My favourite albums from 1981

1. 31

   Heroes, Saints & Fools

   Saracen

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Crusader
   2. Rock of Ages ●
   3. No More Lonely Nights
   4. Horsemen of the Apocalypse
   5. Heroes, Saints & Fools
   6. Dolphin Ride
   7. Ready to Fly

   Genres

   • Heavy metal
   • Hard rock

2. 30

   Breaker

   Accept

   
   

   Tracklist

   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

   Genres

   • Heavy metal

3. 29

   Juju

   Siouxsie and the Banshees

   
   

   Tracklist

   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

   Genres

   • Post-punk
   • Gothic rock
   • Art rock

4. 28

   Hard Promises

   Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

   
   

   Tracklist

   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

   Genres

   • Roots rock

5. 27

   Paradise Theatre

   Styx

   
   

   Tracklist

   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

   Genres

   • Progressive rock
   • AOR

6. 26

   Rock Until You Drop

   Raven

   
   

   Tracklist

   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

   Genres

   • Heavy metal

7. 25

   Time Tells No Lies

   Praying Mantis

   
   

   Tracklist

   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 ●

   Genres

   • Heavy metal

8. 24

   Fair Warning

   Van Halen

   
   

   Tracklist

   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

   Genres

   • Hard rock

9. 23

   Point of Entry

   Judas Priest

   
   

   Tracklist

   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

   Genres

   • Heavy metal

10. 22

    Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks

    Hanoi Rocks

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Glam metal
    • Glam punk

11. 21

    Fire Down Under

    Riot

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

12. 20

    The Evil One

    Roky Erickson & the Aliens

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Psychedelic rock
    • Hard rock

13. 19

    Difficult to Cure

    Rainbow

    
    

    Tracklist

    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)

    Genres

    • Hard rock

14. 18

    Eros

    Dün

    
    

    Tracklist

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

    Genres

    • Zeuhl
    • Avant-garde rock
    • Progressive rock

15. 17

    Damaged

    Black Flag

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Hardcore punk

16. 16

    Frost and Fire

    Cirith Ungol

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

17. 15

    Spellbound

    Tygers of Pan Tang

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

18. 14

    Planets

    Eloy

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Space rock
    • Progressive rock

19. 13

    Welcome to Hell

    Venom

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Heavy metal
    • Black metal

20. 12

    Too Fast for Love

    Mötley Crüe

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Heavy metal, glam metal

21. 11

    Hit and Run

    Girlschool

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

22. 10

    Marauder

    Blackfoot

    
    

    Tracklist

    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'

    Genres

    • Hard rock
    • Southern rock

23. 9

    For Those About to Rock

    AC/DC

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Hard rock

24. 8

    Discipline

    King Crimson

    
    

    Tracklist

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

    Genres

    • Progressive rock
    • Art rock

25. 7

    Bella Donna

    Stevie Nicks

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Pop rock

26. 6

    Diary of a Madman

    Ozzy Osbourne

    
    

    Tracklist

    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 ●

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

27. 5

    Moving Pictures

    Rush

    
    

    Tracklist

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

    Genres

    • Progressive metal
    • hard rock

28. 4

    Fire of Unknown Origin

    Blue Öyster Cult

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Hard rock
    • heavy metal

29. 3

    Sözüm Meclisten Dışarı

    Barış Manço

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Anatolian rock
    • Pop rock

30. 2

    Mob Rules

    Black Sabbath

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

31. 1

    Killers

    Iron Maiden

    
    

    Tracklist

    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

    Genres

    • Heavy metal