Best Album Of 1981?

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  1. AFOS

    AFOS Forum Resident

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    Nope love the "Ant Rap" Put some wax on the tracks and slide on outa here :p
     
  2. bluesky

    bluesky Senior Member

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    Don't know... I 'missed' 1981.

    :)
     
  3. snowdog66

    snowdog66 Forum Resident

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    Rush - Moving Pictures
    Journey - Escape
     
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  4. MortSahlFan

    MortSahlFan Forum Resident

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    Was the revival due to "The American Prayer" being released?
     
  5. steelvelvet20

    steelvelvet20 Forum Resident

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    Abba: the visitors
    Carpenters: made in America
     
  6. dgstrat

    dgstrat Senior Member

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    Joe Jackson - Jumping Jive
     
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  7. arriano

    arriano The California Kid

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    It's funny to look at a list of 1981 releases and see what my 16 year old self bought:
    • Rush - Moving Pictures
    • Judas Priest - Point of Entry
    • Van Halen - Fair Warning
    • Foreigner - 4
    • The Who - Hooligans
    • Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
    • King Crimson - Discipline

    What a metal head I was. :)
     
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  8. fortherecord

    fortherecord Senior Member

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    It had more to due with Apocolypse Now and the use of The End in the movie, I believe. Plus, the Doors sounded pretty contemporary, fit in well the New Wave sounds and bands pretty well. The Doors were never overtly hippie or of their time so much as other groups from their era.
     
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  9. uzn007

    uzn007 Pack Rat

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    One-two punch of Apocalypse Now coming out in 1979 and the biography No One Here Gets Out Alive in 1980.
     
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  10. limoges

    limoges Forum Resident

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    My Top 10 in alphabetical order:

    1 - The dB's: "Stands for Decibels"
    2 - Joe Ely: "Musta Notta Gotta Lotta"
    3 - Roky Erickson: "The Evil One"
    4 - Daryl Hall & John Oates: "Private Eyes"
    5 - Rickie Lee Jones: "Pirates"
    6 - Penguin Café Orchestra: "Penguin Café Orchestra"
    7 - The Police: "Ghost in the Machine"
    8 - Quarterflash: "Quarterflash"
    9 - Squeeze: "East Side Story"
    10 - Various Artists: "Concerts for the People of Kampuchea"
     
  11. Sex Lies And Master Tapes

    Sex Lies And Master Tapes Gaulois réfractaire

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    Numero uno ex-aequo :

    Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
    Jaco Pastorius - Word Of Mouth

    Contender :

    King Crimson - Discipline

    Runner-ups :

    The Police - Ghost In The Machine
    The Rolling Stones - Tatoo You




     
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  12. mozz

    mozz Forum Resident

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    An then in october 1980 they released a remastered greatest hits album (which oddly didn't include "The End", the song that motivated the revival having being included in Coppola's movie). My introduction to The Doors when I bought it in 1981.
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  13. Two Sheds

    Two Sheds Sha La La La Lee

    1981 - the last year the Rolling Stones (Tattoo You), the Who (Face Dances), and the Kinks (Give the People What They Want) each released studio albums.

    And yet... no studio album that year from two of the best bands of that time - the Jam and the Clash.

    My top five:

    Squeeze - East Side Story
    The Police - Ghost in the Machine
    U2 - October
    Madness - 7
    The Selecter - Celebrate the Bullet
     
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  14. No Bull

    No Bull Forum Resident

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    As a 13 year old in 81 I can tell you these two albums dominated the airwaves. Saturation level airplay.
     
  15. No Bull

    No Bull Forum Resident

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    My first Doors record as well. Of course my dad had numerous Doors albums. The Doors were huge in 81. I remember girls in my jr high school wearing Doors t shirts.
     
