NEW ZEALAND (R.I.A.N.Z.) WEEKLY ALBUM CHARTS FROM 1981
R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 4,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 7 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-KENNY ROGERS 2 2 6 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 3 3 7 FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR-Rod Stewart 4 4 10 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 5 5 5 SUPER TROUPER-Abba 6 6 5 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 7 6 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 8 8 24 GIVE ME THE NIGHT-George Benson 9 9 46 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 10 10 7 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 11 11 3 THE BEATLES COLLECTION-The Beatles 12 12 6 EAGLES LIVE-The Eagles 13 13 4 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 14 14 11 PARIS:GREATEST HITS-Supertramp 15 15 3 ADVENTURES OF LUKE SKYWALKER OST-Various Artists 16 16 16 SCARY MONSTERS-David Bowie 17 17 5 BOUZOUKIS OF GREECE-Roberto Delgado 18 18 17 BROKEN ENGLISH-Marianne Faithful 19 19 39 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 20 20 8 THE RIVER-Bruce Springsteen R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 11,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 8 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-KENNY ROGERS
2 2 7 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 3 3 8 FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR-Rod Stewart 4 4 11 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 5 5 6 SUPER TROUPER-Abba 6 6 6 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 7 7 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 8 8 25 GIVE ME THE NIGHT-George Benson 9 9 47 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 10 10 8 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 11 11 4 THE BEATLES COLLECTION-The Beatles 12 12 7 EAGLES LIVE-The Eagles 13 13 5 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 14 14 12 PARIS:GREATEST HITS-Supertramp 15 15 4 ADVENTURES OF LUKE SKYWALKER OST-Various Artists 16 16 17 SCARY MONSTERS-David Bowie 17 17 6 BOUZOUKIS OF GREECE-Roberto Delgado 18 18 18 BROKEN ENGLISH-Marianne Faithful 19 19 40 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 20 20 9 THE RIVER-Bruce Springsteen R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 18,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 9 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-KENNY ROGERS
2 4 12 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 3 2 8 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 4 8 26 GIVE ME THE NIGHT-George Benson 5 42 2 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 6 6 7 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 5 7 SUPER TROUPER-Abba 8 7 8 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 9 3 9 FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR-Rod Stewart 10 19 41 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 11 9 48 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 12 20 10 THE RIVER-Bruce Springsteen 13 10 9 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 14 12 8 EAGLES LIVE-The Eagles 15 26 19 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 16 24 2 HITS!-Boz Scaggs 17 15 5 ADVENTURES OF LUKE SKYWALKER OST-Various Artists 18 13 6 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 19 14 13 PARIS:GREATEST HITS-Supertramp 20 - 1 SANDINISTA-The Clash R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing January 25,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 5 3 CHAMELEON-DAVID BOWIE 2 2 13 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 3 20 2 SANDINISTA-The Clash 4 3 9 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 5 6 8 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 6 8 9 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 7 - 1 GREATEST HITS-Anne Murray 8 1 10 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-Kenny Rogers 9 12 11 THE RIVER-Bruce Springsteen 10 9 10 FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR-Rod Stewart 11 15 20 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 12 22 2 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 13 11 49 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 14 14 9 EAGLES LIVE-The Eagles 15 21 16 SCARY MONSTERS-David Bowie 16 7 8 SUPER TROUPER-Abba 17 18 7 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 18 16 3 HITS!-Boz Scaggs 19 4 27 GIVE ME THE NIGHT-George Benson 20 13 10 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 1,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 7 2 GREATEST HITS-ANNE MURRAY 2 1 4 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 3 3 3 SANDINISTA-The Clash 4 20 11 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 5 6 10 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 6 4 10 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 7 11 21 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 8 5 9 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 9 12 3 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 10 8 11 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-Kenny Rogers 11 2 14 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 12 13 50 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 13 9 12 THE RIVER-Bruce Springsteen 14 21 12 PARIS:GREATEST HITS-Supertramp 15 16 9 SUPER TROUPER-Abba 16 15 17 SCARY MONSTERS-David Bowie 17 10 11 FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR-Rod Stewart 18 14 10 EAGLES LIVE-The Eagles 19 17 8 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 20 25 12 CRIMES OF PASSION-Pat Benatar R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 8,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 GREATEST HITS-ANNE MURRAY 2 2 5 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 3 4 12 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 4 7 22 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 5 6 11 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 6 9 4 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 7 8 10 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 8 10 12 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-Kenny Rogers 9 5 11 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 10 12 51 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 11 3 4 SANDINISTA-The Clash 12 11 15 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 13 13 13 THE RIVER-Bruce Springsteen 14 15 10 SUPER TROUPER-Abba 15 19 9 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 16 29 26 GIVE ME THE NIGHT-George Benson 17 18 11 EAGLES LIVE-The Eagles 18 30 30 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 19 14 13 PARIS:GREATEST HITS-Supertramp 20 17 12 FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR-Rod Stewart R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 15,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 GREATEST HITS-ANNE MURRAY
