Top 41 Music Albums of 1981
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Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 07/13/2026 07:15
- (Created: 07/23/2017 13:31).
- Chart size: 41 albums.
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Best hardcore punk EP of the year
Best USA release of the year [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
Best USA release of the year [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
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Best hardcore punk album of the year
Best debut album of the year [First added to this chart: 08/19/2017]
Best debut album of the year [First added to this chart: 08/19/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
2,022
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Best post-punk greatest hits compilation album of the year
Best UK album of the year
Nostalgia plays a part here. In the '80s I was a Siouxsie fan but had only managed to get my hands on a couple of their studio albums and this, and Twice Upon A Time, so I spent a lot of time with this. Plus they are all great songs, and three of which were non album singles. [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
Best UK album of the year
Nostalgia plays a part here. In the '80s I was a Siouxsie fan but had only managed to get my hands on a couple of their studio albums and this, and Twice Upon A Time, so I spent a lot of time with this. Plus they are all great songs, and three of which were non album singles. [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
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Best noise rock post-punk album of the year
Best Australian album of the year [First added to this chart: 09/29/2017]
Best Australian album of the year [First added to this chart: 09/29/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
298
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Best art punk punk rock post-punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 10/05/2018]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,700
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Best gothic rock punk rock post-punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 09/29/2017]
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Best pop rock greatest hits compilation album of the year
[First added to this chart: 07/28/2017]
[First added to this chart: 07/28/2017]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
513
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Best glam rock rock greatest hits compilation album of the year
[First added to this chart: 12/05/2017]
[First added to this chart: 12/05/2017]
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Best no wave album of the year
[First added to this chart: 05/20/2019]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,538
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Best art punk post-punk EP of the year
[First added to this chart: 04/28/2019]
Total albums: 41. Page 1 of 5
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Top 41 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 2 | 5% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 5% | |
| Asmus Tietchens | 1 | 2% | |
| TC Matic | 1 | 2% | |
| King Crimson | 1 | 2% | |
| Dead Kennedys | 1 | 2% | |
| Brian Eno & David Byrne | 1 | 2% | |
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18 | 44% | |
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12 | 29% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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