Editing 1981 in music (section)

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