2 2 6 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 3 4 23 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 4 5 12 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 5 3 13 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 6 6 5 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 7 25 3 ALWAYS-Willie Nelson 8 9 12 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 9 36 2 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 10 10 52 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 11 11 5 SANDINISTA-The Clash 12 13 14 THE RIVER-Bruce Springsteen 13 7 11 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 14 12 16 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 15 8 13 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-Kenny Rogers 16 18 31 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 17 20 13 FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR-Rod Stewart 18 16 27 GIVE ME THE NIGHT-George Benson 19 14 11 SUPER TROUPER-Abba 20 15 10 GAUCHO-Steely Dan R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing February 22,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 5 GREATEST HITS-ANNE MURRAY
2 3 24 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 3 4 13 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 4 8 13 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 5 2 7 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 6 5 14 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 7 6 6 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 8 13 12 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 9 8 3 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 10 10 53 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 11 21 3 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS-Dexy's Midnight Runners 12 15 14 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-Kenny Rogers 13 7 4 ALWAYS-Willie Nelson 14 16 32 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 15 - 1 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 16 12 15 THE RIVER-Bruce Springsteen 17 19 12 SUPER TROUPER-Abba 18 14 17 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 19 22 10 EAGLES LIVE-The Eagles 20 20 11 GAUCHO-Steely Dan R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 1,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 6 GREATEST HITS-ANNE MURRAY
2 2 25 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 3 3 14 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 4 4 14 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 5 6 15 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 6 9 4 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 7 15 2 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 8 5 8 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 9 7 7 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 10 8 13 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 11 13 5 ALWAYS-Willie Nelson 12 12 15 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-Kenny Rogers 13 11 4 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS-Dexy's Midnight Runners 14 10 54 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 15 14 33 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 16 20 12 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 17 28 29 GIVE ME THE NIGHT-George Benson 18 19 11 EAGLES LIVE-The Eagles 19 16 16 THE RIVER-Bruce Springsteen 20 26 16 CRIMES OF PASSION-Pat Benatar R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 8,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 7 GREATEST HITS-ANNE MURRAY
2 3 15 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 3 2 26 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 4 10 14 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 5 5 16 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 6 4 15 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 7 7 3 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 8 16 13 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 9 9 8 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 10 6 5 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 11 8 9 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 12 14 55 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 13 15 34 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 14 12 16 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-Kenny Rogers 15 22 16 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 16 28 235 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd 17 21 2 GREATEST HITS-Dr Hook 18 11 6 ALWAYS-Willie Nelson 19 13 5 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS-Dexy's Midnight Runners 20 27 3 GREATEST HITS-Waylon Jennings R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 15,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 2 16 DOUBLE FANTASY-JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO 2 5 17 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 3 21 3 MAKING WAVES-The Nolans 4 17 3 GREATEST HITS-Dr Hook 5 1 8 GREATEST HITS-Anne Murray 6 3 27 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 7 8 14 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 8 4 15 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 9 6 16 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 10 7 4 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 11 10 6 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 12 11 10 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 13 9 9 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 14 19 6 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS-Dexy's Midnight Runners 15 13 35 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 16 35 31 SEVENTEEN SECONDS-The Cure 17 28 18 CRIMES OF PASSION-Pat Benatar 18 12 56 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 19 15 17 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 20 16 236 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 22,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 3 4 MAKING WAVES-THE NOLANS 2 1 17 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 3 4 4 GREATEST HITS-Dr Hook 4 2 18 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 5 5 9 GREATEST HITS-Anne Murray 6 6 28 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 7 8 16 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 8 7 15 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 9 9 17 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 10 10 5 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 11 11 7 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 12 18 57 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 13 - 1 DIVINE MADNESS-Bette Midler 14 20 237 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd 15 15 36 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 16 19 18 GUILTY-Barbra Streisand 17 13 10 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 18 16 32 SEVENTEEN SECONDS-The Cure 19 12 11 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 20 14 7 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS-Dexy's Midnight Runners R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing March 29,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 2 18 DOUBLE FANTASY-JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO 