Best Albums of 1981

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Listed below are the best albums of 1981 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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1981 year summaryThe best artists of 1981 were Rush, Kraftwerk, King Crimson, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Brian Eno & David Byrne, Electric Light Orchestra, The Cure, The Human League, Black Flag and This Heat.

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Phases Of The Moon
Compilation

Various Artists

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1981

Appears in:

5 charts

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Los Autenticos

Los Shapis

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1981

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1 chart

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353.

Fourth Drawer Down
Compilation

The Associates

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1981

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19 charts

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354.

Planets

Eloy

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1981

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17 charts

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355.

Homosapien

Pete Shelley

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1981

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19 charts

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356.

Meet Your Ghost

Vulcan

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1981

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2 charts

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357.

Was (Not Was)

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1981

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19 charts

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Kärlek & Uppror

Ebba Grön

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1981

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13 charts

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Não Há Nada Pa Ninguém

Mário Mata

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1981

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2 charts

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Megatron Man

Patrick Cowley

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1981

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6 charts

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Best Albums of 1981 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	15	2%
Frank Zappa	5	1%
David Bowie	3	0%
喜多郎 [Kitarō]	3	0%
Simple Minds	3	0%
Gary Numan	3	0%
Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	315	32%
	271	27%
	63	6%
	40	4%
	35	4%
	30	3%
	28	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	942	94%
Yes	58	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%

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