Smash Hits was a British teen music magazine that was issued fortnightly. On a scale of 1-10, here's how the magazine's reviewers rated albums released in the first half of 1981. Hope you find something new that you missed back in '81.
| January 8 issue |
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| Rocky Sharpe & The Replays |
Rock-It to Mars |
6 |
| Dollar |
The Paris Collection |
6 |
| Jermaine Jackson |
Jermaine |
6 |
| Showaddywaddy |
Bright Lights |
5 |
| Black Slate |
Amigo |
5 |
| Queen |
Flash Gordon |
2 |
| The Clash |
Sandinista! |
5½ |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson |
LKJ in Dub |
7 |
| January 22 issue |
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| Boomtown Rats |
Mondo Bondo |
7½ |
| Elvis Costello |
Trust |
9 |
| The Runaways |
Flaming Schoolgirls |
2 |
| Steve Winwood |
Arc of a Diver |
5 |
| UFO |
The Wild, the Willing, and the Innocent |
5 |
| Basement 5 |
1965-1980 |
6 |
| Gen X |
Kiss Me Deadly |
2 |
| Mtume |
In Search of the Rainbow Seekers |
8 |
| Rose Royce |
Golden Touch |
6 |
| February 5 issue |
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| Sheena Easton |
Take My Time |
7 |
| Pearl Harbour |
Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost Too |
6 |
| Phil Collins |
Face Value |
5 |
| Heatwave |
Candles |
8 |
| The Stranglers |
The Meninblack |
6 |
| Mike Batt |
Waves |
3 |
| Splodgenessabounds |
Splodgenessabounds |
3 |
| Styx |
Paradise Theatre |
2 |
| The dB's |
Stands for Decibels |
8 |
| February 19 issue |
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| UK Subs |
Diminished Responsibility |
2 |
| The Barracudas |
Drop Out with The Barracudas |
5½ |
| Moon Martin |
Street Fever |
6 |
| Jets |
Jets |
5 |
| Nash the Slash |
Children of the Night |
4 |
| Walkie Talkies |
Surveillance |
6 |
| Joe Sample |
Voices in the Rain |
7 |
| The Boys |
Boys Only |
6½ |
| The Selecter |
Celebrate the Bullet |
5½ |
| Nine Below Zero |
Don't Point Your Finger |
5 |
| March 5 issue |
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| Sister Sledge |
All American Girls |
6 |
| Stray Cats |
Stray Cats |
5 |
| Rainbow |
Difficult to Cure |
7 |
| Gang of Four |
Solid Gold |
7½ |
| Eric Clapton |
Another Ticket |
3 |
| Marvin Gaye |
In Our Lifetime |
7½ |
| Todd Rundgren |
Healing |
6 |
| Brian Briggs |
Brian Damage |
7 |
| Defunkt |
Defunkt |
8½ |
| Spandau Ballet |
Journeys to Glory |
7 |
| March 19 issue |
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| New Musik |
Anywhere |
6½ |
| Russ Ballard |
Into the Fire |
3 |
| James Brown |
Rapp Payback |
6½ |
| Detroit Spinners |
Labour of Love |
6 |
| The Spizzles |
Spikey Dream |
6 |
| Tata Vega |
Giving All My Love |
4 |
| Shona Laing |
Tied to the Tracks |
3 |
| The Vapors |
Magnets |
4 |
| Wilko Johnson |
Ice on the Motorway |
4 |
| Linx |
Intuition |
8 |
| April 2 issue |
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| The Shakin' Pyramids |
Skin 'Em Up |
5 |
| Rico |
That Man is Forward |
8 |
| Change |
Miracles |
5 |
| Landscape |
From the Tea Rooms of Mars to the Hell Holes of Uranus |
8 |
| Chas'N'Dave |
Mustn't Grumble |
4 |
| Slade |
We'll Bring the House Down |
6 |
| The Who |
Face Dances |
4 |
| British Electronic Foundation |
Music for Stowaways |
