Editing 1981 in music (section)

==Albums released==

===January===
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!Day
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!Artist
!Notes
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |12
| ''[[The Nature of the Beast (album)|The Nature of the Beast]]'' || [[April Wine]] ||<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r807|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Nature of the Beast'' overview at AllMusic|accessdate=2010-05-27|publisher=AllMusic.com}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[In Our Lifetime (Marvin Gaye album)|In Our Lifetime]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stands for Decibels]]'' || [[The dB's]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|16
|''[[Paradise Theatre (album)|Paradise Theatre]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=BPI certifications for Styx}}</ref> 
|-
| ''[[The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Radioland (album)|Radioland]]'' || [[Nicolette Larson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Take My Time]]'' || [[Sheena Easton]] ||<ref>{{cite magazine|date=17 January 1981|title=News|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1981/Music-Week-1981-01-17.pdf|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=2|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Kiss Me Deadly (album)|Kiss Me Deadly]]'' || [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trust (Elvis Costello album)|Trust]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] [[The Attractions|and the Attractions]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[Healing (Todd Rundgren album)|Healing]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to the Wrecking Ball!]]'' || [[Grace Slick]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Captured (Journey album)|Captured]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;" |?
| ''[[Turn Back (Toto album)|Turn Back]]'' || [[Toto (band)|Toto]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mondo Bongo]]'' || [[The Boomtown Rats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[...And Don't the Kids Just Love It]]'' || [[Television Personalities]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Evangeline (Emmylou Harris album)|Evangeline]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Frost and Fire (album)|Frost and Fire]]'' || [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] ||-
|-
|[[Playing to Win (Rick Nelson album)|Playing to Win]]
|[[Ricky Nelson|Rick Nelson]]
|
|-
| ''[[There Must Be a Better World Somewhere]]'' || [[B. B. King]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To the Bone (Kris Kristofferson album)|To the Bone]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] ||-
|-
|}

===February===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Urban Chipmunk]]'' || [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[The Fool Circle]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Difficult to Cure]]'' || [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] ||<ref>{{cite magazine|date=17 January 1981|title=News|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/81/Record-Mirror-1981-01-17-OCR.pdf|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=2|access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Moving Pictures (Rush album)|Moving Pictures]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[Face Value (album)|Face Value]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] || solo debut
|-
| ''[[St. Valentine's Day Massacre (EP)|St. Valentine's Day Massacre]]'' || [[Motörhead|Motör]] [[Headgirl]] [[Girlschool|School]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Fire Down Under]]'' || [[Riot (band)|Riot]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Killers (Iron Maiden album)|Killers]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/3625-1438-2|title=Killers certification}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Being with You (album)|Being with You]]'' || [[Smokey Robinson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Love Again (Diana Ross album)|To Love Again]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] || Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Another Ticket]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Point of Entry]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Working Class Dog]]'' || [[Rick Springfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Another One Rides the Bus (EP)|Another One Rides the Bus]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks]]'' || [[Hanoi Rocks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Atomkraft? Nein, Danke!]]'' || [[Earthstar (band)|Earthstar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Coconut Telegraph]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feels So Right]]'' || [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]] ||-
|-
| ''[[From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....]]'' || [[Landscape (band)|Landscape]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Higher Plane (album)|Higher Plane]]'' || [[Al Green]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Juice (Juice Newton album)|Juice]]'' || [[Juice Newton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (album)|My Life in the Bush of Ghosts]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] – [[David Byrne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seven Year Ache]]'' || [[Rosanne Cash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stray Cats (album)|Stray Cats]]'' || [[Stray Cats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The League of Gentlemen (album)|The League of Gentlemen]]'' || [[Robert Fripp]] and [[League of Gentlemen (band)|The League of Gentlemen]] ||-
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| ''[[Wild-Eyed Southern Boys]]'' || [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]] ||-
|}

===March===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Intensities in 10 Cities]]'' ||  [[Ted Nugent]] || Live<ref name="RS #339">{{cite magazine|last1=Henke |first1=James |date=March 19, 1981 |title=Ted Nugent Gets Intense |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=339 |pages=50 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Journeys to Glory]]'' || [[Spandau Ballet]]||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[There Goes the Neighborhood (album)|There Goes the Neighborhood]]'' || [[Joe Walsh]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[Never Too Late (Status Quo album)|Never Too Late]]''  || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We'll Bring the House Down]]'' || [[Slade]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Breaker (Accept album)|Breaker]]'' || [[Accept (band)|Accept]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Face Dances]]'' || [[The Who]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Time Tells No Lies]]'' || [[Praying Mantis (band)|Praying Mantis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Fancy Free (The Oak Ridge Boys album)|Fancy Free]]'' || [[The Oak Ridge Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Dude (Quincy Jones album)|The Dude]]'' || [[Quincy Jones]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Carl Wilson (album)|Carl Wilson]]'' || [[Carl Wilson]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Extended Play (Pretenders EP)|Extended Play]]'' || [[The Pretenders]] || EP
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[Music for Stowaways]]'' || [[British Electric Foundation]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="19" style="text-align:center;" |?
