Top 100 Music Albums of 1981
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- Chart updated: 01/07/2025 19:45
- (Created: 05/08/2012 00:06).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/07/2012]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
758
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Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,287
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[First added to this chart: 05/07/2012]
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Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
647
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[First added to this chart: 10/09/2012]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
740
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[First added to this chart: 10/02/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 02/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
453
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[First added to this chart: 05/07/2012]
Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
Rank Score:
345
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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 | 2 | 2% | |
| Joan Jett | 2 | 2% | |
| Phil Collins | 1 | 1% | |
| Rainbow | 1 | 1% | |
| Pretenders | 1 | 1% | |
| Tuxedomoon | 1 | 1% | |
| The Police | 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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sssvnnn 03/26/2014 23:44 | #107700
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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