9 |
| Diana Ross |
To Love Again |
6 |
| Status Quo |
Never Too Late |
7 |
| April 16 issue |
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| Dave Edmunds |
Twangin |
7½ |
| Incognito |
Jazz Funk |
8 |
| Public Image, Ltd. |
Flowers of Romance |
8 |
| Stiff Little Fingers |
Go for It |
7 |
| The Cure |
Faith |
7 |
| Whitesnake |
Come An' Get It |
4½ |
| The Jags |
No Tie Like a Present |
4 |
| Cockney Rejects |
Greatest Hits, Vol 3 |
11 |
| Roger Taylor |
Roger Taylor's Fun in Space |
3 |
| B.A. Robertson |
Bully for You |
6 |
| April 30 issue |
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| Gillan |
Future Shock |
4 |
| Girlschool |
Hit and Run |
5 |
| Tenpole Tudor |
The Swords of a Thousand Men |
7 |
| REO Speedwagon |
Hi Infidelity |
4 |
| The Keys |
The Keys Album |
5 |
| Quincy Jones |
The Dude |
7½
|
| Sharon Redd |
Sharon Redd |
8 |
| Snips |
La Rocca |
6 |
| The Isley Brothers |
Grand Slam |
5 |
| The Scars |
Author! Author! |
8 |
| May 14 issue |
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| The Undertones |
Positive Touch |
9 |
| Holly and The Italians |
The Right to be Italian |
4 |
| The Plastics |
Welcome Back |
7½ |
| Split Enz |
Waiata |
7 |
| The Lambrettas |
Ambience |
7 |
| The Tubes |
The Completion Backward Principle |
4 |
| Ruts DC |
Animal Now |
8 |
| Albania |
Are You All Mine |
7 |
| Kraftwerk |
Computer World |
4 |
| The Beat |
Wha'ppen? |
7 |
| Squeeze |
East Side Story |
9 |
| The Cramps |
Psychedelic Jungle |
8 |
| The Searchers |
Play for Today |
5 |
| May 28 issue |
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| Original Mirrors |
Heart-twango and Raw-beat |
7 |
| Richard Strange |
The Phenomenal Rise of Richard Strange |
6½ |
| Joe Walsh |
There Goes the Neighborhood |
5 |
| Shakatak |
Drivin' Hard |
7 |
| Grace Jones |
Nightclubbing |
8 |
| Bill Nelson |
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam |
8 |
| Classic Nouveaux |
Night People |
6 |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
Hard Promises |
7 |
| Wild Horses |
Stand Your Ground |
4 |
| The Psychedelic Furs |
Talk, Talk, Talk |
8 |
| Sparks |
Whomp That Sucker |
6 |
| Positive Noise |
Heart of Darkness |
5 |
| Toyah |
Anthem |
3 |
| June 11 issue |
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| Elton John |
The Fox |
5 |
| Echo and The Bunnymen |
Heaven Up Here |
9 |
| Doll by Doll |
Doll by Doll |
8 |
| Jean-Michel Jarre |
Magnetic Fields |
7 |
| UB40 |
Present Arms |
7½ |
| Ken Lockie |
The Impossible |
6 |
| Phil Seymour |
Phil Seymour |
4 |
| Black Uhuru |
Red |
7½ |
| Eddy Grant |
Can't Get Enough |
9 |
| June 25 issue |
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| Killing Joke |
What's This For |
7½ |
| Third World |
Rock the World |
5 |
| TV Smith's Explorers |
The Last Words of the Great Explorer |
5 |
| Duran Duran |
Duran Duran |
4 |
| Magazine |
Magic, Murder, and the Weather |
7 |
| Siouxsie and The Banshees |
Juju |
5 |
| Thompson Twins |
A Product of... |
6 |
| Peter Tosh |
Wanted Dread & Alive |
4 |
| Yoko Ono |
Season of Glass |
3 |
| Modern Eon |
Fiction Tales |
8 |
| Barbara Dickson |
You Know It's Me |
4 |
h/t to Brian McCloskey over at Like Punk Never Happened
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