Best Albums of 1981

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
239	Moving Pictures - Rush	1981	85.9	78.6	90	84.7	83.9	92.6	83	88.6
282	The Best of Blondie - Blondie	1981	85.6	79.2	95	89.1	88.5	85.4	80	82
414	The Ascension - Glenn Branca	1981	84.7	79.4	92	84.7	82.9	90.6	79	84
422	Greatest Hits - Queen	1981	84.6	80.2	77	85.9	91.5	90.8	83	84
491	Discipline - King Crimson	1981	84.3	81.2	87	84.5	84.4	88.8	80	84
519	Youth of America - Wipers	1981	84.1	78.8	91	82	78	92	81	86.2
631	Juju - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1981	83.7	79.4	84	84.8	83.7	90.2	80	83.6
671	Deceit - This Heat	1981	83.5	78.8	90	80.8	79.7	92.2	78	85
692	From the Lions Mouth - The Sound	1981	83.4	76.8	90	81.5	82.3	92.4	79	82
820	Signals, Calls and Marches - Mission of Burma	1981	82.9	77	94	82	78.5	90	77	82
1131	Tin Drum - Japan	1981	82	74.2	90	77.9	84.4	87.8	78	82
1166	You Must Believe in Spring - Bill Evans	1981	82	78	70	82.9	87.2	93.6	77	85
1277	Living in Darkness - Agent Orange	1981	81.7	75.8	90	81.3	78.8	92	74	80
1375	Street Songs - Rick James	1981	81.5	73.8	90	80.8	80.7	87.2	78	80
1382	Playing With a Different Sex - Au Pairs	1981	81.5	73.8	92	80.6	80.4	85.6	78	80
1399	No Sleep 'til Hammersmith - Motörhead	1981	81.4	81	73	78.1	79.2	89.8	79	90
1612	Penis Envy - Crass	1981	81	74.4	90	81	85.9	88.6	69	78
1784	Architecture & Morality - Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark	1981	80.7	75	92	79.5	78.4	83.8	76	80
1905	Adolescents - Adolescents	1981	80.4	72.2	90	77.6	76.6	91.6	73	82
1957	Fire of Love - The Gun Club	1981	80.3	74.4	90	75.9	72.7	92.2	77	80
1975	Damaged - Black Flag	1981	80.3	72.8	94	76.8	71.8	89.6	75	82
2010	Fire of Unknown Origin - Blue Öyster Cult	1981	80.2	76.4	80	79.9	80.7	85.4	77	82
2136	Exit...Stage Left - Rush	1981	80	80	50	83.9	91	87.8	79	88
2155	Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne	1981	79.9	74.6	75	81	79.9	90	77	82
2331	Nightclubbing - Grace Jones	1981	79.6	73	80	80.3	78.7	86.4	79	80
2473	Welcome to Hell - Venom	1981	79.4	73	90	76.3	76.7	89.6	74	76
2493	Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks	1981	79.3	72	75	81.2	85.7	85.4	76	80
2497	Still - Joy Division	1981	79.3	74	76	80.3	83.8	88.2	77	76
2558	Trust - Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1981	79.2	72.4	93	76.3	75.9	81.8	77	78
2564	Only a Lad - Oingo Boingo	1981	79.2	73.8	75	80	83.5	88	74	80
2695	The Lounge Lizards - The Lounge Lizards	1981	78.9	74.4	75	78.2	81.8	87.2	76	80
2707	Solid Gold - Gang of Four	1981	78.9	72.2	87	78.1	75.4	85.8	76	78
2828	Denim and Leather - Saxon	1981	78.7	73.2	90	76.4	74.8	85.6	71	80
2842	Psychedelic Jungle - The Cramps	1981	78.7	72.2	80	75.2	78.6	90.8	74	80
2963	Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash - The Replacements	1981	78.4	69.8	90	78	72.7	87.6	75	76
3029	LC - The Durutti Column	1981	78.3	74	80	76.4	75.8	89	75	78
3085	Mask - Bauhaus	1981	78.2	72.4	80	77.6	76.7	86.8	76	78