| ''[[Chariots of Fire (album)|Chariots of Fire]]'' || [[Vangelis]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Dad Loves His Work]]'' || [[James Taylor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Directions (Miles Davis album)|Directions]]'' || [[Miles Davis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sucking in the Seventies]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Franke & The Knockouts'' || [[Franke and the Knockouts|Franke & The Knockouts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Grand Slam (Isley Brothers album)|Grand Slam]]'' || [[The Isley Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hardware (Krokus album)|Hardware]]'' || [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Honi Soit (album)|Honi Soit]]'' || [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Play Album]] aka Stars on Long Play''  || [[Stars on 45]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Magnets (album)|Magnets]]'' || [[The Vapors]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nightwalker (Gino Vannelli album)|Nightwalker]]''  || [[Gino Vannelli]] ||-
|-
| ''No Fun After Midnight''  || [[A II Z]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Party 'Til You're Broke]]'' || [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock Away]]'' || [[Phoebe Snow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Short Note (album)|Short Note]]'' || [[Matt Finish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Solid Gold (album)|Solid Gold]]''  || [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Willie Nelson album)|Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]'' ||  [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waiata (album)|Waiata]]'' || [[Split Enz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Lace & Black Leather]]''  || [[Helix (band)|Helix]] ||-
|}

===April===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[Reckoning (Grateful Dead album)|Reckoning]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Rock Steady with Flo & Eddie]]'' || [[Flo & Eddie]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Modern Times (Jefferson Starship album)|Modern Times]]'' || [[Jefferson Starship]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Come an' Get It]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The DeBarges]]'' || [[DeBarge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fun in Space]]'' || [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prayers on Fire]]'' || [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Completion Backward Principle]]'' || [[The Tubes]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Street Songs (album)|Street Songs]]'' || [[Rick James]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Faith (The Cure album)|Faith]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Flowers of Romance (album)|The Flowers of Romance]]'' || [[Public Image Ltd.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spellbound (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Spellbound]]'' || [[Tygers of Pan Tang]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Tygers+Of+Pan+Tang&titel=Spellbound&cat=a|title=Tygers of Pan Tang albums}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[A Woman Needs Love]]'' || [[Raydio]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[Don't Say No (Billy Squier album)|Don't Say No]]'' || [[Billy Squier]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Of Skins and Heart]]'' || [[The Church (band)|The Church]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[The Electric Spanking of War Babies]]'' || [[Funkadelic]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[What Cha' Gonna Do for Me]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Future Shock (Gillan album)|Future Shock]]'' || [[Gillan (band)|Gillan]] || <ref>{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 | edition = 2nd | publisher = Wymer Publishing | year = 2018 | pages = 49 | isbn = 978-1-908724-87-8}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Go for It (Stiff Little Fingers album)|Go for It]]'' || [[Stiff Little Fingers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Hit and Run (Girlschool album)|Hit and Run]]'' || [[Girlschool]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Twangin...]]'' || [[Dave Edmunds]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Where Do You Go When You Dream]]'' || [[Anne Murray]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Slates (EP)|Slates]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Fair Warning (Van Halen album)|Fair Warning]]'' || [[Van Halen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Zebop!]]'' || [[Santana (band)|Santana]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|?
