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1981 Jazz Album Releases
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(18)
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Art Pop
(21)
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(15)
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(15)
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(50)
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(21)
Experimental Rock
(19)
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(16)
Hard Rock
(30)
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(17)
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(16)
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(13)
Jazz
(21)
Metal
(17)
New Wave
(95)
Pop
(137)
Pop Rock
(56)
Post-Punk
(103)
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(16)
Punk
(40)
Punk Rock
(27)
R&B
(20)
Reggae
(21)
Rock
(154)
Soul
(17)
Synthpop
(49)
Feb
Bill Evans
You Must Believe in Spring
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(48)
Jul 1
Miles Davis
The Man with the Horn
50
critic score
(1)
64
user score
(36)
1981
Masayoshi Takanaka
The Rainbow Goblins
88
user score
(35)
Jul
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(29)
1981
The Lounge Lizards
The Lounge Lizards
78
user score
(22)
1981
Tuxedomoon
Desire
60
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(19)
May 1
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(11)
1981
Dün
Eros
75
user score
(8)
1981
Bernard Wright
'Nard
74
user score
(5)
Aug 1
Jaco Pastorius
Word of Mouth
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(5)
1981
William Ackerman
Passage
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(3)
1981
Franco Cerri
Omaggio A Bill Evans
62
user score
(2)
1981
Billy Bang
Rainbow Gladiator
75
user score
(2)
1981
Stanley Turrentine
Ain't No Way
60
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(1)
1981
Scott Cossu
Wind Dance
90
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(1)
1981
John Kaizan Neptune & Mu'ryo
Shogun
92
user score
(1)
Apr
Stanley Turrentine
Tender Togetherness
70
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(1)
1981
Billy Cobham
Live: Flight Time
1981
Larry Coryell
Bolero
Oct 9
Landscape
European Man
Oct 9
Haircut One Hundred
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
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