THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z:BARRY KOWAL)CHART's TOP ALBUMS FOR 1981
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 MAKING MOVIES-DIRE STRAITS-MARCH 3330 2 REVERIES-RICHARD CLAYERMAN-May 1850 3 TATTOO YOU-THE ROLLING STONES-September 1640 4 HOTTER THAN JULY-STEVIE WONDER-April 1284 5 DOUBLE FANTASY-JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO-March 1262 6 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA-November 1190 7 GREATEST HITS:REMASTERED-QUEEN-November 1116 8 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood-June 874 9 FLOWERS-Icehouse-July 836 10 GREATEST HITS-Anne Murray-February 778 11 George Benson Collection-George Benson-December 734 12 Waiata-Split Enz-April 690 13 Stray Cats-Stray Cats-August 678 14 Simon & Garfunkel Collection-Simon & Garfunkel-December 676 15 Face Value-Phil Collins-June 674 16 Mistaken Identity-Kim Carnes-July 626 17 Faith-The Cure-June 612 18 Les Musiques De L'Amour-Richard Clayderman-October 570 19 Vienna-Ultravox-July 556 20 Precious Time-Pat Benatar-September 532 21 New Traditionalists-Devo-October 514 22 Chameleon-David Bowie-January 512 23 Bad Habits-Billy Field-October 512 24 Nightclubbing-Grace Jones-September 506 25 Ghost In The Machine-The Police-December 442 26 Kings Of The Wild Frontier-Adam And The Ants-March 420 27 Hard Promises-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers-July 414 28 Gaucho-Steely Dan-March 406 29 Dave McCAartney And The Pink Flamingos-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos-February 382 30 Making Waves-The Nolans-March 372 31 Very Best Of Elton John-Elton John-November 368 32 Classics By Candlelight-Gheorghe Zamfir-May 366 33 Rage In Eden-Ultravox-November 356 34 Autoamerican-Blondie-February 354 35 Jazzercise-Carol O'Halloran-October 332 36 For Those About To Rock We Salute You-AC/DC-December 330 37 Pirates-Rickie Lee Jones-August 328 38 A Collection Of Great Dance Songs-Pink Floyd-December 320 39 Stars On Long Play-Stars On 45-August 300 40 Greatest Hits-Dr.Hook-March 294 41 The Beatles Ballads-Beatles-May 290 42 Dead Ringer-Meat Loaf-October 286 43 Bella Donna-Stevie Nicks-September 286 44 Dangerous Acquaintances-Marianne Faithfull-December 278 45 Unknown Pleasures-Joy Division-June 260 46 Sound Affects-Jam-April 252 47 Cliff Richard 1958-1981-Cliff Richard-August 250 48 Hey-Julio Iglesias-June 226 49 Freedom Of Choice-Devo-March 224 50 Pretenders II-Pretenders-August 210 51 Time-Electric Light Orchestra-October 192 52 Tonight I'm Yours-Rod Stewart-November 192 53 Sandinista-The Clash-January 192 54 Sucking In The Seventies-Rolling Stones-June 188 55 Walk Under Ladders-Joan Armatrading-October 180 56 The Fox-Elton John-August 178 57 Maybe-Sharon O'Neill-November 172 58 Being With You-Smokey Robinson-June 170 59 Long Distance Voyager-Moody Blues-September 166 60 On The Way To The Sky-Neil Diamond-December 160 61 Face Dances-The Who-July 156 62 Another Ticket-Eric Clapton-June 154 63 Loverboy-Loverboy-October 140 64 Re-Ac-Tor-Neil Young And Crazy Horse-November 136 65 Feelings-Roger Whittaker-July 134 66 My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts-David Byrne & Brian Eno-April 134 67 Always-Willie Nelson-February 124 68 Swingshift-Cold Chisel-June 120 69 Shades-J. J. Cale-May 120 70 Searching For The Young Soul Rebels-Dexy's Midnight Runners-February 110 71 Practical Jokers-The Swingers-November 102 72 Closer-Joy Division-September 98 73 Royal Wedding-Official Ceremony-August 90 74 Old Time Country Music-Noel Parlane-May 88 75 Physical-Olivia Newton-John-December-3 86 76 Waretini-Deane Waretini-August 84 77 Seventeen Seconds-The Cure-May 84 78 Black And White-Pointer Sisters-August 80 79 Divine Madness-Bette Midler-March 74 80 This Ole House-Shakin' Stevens-November 72 81 Journeys To Glory-Spandau Ballet-August 72 82 Talk Talk Talk-Psychedelic Furs-August 46 83 The Best Of America-America-November 46 84 IPI Tombi-Original Cast Recording-June 44 85 Lay Down Beside Me-Patsy Riggir-December 40 86 Living Eyes-Bee Gees-November 38 87 Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive-Joe Jackson-October 38 88 Stars on Gold-Stars on Gold-September 38 89 Discipline-King Crimson-December 36 90 Present Arms-UB40-September 36 91 Boy-U2-June 36 92 Devo Live-Devo-August 34 93 I Believe In You-Don Williams-July 34 94 Visage-Visage-May 34 95 Amigo-Black Slate-May 34 96 Greatest Hits-Waylon Jennings-April 34 97 Coup D'Etat-Coup D'Etat-March 34