|-
| ''[[Bad for Good]]'' || [[Jim Steinman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dedication (Gary U.S. Bonds album)|Dedication]]'' || [[Gary U.S. Bonds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[El Rayo-X]]'' || [[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]] ||-
|-
| ''Goddo Live: Best Seat in the House'' || [[Goddo]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mistaken Identity (Kim Carnes album)|Mistaken Identity]]'' || [[Kim Carnes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Nightcomers (Holocaust album)|The Nightcomers]]'' || [[Holocaust (band)|Holocaust]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Punks Not Dead]]'' || [[The Exploited]] ||-
|}

===May===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports]]'' || [[Nick Mason|Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinkfloyd.com/history/timeline_1981.php|title=Pink Floyd official site}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Hard Promises]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Shock Tactics]]'' || [[Samson (band)|Samson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The One That You Love (album)|The One That You Love]]'' || [[Air Supply]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|11
|''[[Computer World]]'' || [[Kraftwerk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Balin (album)|Balin]]'' || [[Marty Balin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nightclubbing (Grace Jones album)|Nightclubbing]]'' || [[Grace Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Breaking All the Rules (Peter Frampton album)|Breaking All the Rules]]'' || [[Peter Frampton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Must Be Magic]]'' || [[Teena Marie]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[East Side Story (Squeeze album)|East Side Story]]'' || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Distance Voyager]]'' || [[The Moody Blues]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Talk Talk Talk]]'' || [[The Psychedelic Furs]] ||<ref>{{cite magazine|date=16 May 1981|title=New Albums|url=|magazine=[[Music Week]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Knights of the Sound Table]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Magnetic Fields (album)|Magnetic Fields]]'' || [[Jean-Michel Jarre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fox (Elton John album)|The Fox]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Anthem (Toyah album)|Anthem]]'' || [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Hard 'n' Heavy]]'' || [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Heaven Up Here]]'' || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Concert (Amy Grant album)|In Concert]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Present Arms (album)|Present Arms]]'' || [[UB40]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;" |?
| ''[[Tinsel Town Rebellion]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls]]'' || [[Pat Metheny]] and [[Lyle Mays]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Beyond the Valley of 1984]]'' || [[The Plasmatics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dedicated to Peter Kürten]]'' || [[Whitehouse (band)|Whitehouse]] ||-
|-
| ''Look Out!'' || [[20/20 (band)|20/20]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mecca for Moderns]]'' || [[The Manhattan Transfer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Positive Touch]]'' || [[The Undertones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Quasimodo's Dream]]'' || [[The Reels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red (Black Uhuru album)|Red]]'' || [[Black Uhuru]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sondra (album)|Sondra]]'' || [[The Sports]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wild Gift]]'' || [[X (American band)|X]] ||-
|}

===June===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[The Baron (album)|The Baron]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Somewhere in England]]'' || [[George Harrison]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Season of Glass (album)|Season of Glass]]'' || [[Yoko Ono]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Black & White (Pointer Sisters album)|Black & White]]'' || [[The Pointer Sisters]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[Duran Duran (1981 album)|Duran Duran]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Love Songs (Cliff Richard album)|Love Songs]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Made in America (The Carpenters album)|Made in America]]'' || [[The Carpenters]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Jumpin' Jive (Joe Jackson album)|Jumpin' Jive]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Juju (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Juju]]'' || [[Siouxsie & the Banshees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Only a Lad]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Kim Wilde (album)|Kim Wilde]]'' || [[Kim Wilde]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[As Far as Siam]]'' || [[Red Rider]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Breakin' Away (album)|Breakin' Away]]'' || [[Al Jarreau]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[The Visitor (Mick Fleetwood album)|The Visitor]]'' || [[Mick Fleetwood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Sleep 'til Hammersmith]]'' || [[Motörhead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2]]'' || [[Boney M.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Magic, Murder and the Weather]]'' || [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cut Lunch]]'' || [[Models (band)|Models]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Deuce (Kurtis Blow album)|Deuce]]'' || [[Kurtis Blow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fire of Unknown Origin]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places]]'' || [[Kid Creole and the Coconuts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Here Comes the Night (David Johansen album)|Here Comes the Night]]'' || [[David Johansen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Pocket (Commodores album)|In the Pocket]]'' || [[Commodores]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I've Got the Rock'n'Rolls Again]]'' || [[The Joe Perry Project]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Party (Iggy Pop album)|Party]]'' || [[Iggy Pop]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Product Of... (Participation)]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reflector (Pablo Cruise album)|Reflector]]'' || [[Pablo Cruise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Renaissance (Village People album)|Renaissance]]'' || [[Village People]] ||-
|-
