Friday, November 22, 2024

Counting down my Top 50 Albums of 1981: #25 - 1

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



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



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

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