2 1 5 MAKING WAVES-The Nolans 3 3 5 GREATEST HITS-Dr Hook 4 4 19 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 5 7 17 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 6 5 10 GREATEST HITS-Anne Murray 7 6 29 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 8 11 8 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 9 15 37 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 10 10 6 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 11 9 18 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 12 13 2 DIVINE MADNESS-Bette Midler 13 8 16 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 14 - 1 COUP D'ETAT-Coup D'Etat 15 46 6 GREATEST HITS-Waylon Jennings 16 28 18 CHRISTOPHER CROSS-Christopher Cross 17 12 58 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 18 19 12 CHAMELEON-David Bowie 19 17 11 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 20 18 33 SEVENTEEN SECONDS-The Cure R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 5,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 19 DOUBLE FANTASY-JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
2 4 20 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 3 3 6 GREATEST HITS-Dr Hook 4 2 6 MAKING WAVES-The Nolans 5 5 18 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 6 21 2 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 7 7 30 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 8 6 11 GREATEST HITS-Anne Murray 9 15 7 GREATEST HITS-Waylon Jennings 10 9 38 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 11 13 17 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 12 10 7 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 13 8 9 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 14 11 19 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 15 28 9 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS-Dexy's Midnight Runners 16 17 59 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 17 19 12 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 18 25 4 ORGANISATION-Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 19 14 2 COUP D'ETAT-Coup D'Etat 20 12 3 DIVINE MADNESS-Bette Midler R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 12,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 20 DOUBLE FANTASY-JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
2 2 21 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 3 5 19 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 4 6 3 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 5 3 7 GREATEST HITS-Dr Hook 6 4 7 MAKING WAVES-The Nolans 7 7 31 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 8 34 2 MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS-David Byrne & Brian Eno 9 12 8 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 10 8 12 GREATEST HITS-Anne Murray 11 13 10 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 12 10 39 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 13 - 1 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 14 14 20 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 15 9 8 GREATEST HITS-Waylon Jennings 16 16 60 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 17 11 18 GAUCHO-Steely Dan 18 17 13 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 19 15 10 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS-Dexy's Midnight Runners 20 28 5 ORGANISATION-Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 19,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 WAIATA-SPLIT ENZ 2 - 1 SOUND AFFECTS-Jam 3 2 22 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 4 1 21 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 5 3 20 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 6 4 4 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 7 7 32 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 8 13 2 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 9 8 3 MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS-David Byrne & Brian Eno 10 6 8 MAKING WAVES-The Nolans 11 9 9 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 12 5 8 GREATEST HITS-Dr Hook 13 12 40 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 14 10 13 GREATEST HITS-Anne Murray 15 16 61 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 16 18 14 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 17 11 11 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 18 14 21 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 19 22 9 FLOWERS-Icehouse 20 17 19 GAUCHO-Steely Dan R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing April 26,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 WAIATA-SPLIT ENZ
2 2 2 SOUND AFFECTS-Jam 3 3 23 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 4 4 22 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 5 5 21 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 6 6 5 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 7 7 33 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 8 8 3 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 9 9 4 MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS-David Byrne & Brian Eno 10 10 9 MAKING WAVES-The Nolans 11 11 10 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 12 12 9 GREATEST HITS-Dr Hook 13 13 41 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 14 14 14 GREATEST HITS-Anne Murray 15 15 62 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 16 16 15 AUTOAMERICAN-Blondie 17 17 12 DAVE MCARTNEY AND THE PINK FLAMINGOS-Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos 18 18 22 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police 19 19 10 FLOWERS-Icehouse 20 20 20 GAUCHO-Steely Dan R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 3,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 WAIATA-SPLIT ENZ
2 23 3 BALLADS-The Beatles 3 27 12 CLASSICS BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 4 5 22 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 5 25 6 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 6 2 3 SOUND AFFECTS-Jam 7 6 6 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 8 8 4 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 9 3 24 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 10 7 34 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 11 4 23 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 12 31 52 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 13 11 11 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 14 15 63 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 15 13 42 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 16 19 11 FLOWERS-Icehouse 17 - 1 TRUST-Elvis Costello & The Attractions 18 - 1 AMIGO-Black Slate 19 9 5 MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS-David Byrne & Brian Eno 20 10 10 MAKING WAVES-The Nolans R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 10,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 WAIATA-SPLIT ENZ
