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Best Albums of 1981 by User Score
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Šarlo Akrobata - Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...
July 9th, 1981
Post-Punk
,
New Wave
,
Art Rock
USER SCORE
87
20 ratings
Amazon
2
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高中正義 [Masayoshi Takanaka] - The Rainbow Goblins
Jazz Fusion
,
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
86
199 ratings
Amazon
3
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Glenn Branca - The Ascension
November 0th, 1981
No Wave
,
Noise Rock
,
Post-Rock
,
Totalism
USER SCORE
86
609 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
4
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Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
New Wave
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
USER SCORE
86
85 ratings
Amazon
5
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Los Jaivas - Alturas De Machu Pichu
Progressive Rock
,
Progressive Folk
USER SCORE
85
85 ratings
Amazon
6
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Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
June 6th, 1981
Post-Punk
,
Gothic Rock
USER SCORE
84
600 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
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Rush - Moving Pictures
February 12th, 1981
Progressive Rock
,
Hard Rock
USER SCORE
84
1,009 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
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Fela Kuti - Black President
January 1st, 1981
Afrobeat
USER SCORE
84
12 ratings
Amazon
9
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Makoto Matsushita - First Light
City Pop
USER SCORE
84
145 ratings
Amazon
10
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Wipers - Youth of America
March 13th, 1981
Post-Punk
,
Punk Rock
USER SCORE
83
238 ratings
Amazon
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11
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John Williams - Raiders Of The Lost Ark
June 0th, 1981
Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
83
32 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
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King Crimson - Discipline
September 22nd, 1981
Progressive Rock
,
Art Rock
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
83
890 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
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Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
May 10th, 1981
Electronic
,
Synthpop
USER SCORE
83
571 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
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YMO - BGM
March 21st, 1981
Synthpop
USER SCORE
83
100 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
15
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矢野顕子 [Akiko Yano] - Tadaima
May 1st, 1981
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
USER SCORE
83
116 ratings
Amazon
16
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Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucía - Friday Night in San Francisco
August 10th, 1981
Flamenco Jazz
USER SCORE
83
19 ratings
Amazon
17
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Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches
July 4th, 1981
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
83
189 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
18
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Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
June 27th, 1981
Heavy Metal
,
Speed Metal
,
Hard Rock
USER SCORE
83
35 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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ESG - ESG
March 16th, 1981
Dance-Punk
USER SCORE
82
13 ratings
Amazon
20
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Crass - Penis Envy
Noise Rock
,
Post-Punk
,
Anarcho-Punk
USER SCORE
82
82 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
21
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Maanam - Maanam
April 4th, 1981
Post-Punk
,
Dance-Punk
USER SCORE
82
18 ratings
Amazon
22
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Rush - Exit...Stage Left
October 29th, 1981
USER SCORE
82
18 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
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Bill Evans - You Must Believe in Spring
February 0th, 1981
Jazz
,
Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
82
104 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
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灰野敬二 [Keiji Haino] - わたしだけ？
Free Improvisation
USER SCORE
82
33 ratings
Amazon
25
.
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
May 11th, 1981
Art Pop
,
New Wave
,
Sophisti-Pop
USER SCORE
82
339 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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