3094	Faith - The Cure	1981	78.2	76.4	65	80	78.7	90.2	77	80
3115	Dare - The Human League	1981	78.1	70.8	93	76.5	72.3	83.4	75	76
3218	Killers - Iron Maiden	1981	77.9	74.2	71	76.8	76.6	89.6	77	80
3227	Controversy - Prince	1981	77.9	72.8	78	79.2	75.7	86.4	75	78
3322	The Visitors - ABBA	1981	77.7	73	80	77	79	82.6	74	78
3388	In God We Trust, Inc. - Dead Kennedys	1981	77.5	74.8	67	80.4	79.5	88	75	78
3479	Duran Duran - Duran Duran	1981	77.3	70.8	80	76.2	76.7	85.4	74	78
3514	Beauty and the Beat - Go-Go's	1981	77.2	72.6	84	75.1	72.4	81.4	75	80
3693	Tattoo You - Rolling Stones	1981	76.8	68.6	85	74.6	76	84.4	75	74
3712	Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs	1981	76.7	70.6	87	73.6	70.2	82.8	77	76
3773	Business as Usual - Men At Work	1981	76.6	70.4	85	76.9	76.2	81.6	74	72
3786	The Flowers of Romance - Public Image Ltd.	1981	76.5	72.2	78	77	69.6	85	74	80
3837	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - Soft Cell	1981	76.4	72.4	78	72.5	75.4	84.6	74	78
3883	Hard Promises - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	1981	76.3	71.2	75	75.3	76.9	83.6	76	76
3983	Pretenders II - Pretenders	1981	76	70.2	80	72.3	72.4	80	75	82
4078	Fair Warning - Van Halen	1981	75.7	71.6	65	74.9	77.7	85.8	75	80
4104	Movement - New Order	1981	75.7	70.6	71	76.1	73.3	88.6	76	74
4116	4 - Foreigner	1981	75.6	69	80	71.2	80	83.2	72	74
4140	High 'n' Dry - Def Leppard	1981	75.6	71.6	70	74.4	76.8	86.2	72	78
4236	Desire - Tuxedomoon	1981	75.3	74.6	60	80.4	70	89.8	76	76
4249	Heaven Up Here - Echo & the Bunnymen	1981	75.2	73	60	76.8	75.5	86.2	77	78
4313	Prayers on Fire - The Birthday Party	1981	75	71.2	70	75.3	72	86.8	72	78
4340	Ghost in the Machine - The Police	1981	74.9	69.4	77	75.8	74.6	82.8	75	70
4389	Mob Rules - Black Sabbath	1981	74.8	73.6	57	74.7	76.9	88.2	75	78
4435	Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten	1981	74.6	70.2	80	69.8	64.4	88.8	71	78
4548	Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club	1981	74.2	68.4	80	71	71.5	85.6	71	72
4622	Face Value - Phil Collins	1981	73.9	65.6	80	73.7	73.2	82.8	72	70
4799	Escape - Journey	1981	72.9	66	65	69.6	79.8	84.8	71	74
4886	Shake It Up - The Cars	1981	72.3	66.8	73	72.6	68.8	82.2	73	70
4986	Pleasant Dreams - Ramones	1981	71.7	67.4	70	71.3	73.4	84.8	71	64
5183	Speak & Spell - Depeche Mode	1981	69.6	63.4	70	65.4	70.3	87	71	60
5267	For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC	1981	68.1	61.8	62	64.2	68	83	70	68
5268	Abacab - Genesis	1981	68.1	60.8	75	63.1	69.4	78.6	70	60
5289	October - U2	1981	67.8	63.2	65	66.1	65.9	80.6	72	62
5391	Point of Entry - Judas Priest	1981	64.8	60.6	55	61.7	64.8	81.4	70	60
5416	Difficult to Cure - Rainbow	1981	63.9	64.2	40	64.2	69.6	81.2	72	56
5454	Face Dances - The Who	1981	61.4	55	60	61.5	57.6	76	66	54
5483	Shot of Love - Bob Dylan	1981	57.2	55.2	49	51.6	60.5	75.4	61	48
5496	Music from "The Elder" - KISS	1981	52.8	55.6	35	34.5	54.4	80.8	63	46

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