Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 by 
paladisiac 
- Chart updated: 01/07/2025 19:45
- (Created: 05/08/2012 00:06).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
779
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Year of Release:
1981
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1,324
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Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
652
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[First added to this chart: 10/09/2012]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
657
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[First added to this chart: 02/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
445
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Elvis Costello And The Attractions | 2 | 2% | |
| The J. Geils Band | 1 | 1% | |
| Motörhead | 1 | 1% | |
| Mötley Crüe | 1 | 1% | |
| Rod Stewart | 1 | 1% | |
| Pointer Sisters | 1 | 1% | |
| The Cure | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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47 | 47% | |
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34 | 34% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 34th to 35th Something Special by Kool & The Gang |
| Down 1 from 35th to 36th Raise! by Earth, Wind & Fire |
| Down 1 from 36th to 37th Fire Of Unknown Origin by Blue Öyster Cult |
| New entries |
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 Difficult To Cureby Rainbow |
| Leavers |
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 Penis Envyby Crass |
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From sssvnnn 03/26/2014 23:44
sssvnnn 03/26/2014 23:44
I´m afraid 1981 was a poor year.
I´m not impressed by your Chart, but honestely I´m not satisfied with my own Chart - maybe it simply was a bad year.
I think the best and most intense albums of 81 are missing in your list:
Tuxedomoon: Desire; Lounge Lizards, Kevin Coyne: Pointing the Fingers.
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