McQ's Favorite Albums Of 1981

Highest Recommends

None

Strong Recommends

1. Wild Gift - X

Solid Recommends

2. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno / David Byrne
3. East Side Story - Squeeze
4. Escape - Journey

Mild Recommends

5. Ghost In The Machine - The Police
6. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones
7. October - U2
8. Red - Black Uhuru

1981 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Assess In Full

Album Generic Flipper - Flipper
Alles Ist Gut - Deutsh Amerikanishe Feundshft
Architecture & Morality - Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark
Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Gos
Computerwelt - Kraftwerk
Controversy - Prince
Coup De Grace - Mink De Ville
Damaged - Black Flag
Dare! - The Human League
Deceit - This Heat
Discipline - King Crimson
Dreamtime - Tom Verlaine
Face Value - Phil Collins
Faith - The Cure
Fire Of Love - The Gun Club
Flyo On The Bayou - The Neville Brothers
Fourth Drawer Down - The Associates
Heaven Up Here - Echo And The Bunnymen
Juju - Souixsie And The Banshees
Kollaps - Einsturzende Neubauten
Minor Threat EP
Movement - New Order
Moving Pictures - Rush
Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith - Motorhead
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - Soft Cell
Odyshape - The Raincoats
Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven
Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones
Playing With A Different Sex - Au Pairs
Psychedelic Jungle - The Cramps
Prayers On Fire - The Birthday Party
Red Mecca - Cabaret Voltaire
Roman Gods - Fleshtones
Rue De Siam - Marquis De Sade
Solid Gold - Gang Of Four
Signals, Calls, And Marches EP - Mission Of Burma
Speak And Spell - Depeche Mode
Stands For Decibels - The dBs
Street Songs - Rick James
Stray Cats
Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs
The Ascension - Glen Branca
The Blasters
The Lounge Lizards
Tin Drum - Japan
Trio
Trust - Elvis Costello
Youth Of America - Wipers
...And Don't The Kids Just Love It - Television Personalities