Good show Larry. 1981 is a year of transition still good albums but not as much as in the seventies. Good ratings. Keep these tier Lists coming!! Thank you!!!
Face Value is a great album. I also love October and Almost Blue which is the only Elvis Costello album I own. Some other great albums from 1981 are: Killers - Iron Maiden For Those About to Rock …- AC/DC Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne Mob Rules - Black Sabbath Heaven Up Here - Echo and the Bunnymen Juju - Siouxsie and the Banshees Point of Entry - Judas Priest Nightclubbing - Grace Jones Movement - New Order Music from the Elder - Kiss and one of my favourite Ringo albums - Stop and Smell the Roses
Hey Larry good show per usual. Moving Pictures and Abacab are in my top 15-20 albums of all-time...definite S tier imo. I too love Keep it Dark and Another Record for deep tracks off Abacab. 1981 has 50+ albums that are excellent quality rock n roll records. I was 12 in 1981 so it influenced me differently . I would have 10-20 releases in S tier. Webb in ATL
Here are my favorites from 1981: 1. Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry 2. Michael Schenker Group - 2nd album MSG 3. Rush - Moving Pictures 4. Aldo Nova - Debut 5. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules 6. Riot - Fire Down Under 7. April Wine - Nature of the Beast 8. Iron Maiden - Killers 9. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman 10. Triumph - Allied Forces 11. Judas Priest - Point of Entry 12. Van Halen - Fair Warning
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100% agree! MP is in my top 5 all-time records. Abacab in my top 20 all-time. Phil's drumming and his drum sound on it are absolutely phenomenal. Imo, MP is the best sounding (recorded/mixed/performed) record is history of rock. Webb in ATL
ELOs Time is considered their last great album. First one I bought. Funny 81 and 82 were the most albums I ever bought in a given period EVER.. I am 61. To me McCartney started in 1980 with McCartney ll beyond. Then I started from the beginning at McCartney. Same as ELO. And I love the TRANS, REACTOR, HAWKS and DOVES Neil Young times.
My second buying period came around 92. Beck, White Stripes, Collective Soul and Kate Bush. So 83-92 was my period of not buying new music but buying all that became before it in the 60-70s. But along the way Thomas Dolby was doing his greatness.
S tier for me: Rush Moving Pictures, King Crimson Discipline, Phil Collins Face Value, Genesis Abacab, Pat Metheny As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls, and DiMeola, McLaughlin, DeLuca Friday Night In San Francisco.
Heaven Up Here by Echo & The Bunnymen was my favourite album of 1981. Sleep No More by The Comsat Angels , Dreamtime by Tom Verlaine , Nightclubbiing by Grace Jones & Faith by The Cure rounded out my Top 5. All S Tier.
S tier albums from 1981 not listed worth checking out are Wild Gift-X(my AOTY) and Youth of America-Wipers. I might move Trust by EC up to S tier, I think his most underrated album. Flowers of Romance by Public Image LTD and Killers from Iron Maiden are A tier
Somewhere In England in C is fair. I kind of like the dullness of the title/cover, in a funny way. This whole video is invalid, though- there's no inclusion of Looking Back With Love by Mike Love, the greatest musician of our time!
BTW, I think it is better to use the RYM Popular feature (instead of Top feature) if you want to recap the list of albums for a year. Otherwise you just end up scrolling through a bunch of obscure albums that you dont recognise
The J.Geils band was short lived with me, when Freeze Frame came out that is when I lost interest, although the title song is good and I like it, and maybe a couple more on the album, but for the most part, not that good in my opinion. Full House to me is their best. 😎👍
I'm not a big fan of the 1981 list Larry,not that there aren't good albums here but I didn't buy any of them,I don't know what I was doing that year maybe sleeping or something. Bob
Not my favorite year for albums I believe the music scene was moving in the direction of dance club stuff it was more about that than great Rock albums. that idea lasted a long time
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Good show Larry. 1981 is a year of transition still good albums but not as much as in the seventies. Good ratings. Keep these tier Lists coming!! Thank you!!!
Larry, BOC Fire of Unknown Origin is my top album of all time. Great list!
There's "Tattoo You".....and then there's Everything Else......
