Top-rated albums of 1981

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1981 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Greatest Hits 
Compilation

 Queen

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

674

Rank in 1981:

40

Rank in 1980s:

368

Overall Rank:

2,376

Average Rating:

 83 (383 votes)

Comments:

25

2.

Moving Pictures 

 Rush

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

987 charts

Rank Score:

10,066

Rank in 1981:

1

Rank in 1980s:

20

Overall Rank:

155

Average Rating:

 82 (1,261 votes)

Comments:

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3.

Youth Of America 

 Wipers

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

247 charts

Rank Score:

1,908

Rank in 1981:

11

Rank in 1980s:

145

Overall Rank:

948

Average Rating:

 81 (227 votes)

Comments:

11

4.

Computerwelt [Computer World] 

 Kraftwerk

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

472 charts

Rank Score:

3,456

Rank in 1981:

2

Rank in 1980s:

81

Overall Rank:

527

Average Rating:

 80 (528 votes)

Comments:

33

5.

Discipline 

 King Crimson

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

437 charts

Rank Score:

3,288

Rank in 1981:

3

Rank in 1980s:

85

Overall Rank:

547

Average Rating:

 80 (590 votes)

Comments:

25

6.

The Best Of Blondie 
Compilation

 Blondie

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

62

Rank in 1981:

257

Rank in 1980s:

2,356

Overall Rank:

17,408

Average Rating:

 80 (92 votes)

Comments:

3

7.

As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 

 Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

234

Rank in 1981:

100

Rank in 1980s:

843

Overall Rank:

5,663

Average Rating:

 80 (35 votes)

Comments:

0

8.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith 
Live

 Motörhead

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

123 charts

Rank Score:

470

Rank in 1981:

54

Rank in 1980s:

491

Overall Rank:

3,178

Average Rating:

 80 (161 votes)

Comments:

14

9.

Juju 

 Siouxsie And The Banshees

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

380 charts

Rank Score:

2,857

Rank in 1981:

4

Rank in 1980s:

97

Overall Rank:

620

Average Rating:

 80 (421 votes)

Comments:

26

10.

Once Upon A Time: The Singles 
Compilation

 Siouxsie And The Banshees

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

133

Rank in 1981:

149

Rank in 1980s:

1,329

Overall Rank:

9,040

Average Rating:

 79 (75 votes)

Comments:

3

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).