| ''[[RocKihnRoll]]''  || [[The Greg Kihn Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Share Your Love]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Six Pack (EP)|Six Pack]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Some Days Are Diamonds (album)|Some Days Are Diamonds]]'' || [[John Denver]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wanted Dread And Alive]]'' || [[Peter Tosh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wha'ppen?]]'' || [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What's THIS For...!]]'' || [[Killing Joke]] ||-
|}

===July===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[4 (Foreigner album)|4]]'' || [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Friends of Mr Cairo]]'' || [[Jon and Vangelis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[High 'n' Dry]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Precious Time (album)|Precious Time]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's album)|Beauty and the Beat]]'' || [[The Go-Go's]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Escape (Journey album)|Escape]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[El Loco]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pleasant Dreams]]'' || [[The Ramones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Bella Donna (album)|Bella Donna]]'' || [[Stevie Nicks]] ||Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[KooKoo]]'' || [[Debbie Harry]] ||Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[Bucks Fizz (album)|Bucks Fizz]]'' || [[Bucks Fizz (band)|Bucks Fizz]] ||Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[You Want It You Got It]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[The Time (The Time album)|The Time]]'' || [[The Time (band)|The Time]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[Time (Electric Light Orchestra album)|Time]]'' || [[Electric Light Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Step by Step (Eddie Rabbitt album)|Step by Step]]'' || [[Eddie Rabbitt]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Blue and Gray (album)|Blue and Gray]]'' || [[Poco (band)|Poco]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Document and Eyewitness]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dexterity (Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons album)|Dexterity]]'' || [[Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Dreamtime (Tom Verlaine album)|Dreamtime]]'' || [[Tom Verlaine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Endless Love (soundtrack)|Endless Love]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Freetime (album)|Freetime]]'' || [[Spyro Gyra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Girls to Chat and Boys to Bounce]]'' || [[Foghat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heavy Metal (film)#Soundtrack|Heavy Metal Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Hoy-Hoy!]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||Compilation
|-
| ''[[It's a Condition]]'' || [[Romeo Void]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Man with the Horn]]'' || [[Miles Davis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Marauder (Blackfoot album)|Marauder]]'' || [[Blackfoot (band)|Blackfoot]] ||-
|-
| ''Night of the Demon'' || [[Demon (band)|Demon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Party Mix!]]'' || [[The B-52's]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Pirates (Rickie Lee Jones album)|Pirates]]'' || [[Rickie Lee Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pirates of Penzance#Recordings|The Pirates of Penzance Broadway Cast Album]]'' || Various Artists || Broadway cast recording
|-
| ''[[Sirocco (album)|Sirocco]]'' || [[Australian Crawl]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Three Quartets]]'' || [[Chick Corea]] ||-
|-
| ''Walking Wild'' || [[New England (band)|New England]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Was (Not Was) (album)|Was (Not Was)]]'' || [[Was (Not Was)]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Whomp That Sucker]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Word of Mouth (Jaco Pastorius album)|Word of Mouth]]'' || [[Jaco Pastorius]] ||-
|}

===August===
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!Day
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!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Pretenders II]]'' || [[The Pretenders]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5205-1896-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Friday Night in San Francisco]]'' || [[Al Di Meola]], [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]] and [[Paco de Lucía]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Shot of Love]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Never Too Much (album)|Never Too Much]]'' || [[Luther Vandross]] || Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Dark Continent (album)|Dark Continent]]'' || [[Wall of Voodoo]] || -
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Love All the Hurt Away]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Sleep No More (The Comsat Angels album)|Sleep No More]]'' || [[The Comsat Angels]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Tattoo You]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Scissors Cut]]'' || [[Art Garfunkel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash]]'' || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Dead Set (album)|Dead Set]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[New Traditionalists]]'' || [[Devo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |28
| ''[[Alive Alone]]'' || [[Mickey Thomas (singer)|Mickey Thomas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Spirit's in It]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[Fire of Love (album)|Fire of Love]]'' || [[The Gun Club]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Brothers of the Road (album)|Brothers of the Road]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Signals, Calls, and Marches]]'' || [[Mission of Burma]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Torch (Carly Simon album)|Torch]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Give the People What They Want (The Kinks album)|Give the People What They Want]]'' || [[The Kinks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heartbreak Radio]]'' || [[Rita Coolidge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Innocent Age]]'' || [[Dan Fogelberg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joy (EP)|Joy]]'' || [[The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]] || EP
|-
| ''[[King Cool]]'' || [[Donnie Iris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Level 42 (album)|Level 42]]'' || [[Level 42]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Pressure Is On]]'' || [[Hank Williams, Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Short Back 'n' Sides]]'' || [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Simplicity (Tim Curry album)|Simplicity]]'' || [[Tim Curry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[There's No Gettin' Over Me (album)|There's No Gettin' Over Me]]'' || [[Ronnie Milsap]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time Exposure (Little River Band album)|Time Exposure]]'' || [[Little River Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whitford/St. Holmes]]'' || [[Brad Whitford]] and [[Derek St. Holmes]] ||-
