Thursday, November 21, 2024

Counting down my Top 50 Albums of 1981: #50 - 26

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
Chart information is from the US Billboard, CashBox, and Rolling Stone album charts.

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