A breakdown of my top albums from 1981
Title
|
Artist
|
Billboard
|
CashBox
|
Rolling Stone
|
|
25 |
Styx |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
24 |
ELO |
16 |
9 |
9 |
|
23 |
The Rolling Stones |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
22 |
Yellowjackets |
201 |
|||
21 |
Quincy Jones |
10 |
14 |
16 |
|
20 |
Heaven 17 |
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19 |
Pages |
||||
18 |
The Tubes |
36 |
37 |
27 |
Title
|
Artist
|
Billboard
|
CashBox
|
Rolling Stone
|
|
17 |
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
5 |
5 |
6 |
|
16 |
Grover Washington, Jr. |
28 |
31 |
28 |
|
15 |
David Sanborn |
45 |
43 |
48 |
|
14 |
The Human League |
3 |
5 |
3 |
|
13 |
Foreigner |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
12 |
The Cars |
9 |
9 |
5 |
|
11 |
Billy Joel |
8 |
7 |
6 |
|
10 |
Squeeze |
44 |
54 |
13 |
Title
|
Artist
|
Billboard
|
CashBox
|
Rolling Stone
|
|
9 |
Spyro Gyra |
41 |
40 |
28 |
|
8 |
Kim Wilde |
86 |
60 |
||
7 |
Tom Scott |
123 |
122 |
||
6 |
Brenda Russell |
107 |
94 |
||
5 |
Lee Ritenour |
26 |
40 |
69 |
|
4 |
Al Jarreau |
9 |
9 |
9 |
|
3 |
The Go-Go's |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
The Judy's |
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1 |
The Police |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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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