RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE'S (USA) (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1981
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No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 ESCAPE-JOURNEY-SEPTEMBER 2318 2 4-FOREIGNER-December 2312 3 HI INFIDELITY-REO SPEEDWAGON-March 2154 4 CRIMES OF PASSION-PAT BENATAR-January 1642 5 BACK IN BLACK-AC/DC-January 1634 6 PARADISE THEATER-STYX-May 1546 7 TATTOO YOU-ROLLING STONES-October 1420 8 DOUBLE FANTASY-John Lennon-January 1384 9 GHOST IN THE MACHINE-Police-December 1338 10 THE JAZZ SINGER-Neil Diamond-February 1272 11 Bella Donna-Stevie Nicks-September 1248 12 Moving Pictures-Rush-April 1022 13 Long Distance Voyager-Moody Blues-July 916 14 Street Songs-Rick James-July 898 15 Precious Time-Pat Benatar-August 874 16 Zenyatta Mondatta-Police-February 786 17 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap-AC/DC-June 774 18 The Innocent Age-Dan Fogelberg-October 690 19 Raise-Earth,Wind & Fire-December 626 20 Arc Of The Diver-Steve Winwood-May 606 21 Don't Say No-Billy Squire-September 600 22 Nine Tonight-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-October 588 23 Mistaken Identity-Kim Carnes-July 566 24 Hard Promises-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-June 552 25 Gaucho-Steely Dan-January 544 26 Autoamerican-Blondie-March 538 27 Face Dances-Who-May 464 28 Winelight-Grover Washington,Jr.-May 444 29 Endless Love Soundtrack-September 394 30 Fair Warning-Van Halen-June 378 31 Shake It Up-Cars-December 364 32 Share Your Love-Kenny Rogers-July 346 33 Exit...Stage Left-Rush-December 326 34 On The Way To The Sky-Neil Diamond-December 326 35 Pirates-Rickie Lee Jones-September 324 36 The One That You Love-Air Supply-August 322 37 Something Special-Kool & Gang-November 280 38 Breakin' Away-Al Jarreau-October 280 39 Abacab-Genesis-November 256 40 Songs In The Attic-Billy Joel-November 254 41 Heavy Metal Soundtrack-October 244 42 Stars On Long Play-Stars On Long Play-July 240 43 Zebop-Santana-June 236 44 Celebrate-Kool & The Gang-March 224 45 What Cha' Gonna Do For Me-Chaka Khan-May 196 46 Captured-Journey-March 190 47 The Dude-Quincy Jones-June 174 48 Greatest Hits (Live)-Heart-January 172 49 Fancy Free-Oak Ridge Boys-August 166 50 Barry-Barry Manilow-January 160 51 Time-Electric Light Orchestra-September 158 52 Another Ticket-Eric Clapton-May 158 53 Working Class Dog-Rick Springfield-September 142 54 Foolish Behaviour-Rod Stewart-January 136 55 Being With You-Smokey Robinson-May 130 56 Somewhere In England-George Harrison-July 118 57 Never Too Much-Luther Vandross-November 112 58 Pretenders II-Pretenders-September 108 59 Queen's Greatest Hits-Queen-December 106 60 If I Should Love Again-Barry Manilow-November 106 61 Face Value-Phil Collins-July 68 62 Dad Loves His Work-James Taylor-May 68 63 The Two Of Us-Yarbrough & Peoples-March 68 64 The Turn Of A Friendly Card-Alan Parsons Project-February 34