Top 95 Music Albums of 1981
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- Chart updated: 12/03/2025 05:45
- (Created: 04/14/2012 22:55).
- Chart size: 95 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/28/2012]
Year of Release:
1981
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1,744
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[First added to this chart: 05/07/2023]
[First added to this chart: 06/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
621
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[First added to this chart: 02/07/2013]
[First added to this chart: 06/25/2012]
Year of Release:
1981
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1,550
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[First added to this chart: 05/07/2023]
[First added to this chart: 06/25/2012]
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1981
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635
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[First added to this chart: 02/12/2017]
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1981
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642
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[First added to this chart: 05/31/2019]
Total albums: 95. Page 1 of 10
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Top 95 Music Albums of 1981 composition
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| Francis Bebey | 2 | 2% | |
| Scientist | 2 | 2% | |
| Meredith Monk | 1 | 1% | |
| Brian Eno & David Byrne | 1 | 1% | |
| Eek-A-Mouse | 1 | 1% | |
| The Lounge Lizards | 1 | 1% | |
| Michael Prophet | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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23 | 24% | |
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19 | 20% | |
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12 | 13% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 95 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 16 from 55th to 39thDon't Escape by Kapingbdi |
| Up 11 from 32nd to 21stHaïti - Guitar Music Trio by Francis Bebey |
| Up 10 from 88th to 78thThe Gordons by Gordons |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 2nd to 4thSignals, Calls, And Marches by Mission Of Burma |
| Down 2 from 9th to 11thDeceit by This Heat |
| Down 2 from 10th to 12thNightclubbing by Grace Jones |
| New entries |
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| Mingus Lives by Mal Waldron |
| Ki-Motion by Mkwaju Ensemble |
| Thief by Tangerine Dream |
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| 11/19/2013 20:51 |  sssvnnn | 2,870 | 83/100 |
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sssvnnn 11/19/2013 20:54 | #93588
very hard and noisy and ambitious.
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