2 3 13 CLASSICS BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 3 5 7 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 4 2 4 BALLADS-The Beatles 5 12 53 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 6 4 23 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 7 7 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 8 6 4 SOUND AFFECTS-Jam 9 9 25 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 10 8 5 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 11 10 35 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 12 14 64 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 13 11 24 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 14 18 2 AMIGO-Black Slate 15 13 12 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 16 16 12 FLOWERS-Icehouse 17 15 43 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 18 20 11 MAKING WAVES-The Nolans 19 28 38 SEVENTEEN SECONDS-The Cure 20 21 10 GREATEST HITS-Dr Hook R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 17,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 3 8 REVERIES-RICHARD CLAYDERMAN 2 2 14 CLASSICS BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 3 1 5 WAIATA-Split Enz 4 5 54 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 5 4 5 BALLADS-The Beatles 6 6 24 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 7 8 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 8 10 6 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 9 - 1 OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC-Noel Parlane 10 9 26 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 11 8 5 SOUND AFFECTS-Jam 12 13 25 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 13 11 36 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 14 - 1 VISAGE-Visage 15 16 13 FLOWERS-Icehouse 16 12 65 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 17 15 13 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants 18 - 1 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 19 17 44 FREEDOM OF CHOICE-Devo 20 38 24 CHRISTOPHER CROSS-Christopher Cross R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 24,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 9 REVERIES-RICHARD CLAYDERMAN
2 2 15 CLASSICS BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 3 3 6 WAIATA-Split Enz 4 5 6 BALLADS-The Beatles 5 4 55 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 6 6 25 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 7 9 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 8 8 7 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 9 9 2 OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC-Noel Parlane 10 21 2 SHADES-JJ Cale 11 13 37 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 12 27 2 BEING WITH YOU-Smokey Robinson 13 15 14 FLOWERS-Icehouse 14 12 26 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 15 10 27 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 16 16 66 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 17 24 4 AMIGO-Black Slate 18 18 2 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 19 23 2 SINSEMILLA-Black Uhuru 20 11 6 SOUND AFFECTS-Jam R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing May 31,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 FAITH-THE CURE 2 3 7 WAIATA-Split Enz 3 1 10 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 4 2 16 CLASSICS BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 5 6 26 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 6 7 10 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 7 5 56 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 8 8 8 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 9 28 41 SEVENTEEN SECONDS-The Cure 10 12 3 BEING WITH YOU-Smokey Robinson 11 10 3 SHADES-JJ Cale 12 4 7 BALLADS-The Beatles 13 11 38 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 14 15 28 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 15 13 15 FLOWERS-Icehouse 16 20 7 SOUND AFFECTS-Jam 17 14 27 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 18 21 3 VISAGE-Visage 19 22 19 UPRISING-Bob Marley and the Wailers 20 23 15 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER-Adam And The Ants R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 7,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 FAITH-THE CURE
2 2 8 WAIATA-Split Enz 3 3 11 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 4 6 11 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 5 8 9 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 6 5 27 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 4 17 CLASSICS BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 8 15 16 FLOWERS-Icehouse 9 - 1 SWINGSHIFT-Cold Chisel 10 10 4 BEING WITH YOU-Smokey Robinson 11 9 42 SEVENTEEN SECONDS-The Cure 12 11 4 SHADES-JJ Cale 13 7 57 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 14 12 8 BALLADS-The Beatles 15 14 29 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 16 13 39 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 17 17 28 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon & Yoko Ono 18 28 4 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 19 21 68 TRUE COLOURS-Split Enz 20 - 1 BLACK MARKET CLASH-The Clash R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 14,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 FAITH-THE CURE
2 2 9 WAIATA-Split Enz 3 5 10 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 4 6 28 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 5 3 12 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 6 4 12 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 7 10 5 BEING WITH YOU-Smokey Robinson 8 8 17 FLOWERS-Icehouse 9 7 18 CLASSICS BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 10 9 2 SWINGSHIFT-Cold Chisel 11 - 1 SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES-Rolling Stones 12 13 58 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 13 16 40 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 14 - 1 HEY-Julio Iglesias 15 20 2 BLACK MARKET CLASH-The Clash 16 15 30 HOTTER THAN JULY-Stevie Wonder 17 18 5 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 18 11 43 SEVENTEEN SECONDS-The Cure 19 14 9 BALLADS-The Beatles 20 41 2 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 21,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 UNKNOWN PLEASURES-JOY DIVISION 2 1 4 FAITH-The Cure 3 11 2 SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES-Rolling Stones 4 5 13 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 5 2 10 WAIATA-Split Enz 6 7 13 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 7 4 29 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 8 8 18 FLOWERS-Icehouse 9 14 2 HEY-Julio Iglesias 10 3 11 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 11 - 1 HARD PROMISES-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 12 12 59 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 13 - 1 BOY-U2 14 10 3 SWINGSHIFT-Cold Chisel 15 15 3 BLACK MARKET CLASH-The Clash 16 7 6 BEING WITH YOU-Smokey Robinson 17 - 1 IPI TOMBI-Original Cast Recording 18 38 2 THE BEST OF-Harry Belafonte 19 9 19 CLASSICS BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 20 13 41 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing June 28,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 11 2 HARD PROMISES-TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS 2 1 2 UNKNOWN PLEASURES-Joy Division 3 22 2 ANOTHER TICKET-Eric Clapton 4 - 1 FACE DANCES-The Who 5 2 5 FAITH-The Cure 6 3 3 SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES-Rolling Stones 7 8 19 FLOWERS-Icehouse 8 7 30 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 9 17 2 IPI TOMBI-Original Cast Recording 10 10 12 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 11 9 3 HEY-Julio Iglesias 12 6 14 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 13 4 14 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 14 21 21 VIENNA-Ultravox 15 12 60 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 16 5 11 WAIATA-Split Enz 17 14 4 SWINGSHIFT-Cold Chisel 18 20 42 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 19 15 4 BLACK MARKET CLASH-The Clash 20 16 7 BEING WITH YOU-Smokey Robinson R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 5,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 HARD PROMISES-TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
