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2023
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1981 Rock Album Releases
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Feb 12
Rush
Moving Pictures
90
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(1,106)
Sep 22
King Crimson
Discipline
87
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(990)
Apr 14
The Cure
Faith
65
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(933)
Sep
This Heat
Deceit
90
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(810)
Nov
Glenn Branca
The Ascension
90
critic score
(4)
86
user score
(682)
Jun 6
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Juju
80
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(676)
May 11
Grace Jones
Nightclubbing
85
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(355)
Aug 24
The Rolling Stones
Tattoo You
90
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(312)
Feb 1
David Byrne & Brian Eno
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
88
critic score
(9)
80
user score
(299)
Oct 2
The Police
Ghost in the Machine
77
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(282)
Jul 31
Electric Light Orchestra
Time
50
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(236)
Oct 16
The Human League
Dare!
93
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(234)
1981
高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka]
The Rainbow Goblins
87
user score
(231)
Jan
Talking Heads
Once in a Lifetime / Seen and Not Seen
95
user score
(226)
Oct 10
Bauhaus
Mask
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(223)
Jun 19
Oingo Boingo
Only a Lad
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(218)
Jul 27
Stevie Nicks
Bella Donna
83
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(213)
Nov 9
Men At Work
Business as Usual
85
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(202)
Nov 23
AC/DC
For Those About to Rock We Salute You
70
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(181)
Aug 31
The Gun Club
Fire of Love
90
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(174)
Nov 7
Ozzy Osbourne
Diary of a Madman
75
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(166)
Jul 31
Journey
Escape
65
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(160)
Jul 8
The Go-Go's
Beauty and the Beat
84
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(156)
Nov 13
Japan
Tin Drum
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(155)
Apr 10
Public Image Ltd.
The Flowers of Romance
78
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(150)
Feb 13
Phil Collins
Face Value
80
critic score
(3)
73
user score
(150)
Aug 10
Bob Dylan
Shot of Love
49
critic score
(3)
50
user score
(144)
Jun 15
Duran Duran
Duran Duran
80
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(142)
Nov 10
Mötley Crüe
Too Fast for Love
77
critic score
(3)
65
user score
(141)
Sep 14
Genesis
Abacab
75
critic score
(2)
61
user score
(139)
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Oct 26
Queen
Under Pressure
91
user score
(136)
Jul 1
Blue Öyster Cult
Fire of Unknown Origin
80
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(131)
Apr 29
Van Halen
Fair Warning
65
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(127)
Jun 23
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(110)
Aug 31
Serú Girán
Peperina
82
user score
(106)
1981
Los Jaivas
Alturas De Machu Pichu
85
user score
(96)
Nov
The Durutti Column
LC
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(96)
Mar 16
The Who
Face Dances
60
critic score
(2)
60
user score
(93)
1981
Crass
Penis Envy
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(91)
1981
Franco Battiato
La voce del padrone
85
user score
(89)
Jan 1
The Raincoats
Odyshape
80
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(84)
Feb 17
Judas Priest
Point of Entry
55
critic score
(2)
61
user score
(83)
Apr 6
The Birthday Party
Prayers on Fire
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(81)
Jan 5
Phil Collins
In the Air Tonight
90
user score
(80)
Jun 3
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
100
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(77)
Sep 1
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Private Eyes
85
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(74)
Nov 2
Queen
Greatest Hits
65
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(74)
Jul 2
Foreigner
4
80
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(70)
Jun 1
George Harrison
Somewhere in England
55
critic score
(2)
56
user score
(70)
Nov 10
Kiss
Music from "The Elder"
27
critic score
(3)
28
user score
(70)
1981
Suburban Lawns
Suburban Lawns
83
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(68)
Jan 23
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Trust
93
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(62)
1981
Rita Lee
Saúde
79
user score
(55)
Jun 21
Kate Bush
Sat in Your Lap
93
user score
(55)
Nov 6
The Cars
Shake It Up
73
critic score
(3)
70
user score
(53)
May 24
高橋幸宏 [Yukihiro Takahashi]
Neuromantic
81
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(52)
Nov 18
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
80
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(47)
Nov 2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Re-ac-tor
54
critic score
(2)
60
user score
(47)
Jun 8
Yoko Ono
Season of Glass
86
critic score
(3)
73
user score
(46)
Nov 27
The Human League
Don't You Want Me
83
critic score
(1)
89
user score
(46)
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