Top 38 Music Albums of 1981 by 
Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 03/22/2022 09:15
- (Created: 07/23/2017 13:31).
- Chart size: 38 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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2,073
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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]
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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:
1,916
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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]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
630
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Best glam rock rock greatest hits compilation album of the year
[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:
1,626
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Best art punk post-punk EP of the year
[First added to this chart: 04/28/2019]
Total albums: 38. Page 1 of 4
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Top 38 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| David Bowie | 2 | 5% | |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 2 | 5% | |
| Agent Orange | 1 | 3% | |
| Yellow Magic Orchestra | 1 | 3% | |
| Queen | 1 | 3% | |
| U2 | 1 | 3% | |
| Rickie Lee Jones | 1 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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17 | 45% | |
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12 | 32% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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2 | 5% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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Top 38 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 20th to 21st 8th Wonder by The Sugarhill Gang |
| Down 1 from 21st to 22nd Discipline by King Crimson |
| Down 1 from 22nd to 23rd Homosapien by Pete Shelley |
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