2 2 3 UNKNOWN PLEASURES-Joy Division 3 5 6 FAITH-The Cure 4 4 2 FACE DANCES-The Who 5 7 20 FLOWERS-Icehouse 6 8 31 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 3 3 ANOTHER TICKET-Eric Clapton 8 14 22 VIENNA-Ultravox 9 10 13 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 10 6 4 SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES-Rolling Stones 11 13 15 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 12 12 15 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 13 16 12 WAIATA-Split Enz 14 11 4 HEY-Julio Iglesias 15 15 61 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 16 18 43 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 17 17 5 SWINGSHIFT-Cold Chisel 18 22 3 BOY-U2 19 21 5 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet 20 9 3 IPI TOMBI-Original Cast Recording R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 12,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-KIM CARNES 2 5 21 FLOWERS-Icehouse 3 1 4 HARD PROMISES-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 4 8 23 VIENNA-Ultravox 5 6 32 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 6 7 4 ANOTHER TICKET-Eric Clapton 7 4 3 FACE DANCES-The Who 8 9 14 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 9 13 13 WAIATA-Split Enz 10 11 16 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 11 3 7 FAITH-The Cure 12 2 4 UNKNOWN PLEASURES-Joy Division 13 14 5 HEY-Julio Iglesias 14 16 44 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 15 19 6 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet 16 12 16 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 17 15 62 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 18 18 4 BOY-U2 19 17 6 SWINGSHIFT-Cold Chisel 20 10 5 SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES-Rolling Stones R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 19,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-KIM CARNES
2 4 24 VIENNA-Ultravox 3 2 22 FLOWERS-Icehouse 4 5 33 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 5 3 5 HARD PROMISES-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 6 8 15 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 7 - 1 FEELINGS-Roger Whittaker 8 10 17 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 9 17 63 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 10 14 45 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 11 11 8 FAITH-The Cure 12 13 6 HEY-Julio Iglesias 13 12 5 UNKNOWN PLEASURES-Joy Division 14 21 6 I BELIEVE IN YOU-Don Williams 15 7 4 FACE DANCES-The Who 16 16 17 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 17 6 5 ANOTHER TICKET-Eric Clapton 18 9 14 WAIATA-Split Enz 19 - 1 DEVO LIVE (E.P.)-Devo 20 38 10 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing July 26,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-KIM CARNES
2 2 25 VIENNA-Ultravox 3 3 23 FLOWERS-Icehouse 4 20 11 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 5 7 2 FEELINGS-Roger Whittaker 6 4 34 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 8 18 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 8 - 1 THE FOX-Elton John 9 5 6 HARD PROMISES-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 10 - 1 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 11 6 16 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 12 11 9 FAITH-The Cure 13 49 2 WARETINI-Deane Waretini 14 19 2 DEVO LIVE (E.P.)-Devo 15 16 18 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 16 32 2 THE PRETENDERS (E.P.)-Pretenders 17 9 64 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 18 12 7 HEY-Julio Iglesias 19 25 8 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet 20 24 3 WHA'PPEN?-The Beat R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 2,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 STARS ON LONG PLAY-STARS ON 45 2 2 26 VIENNA-Ultravox 3 1 4 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 4 4 12 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 5 3 24 FLOWERS-Icehouse 6 8 2 THE FOX-Elton John 7 13 3 WARETINI-Deane Waretini 8 10 2 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 9 7 19 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 10 6 35 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 11 11 17 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 12 9 7 HARD PROMISES-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 13 - 1 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 14 5 3 FEELINGS-Roger Whittaker 15 12 10 FAITH-The Cure 16 15 19 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 17 - 1 HEAVEN UP HERE-Echo & The Bunnymen 18 19 9 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet 19 14 3 DEVO LIVE (E.P.)-Devo 20 - 1 MAGIC MURDER AND THE WEATHER-Magazine R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 10,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 STARS ON LONG PLAY-STARS ON 45
2 4 13 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 3 2 27 VIENNA-Ultravox 4 3 5 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 5 5 25 FLOWERS-Icehouse 6 13 2 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 7 8 3 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 8 10 36 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 9 6 3 THE FOX-Elton John 10 9 20 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 11 11 18 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 12 18 10 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet 13 22 66 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 14 15 11 FAITH-The Cure 15 - 1 BLACK AND WHITE-Pointer Sisters 16 12 8 HARD PROMISES-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 17 21 47 FLESH AND BLOOD-Roxy Music 18 7 4 WARETINI-Deane Waretini 19 16 20 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 20 14 4 FEELINGS-Roger Whittaker R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 16,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 STARS ON LONG PLAY-STARS ON 45
