Best Albums of 1981

The top-rated records from 1981, ranked by our users

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Moving Pictures album cover

Moving Pictures

Rush
1981
3.59 / 5
 Beauty And The Beat album cover

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's
1981
3.39 / 5
 Juju album cover

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees
1981
3.32 / 5
 The Poet album cover

The Poet

Bobby Womack
1981
3.21 / 5
 The Visitors album cover

The Visitors

ABBA
1981
3.2 / 5
 No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) album cover

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead
1981
3.06 / 5
 Dare! album cover

Dare!

The Human League
1981
3.05 / 5
 Architecture And Morality album cover

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
1981
3.05 / 5
 Talk Talk Talk album cover

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs
1981
3.03 / 5
 Tom Tom Club album cover

Tom Tom Club

Tom Tom Club
1981
3.02 / 5