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1981

Top Albums of 1981
by Alex Cosper

REO SPEEDWAGON - Hi Infidelity
STYX - Paradise Theater
JOURNEY - Escape
PHIL COLLINS - Face Value
RUSH - Moving Pictures
ALABAMA - Feels So Right
BOB SEGER and THE SILVER BULLET BAND - Nine Tonight
WILLIE NELSON - Greatest Hits (And Some That Will Be)
THE POLICE - Ghost In The Machine
OAK RIDGE BOYS - Fancy Free

1981 Top Pop Hits
1981 Top Albums
1981 Top Ballads/Adult Contemporary
1981 Top Country Hits
1981 Top Dance Hits
1981 Top Modern/Alternative Hits
1981 Top R&B Hits
1981 Top Rock Hits

More Top Albums of 1981

MOODY BLUES - Long Distance Voyager
ROLLING STONES - Tattoo You
KIM CARNES - Mistaken Identity
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock, We Salute You
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - Physical
DOLLY PARTON - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
STEVE WINWOOD - Arc of a Diver
EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Raise
KOOL & THE GANG - Celebrate
PRINCE - Controversy
THE WHO - Face Dances
EAGLES - Live
GENESIS - Abacab
LOVERBOY - Get Lucky
AIR SUPPLY - The One That I Love
GROVER WASHINGTON JR - Winelight
KIM CARNES - Mistaken Identity

PAT BENATAR - Precious Time
FOREIGNER - 4
VANGELIS - Chariots of Fire
KENNY ROGERS - Share Your Love
STEVIE NICKS - Bella Donna
BILLY JOEL - Songs In The Attic
ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - The Turn of a Friendly Card
BLONDIE - Autoamerican
AEROSMITH - Greatest Hits
ABBA - Super Trouper
GEORGE HARRISON - Somewhere In England
SOUNDTRACK - Heavy Metal
NEIL DIAMOND - The Jazz Singer
VAN HALEN - Fair Warning
DONNIE IRIS - King Cool
THE GO-GO's - Beauty and the Beat
HUMAN LEAGUE - Dare
OZZY OSBOURNE - Diary of a Madman
QUARTERFLASH - Quarterflash
JUICE NEWTON - Juice
WILLIE NELSON - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
JOURNEY - Captured (live)
DIANA ROSS - All The Greatest Hits
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Time
STEELY DAN - Gaucho
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS - Hard Promises
DEPECHE MODE - Speak & Spell
THE PRETENDERS - Extended Play
JOURNEY - Dream, After Dream
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM - Law and Order
RONNIE MILSAP - There's No Gettin' Over Me
QUEEN - Flash Gordon (soundtrack)
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES - Private Eyes
KOOL & THE GANG - Something Special
YES - Yesshows
RUSH - Exit ... Stage Left
PAT BENATAR - Precious Time
ERIC CLAPTON - Another Ticket
SHEENA EASTON - You Could Have Been With Me
ZZ TOP - El Loco
TOTO - Turn Back
STARS ON 45 - Long Play Album aka Stars on Long Play
MOTORHEAD - Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
RONNIE MILSAP - (There's) No Gettin' Over Me
ELVIS COSTELLO - Taking Liberties
LOU RAWLS - Shades of Blue
DIANA ROSS - To Love Again
BLONDIE - The Best of Blondie
GREG KIHN BAND - RocKihnRoll
STEVE MILLER BAND - Circle of Love
LITTLE RIVER BAND - Time Exposure
DEF LEPPARD - High 'n' Dry
EDDIE RABBITT - Step By Step
DIANA ROSS - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
EURYTHMICS - In The Garden
ELVIS COSTELLO and THE ATTRACTIONS - Almost Blue
QUEEN - Greatest Hits
POINTER SISTERS - Black & White
ROLLING STONES - Sucking In The Seventies
TAVARES - Love Uprising
MARTY BALIN - Balin
OAK RIDGE BOYS - Fancy Free
AL JARREAU - Breakin' Away
IRON MAIDEN - Killers
RUFUS - Camouflage
PETER FRAMPTON - Breaking All The Rules
JIMMY BUFFETT - Coconut Telegraph
BILLY SQUIER - Don't Say No
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Brothers of The Road
THE CURE - Faith
CROSBY, STILLS and NASH - Replay
ROSEANNE CASH - Seven Year Ache
IRON MAIDEN - Maiden Japan
WARREN ZEVON - Stand In The Fire
SHEENA EASTON - Take My Time
THE KINKS - Give The People What They Want
DAN FOGELBERG - The Innocent Age
ALICE COOPER - Special Forces
NICOLETTE LARSON - Radioland
THE TIME - The Time
KOOL & THE GANG - Something Special
38 SPECIAL - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC - Another One Rides The Bus
DEVO - New Traditionalists
RICK SPRINGFIELD - Working Class Dog
THE CARPENTERS - Made In America
RAY PARKER JR. - A Woman Needs Love
JEFFERSON STARSHIP - Modern Times
U2 - October
THE B-52's - Party Mix
THE WHO - Hooligans
CHAKA KHAN - What Cha' Gonna Do For Me
KRAFTWERK - Computer World
JOHN DENVER - Some Days are Diamonds
BLUE OYSTER CULT - Fire of Unknown Origin
OINGO BOINGO - Only a Lad
CARLY SIMON - Torch
MEAT LOAF - Dead Ringer
CHILLIWACK - Wanna Be a Star
BARRY MANILOW - If I Should Love Again
TOM TOM CLUB - Tom Tom Club