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  16. Mike24137

    Mike24137 Mike

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    Crystal Gayle-Hollywood Tennessee
    Brenda Lee-Only When I Laugh
    Olivia Newton-John-Physical
    Kim Carnes-Mistaken Identity
    Loretta Lynn-I Lie
    Bee Gees-Living Eyes
    Ringo Starr-Stop and Smell The Roses
    Yoko Ono-Season of Glass
     
  17. Guy Smiley

    Guy Smiley America’s Favorite Game Show Host

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    Thank you, about time someone mentioned Billy’s Songs In the Attic. One of my favorites.

    This isn’t the same version as the track on the album, but it’s from the same tour. Wish they’d release all the tracks from this small club show:



    Lots of other good choices on your list!
     
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  18. Guy Smiley

    Guy Smiley America’s Favorite Game Show Host

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    Here’s Billy again at Sparks. This one, I believe, is the version used on Songs in the Attic. Always liked this jam.

     
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  19. A6mzero

    A6mzero One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal

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    Seven Year Ache-Rosanne Cash
     
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  20. Guy Smiley

    Guy Smiley America’s Favorite Game Show Host

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    No particular order:

    Songs In the Attic
    Tattoo You
    Hard Promises
    Ghost in the Machine
    Give the People What They Want
    The Blasters
    Queen Greatest Hits
    Bella Donna
    East Side Story

    Two Elvis Costello albums, Trust and Almost Blue. Neither one is my favorite of his, but I like them both.

    Also, released in 1980 but, according to Wikipedia, released December 31, 1980: Steve Winwood’s Arc of a Diver.
     
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  21. Fischman

    Fischman RockMonster, ClassicalMaster, and JazzMeister

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    People may bemoan the 80s, but '81 was a damn find year with many excellent albums, including the absolute greatest of all time right at the top and consistently exceptional throughout the top 25:
    1. Rush - Moving Pictures
    2. Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager
    3. Black Sabbath - Mob rules
    4. Shooting Star - Hang On for Your Life
    5. Blackfoot - Marauder
    6. Oscar Peterson - Nigerian Marketplace
    7. Santana - Zebop
    8. Kinks - Give the People What they Want
    9. Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
    10. Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
    11. Triumph - Allied Forces
    12. Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy
    13. Tal Farlow - Chromatic Palette
    14. Al DiMeola - Electric Rendezvouz
    15. Emily Remler - Firefly
    16. Atlanta Rhythm Section - Quinella
    17. The Who - Face Dances
    18. Ozzy Osborne - Diary of a Madman
    19. Pat Metheny - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
    20. Jefferson Starship - Modern Times
    21. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Alone and Acoustic
    22. Sammy Hagar - Standing Hampton
    23. April Wine - The Nature of the Beast
    24. Phil Collilns - Face Value
    25. Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
     
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  22. Jerfan13

    Jerfan13 Makes wrinkles advertised as creases

    Man...did I LOVE “Diary of a Madman” !!! Born in ‘71, but had my 10yr old self known, I think it’d be too high brow for my KISS Army self. As a 12 yr old, I got it! Pushing 50 and I’ll still give it a nod over “Tattoo You”, Triumph is up on that list, but the fact is 1981 was a great year for music. It’s deep....no joke.

    ...check out that list: Top 100 Albums of 1981: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Best of the ’80s — Part 2 - slicing up eyeballs // 80s alternative music, college rock, indie
     
  23. BlueSpeedway

    BlueSpeedway Curated Iconic Half-Speed Punk

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  24. Guy Smiley

    Guy Smiley America’s Favorite Game Show Host

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    Oh yeah... Stone Crazy was from 1981, wasn’t it? Also forgot about Alone and Acoustic. Good calls both.

    Friday Night In San Francisco from McLaughlin, Di Meola, and De Lucia is another gem. My only gripe about that album is that it’s much too short!
     
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  25. pool_of_tears

    pool_of_tears Searching For Simplicity

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    Nope, different performance on Songs In The Attic. The entire album comes from performances in June/July 1980. The Sparks club performance is from summer 1981.
     
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