Top 28 Music Albums of 1981 by johnner

Best Track of 1981:
1) Love Action (I Believe in Love) - The Human League
2) Tainted Love - Soft Cell
3) Ceremony - New Order
4) Don't You Want Me - The Human League
5) New Life - Depeche Mode
6) Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell
7) A Promise - Echo & The Bunnymen
8) Love At First Sight - The Gist
9) Everything's Gone Green - New Order
10) Bedsitter - Soft Cell
11) Any Second Now (Voices) - Depeche Mode
12) The Sound Of The Crowd - The Human League
13) Maid Of Orleans - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
14) One Of Us - ABBA
15) Dreams Never End - New Order

• Chart updated: 01/15/2022 20:45
• (Created: 08/13/2012 22:03).
• Chart size: 28 albums.

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Dare 

 The Human League

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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

386 charts

Rank Score:

2,204

Rank in 1981:

8

Rank in 1980s:

126

Overall Rank:

817

Average Rating:

 75 (442 votes)

Comments:

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Heaven Up Here 

 Echo & The Bunnymen

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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

259 charts

Rank Score:

1,496

Rank in 1981:

16

Rank in 1980s:

190

Overall Rank:

1,185

Average Rating:

 77 (318 votes)

Comments:

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Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret 

 Soft Cell

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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

881

Rank in 1981:

26

Rank in 1980s:

297

Overall Rank:

1,897

Average Rating:

 74 (191 votes)

Comments:

15

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Speak & Spell 

 Depeche Mode

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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

140 charts

Rank Score:

449

Rank in 1981:

59

Rank in 1980s:

507

Overall Rank:

3,283

Average Rating:

 70 (210 votes)

Comments:

14

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Penthouse And Pavement 

 Heaven 17

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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

282

Rank in 1981:

85

Rank in 1980s:

721

Overall Rank:

4,856

Average Rating:

 71 (105 votes)

Comments:

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Movement 

 New Order

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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

220 charts

Rank Score:

1,180

Rank in 1981:

19

Rank in 1980s:

230

Overall Rank:

1,473

Average Rating:

 76 (288 votes)

Comments:

12

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Architecture & Morality 

 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

1,118

Rank in 1981:

20

Rank in 1980s:

240

Overall Rank:

1,547

Average Rating:

 76 (213 votes)

Comments:

16

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Fourth Drawer Down 
Compilation

 The Associates

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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

31

Rank in 1981:

390

Rank in 1980s:

3,619

Overall Rank:

27,819

Average Rating:

 71 (28 votes)

Comments:

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Chart Hits 81 Volume 1 & 2 
Compilation

 Various Artists

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[First added to this chart: 03/03/2015]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

4

Rank in 1981:

961

Rank in 1980s:

9,662

Overall Rank:

87,610

Average Rating:

 70 (2 votes)

Comments:

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Happy Birthday 

 Altered Images

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[First added to this chart: 04/23/2021]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

64

Rank in 1981:

249

Rank in 1980s:

2,299

Overall Rank:

16,975

Average Rating:

 67 (30 votes)

Comments:

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Top 28 Music Albums of 1981 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	2	7%
Wah!	1	4%
The Cure	1	4%
Heaven 17	1	4%
Simple Minds	1	4%
Patrick Cowley	1	4%
New Order	1	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	22	79%
	2	7%
	1	4%
	1	4%
	1	4%
	1	4%

Top 28 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes

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Down 2 from 18th to 20th Positive Touch by The Undertones
Down 1 from 17th to 18th Author! Author! by Scars
Down 1 from 20th to 21st Prince Charming by Adam And The Ants

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