|}

===September===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[Special Forces (Alice Cooper album)|Special Forces]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[1234 (Ronnie Wood album)|1234]]'' || [[Ronnie Wood]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Dead Ringer (album)|Dead Ringer]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dance (Gary Numan album)|Dance]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strait Country]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (album)|Why Do Fools Fall in Love]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Burning Blue Soul]]'' || [[Matt Johnson (singer)|Matt Johnson]] || Solo Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Rage in Eden]]'' || [[Ultravox]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Maiden Japan]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] || Live EP
|-
| ''[[Songs in the Attic]]'' || [[Billy Joel]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Wired for Sound]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Abacab]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/269-1206-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[You Could Have Been with Me]]'' || [[Sheena Easton]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[You Are What You Is]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Something Special (Kool & the Gang album)|Something Special]]'' || [[Kool & the Gang]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Denim and Leather]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1763-665-2|title=Denim and Leather certification}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Wild Things (EP)|Wild Things]]'' || [[The Creatures]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="30" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Allied Forces (album)|Allied Forces]]'' || [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boonoonoonoos]]'' || [[Boney M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Buchenwald (album)|Buchenwald]]'' || [[Whitehouse (band)|Whitehouse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Camouflage (Rufus album)|Camouflage]]'' || [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cats & Dogs (Mental As Anything album)|Cats & Dogs]]'' || [[Mental As Anything]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dangerous Acquaintances]]'' || [[Marianne Faithfull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deaf (album)|Deaf]]'' || [[Foetus (band)|You've Got Foetus on Your Breath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gosh It's... Bad Manners|Gosh It's...]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Grand Funk Lives]]'' || [[Grand Funk Railroad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy Birthday (Altered Images album)|Happy Birthday]]'' || [[Altered Images]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hooligans (album)|Hooligans]]'' || [[The Who]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[If I Should Love Again]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kix (album)|Kix]]'' || [[Kix (band)|Kix]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lord Upminster]]'' || [[Ian Dury]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Byrd]]'' || [[Donald Byrd|Donald Byrd and 125th St, NYC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Magic Windows (album)|Magic Windows]]'' || [[Herbie Hancock]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mark of the Mole]]'' || [[The Residents]] ||-
|-
| ''[[MSG (Michael Schenker Group album)|MSG]]'' || [[Michael Schenker Group]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nine Tonight]]'' || [[Bob Seger|Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Penthouse and Pavement]]'' || [[Heaven 17]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Private Eyes (Hall & Oates album)|Private Eyes]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red Mecca]]'' || [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock Until You Drop]]'' || [[Raven (band)|Raven]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Snaz]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Sunnyboys (album)|Sunnyboys]]'' || [[Sunnyboys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Too Late the Hero (album)|Too Late the Hero]]'' || [[John Entwistle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Walk Under Ladders]]'' || [[Joan Armatrading]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wanna Be a Star]]'' || [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]] ||-
|}

===October===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Discipline (King Crimson album)|Discipline]]'' || [[King Crimson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghost in the Machine (The Police album)|Ghost in the Machine]]'' || [[The Police]]||-
|-
| ''[[In the Garden (Eurythmics album)|In the Garden]]'' || [[Eurythmics]]||Debut
|-
| ''[[7 (Madness album)|7]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Kollaps]]'' || [[Einstürzende Neubauten]]||-
|-
| ''[[Speak & Spell (album)|Speak & Spell]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]]||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Get Lucky (Loverboy album)|Get Lucky]]'' || [[Loverboy]]||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Looking Back with Love]]'' || [[Mike Love]]|| solo debut
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Still (Joy Division album)|Still]]'' || [[Joy Division]]|| Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[October (U2 album)|October]]'' || [[U2]]||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Controversy (Prince album)|Controversy]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Mask (Bauhaus album)|Mask]]'' || [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dare (album)|Dare]]'' || [[The Human League]]||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Underneath the Colours]]'' || [[INXS]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Bobby and the Midnites (album)|Bobby and the Midnites]]'' || [[Bobby and the Midnites]]||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Almost Blue]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] [[The Attractions|and the Attractions]]||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Freeze Frame (The J. Geils Band album)|Freeze Frame]]'' || [[The J. Geils Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Queen album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Exit...Stage Left]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="29" style="text-align:center;" |?
