Best Albums of 1981

Top rated albums from 1981 in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

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Moving Pictures by Rush () album cover

Moving Pictures

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's () album cover

Beauty And The Beat

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees () album cover

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

The Visitors by ABBA () album cover

The Visitors

The Poet by Bobby Womack () album cover

The Poet

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead () album cover

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark () album cover

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Dare! by The Human League () album cover

Dare!

The Human League

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club () album cover

Tom Tom Club

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs () album cover

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

Wild Gift by X () album cover

Wild Gift

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club () album cover

Fire Of Love

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell () album cover

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Damaged by Black Flag () album cover

Damaged

Mask by Bauhaus () album cover

Mask

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno () album cover

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17 () album cover

Penthouse And Pavement

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten () album cover

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

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Don't Say No by Billy Squier () album cover

Don't Say No

Discipline by King Crimson () album cover

Discipline

Speak & Spell by Depeche Mode () album cover

Speak & Spell

From The Lions Mouth by The Sound () album cover

From The Lions Mouth

Never Too Much by Luther Vandross () album cover

Never Too Much

Luther Vandross

Deceit by This Heat () album cover

Deceit