JUDAS PRIEST - Form of Entry
MIDNIGHT OIL - Bird Noises
SLADE - Slade Smashes!
DURAN DURAN - Duran Duran
GRATEFUL DEAD - Dead Set
NEIL YOUNG - Hawks & Doves
AL GREEN - Higher Plane
FRANK ZAPPA - You Are What You Is
JAMES TAYLOR - Dad Loves His Work
THE KNACK - Round Trip
SOUNDTRACK - Endless Love
ELTON JOHN - The Fox
MARVIN GAYE - In Our Lifetime
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - Trust
PARLIAMENT - Trombipulation
RAMONES - Pleasant Dreams
FRANK ZAPPA - Shut Up 'n' Play Your Guitar
CHICK COREA - Three Quartets
EMMYLOU HARRIS - Evangeline
HERBIE HANCOCK - Magic Windows
BRIAN ENO and DAVID BYRNE - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
NAZARETH - The Fool Circle
JOE WALSH - There Goes The Neighborhood
JOE JACKSON - Jumpin' Jive
KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS - Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
KIM WILDE - Kim Wilde
RUFUS - Party 'Til You're Broke
RITA COOLIDGE - Heartbreak Radio
DEBBIE HARRY - KooKoo
HANK WILLIAMS JR. - The Pressure Is On
MOTORHEAD - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
GRATEFUL DEAD - Reckoning
THE REPLACEMENTS - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash
WAS (NOT WAS) - Was (Not Was)
VILLAGE PEOPLE - Renaissance
THE TUBES - The Completion Backwards Principle
GEORGE STRAIT - Strait Country
TOYAH - Toyah!
GRACE JONES - Nightclubbing
BRYAN ADAMS - You Want It You Got It
ROMANTICS - National Breakout
RICKIE LEE JONES - Pirates
SPYRO GYRA - Free Time
FOGHAT - Girls To Chat and Boys To Bounce
THE ISLEY BROTHERS - Grand Slam
INXS - Underneath the Colours
KURTIS BLOW - Deuce
THOMPSON TWINS - A Product of ... (Participation)
KING CRIMSON - Discipline
STRAY CATS - Stray Cats
PAT METHENY and LYLE MAYS - As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls
GARY U.S. BONDS - Dedication
TEENA MARIE - It Must Be Magic
APRIL WINE - The Nature of The Beast
ANNE MURRAY - Where Do You Go When You Dream
LITTLE FEAT - Hoy-Hoy!
CLIFF RICHARD - Love Songs
FRANKE & THE KNOCKOUTS - Franke & The Knockouts
PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Talk Talk Talk
TED NUGENT - Intensities in 10 Cities
BEE GEES - Living Eyes
SANTANA - Zebop!
SLADE - We'll Bring The House Down
FUNKADELIC - The Electric Spanking of War Babies
GENERATION X - Kiss Me Deadly
CAMEO - Knights of the Sound Table
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. - The Flowers of Romance
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Chances Are
THE ROMANTICS - Strictly Personal
SQUEEZE - East Side Story
BOW WOW WOW - See Jungle! See Jungle!
PABLO CRUISE - Reflector
BOOMTOWN RATS - Mondo Bondo
MILES DAVIS - The Man With The Horn
B.B. KING - There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
SPLIT ENZ - Waiata
UFO - The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent
RAINBOW - Difficult To Cure
QUINCY JONES - The Dude
UB40 - Present Arms
MADNESS - 7
DAVE EDMUNDS - Twangin'
FRANK ZAPPA - Tinsel Town Rebellion
RONNIE WOOD - 1234
ULTRAVOX - Rage In Eden
ROMEO VOID - It's a Condition
RICK JAMES - Street Songs
