Best Albums of 1981

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Listed below are the best albums of 1981 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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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Não Há Nada Pa Ninguém

Mário Mata

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1981

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2 charts

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292.

Concrete

999

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1981

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6 charts

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293.

Season Of Glass

Yoko Ono

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1981

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17 charts

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294.

Brasil

João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil

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1981

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12 charts

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Kim Wilde

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1981

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23 charts

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Los Niños Que Escriben En El Cielo

Spinetta Jade

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1981

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2 charts

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The World As It Is Today

Art Bears

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1981

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18 charts

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Mark Of The Mole

The Residents

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1981

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24 charts

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299.

Delay 1968

Can

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1981

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22 charts

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Satie: Entracte · Musique D'Ameublement · Sonnerie Pour Réveiller Le Roi Des Singes · Vexations

Marius Constant / Ensemble Ars Nova

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1981

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Best Albums of 1981 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	15	2%
Frank Zappa	5	1%
Simple Minds	3	0%
Gary Numan	3	0%
Scientist	3	0%
Kitarō	3	0%
Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	305	31%
	284	28%
	58	6%
	39	4%
	36	4%
	30	3%
	27	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	939	94%
Yes	61	6%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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