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26.

Zé Ramalho - A Terceira Lâmina
1981
USER SCORE
83
24 ratings
Amazon

27.

Marina - Certos Acordes
1981
USER SCORE
83
20 ratings
Amazon

28.

Pino Daniele - Vai mo
June 1, 1981
Canzone D'autore, Canzone Napoletana
USER SCORE
83
28 ratings
Amazon

29.

Jeanette - Corazón de poeta
July 18, 1981
Canción Melódica, Pop
USER SCORE
83
68 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

30.

YMO - Technodelic
November 21, 1981
Synthpop, Electronic, Art Pop
USER SCORE
83
199 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

34.

Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
May 10, 1981
Synthpop, Electronic
USER SCORE
82
1,557 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

35.

Wipers - Youth of America
November 11, 1981
Post-Punk, Post-Hardcore
USER SCORE
82
799 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

36.

Singers & Players - War Of Words
September 1981
Dub
USER SCORE
82
15 ratings
Amazon

37.

MX-80 Sound - Crowd Control
March 1981
Post-Punk, Art Punk
USER SCORE
82
26 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

38.

November 15, 1981
MPB, Pop
USER SCORE
82
93 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

40.

Električni Orgazam - Električni Orgazam
April 14, 1981
New Wave, Art Punk, Post-Punk
USER SCORE
82
21 ratings
Amazon

41.

Eskaton - 4 Visions
1981
Zeuhl, Avant-Prog
USER SCORE
82
53 ratings
Amazon

42.

Roky Erickson and The Aliens - The Evil One
September 1, 1981
Hard Rock
USER SCORE
82
37 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

45.

Mohamed Mounir - Shababeek
1981
USER SCORE
82
16 ratings
Amazon

46.

Serú Girán - Peperina
August 31, 1981
Progressive Pop, Art Rock
USER SCORE
82
470 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

47.

The dB's - Repercussion
October 1981
Jangle Pop, Power Pop
USER SCORE
82
15 ratings
Amazon

48.

Haustor - Haustor
June 10, 1981
New Wave, 2 Tone
USER SCORE
81
37 ratings
Amazon

49.

The Sound - From the Lions Mouth
November 26, 1981
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
82
420 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

50.

Maanam - Maanam
April 4, 1981
Post-Punk, New Wave, Dance-Punk
USER SCORE
81
102 ratings
Amazon
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