Jan 4, 2009

The Best Albums Of 1981

Top 50



  1. Juju - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
  2. Playing with a different sex - THE AU PAIRS
  3. The flowers of romance - PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED
  4. The fire of love - THE GUN CLUB
  5. Youth of America - WIPERS
  6. Damaged - BLACK FLAG
  7. Living in darkness - AGENT ORANGE
  8. Sorry ma, forgot to take out the trash - THE REPLACEMENTS
  9. Psychedelic jungle - THE CRAMPS
  10. Heaven up here - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
  11. Desire - TUXEEDOMOON
  12. Dare - HUMAN LEAGUE
  13. My life in the bush of ghosts - DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO
  14. Solid gold - GANG OF 4
  15. Slates - THE FALL
  16. What’s this for…! - KILLING JOKE
  17. Talk talk talk - PSYCHEDELIC FURS
  18. Wild gift - X
  19. Living eyes - RADIO BIRDMAN
  20. Sandinista - THE CLASH
  21. Faith - THE CURE
  22. Movement - NEW ORDER
  23. Mesh and lace - MODERN ENGLISH
  24. Wilder - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
  25. Trust / Almost blue - ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS
  26. Sons and fascination / Sister feelings call - SIMPLE MINDS
  27. Alles ist gut - D.A.F.
  28. Generic - FLIPPER
  29. Send me a lullaby - THE GO-BETWEENS
  30. Prayers on fire - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
  31. A minute to pray a second to die - THE FLESH EATERS
  32. Adolescents - ADOLESCENTS
  33. Return of the giant Slits - THE SLITS
  34. Computer world - KRAFTWERK
  35. Red Mecca - CABARET VOLTAIRE
  36. Penthouse and pavement - HEAVEN 17
  37. Collision drive - ALAN VEGA
  38. Roman Gods - THE FLESHTONES
  39. It’s a condition - ROMEO VOID
  40. Nah = Poo. The art of bluff - WAH!
  41. The only fun in town - JOSEF K
  42. The Pretenders II - THE PRETENDERS
  43. Pleasant dreams - RAMONES
  44. Teaching you the fear - REALLY RED
  45. The punch line - MINUTEMEN
  46. In God we trust - DEAD KENNEDYS
  47. The Scientists - THE SCIENTISTS
  48. Mask - BAUHAUS
  49. Tin drum - JAPAN
  50. Odyshape - THE RAINCOATS
Also recommended:

Still - JOY DIVISION, The first and the last - NEW RACE, Magic murder and the weather - MAGAZINE, From the lions mouth - THE SOUND, Second sentence - STEVE MIRO & THE EYES, And don’t the kids just love it - TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, Black snake diamond role - ROBYN HITCHCOCK, October - U2, Art of walking - PERE UBU, Land speed record - HUSKER DU, Dance with me - T.S.O.L., Hardcore ’81 - D.O.A., Kollaps - EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, Thirst - CLOCK DVA, Sunnyboys - SUNNYBOYS, Two halves for the price of one - THE SOFT BOYS, Dreamtime - TOM VERLAINE, New traditionalists - DEVO, 7 - MADNESS, East side story - SQUEEZE, Positive touch - UNDERTONES, See the whirl - DELTA 5, Glitterhouse - MEDIUM MEDIUM, Photographs as memories - EYELESS IN GAZA, LC - DURUTTI COLUMN, Entitled - MECANO, Non stop erotic cabaret - SOFT CELL, Crumbling the antiseptic beauty - FELT, Heart of darkness - POSITIVE NOISE, Sleep no more - THE COMSAT ANGELS, Pleasure - GIRLS AT OUR BEST, Beauty and the beat - GO-GO’S, Wha'ppen? - THE BEAT, Nightclubbing - GRACE JONES, Controversy - PRINCE, Street songs - RICK JAMES, Red - BLACK UHURU, Present arms - UB40, See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy! - BOW WOW WOW, Happy birthday - ALTERED IMAGES, Speak and spell - DEPECHE MODE, Journeys to glory - SPANDAU BALLET, Architecture and morality - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK, To each - A CERTAIN RATIO, Deceit - THIS HEAT, God - RIP RIG & PANIC, Penis envy - CRASS, Wild and wandering - WASTED YOUTH, No cause for concern - VICE SQUAD, He who dares wins - THEATRE OF HATE, Teenage head in my refrigerator - THE DEEP FREEZE MICE, Stands for decibels - THE dB’s, The Blasters - THE BLASTERS, Peter Pan hits the suburbs - THE ASTRONAUTS, Suburban Lawns - SUBURBAN LAWNS, Go for it - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, Animal now - RUTS DC, Sitting targets - PETER HAMMILL, Nothing can stop us - ROBERT WYATT, Tom Tom Club - TOM TOM CLUB, The Catherine Wheel - DAVID BYRNE, Ghost in the machine - THE POLICE, Tattoo you - THE ROLLING STONES, I love rock & roll - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS, Private eyes - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES, Was (Not Was) - WAS (NOT WAS), Bella Donna - STEVIE NICKS, Hard promises - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS, For those about to rock (we salute you) - AC/DC, 4 - FOREIGNER, Arc of a diver - STEVE WINWOOD, Pirates - RICKIE LEE JONES, The poet - BOBBY WOMACK, Black president - FELA KUTI, The electric spanking of war babies - FUNKADELIC, Memory serves - MATERIAL, Claro que si - YELLO, Klaus Nomi - KLAUS NOMI, Fourth drawer down - THE ASSOCIATES, Of skins and heart - THE CHURCH, My Houdini - TACTICS, Only a lad - OINGO BOINGO, Always now - SECTION 25