Top 26 Music Albums of 1981
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Romanelli 
- Chart updated: 10/08/2025 16:15
- (Created: 04/12/2012 17:07).
- Chart size: 26 albums.
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Produced By DAN HEALY, BETTY CANTOR-JACKSON & JERRY GARCIA
1. Samson And Delilah
2. Friend Of The Devil
3. New Minglewood Blues
4. Deal
5. Candyman
6. Little Red Rooster
7. Loser
8. Passenger
9. Feel Like A Stranger
10. Franklin’s Tower
11. Rhythm Devils
12. Fire On The Mountain
13. Greatest Story Ever Told
14. Brokedown Palace
Recorded live at various shows in San Francisco and New York City in 1980, Dead Set is the companion album to Reckoning, an acoustic (and slightly better) live album released the same year from the same shows. The intent was to release both as a double live album, but the idea was scrapped because of the length of some of the electric tracks. The two separate albums did not fare well, and particularly Dead Set sounds mostly uninspired and lacks coherency.
The song list is fine, but the problem is that the band sounds tired and nothing ever really takes off. “Friend Of The Devil”, for example, runs seven plus minutes…not because of jamming, but because they play the song excruciatingly slow. Tracks like “Franklin’s Tower” are good performances, but the sound is just not right. There are so many good live packages from this band: Dead Set is just a waste of time. Look for better live sets: it won’t take long for you to be rewarded. [First added to this chart: 04/22/2012]
Produced By DAN HEALY, BETTY CANTOR-JACKSON & JERRY GARCIA
1. Samson And Delilah
2. Friend Of The Devil
3. New Minglewood Blues
4. Deal
5. Candyman
6. Little Red Rooster
7. Loser
8. Passenger
9. Feel Like A Stranger
10. Franklin’s Tower
11. Rhythm Devils
12. Fire On The Mountain
13. Greatest Story Ever Told
14. Brokedown Palace
Recorded live at various shows in San Francisco and New York City in 1980, Dead Set is the companion album to Reckoning, an acoustic (and slightly better) live album released the same year from the same shows. The intent was to release both as a double live album, but the idea was scrapped because of the length of some of the electric tracks. The two separate albums did not fare well, and particularly Dead Set sounds mostly uninspired and lacks coherency.
The song list is fine, but the problem is that the band sounds tired and nothing ever really takes off. “Friend Of The Devil”, for example, runs seven plus minutes…not because of jamming, but because they play the song excruciatingly slow. Tracks like “Franklin’s Tower” are good performances, but the sound is just not right. There are so many good live packages from this band: Dead Set is just a waste of time. Look for better live sets: it won’t take long for you to be rewarded. [First added to this chart: 04/22/2012]
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Top 26 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Rickie Lee Jones | 1 | 4% | |
| Brian Eno & David Byrne | 1 | 4% | |
| The Police | 1 | 4% | |
| Joan Armatrading | 1 | 4% | |
| Agent Orange | 1 | 4% | |
| George Benson | 1 | 4% | |
| Rush | 1 | 4% | |
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