Face Value is a great album. I also love October and Almost Blue which is the only Elvis Costello album I own. Some other great albums from 1981 are:
Killers - Iron Maiden
For Those About to Rock …- AC/DC
Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
Heaven Up Here - Echo and the Bunnymen
Juju - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Point of Entry - Judas Priest
Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
Movement - New Order
Music from the Elder - Kiss
and one of my favourite Ringo albums - Stop and Smell the Roses
Hey Larry good show per usual. Moving Pictures and Abacab are in my top 15-20 albums of all-time...definite S tier imo. I too love Keep it Dark and Another Record for deep tracks off Abacab. 1981 has 50+ albums that are excellent quality rock n roll records. I was 12 in 1981 so it influenced me differently . I would have 10-20 releases in S tier.
Webb in ATL
Here are my favorites from 1981:
1. Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
2. Michael Schenker Group - 2nd album MSG
3. Rush - Moving Pictures
4. Aldo Nova - Debut
5. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
6. Riot - Fire Down Under
7. April Wine - Nature of the Beast
8. Iron Maiden - Killers
9. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
10. Triumph - Allied Forces
11. Judas Priest - Point of Entry
12. Van Halen - Fair Warning
Face Value is really an excellent album. It's S tier for me.
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My favourite album from 1981 is Controversy by Prince 👍xx.
My fav from that year is 'Moving Pictures'.
I've got a secret: I was a guest on Bob and Doug's Great White North Album! Listen to the "You Are Our Guest" track
"Here's My Bloody Glasses"... lol... that struck me as funny when I first heard that...
Larry you had the ELO box set with all their albums from 71-86. So you had to hear “Time”. You probably would really like it.
I only listened to it once and don't remember it well.
In my opinion Rush's Moving Pictures is a masterpiece. Abacab I love the drum track on the title song. 😎👍
100% agree! MP is in my top 5 all-time records. Abacab in my top 20 all-time. Phil's drumming and his drum sound on it are absolutely phenomenal. Imo, MP is the best sounding (recorded/mixed/performed) record is history of rock.
Webb in ATL
ELOs Time is considered their last great album. First one I bought. Funny 81 and 82 were the most albums I ever bought in a given period EVER.. I am 61. To me McCartney started in 1980 with McCartney ll beyond. Then I started from the beginning at McCartney. Same as ELO. And I love the TRANS, REACTOR, HAWKS and DOVES Neil Young times.
My second buying period came around 92. Beck, White Stripes, Collective Soul and Kate Bush. So 83-92 was my period of not buying new music but buying all that became before it in the 60-70s. But along the way Thomas Dolby was doing his greatness.
S tier for me: Rush Moving Pictures, King Crimson Discipline, Phil Collins Face Value, Genesis Abacab, Pat Metheny As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls, and DiMeola, McLaughlin, DeLuca Friday Night In San Francisco.
I never know what yr music isfrom. So ...hr we go🐻❄️
Heaven Up Here by Echo & The Bunnymen was my favourite album of 1981. Sleep No More by The Comsat Angels , Dreamtime by Tom Verlaine , Nightclubbiing by Grace Jones & Faith by The Cure rounded out my Top 5. All S Tier.
I like your selection and your ranking. I have all three S tiers on CD. I would put the Stones Tattoo You in the S tier, also.
S tier albums from 1981 not listed worth checking out are Wild Gift-X(my AOTY) and Youth of America-Wipers. I might move Trust by EC up to S tier, I think his most underrated album. Flowers of Romance by Public Image LTD and Killers from Iron Maiden are A tier
Somewhere In England in C is fair. I kind of like the dullness of the title/cover, in a funny way. This whole video is invalid, though- there's no inclusion of Looking Back With Love by Mike Love, the greatest musician of our time!
BTW, I think it is better to use the RYM Popular feature (instead of Top feature) if you want to recap the list of albums for a year. Otherwise you just end up scrolling through a bunch of obscure albums that you dont recognise
I own all three S-Tier this time :D
I thought Slim Pickens was a actor, ha ha ha 😀
The J.Geils band was short lived with me, when Freeze Frame came out that is when I lost interest, although the title song is good and I like it, and maybe a couple more on the album, but for the most part, not that good in my opinion. Full House to me is their best. 😎👍
I'm not a big fan of the 1981 list Larry,not that there aren't good albums here but I didn't buy any of them,I don't know what I was doing that year maybe sleeping or something. Bob
Ultimate Classic Rock has a list of the "worst Beatles solo albums" which I think is calling for a Canadian Studmuffin video review. ;)
That sounds interesting! I'll check it out.
@@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin The "25 worst" to be more accurate. Ha.
😊
Not my favorite year for albums I believe the music scene was moving in the direction of dance club stuff it was more about that than great Rock albums. that idea lasted a long time