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1981
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka]
The Rainbow Goblins
87
user score
(231)
Feb
Bill Evans
You Must Believe in Spring
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(120)
1981
The Lounge Lizards
The Lounge Lizards
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(52)
Feb 1
Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers
Just the Two of Us
95
user score
(50)
Jul
Miles Davis
The Man with the Horn
60
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(48)
1981
Tuxedomoon
Desire
60
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(44)
Jul
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(41)
1981
Dün
Eros
78
user score
(28)
May 1
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(25)
Aug 10
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucía
Friday Night in San Francisco
90
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(20)
Aug 1
Jaco Pastorius
Word of Mouth
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(17)
1981
Material
Memory Serves
72
user score
(12)
1981
Bernard Wright
'Nard
74
user score
(12)
1981
William Ackerman
Passage
90
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(3)
1981
Billy Bang
Rainbow Gladiator
76
user score
(2)
1981
Scott Cossu
Wind Dance
90
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(2)
1981
Franco Cerri
Omaggio A Bill Evans
62
user score
(2)
Apr
Stanley Turrentine
Tender Togetherness
70
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(1)
1981
Stanley Turrentine
Ain't No Way
60
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(1)
1981
Rainer Brüninghaus
Freigeweht
60
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(1)
Jun 19
Johnny Mathis
The First 25 Years – The Silver Anniversary Album
69
user score
(1)
1981
Jack DeJohnette, Miroslav Vitous & Terje Rypdal
To Be Continued
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(1)
Oct 9
Haircut One Hundred
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
86
user score
(1)
1981
John Kaizan Neptune & Mu'ryo
Shogun
92
user score
(1)
1981
Larry Coryell
Bolero
1981
Billy Cobham
Live: Flight Time
80
critic score
(1)
Oct 9
Landscape
European Man
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