Editing 1981 in music (section)

===September===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[Special Forces (Alice Cooper album)|Special Forces]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[1234 (Ronnie Wood album)|1234]]'' || [[Ronnie Wood]] ||-
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| 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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| 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]] ||-
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| ''[[Wanna Be a Star]]'' || [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]] ||-
|}