| ''[[The Best of Blondie]]'' || [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Diary of a Madman (album)|Diary of a Madman]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]]||<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/610/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=610 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Law and Order (album)|Law and Order]]'' || [[Lindsey Buckingham]]||-
|-
| ''[[Sonic Attack]]'' || [[Hawkwind]]||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Stop (Billy Idol EP)|Don't Stop]]'' || [[Billy Idol]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Camera Camera (Renaissance album)|Camera Camera]]'' || [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Premonition (Survivor album)|Premonition]]'' || [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is the Way (album)|This Is the Way]]'' || [[Rossington Collins Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Present Arms in Dub]]'' || [[UB40]]|| Remix
|-
| ''[[Big City (Merle Haggard album)|Big City]]'' || [[Merle Haggard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chances Are (album)|Chances Are]]'' || [[Bob Marley & the Wailers]] || Compilation of previously unreleased material
|-
| ''[[Christmas Album (Boney M. album)|Christmas Album]]'' || [[Boney M.]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Circle of Love (Steve Miller Band album)|Circle of Love]]'' || [[Steve Miller Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Coup de Grâce (Mink DeVille album)|Coup de Grâce]]'' || [[Mink DeVille]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Face to Face (GQ album)|Face to Face]]'' || [[GQ (band)|GQ]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fourth Drawer Down]]'' || [[Associates (band)|Associates]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gonna Ball]]'' || [[Stray Cats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inside You]]'' || [[The Isley Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living Eyes (Bee Gees album)|Living Eyes]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Local and/or General]]'' || [[Models (band)|Models]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Is Only Feeling]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Physical (Olivia Newton-John album)|Physical]]'' || [[Olivia Newton-John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Quarterflash (album)|Quarterflash]]'' || [[Quarterflash]]||-
|-
| ''[[Round Trip (The Knack album)|Round Trip]]'' || [[The Knack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy]]'' || [[Bow Wow Wow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sound of the Sand and Other Songs of the Pedestrian]]'' || [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas<br /> & the Pedestrians]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strictly Personal (The Romantics album)|Strictly Personal]]'' || [[The Romantics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tom Tom Club (album)|Tom Tom Club]]'' || [[Tom Tom Club]] ||-
|-
| ''Wrap It!'' || [[Doug and the Slugs]] ||-
|}

===November===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Prince Charming (album)|Prince Charming]]'' || [[Adam and the Ants]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Re·ac·tor]]'' || [[Neil Young]] and [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Mob Rules (album)|Mob Rules]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||US
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Architecture & Morality]]'' || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shake It Up (The Cars album)|Shake It Up]]'' || [[The Cars]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tonight I'm Yours]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Great Gonzos! The Best of Ted Nugent]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Business as Usual (Men at Work album)|Business as Usual]]'' || [[Men at Work]] || Australia, debut
|-
| ''[[La Folie (album)|La Folie]]'' || [[The Stranglers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On the Way to the Sky]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Too Fast for Love]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music from "The Elder"]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Memories (Barbra Streisand album)|Memories]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] || Compilation +3 new tracks 
