Top 39 Music Albums of 1981 by 
Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 10/04/2024 21:45
- (Created: 07/23/2017 13:31).
- Chart size: 39 albums.
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Nostalgia plays a part here. In the '80s I was a Siouxsie fan but had only managed to get my hands on a couple of their studio albums and this, and Twice Upon A Time, so I spent a lot of time with this. Plus they are all great songs, and three of which were non album singles. [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
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Nostalgia plays a part here. In the '80s I was a Siouxsie fan but had only managed to get my hands on a couple of their studio albums and this, and Twice Upon A Time, so I spent a lot of time with this. Plus they are all great songs, and three of which were non album singles. [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
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Best gothic rock punk rock post-punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 09/29/2017]
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Best pop rock greatest hits compilation album of the year
[First added to this chart: 07/28/2017]
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1981
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575
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Best glam rock rock greatest hits compilation album of the year
[First added to this chart: 12/05/2017]
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Best art punk post-punk EP of the year
[First added to this chart: 04/28/2019]
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Best indie pop post-punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 09/29/2017]
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1981
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737
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Best neo-psychedelia post-punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 12/19/2020]
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1981
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1,485
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Best coldwave post-punk gothic rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 02/26/2022]
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1981
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2,142
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Best baroque pop compilation album of the year
Another Bowie compilation? Aren't there too many already? I know but when I was getting into Bowie as a school kid in the 80s and scouring 2nd hand record stores for bargains I found this. So my introduction to his pre Space Oddity time and I loved it. I've always had this in my collection...first on cassette, and for ages on CD. [First added to this chart: 10/05/2018]
Another Bowie compilation? Aren't there too many already? I know but when I was getting into Bowie as a school kid in the 80s and scouring 2nd hand record stores for bargains I found this. So my introduction to his pre Space Oddity time and I loved it. I've always had this in my collection...first on cassette, and for ages on CD. [First added to this chart: 10/05/2018]
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Best art rock post-punk gothic rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 03/22/2022]
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1981
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2,907
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Top 39 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 2 | 5% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 5% | |
| TC Matic | 1 | 3% | |
| Pete Shelley | 1 | 3% | |
| Dead Kennedys | 1 | 3% | |
| Iron Maiden | 1 | 3% | |
| Television Personalities | 1 | 3% | |
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18 | 46% | |
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12 | 31% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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Top 39 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 18th to 19th Phew by Phew |
| Down 1 from 19th to 20th Living In Darkness by Agent Orange |
| Down 1 from 20th to 21st October by U2 |
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| Top 36 Music Albums of 1989 | Purplepash | 1989 year chart | 2024 | |
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| Top 42 Music Albums of 1986 | Purplepash | 1986 year chart | 2024 | |
| Top 41 Music Albums of 1985 | Purplepash | 1985 year chart | 2024 | |
| Top 42 Music Albums of 1984 | Purplepash | 1984 year chart | 2024 | |
| Top 34 Music Albums of 1983 | Purplepash | 1983 year chart | 2024 | |
| Top 41 Music Albums of 1982 | Purplepash | 1982 year chart | 2024 | |
| Top 39 Music Albums of 1981 | Purplepash | 1981 year chart | 2024 | |
| Top 60 Music Albums of 1980 | Purplepash | 1980 year chart | 2022 | |
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