My favourite albums from 1981

1. 30

   Breaker

   Accept

   

   

   Heavy metal

   Tracks:

   1. Starlight
   2. Breaker ●
   3. Run If You Can
   4. Can't Stand the Night
   5. Son of a Bitch
   6. Burning
   7. Feelings
   8. Midnight Highway
   9. Breaking up Again
   10. Down and Out

2. 29

   Juju

   Siouxsie and the Banshees

   

   

   Post-punk | Gothic rock | Art rock

   Tracks:

   1. Spellbound
   2. Into the Light
   3. Arabian Knights
   4. Halloween
   5. Monitor ●
   6. Night Shift
   7. Sin in My Heart
   8. Head Cut
   9. Voodoo Dolly

3. 28

   Hard Promises

   Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

   

   

   Roots rock

   Tracks:

   1. The Waiting ●
   2. A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)
   3. Nightwatchman
   4. Something Big
   5. Kings Road
   6. Letting You Go
   7. A Thing About You
   8. Insider
   9. The Criminal Kid
   10. You Can Still Change Your Mind

4. 27

   Paradise Theatre

   Styx

   

   

   Progressive rock | AOR

   Tracks:

   1. A.D. 1928
   2. Rockin' the Paradise
   3. Too Much Time on My Hands
   4. Nothing Ever Goes as Planned
   5. The Best of Times ●
   6. Lonely People
   7. She Cares
   8. Snowblind
   9. Half-Penny, Two-Penny
   10. A.D. 1958
   11. State Street Sadie

5. 26

   Rock Until You Drop

   Raven

   

   

   Heavy metal

   Tracks:

   1. Hard Ride
   2. Hell Patrol ●
   3. Don't Need Your Money
   4. Over the Top
   5. 39-40
   6. For the Future
   7. Rock Until You Drop
   8. Npbody's Hero
   9. Hellraiser / Action
   10. Lambs to the Slaughter
   11. Tyrant of the Airways

6. 25

   Time Tells No Lies

   Praying Mantis

   

   

   Heavy metal

   Tracks:

   1. Cheated
   2. All Day and All of the Night
   3. Running for Tomorrow
   4. Rich City Kids
   5. Lovers to the Grave
   6. Panic in the Streets
   7. Beads of Ebony
   8. Flirting with Suicide
   9. Children of the Earth ●

7. 24

   Fair Warning

   Van Halen

   

   

   Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. Mean Street ●
   2. Dirty Movies
   3. Sinner's Swing!
   4. Hear About It Later
   5. Unchained
   6. Push Comes to Shove
   7. So This Is Love?
   8. Sunday Afternoon in the Park
   9. One Foor out the Door

8. 23

   Point of Entry

   Judas Priest

   

   

   Heavy metal

   Tracks:

   1. Heading out to the Highway
   2. Don't Go
   3. Hot Rockin' ●
   4. Turning Circles
   5. Desert Plains
   6. Solar Angels
   7. You Say Yes
   8. All the Way
   9. Troubleshooter
   10. On the Run

9. 22

   Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks

   Hanoi Rocks

   

   

   Glam metal | Glam punk

   Tracks:

   1. Tragedy
   2. Village Girl ●
   3. Stop Cryin'
   4. Don't Never Leave Me
   5. Lost in the City
   6. First Timer
   7. Cheyenne
   8. 11th Street Kids
   9. Walking with My Angel
   10. Pretender

10. 21

    Fire Down Under

    Riot

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Swords and Tequila
    2. Fire Down Under
    3. Feel the Same
    4. Outlaw
    5. Don't Brign Me Down
    6. Don't Hold Back
    7. Altar of the King
    8. No Lies
    9. Run for Your Life ●
    10. Flashbacks

11. 20

    The Evil One

    Roky Erickson & the Aliens

    

    

    Psychedelic rock | Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Two-Headed Dog ●
    2. I Think of Demons
    3. I Walked with a Zombie
    4. Don't Shake Me Lucifer
    5. Night of the Vampire
    6. White Faces
    7. Cold Night for Alligators
    8. Creature with the Atom Brain
    9. Mine Mine Mind
    10. Stand for the Fire Demon

12. 19

    Difficult to Cure

    Rainbow

    

    

    Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. I Surrender
    2. Spotlight Kid
    3. No Release
    4. Magic
    5. Vielleicht Das Nächste Mal
    6. Can't Happen Here ●
    7. Freedom Fighter
    8. Midtown Tunnel Vision
    9. Difficult to Cure (Beethoven's Ninth)

13. 18

    Eros

    Dün

    

    

    Zeuhl | Avant-garde rock | Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. L'épice
    2. Arrakis ●
    3. Bitonio
    4. Eros

14. 17

    Damaged

    Black Flag

    

    

    Hardcore punk

    Tracks:

    1. Rise Above
    2. Spray Paint
    3. Six Pack ●
    4. What I See
    5. TV Party
    6. Thirsty and Miserable
    7. Polcie Story
    8. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
    9. Depression
    10. Room 13
    11. Damaged II
    12. No More
    13. Padded Cell
    14. Life of Pain
    15. Damaged I

15. 16

    Frost and Fire

    Cirith Ungol

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Frost and Fire ●
    2. I'm Alive
    3. A Little Fire
    4. What Does It Take
    5. Edge of a Knife
    6. Better off Dead
    7. Maybe That's Why

