Top 29 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: 02/19/2021 10:45
- (Created: 02/22/2015 12:42).
- Chart size: 29 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/15/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,818
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[First added to this chart: 02/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
8,873
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[First added to this chart: 02/19/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 01/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,406
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[First added to this chart: 02/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,068
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[First added to this chart: 02/16/2021]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,043
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[First added to this chart: 01/17/2020]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,074
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[First added to this chart: 06/25/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
3,210
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[First added to this chart: 02/23/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,974
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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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| Glenn Branca | 1 | 3% | |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | 1 | 3% | |
| Los Jaivas | 1 | 3% | |
| Black Flag | 1 | 3% | |
| King Crimson | 1 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 1 | 3% | |
| 松下誠 [Makoto Matsushita] | 1 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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16 | 55% | |
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4 | 14% | |
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3 | 10% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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Top 29 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 9th to 10th Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees |
| Down 1 from 10th to 11th BGM by YMO |
| Down 1 from 11th to 12th La Voce Del Padrone by Franco Battiato |
| New entries |
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| First Light by 松下誠 [Makoto Matsushita] |
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