2 2 14 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 3 4 6 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 4 3 28 VIENNA-Ultravox 5 6 3 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 6 5 26 FLOWERS-Icehouse 7 8 37 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 8 14 12 FAITH-The Cure 9 16 9 HARD PROMISES-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 10 15 2 BLACK AND WHITE-Pointer Sisters 11 7 4 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 12 9 4 THE FOX-Elton John 13 10 21 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 14 12 11 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet 15 11 19 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 16 13 67 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 17 24 52 SEVENTEEN SECONDS-The Cure 18 18 5 WARETINI-Deane Waretini 19 19 21 FACE VALUE-Phil Collins 20 31 3 MAGIC MURDER AND THE WEATHER-Magazine R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 23,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 PRETENDERS II-PRETENDERS 2 2 15 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 3 3 7 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 4 5 4 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 5 4 29 VIENNA-Ultravox 6 1 4 STARS ON LONG PLAY-Stars On 45 7 - 1 ROYAL WEDDING-Official Ceremony 8 - 1 TALK TALK TALK-Psychedelic Furs 9 6 27 FLOWERS-Icehouse 10 7 38 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 11 13 22 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 12 10 3 BLACK AND WHITE-Pointer Sisters 13 8 13 FAITH-The Cure 14 15 20 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 15 14 12 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet 16 11 5 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 17 - 1 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 18 - 1 GO FOR IT-Stiff Little Fingers 19 27 8 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 20 21 2 DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP-AC/DC R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing August 30,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 CLIFF RICHARD 1958-1981-CLIFF RICHARD 2 2 16 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 3 3 8 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 4 4 5 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 5 9 28 FLOWERS-Icehouse 6 1 2 PRETENDERS II-Pretenders 7 37 2 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes 8 5 30 VIENNA-Ultravox 9 17 2 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 10 7 2 ROYAL WEDDING-Official Ceremony 11 6 5 STARS ON LONG PLAY-Stars On 45 12 10 39 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 13 - 1 TIME-Electric Light Orchestra 14 14 21 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood 15 16 6 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 16 15 13 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet 17 11 23 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 18 - 1 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 19 13 14 FAITH-The Cure 20 19 9 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 6,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 CLIFF RICHARD 1958-1981-CLIFF RICHARD
2 2 17 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 3 - 1 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 4 3 9 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 5 5 29 FLOWERS-Icehouse 6 9 3 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 7 6 3 PRETENDERS II-Pretenders 8 4 6 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 9 7 3 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes 10 18 2 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 11 8 31 VIENNA-Ultravox 12 12 40 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 13 - 1 PRESENT ARMS-UB40 14 15 7 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 15 11 6 STARS ON LONG PLAY-Stars On 45 16 13 2 TIME-Electric Light Orchestra 17 30 12 HARD PROMISES-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 18 17 24 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 19 16 14 JOURNEYS TO GLORY-Spandau Ballet 20 14 22 ARC OF A DIVER-Steve Winwood R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 13,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 TATTOO YOU-ROLLING STONES 2 1 3 CLIFF RICHARD 1958-1981-Cliff Richard 3 - 1 CLOSER-Joy Division 4 2 18 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 5 6 4 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 6 3 2 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 7 4 10 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 8 14 8 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 9 10 3 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 10 7 4 PRETENDERS II-Pretenders 11 9 4 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes 12 18 25 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 13 8 7 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 14 12 41 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 15 5 30 FLOWERS-Icehouse 16 11 32 VIENNA-Ultravox 17 16 3 TIME-Electric Light Orchestra 18 15 7 STARS ON LONG PLAY-Stars On 45 19 28 71 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 20 13 2 PRESENT ARMS-UB40 R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 20,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 TATTOO YOU-ROLLING STONES
2 - 1 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 3 4 19 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 4 5 5 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 5 2 4 CLIFF RICHARD 1958-1981-Cliff Richard 6 15 31 FLOWERS-Icehouse 7 9 4 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 8 8 9 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 9 14 42 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 10 3 2 CLOSER-Joy Division 11 12 26 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 12 27 2 STARS ON GOLD-Stars on Gold 13 7 11 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 14 11 5 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes 15 6 3 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 16 13 8 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 17 16 33 VIENNA-Ultravox 18 20 3 PRESENT ARMS-UB40 19 22 11 LOVERBOY-Loverboy 20 10 5 PRETENDERS II-Pretenders R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing September 27,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 JAZZERCISE-CAROL O'HALLORAN 2 1 3 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 3 8 10 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 4 2 2 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 5 4 6 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 6 - 1 NEW TRADITIONALISTS-Devo 7 3 20 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 8 22 13 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 9 11 27 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 10 15 4 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 11 24 5 TIME-Electric Light Orchestra 12 7 5 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 13 6 32 FLOWERS-Icehouse 14 19 12 LOVERBOY-Loverboy 15 28 2 SHOT OF LOVE-Bob Dylan 16 13 12 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 17 5 5 CLIFF RICHARD 1958-1981-Cliff Richard 18 16 9 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 19 9 43 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 20 21 2 CELEBRATE-Kool & The Gang R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 4,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 JAZZERCISE-CAROL O'HALLORAN
