Top 18 Music Albums of 1981
by ThuramThugood

Best tracks of 1981 (TBC - very unfinished):

* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Calling Waves 90
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Rolling 40th 85
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Crazy Moon 77
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - The Polestar 75
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Hard Meditation 74
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Bunger's Oasis 71

Chart updated: 12/31/2024 12:15
(Created: 05/02/2020 08:18).
Chart size: 18 albums.

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Youth Of America

Wipers

[First added to this chart: 08/22/2021]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

261 charts

Rank Score:

1,822

Rank in 1981:

Rank in 1980s:

145

Overall Rank:

946

Average Rating:

81 (247 votes)

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Red Skies Over Paradise

Fischer-Z

[First added to this chart: 05/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

291

Rank in 1981:

Rank in 1980s:

700

Overall Rank:

4,762

Average Rating:

72 (33 votes)

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Architecture & Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

[First added to this chart: 08/13/2021]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

215 charts

Rank Score:

1,074

Rank in 1981:

Rank in 1980s:

244

Overall Rank:

1,575

Average Rating:

76 (228 votes)

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Slates

The Fall

[First added to this chart: 05/13/2022]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

317

Rank in 1981:

Rank in 1980s:

643

Overall Rank:

4,431

Average Rating:

77 (74 votes)

Comments:

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Green On Red EP

Green On Red

[First added to this chart: 08/20/2021]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

4 charts

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She Is My Woman

Murphy Williams

[First added to this chart: 05/19/2020]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

1 chart

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Ever Liked My Person?

Christy Essien Igbokwe

[First added to this chart: 05/18/2020]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

1 chart

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Nightclubbing

Grace Jones

[First added to this chart: 08/16/2020]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

236 charts

Rank Score:

1,126

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Album Rating: 76.86
(538/7)

菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - All Right

01.06.1981

1.菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Calling Waves 90
2.菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Rolling 40th 85
3.菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - The Polestar 75
4.菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Crazy Moon 77
5.菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Pancake Ice 66
6.菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Hard Meditation 74
7.菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Bunger's Oasis 71

Ranked in order:

* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Calling Waves 90
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Rolling 40th 85
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Crazy Moon 77
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - The Polestar 75
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Hard Meditation 74
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Bunger's Oasis 71
* 菊池ひみこ [Himiko Kikuchi] (AR - JAP - Jun 81) - Pancake Ice 66

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

9 charts

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Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

Album Rating: 75.90
(759/10)

1.Dumb Waiters
2.Pretty In Pink
3.I Wanna Sleep With You
4.No Tears
5.Mr. Jones
6.Into You Like A Train
7.It Goes On
8. So Run Down
9.All Of This And Nothing
10.She Is Mine [First added to this chart: 12/31/2024]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

168 charts

Rank Score:

839

Rank in 1981:

Rank in 1980s:

304

Overall Rank:

1,970

Average Rating:

77 (190 votes)

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Top 18 Music Albums of 1981 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Fischer-Z	1	6%
Television Personalities	1	6%
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	1	6%
Minor Threat	1	6%
The Fall	1	6%
Luther Vandross	1	6%
Green On Red	1	6%
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Country	Albums	%

	7	39%
	7	39%
	2	11%
	1	6%
	1	6%

Top 18 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes

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Down 1 from 9th to 10th Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs
Down 1 from 10th to 11th The Fox by Elton John
Down 1 from 11th to 12th Ph.D. by Ph.D.

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