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[The Jacksons Live!]]'' || [[The Jackson 5|The Jacksons]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[Movement (New Order album)|Movement]]'' || [[New Order (band)|New Order]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Till Deaf Do Us Part]]'' || [[Slade]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tin Drum (album)|Tin Drum]]'' || [[Japan (band)|Japan]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Raise!]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[Renegade (Thin Lizzy album)|Renegade]]'' || [[Thin Lizzy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Changestwobowie]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Take It Off (album)|Take It Off]]'' || [[Chic (band)|Chic]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Stop and Smell the Roses (Ringo Starr album)|Stop and Smell the Roses]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[I Love Rock 'n' Roll (album)|I Love Rock 'n' Roll]]'' || [[Joan Jett|Joan Jett & the Blackhearts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Collection of Great Dance Songs]]'' || [[Pink Floyd]] || Compilation with alternate mixes
|-
| ''[[The Catherine Wheel (album)|The Catherine Wheel]]'' || [[David Byrne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Christmas Album (Boney M. album)|Christmas Album]]'' || [[Boney M.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[For Those About to Rock We Salute You]]'' || [[AC/DC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret]]'' || [[Soft Cell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten Out of 10]]'' || [[10cc]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Bad Religion (EP)|Bad Religion]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Best of the Blues Brothers]]'' || [[The Blues Brothers]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Visitors (ABBA album)|The Visitors]]'' || [[ABBA]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Crazy Nights (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Crazy Nights]]'' || [[Tygers Of Pan Tang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Adventures in Modern Recording]]'' || [[The Buggles]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[In Concert Volume Two (Amy Grant album)|In Concert Volume Two]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Ascension (Glenn Branca album)|The Ascension]]'' || [[Glenn Branca]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Christmas Wishes (album)|Christmas Wishes]]'' || [[Anne Murray]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[From the Lions Mouth]]'' || [[The Sound (band)|The Sound]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pearls (Elkie Brooks album)|Pearls]]'' || [[Elkie Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Poet (album)|The Poet]]'' || [[Bobby Womack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[She Shot Me Down]]'' || [[Frank Sinatra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still the Same Ole Me]]'' || [[George Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take No Prisoners (Molly Hatchet album)|Take No Prisoners]]'' || [[Molly Hatchet]] ||-
|-
|}

===December===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Ten Years of Harmony]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[LC (album)|LC]]'' || [[The Durutti Column]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[For Those Who Think Young (album)|For Those Who Think Young]]'' || [[Rough Trade (band)|Rough Trade]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |?
| ''[[Damaged (Black Flag album)|Damaged]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] ||-
|-
|[[Drop Down and Get Me]]
|[[Del Shannon]]
| -
|-
| ''The Best of Top of the Pops '81'' || [[Top of the Pops (record series)|Top of the Poppers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Blasters (album)|The Blasters]]'' || [[The Blasters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In God We Trust, Inc.]]'' || [[Dead Kennedys]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Peter Cetera (album)|Peter Cetera]]'' || [[Peter Cetera]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Small Change (Prism album)|Small Change]]'' || [[Prism (band)|Prism]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to Hell]]'' || [[Venom (band)|Venom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wilder (album)|Wilder]]'' || [[The Teardrop Explodes]] ||-
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{Div col|colwidth=31em}}
* ''[[Adventures in Clubland]]'' – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
* ''[[¡Alarma! (album)|¡Alarma!]]'' – [[Daniel Amos]]
