3% | |
| Wipers | 1 | 3% | |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 1 | 3% | |
| Iron Maiden | 1 | 3% | |
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16 | 52% | |
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5 | 16% | |
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4 | 13% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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