A breakdown of my top albums from 1981
Title
|
Artist
|
Billboard
|
CashBox
|
Rolling Stone
|
|
50 |
Kool & The Gang |
12 |
10 |
19 |
|
49 |
Patti Austin |
36 |
62 |
43 |
|
48 |
Rick Springfield |
7 |
16 |
17 |
|
47 |
U2 |
104 |
102 |
25 |
|
46 |
Sadao Watanabe |
||||
45 |
Angela Bofill |
61 |
66 |
50 |
|
44 |
The Who |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
43 |
Earl Klugh |
53 |
59 |
Title
|
Artist
|
Billboard
|
CashBox
|
Rolling Stone
|
|
42 |
Split Enz |
45 |
41 |
40 |
|
41 |
Adam & The Ants |
94 |
85 |
41 |
|
40 |
Phil Collins |
7 |
12 |
4 |
|
39 |
The Moody Blues |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
38 |
Elvis Costello |
28 |
27 |
11 |
|
37 |
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays |
50 |
61 |
36 |
|
36 |
Vangelis |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
35 |
Simple Minds |
Title
|
Artist
|
Billboard
|
CashBox
|
Rolling Stone
|
|
34 |
The Manhattan Transfer |
22 |
26 |
11 |
|
33 |
Todd Rundgren |
48 |
51 |
21 |
|
32 |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
5 |
5 |
6 |
|
31 |
Billy Squier |
5 |
8 |
6 |
|
30 |
Barry Manilow |
14 |
14 |
26 |
|
29 |
Genesis |
7 |
8 |
7 |
|
28 |
Escape |
Journey |
1 |
1 |
5 |
27 |
Depeche Mode |
192 |
|||
26 |
The J. Geils Band |
1 |
1 |
1 |
These are my personal top 50 albums released in 1981. The following criteria was used on a very slippery sliding scale:
- How often I enjoyed the album at the time of release
- How often I've enjoyed the album over the years since
- Overall quality of the album
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