RADIO AND RECORDS (USA) MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ROCK (AOR) ALBUMS OF 1981
Pos.-Title-Artist-Peak Month 1 4-FOREIGNER-AUGUST 1660 2 TATTOO YOU-ROLLING STONES-October 1544 3 GHOST IN THE MACHINE-POLICE-November 1260 4 HI INFIDELITY-REO SPEEDWAGON-April 1202 5 ESCAPE-JOURNEY-August 1194 6 ABACAB-GENESIS-December 1146 7 BELLA DONNA-STEVIE NICKS-September 986 8 QUARTERFLASH-Quarterflash-December 970 9 HARD PROMISES-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-June 962 10 PARADISE THEATER-Styx-March 962 11 Arc Of The Diver-Steve Winwood-March 884 12 Face Value-Phil Collins-May 880 13 Double Fantasy-John Lennon-January 870 14 Face Dances-Who-May 850 15 Don't Say No-Billy Squire-July 844 16 Long Distance Voyager-Moody Blues-July 820 17 Gaucho-Steely Dan-January 722 18 Precious Time-Pat Benatar-August 704 19 Zebop!-Santana-June 694 20 Moving Pictures-Rush-April 680 21 There Goes The Neighborhood-Joe Walsh-July 664 22 Diary Of A Madman-Ozzy Osbourne-December 628 23 Allied Forces-Triumph-October 606 24 Nature Of The Beast-April Wine-March 580 25 Wild-Eyed Southern Boys-.38 Special-March 566 26 Modern Times-Jefferson Starship-May 558 27 Ghost Riders-Outlaws-February 548 28 Heavy Metal Soundtrack-August 540 29 Fair Warning-Van Halen-June 526 30 Fire Of Unknown-Blue Oyster Cult-September 518 31 Give The People What They Want-Kinks-October 496 32 Another Ticket-Eric Clapton-April 496 33 El Loco-ZZ Top-September 446 34 Rockihnroll-Greg Kihn Band-July 438 35 Captured-Journey-March 438 36 Nine Tonight-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-October 434 37 The Innocent Age-Dan Fogelberg-October 382 38 The C.B. Principle-Tubes-December 370 39 As Far As Siam-Red Rider-October 322 40 Loverboy-Loverboy-March 318 41 Somewhere In England-George Harrison-June 310 42 Chance-Manfred Mann's Earth Band-March 306 43 Breaking All The Rules-Peter Frampton-July 304 44 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap-AC/DC-May 300 45 Marauder-Blackfoot-July 298 46 Dedication-Gary U.S. Bonds-May 238 47 Tonight I'm Yours-Rod Stewart-December 224 48 Fleetwood Mac Live-Fleetwood Mac-January 218 49 Brothers Of The Road-Allman Brothers Band-September 204 50 Time Exposure-Little River Band-October 198 51 Time-ELO-September 194 52 Kampuchea-Various Artists-April 192 53 North Coast-Michael Stanley Band-August 180 54 The Skill-The Sherbs-March 152 55 Escape Artist-Garland Jeffreys-March 148 56 Quinella-Atlanta Rhythm Section-October 144 57 Take No Prisoners-Molly Hatchet-December 142 58 Girls To Chat & Boys To Bounce-Foghat-August 142 59 Blizzard Of Oz-Ozzy Osbourne-June 142 60 B.L.T.-Robin Trower-April 110 61 Circle Of Love-Steve Miller Band-November 106 62 Back On The Streets-Donnie Iris-January 72 63 This Is The Way-Rossington Collins Band-October 70 64 Difficult To Cure-Rainbow-April 68 65 Made In America-Blues Brothers-January 68 66 Mistaken Identity-Kim Carnes-June 40 67 Exit...Stage Left-Rush-December 36 68 Danny Joe Brown Band-Danny Joe Brown-July 36 69 Eastside Story-Squeeze-July 34 70 The Right Place-Gary Wright-July 34