JON and VANGELIS - The Friends of Mr. Cairo
THE CHURCH - Of Skins and Heart
JOY DIVISION - Still
JOHNNY CASH - The Baron
JOAN ARMATRADING - Walk Under Ladders
MILES DAVIS - Directions
IGGY POP - Party
WHITESNAKE - Come an' Get It
DeBARGE - The DeBarges
MICKEY THOMAS - Alive Alone
TOYAH - Anthem
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - Grand Funk Lives
STATUS QUO - Never Too Late
ADAM AND THE ANTS - Kings of The Wild Frontier
GRACE SLICK - Welcome To The Wrecking Ball
VISAGE - Visage
SPANDAU BALLET - Journeys To Glory
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Juju
THE JAM - Sound Effects
JOHN ENTWISTLE - Too Late The Hero
MICK FLEETWOOD - The Visitor
PATTI LaBELLE - The Spirit's In It
SIMPLE MINDS - Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
IAN HUNTER - Short Back 'n' Sides
PHOEBE SNOW - Rock Away
MERLES HAGGARD - Big City
KILLING JOKE - What's THIS For ...!
BLACKFOOT - Marauder
THE ISLEY BROTHERS - Inside You
MARIANNE FAITHFUL - Dangerous Aquaintances
SAGA - Silent Knight
MANHATTAN TRANSFER - Mecca For Moderns
GILLAN - Future Shock
GINO VANNELLI - Nightwalker
SPARKS - Whomp That Sucker
JOE PERRY PROJECT - I've Got the Rock'n'Rolls Again
ROGER TAYLOR - Fun In Space
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Heaven Up Here
JOHN CALE - Honi Soit
STRAY CATS - Gonna Ball
BONEY M. - Christmas Album
CARL WILSON - Carl Wilson
SURVIVOR - Premonition
MIKE LOVE - Looking Back With Love
ACCEPT - Breaker
PETER TOSH - Wanted Dread and Alive
KIX - Kix
AMY GRANT - In Concert
RENAISSANCE - Camera Camera
POCO - Blue and Gray
MENTAL AS ANYTHING - Cats & Dogs
X - Wild Gift
BAUHAUS - Mask
KROKUS - Hardware
BONEY M. - Boonoonoonoos
HEAVEN 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
THE MINUTEMEN - Joy
GARY NUMAN - Dance
THE BEAT - Wha'ppen?
BONEY M - Greatest Hits of Boney M - Vol. 2
RED RIDER - As Far As Siam
SLAVE - Stone Jam
NAZARETH - Snazz
GQ - Face To Face
DONOVAN - Love Is Only Feeling
THE VAPORS - Magnets
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Go For It
GANG OF FOUR - Solid Gold
HANOI ROCKS - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks
SWITCH - This Is My Dream
ROBERT FRIPP and THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - The League of Gentlemen
THE dB'S - Stands For Decibels
THE CREATURES - Wild Things
TIM CURRY - Simplicity
HAWKWIND - Sonic Attack
CABARET VOLTAIRE - Red Mecca
ANVIL - Hard 'n' Heavy
ALTERED IMAGES - Happy Birthday
WIRE - Document and Whitness
THE DAMNED - The Black Album
THE SPORTS - Sondra
JACK BRUCE - I've Always Wanted To Do This
MATT JOHNSON - Burning Blue Soul
PLASTMATICS - Beyond The Valley of 1984
SAXON - Denim and Leather
MINK DeVILLE - Coup de Grace
MODELS - Locals and/or General
NEW ENGLAND - Walking Wild
RAVEN - Rock Until You Drop
TOM VERLAINE - Dreamtime
DAVID JOHANSEN - Here Comes The Night
YOKO ONO - Season of Glass
MAGAZINE - Magic, Murder and The Weather
THE MODELS - Cut Lunch
THE GUN CLUB - Fire of Love
BLACK FLAG - Six Pack
THE UNDERTONES - Positive Touch
BLACK UHURU - Red

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