16. 15

    Spellbound

    Tygers of Pan Tang

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Gangland
    2. Take It
    3. Minotaur
    4. Hellbound ●
    5. Mirror
    6. Silver and Gold
    7. The Story So Far
    8. Don't Stop by

17. 14

    Planets

    Eloy

    

    

    Space rock | Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. Introduction
    2. On the Verge of Darkening Lights ●
    3. Point of No Return
    4. Mysterious Monolith
    5. Queen of the Night
    6. At the Gates of Dawn
    7. Sphinx
    8. Carried by Cosmic Winds

18. 13

    Welcome to Hell

    Venom

    

    

    Heavy metal | Black metal

    Tracks:

    1. Sons of Satan
    2. Welcome to Hell
    3. Schizoid
    4. Mayhem with Mercy
    5. Poison
    6. Live Like an Angel (Die Like a Devil)
    7. Witching Hour
    8. One Thousand Days in Sodom
    9. Angel Dust
    10. In League with Satan ●
    11. Red Light Fever

19. 12

    Too Fast for Love

    Mötley Crüe

    

    

    Heavy metal, glam metal

    Tracks:

    1. Live Wire ●
    2. Come on and Dance
    3. Public Enemy #1
    4. Merry-Go-Round
    5. Take Me to the Top
    6. Piece of Your Action
    7. Starry Eyes
    8. Too Fast for Love
    9. On with the Show

20. 11

    Hit and Run

    Girlschool

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. C'mon Let's Go
    2. The Hunter
    3. (I'm Your Victim)
    4. Kick It Down
    5. Following the Crows
    6. Tush
    7. Hit and Run ●
    8. Watch Your Sleep
    9. Back to Start
    10. Yeah Right
    11. Future Flash

21. 10

    Marauder

    Blackfoot

    

    

    Hard rock | Southern rock

    Tracks:

    1. Good Morning ●
    2. Payin' for It
    3. Diary of a Workingman
    4. Too Hard to Handle
    5. Fly Away
    6. Dry Country
    7. Fire of the Dragon
    8. Rattlesnake Rock'n'Roller
    9. Searchin'

22. 9

    For Those About to Rock

    AC/DC

    

    

    Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. For Those About to Rock (We Saulte You) ●
    2. Put the Finger on You
    3. Let's Get It up
    4. Inject the Venom
    5. Snowballed
    6. Evil Walks
    7. C.O.D.
    8. Breaking the Rules
    9. Night of the Long Knives
    10. Spellbound

23. 8

    Discipline

    King Crimson

    

    

    Progressive rock | Art rock

    Tracks:

    1. Elephant Talk
    2. Frame by Frame
    3. Matte Kudasai ●
    4. Indiscipline
    5. Thela Hun Ginjeet
    6. The Sheltering Sky
    7. Discipline

24. 7

    Bella Donna

    Stevie Nicks

    

    

    Pop rock

    Tracks:

    1. Bella Donna
    2. Kind of Woman
    3. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
    4. Think About It
    5. After the Glitter Fades
    6. Edge of Seventeen ●
    7. How Still My Love
    8. Leather and Lace
    9. Outside the Rain
    10. The Highwayman

25. 6

    Diary of a Madman

    Ozzy Osbourne

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Over the Mountains
    2. Flying High Again
    3. You Can't Kill Rock and Roll
    4. Believer
    5. Little Dolls
    6. Tonight
    7. S.A.T.O.
    8. Diary of a Madman ●

26. 5

    Moving Pictures

    Rush

    

    

    Progressive metal | hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Tom Sawyer ●
    2. Red Barchetta
    3. YYZ
    4. Limelight
    5. The Camera Eye
    6. Witch Hunt
    7. Vital Signs

27. 4

    Fire of Unknown Origin

    Blue Öyster Cult

    

    

    Hard rock | heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Fire of Unknown Origin
    2. Burnin' for You
    3. Veteran of the Psychic Wars
    4. Sole Survivor
    5. Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver
    6. Vengeance (The Pact)
    7. After Dark
    8. Joan Crawford ●
    9. Don't Turn Your Back

28. 3

    Sözüm Meclisten Dışarı

    Barış Manço

    

    

    Anatolian rock | Pop rock

    Tracks:

    1. Ademoğlu Kızgın Fırın, Havva Kızı Mercimek
    2. Ali Yazar Veli Bozar
    3. Arkadaşım Eşşek
    4. 2025 (Üçüncü Yolculuk)
    5. Bahçede Hanımeli
    6. Gülpembe ●
    7. Hamburger
    8. Alla Beni Pulla Beni
    9. Şehrazat
    10. Dönence
    11. Cacık
    12. Hal Hal
    13. Ce Sera le Temps

29. 2

    Mob Rules

    Black Sabbath

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Turn up the Night
    2. Voodoo
    3. The Sign of the Southern Cross
    4. E5150
    5. The Mob Rules
    6. Country Girl
    7. Slipping Away
    8. Falling off the Edge of the World ●
    9. Over and Over

30. 1

    Killers

    Iron Maiden

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. The Ides of March
    2. Wrathchild
    3. Murders in the Rue Morgue
    4. Another Life
    5. Genghis Khan
    6. Innocent Exile
    7. Killers
    8. Prodigal Son
    9. Purgatory ●
    10. Drifter