Best Album of 1981

[ANF]

I turned two that year, but still love a lot of the albums made that year.

In no particular order:
Journey - Escape
Foreigner - 4
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
Rush - Moving Pictures
ABBA - The Visitors (people who dismiss them as fluff need to hear this, their best album by far)
Genesis - ABACAB
Human League - Dare
Prince - Controversy
Pat Benatar - Precious Time
Ozzy - Blizzard Of Oz / Diary Of A Madmen
Duran Duran - Duran Duran
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
Police - Ghost In The Machine
Yoko Ono - Season Of Glass
Joan Jett - I Love Rock N' Roll
Van Halen - Fair Warning

 

[runningshoes]

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

The Moooob Ruules!!!

and many more, of course.

 

[TheWhalerfan]

Yup, what he said

 

[oscar gamble]

 

[Tommy Walker]

I still say Moving Pictures. All of Rush's cylinders firing in unison. When a band becomes commercially viable without trying, they're probably doing something right.

 

[JerseyGirl]

1981 had so many great albums. I love the majority of what's been mentioned here.

Foreigner
Journey
Stevie Nicks
Genesis
Pat Benatar
Joan Jett
Police
etc, etc, etc...

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

Ladies and gentlemen....THE ROLLING STONES! I think "Tattoo You" is the last truly great Stones album. First song to last, there isn't one bum track in the bunch.

 

[Nololob]

Ladies and gentlemen....THE ROLLING STONES! I think "Tattoo You" is the last truly great Stones album. First song to last, there isn't one bum track in the bunch.

I second that.

 

[George Vader]

Has to be Van Halens "Fair Warning", packed full of classics, "Mean Streets","Sinners Swing", "Dirt Movies" and of course these three monster tracks......