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:

133 charts

Rank Score:

558

Rank in 1981:

50

Rank in 1980s:

423

Overall Rank:

2,764

Average Rating:

 83 (388 votes)

Comments:

26

2.

Moving Pictures 

 Rush

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

1,015 charts

Rank Score:

8,966

Rank in 1981:

1

Rank in 1980s:

21

Overall Rank:

164

Average Rating:

 82 (1,295 votes)

Comments:

86

3.

Youth Of America 

 Wipers

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

258 charts

Rank Score:

1,807

Rank in 1981:

12

Rank in 1980s:

148

Overall Rank:

964

Average Rating:

 81 (243 votes)

Comments:

11

4.

Computerwelt 

 Kraftwerk

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

486 charts

Rank Score:

3,505

Rank in 1981:

2

Rank in 1980s:

76

Overall Rank:

497

Average Rating:

 80 (548 votes)

Comments:

33

5.

Discipline 

 King Crimson

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

455 charts

Rank Score:

3,172

Rank in 1981:

3

Rank in 1980s:

85

Overall Rank:

551

Average Rating:

 80 (621 votes)

Comments:

25

6.

The Best Of Blondie 
Compilation

 Blondie

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

54

Rank in 1981:

281

Rank in 1980s:

2,563

Overall Rank:

19,315

Average Rating:

 80 (95 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:

48 charts

Rank Score:

239

Rank in 1981:

99

Rank in 1980s:

825

Overall Rank:

5,607

Average Rating:

 80 (39 votes)

Comments:

0

8.

Juju 

 Siouxsie And The Banshees

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

410 charts

Rank Score:

2,971

Rank in 1981:

4

Rank in 1980s:

88

Overall Rank:

578

Average Rating:

 80 (445 votes)

Comments:

26

9.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith 
Live

 Motörhead

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Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

500

Rank in 1981:

53

Rank in 1980s:

460

Overall Rank:

3,012

Average Rating:

 79 (169 votes)

Comments:

14

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:

128

Rank in 1981:

154

Rank in 1980s:

1,360

Overall Rank:

9,385

Average Rating:

 79 (76 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).