2 3 11 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 3 2 4 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 4 - 1 DEAD RINGER-Meat Loaf 5 4 3 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 6 7 21 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 7 6 2 NEW TRADITIONALISTS-Devo 8 5 7 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 9 9 28 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 10 10 5 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 11 19 44 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 12 11 6 TIME-Electric Light Orchestra 13 12 6 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 14 14 13 LOVERBOY-Loverboy 15 18 10 PIRATES-Rickie Lee Jones 16 8 14 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 17 15 3 SHOT OF LOVE-Bob Dylan 18 25 7 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes 19 16 13 MISTAKEN IDENTITY-Kim Carnes 20 - 1 COLOSSAL YOUTH-Young Marble Giants R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 11,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 JAZZERCISE-CAROL O'HALLORAN
2 4 2 DEAD RINGER-Meat Loaf 3 2 12 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 4 3 5 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 5 5 4 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 6 9 29 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 7 8 8 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 8 7 3 NEW TRADITIONALISTS-Devo 9 10 6 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 10 12 7 TIME-Electric Light Orchestra 11 - 1 WALK UNDER LADDERS-Joan Armatrading 12 6 22 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 13 13 7 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 14 14 14 LOVERBOY-Loverboy 15 11 45 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 16 22 33 FLOWERS-Icehouse 17 - 1 KOOKOO-Debbie Harry 18 16 15 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 19 30 3 BAD FOR GOOD-Jim Steinman 20 18 8 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 18,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 JAZZERCISE-CAROL O'HALLORAN
2 3 13 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 3 5 5 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 4 2 3 DEAD RINGER-Meat Loaf 5 4 6 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 6 8 4 NEW TRADITIONALISTS-Devo 7 11 2 WALK UNDER LADDERS-Joan Armatrading 8 6 30 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 9 7 9 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 10 13 8 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 11 9 7 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 12 14 15 LOVERBOY-Loverboy 13 10 8 TIME-Electric Light Orchestra 14 12 23 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 15 15 46 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 16 16 34 FLOWERS-Icehouse 17 17 2 KOOKOO-Debbie Harry 18 18 16 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 19 - 1 JOE JACKSON'S JUMPIN' JIVE-Joe Jackson 20 - 1 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing October 25,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 20 2 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 2 2 14 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 3 5 7 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 4 9 10 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 5 1 5 JAZZERCISE-Carol O'Halloran 6 3 6 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 7 11 8 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 8 7 3 WALK UNDER LADDERS-Joan Armatrading 9 4 4 DEAD RINGER-Meat Loaf 10 15 47 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 11 6 5 NEW TRADITIONALISTS-Devo 12 19 2 JOE JACKSON'S JUMPIN' JIVE-Joe Jackson 13 8 31 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 14 16 35 FLOWERS-Icehouse 15 14 24 STRAY CATS-Stray Cats 16 18 17 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 17 13 9 TIME-Electric Light Orchestra 18 10 9 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 19 48 2 MAYBE-Sharon O'Neill 20 22 10 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 1,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
2 22 2 PRACTICAL JOKERS-The Swingers 3 - 1 VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN-Elton John 4 10 48 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 5 - 1 RAGE IN EDEN-Ultravox 6 3 8 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 7 6 7 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 8 8 4 WALK UNDER LADDERS-Joan Armatrading 9 2 15 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 10 7 9 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 11 19 3 MAYBE-Sharon O'Neill 12 25 78 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 13 14 36 FLOWERS-Icehouse 14 4 11 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 15 16 18 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 16 9 5 DEAD RINGER-Meat Loaf 17 5 6 JAZZERCISE-Carol O'Halloran 18 11 6 NEW TRADITIONALISTS-Devo 19 20 11 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes 20 12 3 JOE JACKSON'S JUMPIN' JIVE-Joe Jackson R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 8,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 - 1 GREATEST HITS:REMASTERED-QUEEN 2 3 2 VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN-Elton John 3 1 4 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 4 5 2 RAGE IN EDEN-Ultravox 5 6 9 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 6 4 49 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 7 8 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 8 11 4 MAYBE-Sharon O'Neill 9 2 3 PRACTICAL JOKERS-The Swingers 10 15 19 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 11 16 6 DEAD RINGER-Meat Loaf 12 9 16 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 13 18 7 NEW TRADITIONALISTS-Devo 14 14 12 BAD HABITS-Billy Field 15 12 79 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 16 17 7 JAZZERCISE-Carol O'Halloran 17 21 33 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 18 13 37 FLOWERS-Icehouse 19 10 10 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 20 23 12 HEAVEN UP HERE-Echo & The Bunnymen R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 15,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 2 GREATEST HITS:REMASTERED-QUEEN
2 2 3 VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN-Elton John 3 3 5 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 4 - 1 RE-AC-TOR-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 5 - 1 TONIGHT I'M YOURS-Rod Stewart 6 6 50 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 7 8 5 MAYBE-Sharon O'Neill 8 5 10 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 9 4 3 RAGE IN EDEN-Ultravox 10 17 34 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 11 19 11 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 12 7 9 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 13 23 13 THIS OLE HOUSE-Shakin' Stevens 14 10 20 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 15 12 17 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 16 21 6 WALK UNDER LADDERS-Joan Armatrading 17 20 13 HEAVEN UP HERE-Echo & The Bunnymen 18 - 1 THE BEST OF AMERICA-America 19 15 80 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 20 22 5 JOE JACKSON'S JUMPIN' JIVE-Joe Jackson R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 22,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 GREATEST HITS:REMASTERED-QUEEN
