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2023
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1981 Hard Rock Album Releases
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Feb 12
Rush
Moving Pictures
90
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(1,112)
Nov 23
AC/DC
For Those About to Rock We Salute You
70
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(183)
Nov 7
Ozzy Osbourne
Diary of a Madman
75
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(169)
Nov 10
Mötley Crüe
Too Fast for Love
77
critic score
(3)
65
user score
(141)
Jul 1
Blue Öyster Cult
Fire of Unknown Origin
80
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(130)
Apr 29
Van Halen
Fair Warning
65
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(127)
Feb 17
Judas Priest
Point of Entry
55
critic score
(2)
61
user score
(84)
Jul 2
Foreigner
4
80
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(70)
Nov 10
Kiss
Music from "The Elder"
27
critic score
(3)
28
user score
(70)
Nov 18
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
80
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(48)
Nov 2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Re-ac-tor
54
critic score
(2)
60
user score
(47)
Jun 27
Motörhead
No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
73
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(37)
Jan 23
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Bad Reputation
80
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(33)
Mar 3
Rainbow
Difficult to Cure
40
critic score
(1)
61
user score
(30)
Apr 13
Billy Squier
Don't Say No
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(29)
Sep 1
Alice Cooper
Special Forces
60
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(26)
Jan 1
TOTO
Turn Back
40
critic score
(2)
49
user score
(25)
Feb 9
Riot
Fire Down Under
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(20)
Apr 11
Whitesnake
Come an' Get It
50
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(17)
Nov 15
Thin Lizzy
Renegade
40
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(17)
Apr 20
Girlschool
Hit and Run
50
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(15)
Feb
Hanoi Rocks
Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks
80
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(13)
Sep 1
Roky Erickson and The Aliens
The Evil One
70
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(11)
Oct 7
Loverboy
Get Lucky
80
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(9)
Sep 19
Triumph
Allied Forces
90
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(8)
Jan 1
Blackfoot
Marauder
68
user score
(7)
1981
Cirith Ungol
Frost and Fire
60
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(7)
Jul
Blue Öyster Cult
Burnin' for You
91
user score
(7)
May 15
Samson
Shock Tactics
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(6)
Sep
Michael Schenker Group
M S G
70
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(5)
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Aug
Survivor
Premonition
60
critic score
(1)
57
user score
(4)
Jun 15
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Lives
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(4)
Nov 12
Molly Hatchet
Take No Prisoners
50
critic score
(1)
53
user score
(3)
1981
K.S. Ratliff And Black Magic
Fear of the Night
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