* ''[[Alles ist gut]]'' – [[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft]]
* ''Begin the Beguine'' – [[Julio Iglesias]]
* ''[[Block to Block]]'' – [[De Press]]
* ''[[B.L.T. (album)|B.L.T.]]'' – [[Jack Bruce]], [[Bill Lordan]] & [[Robin Trower]] 
* ''Breakin' the Chains'' – [[Don Dokken]]
* ''[[Catalogue (John Hartford album)|Catalogue]]'' - [[John Hartford]]
* ''Celebration'' – [[Johnny Mathis]]
* ''[[Changing Hearts]]'' – [[Polyrock]]
* ''[[Chasanova]]'' – [[Chaz Jankel]]
* ''[[Claro Que Si]]'' – [[Yello]]
* ''Classic Rock: Rock Classics'' – [[London Symphony Orchestra]]
* ''[[Condition Red (Red Rockers album)|Condition Red]]'' - [[Red Rockers]]
* ''Cool Night'' – [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]]
* ''[[Corazón de poeta]]'' – [[Jeanette (Spanish singer)|Jeanette]]
* ''[[Cowboy Jubilee]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
* ''[[Curiosum]]'' – [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]]
* ''[[Deceit (album)|Deceit]]'' – [[This Heat]]
* ''[[DEV-O Live]]'' – [[Devo]] 
* ''Directions'' – [[Miles Davis]]
* ''[[Drama of Exile]]'' – [[Nico]]
* ''[[Earthshaker (album)|Earthshaker]]'' – [[Y&T]]
* ''Escape Artist'' – [[Garland Jeffreys]]
* ''The Evil One'' – [[Roky Erickson|Roky Erickson and the Aliens]]
* ''[[Fire Wind]]'' – [[Electric Sun]] 
* ''Freelancing'' – [[James Ulmer|James Blood Ulmer]]
* ''Give the People What They Want'' – [[Jimmy Cliff]]
* ''Hands in the Till'' – Fortress
* ''[[Hits Right Up Your Street]]'' – [[The Shadows]]
* ''[[Individuellos]]'' – [[La Düsseldorf]]
* ''[[Inner City Front]]'' – [[Bruce Cockburn]]
* ''[[Insect and Individual Silenced]]'' – [[Nurse with Wound]]
* ''Introducing The Winans'' - [[The Winans]]
* ''Is This a Cool World or What?'' – [[Karla DeVito]]
* ''[[Jane Siberry (album)|Jane Siberry]]'' – [[Jane Siberry]]
* ''[[Jealousy (Dirt Band album)|Jealousy]]'' - [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
* ''The Judgement of Paris'' – [[Kevin Dunn]] and the Regiment of Women
* ''[[La voce del Padrone]]'' – [[Franco Battiato]]
* ''[[Let Them Eat Jellybeans!]]'' – Various Artists from [[Alternative Tentacles]] Records
* ''Living in a Fog'' – [[Wonderful Grand Band]]
* ''Los niños que escriben en el cielo'' – [[Spinetta Jade]]
* ''The Lounge Lizards'' – [[The Lounge Lizards]]
* ''Love Potion'' - [[Dr. John]]
* ''[[Lustwandel]]'' – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
* ''Macadam 3, 2, 1, 0'' – [[Riff (Argentine band)|Riff]]
* ''Magic Man'' – [[Herb Alpert]]
* ''[[Minor Threat (album)|Minor Threat]]'' – [[Minor Threat]] – EP
* ''[[Material (Moebius & Plank album)|Material]]'' – [[Moebius & Plank]]
* ''[[Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore]]'' – [[Resurrection Band]]
* ''[[Mondo Mando]]'' - [[David Grisman]]
* ''[[Never Say Die (Petra album)|Never Say Die]]'' – [[Petra (band)|Petra]]
* ''[[Odyshape]]'' – [[The Raincoats]]
* ''[[Penis Envy (album)|Penis Envy]]'' – [[Crass]]
* ''[[Peperina (álbum)|Peperina]]'' – [[Serú Girán]]
* ''Performance'' – [[Ashford & Simpson]]
* ''[[Place without a Postcard]]'' – [[Midnight Oil]]
* ''Play Me Out'' – [[Helen Reddy]]
* ''The Plimsouls'' – [[The Plimsouls]]
* ''[[Public Service (EP)|Public Service]]'' (EP) – Various Artists
* ''[[The Punch Line]]'' – [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]
* ''[[Quiero Ser]]'' – [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]]
* ''Quit Dreaming and Get On the Beam'' – [[Bill Nelson (musician)|Bill Nelson]]
* ''Reflections'' – [[Gil Scott-Heron]]
* ''Rock 'n' Roll Warriors'' – [[Savoy Brown]]
* ''[[Ruedas de metal]]'' – [[Riff (Argentine band)|Riff]]
* ''Secret Combination'' – [[Randy Crawford]]
* ''[[Selbstportrait]]'' – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
* ''Sky 3'' – [[Sky (English/Australian band)|Sky]]
* ''Standing Together'' – [[Midnight Star (band)|Midnight Star]]
* ''[[Stick Figure Neighbourhood]]'' – [[Spoons (band)|Spoons]]
* ''Sub Pop 5'' – Various Artists
* ''[[Sunrise in Different Dimensions]]'' – [[Sun Ra]]
* ''[[Thirsty Ears]]'' - [[Powder Blues Band]]
* ''[[Trio (Trio album)|Trio]]'' – [[Trio (band)|Trio]]
* ''[[Wanna Be a Star]]'' – [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]]
* ''[[Wünsche fliegen übers Meer]]'' – [[Die Flippers]]
* ''Years Ago'' – [[The Statler Brothers]]
* ''You Must Believe in Spring'' – [[Bill Evans]]
* ''[[You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With]]'' – [[Laurie Anderson]], [[William S. Burroughs]] and [[John Giorno]]
* ''[[Youth of America]]'' – [[Wipers (band)|Wipers]]
{{div col end}}