2 2 4 VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN-Elton John 3 3 6 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 4 5 2 TONIGHT I'M YOURS-Rod Stewart 5 6 51 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 6 8 11 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 7 4 2 RE-AC-TOR-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 8 18 2 THE BEST OF AMERICA-America 9 14 21 LONG DISTANCE VOYAGER-The Moody Blues 10 9 4 RAGE IN EDEN-Ultravox 11 12 10 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 12 7 6 MAYBE-Sharon O'Neill 13 29 8 DEAD RINGER-Meat Loaf 14 13 14 THIS OLE HOUSE-Shakin' Stevens 15 15 18 LES MUSIQUES DE L'AMOUR-Richard Clayderman 16 11 12 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 17 10 35 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 18 19 81 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 19 - 1 GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION-George Benson 20 34 9 NEW TRADITIONALISTS-Devo R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing November 29,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 GREATEST HITS:REMASTERED-QUEEN
2 3 7 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 3 47 51 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 4 2 5 VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN-Elton John 5 5 52 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 6 6 12 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 7 47 60 THE WALL-Pink Floyd 8 4 3 TONIGHT I'M YOURS-Rod Stewart 9 39 97 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD-Elton John 10 - 1 DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCES-Marianne Faithfull 11 17 36 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 12 - 1 LIVING EYES-Bee Gees 13 11 11 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 14 7 3 RE-AC-TOR-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 15 19 2 GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION-George Benson 16 14 15 THIS OLE HOUSE-Shakin' Stevens 17 10 5 RAGE IN EDEN-Ultravox 18 31 2 PHYSICAL-Olivia Newton-John 19 21 40 FLOWERS-Icehouse 20 48 20 EAGLES LIVE-The Eagles R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 6,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 5 GREATEST HITS:REMASTERED-QUEEN
2 2 8 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 3 6 13 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 4 - 1 SIMON & GARFUNKEL COLLECTION-Simon & Garfunkel 5 - 1 GHOST IN THE MACHINE-The Police 6 15 3 GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION-George Benson 7 10 2 DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCES-Marianne Faithfull 8 4 6 VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN-Elton John 9 46 2 DURAN DURAN-Duran Duran 10 5 53 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 11 18 3 PHYSICAL-Olivia Newton-John 12 8 4 TONIGHT I'M YOURS-Rod Stewart 13 3 52 WAR OF THE WORLDS-Jeff Wayne 14 34 6 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes 15 11 37 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 16 42 5 20 GREATEST HITS-The Beach Boys 17 12 2 LIVING EYES-Bee Gees 18 33 6 GREATEST HITS-Joe Cocker 19 14 4 RE-AC-TOR-Neil Young And Crazy Horse 20 - 1 LAY DOWN BESIDE ME-Patsy Riggir R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 13,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 4 2 SIMON & GARFUNKEL COLLECTION-SIMON & GARFUNKEL 2 1 6 GREATEST HITS:REMASTERED-Queen 3 6 4 GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION-George Benson 4 2 9 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 5 3 14 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 6 5 2 GHOST IN THE MACHINE-The Police 7 10 54 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 8 11 4 PHYSICAL-Olivia Newton-John 9 7 3 DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCES-Marianne Faithfull 10 9 3 DURAN DURAN-Duran Duran 11 20 2 LAY DOWN BESIDE ME-Patsy Riggir 12 8 7 VERY BEST OF ELTON JOHN-Elton John 13 - 1 DISCIPLINE-King Crimson 14 22 84 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 15 23 13 PRECIOUS TIME-Pat Benatar 16 15 38 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 17 25 15 NIGHTCLUBBING-Grace Jones 18 39 10 WALK UNDER LADDERS-Joan Armatrading 19 - 1 DARE-The Human League 20 - 1 BEST OF BOWIE-David Bowie R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 20,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 3 SIMON & GARFUNKEL COLLECTION-SIMON & GARFUNKEL
2 4 10 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 3 2 7 GREATEST HITS:REMASTERED-Queen 4 3 5 GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION-George Benson 5 - 1 A COLLECTION OF GREAT DANCE SONGS-Pink Floyd 6 - 1 FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK-AC/DC 7 6 3 GHOST IN THE MACHINE-The Police 8 - 1 ONE DAY AT A TIME-Suzanne Prentice 9 5 15 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 10 35 2 MEMORIES-Barbra Streisand 11 22 2 ON THE WAY TO THE SKY-Neil Diamond 12 16 39 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 13 9 4 DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCES-Marianne Faithfull 14 14 85 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 15 10 4 DURAN DURAN-Duran Duran 16 8 5 PHYSICAL-Olivia Newton-John 17 11 3 LAY DOWN BESIDE ME-Patsy Riggir 18 24 18 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes 19 7 55 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 20 19 2 DARE-The Human League R.I.A.N.Z(New Zealand) Top Albums:Week Commencing December 27,1981 TW LW TI TITLE Artist 1 1 4 SIMON & GARFUNKEL COLLECTION-SIMON & GARFUNKEL
2 2 11 HOOKED ON CLASSICS-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 3 3 8 GREATEST HITS:REMASTERED-Queen 4 4 6 GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION-George Benson 5 5 2 A COLLECTION OF GREAT DANCE SONGS-Pink Floyd 6 6 2 FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK-AC/DC 7 7 4 GHOST IN THE MACHINE-The Police 8 8 2 ONE DAY AT A TIME-Suzanne Prentice 9 9 16 TATTOO YOU-Rolling Stones 10 10 3 MEMORIES-Barbra Streisand 11 11 3 ON THE WAY TO THE SKY-Neil Diamond 12 12 40 REVERIES-Richard Clayderman 13 13 5 DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCES-Marianne Faithfull 14 14 86 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-Gheorghe Zamfir 15 15 5 DURAN DURAN-Duran Duran 16 16 6 PHYSICAL-Olivia Newton-John 17 17 4 LAY DOWN BESIDE ME-Patsy Riggir 18 18 19 COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE-The Tubes 19 19 56 MAKING MOVIES-Dire Straits 20 20 3 DARE-The Human League