NME - Jaarlijst 1981
| 1 | Grace Jones | Nightclubbing | 1981 |
| 2 | Kraftwerk | Computer world | 1981 |
| 3 | Black uhuru | Red | 1981 |
| 4 | Beat | Wh'appen | 1981 |
| 5 | Heaven 17 | Penthouse and pavement | 1981 |
| 6 | Human league | Dare! | 1981 |
| 7 | Elvis Costello | Trust | 1981 |
| 8 | Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft | Alles ist gut | 1981 |
| 9 | Cabaret Voltaire | Red mecca | 1981 |
| 10 | Kid Creole and the Coconuts | Fresh fruit in foreign places | 1981 |
| 11 | Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft | Gold und Liebe | 1981 |
| 12 | # | Mutant disco | 1981 |
| 13 | Fall | Slates | 1981 |
| 14 | Fela Ransome Kuti | Black president | 1981 |
| 15 | Public Image Ltd | The flowers of romance | 1981 |
| 16 | Earth, Wind & Fire | Raise! | 1981 |
| 17 | Au pairs | Playing with a different sex | 1981 |
| 18 | Bunny Wailer | Rock 'n groove | 1981 |
| 19 | Squeeze | East side story | 1981 |
| 20 | Elvis Costello | Almost blue | 1981 |
| 21 | Smokey Robinson | Being with you | 1981 |
| 22 | Echo & the Bunnymen | Heaven up here | 1981 |
| 23 | Bow wow wow | See jungle! See jungle! Go join your gang! | 1981 |
| 24 | Funkadelic | The electric spanking ... | 1981 |
| 25 | Raincoats | Odyshape | 1981 |
| 26 | Prince Charles and the City beat band | Gang war | 1981 |
| 27 | Bunny Wailer | Sings the Wailers | 1980 |
| 28 | Undertones | Positive touch | 1981 |
| 29 | General Caine II | Get down attack | 1981 |
| 30 | Arthur Blythe | Blythe spirit | 1981 |
| 31 | Japan | Tin drum | 1981 |
| 32 | Madness | Madness 7 | 1981 |
| 33 | Defunkt | Defunkt | 1980 |
| 34 | Rolling stones | Tattoo you | 1981 |
| 35 | Alan Vega | Alan Vega | 1981 |
| 36 | Linx | Intuition | 1981 |
| 37 | Tom Verlaine | Dreamtime | 1981 |
| 38 | Marvin Gaye | In our lifetime | 1980 |
| 39 | Aswad | New chapter | 1981 |
| 40 | Throbbing gristle | Greatest hits | 1981 |
| 41 | Kool and the Gang | Something special | 1981 |
| 42 | Meredith Monk | Dolmen music | 1981 |
| 43 | Change | Miracles | 1981 |
| 44 | X | Wild gift | 1981 |
| 45 | Miles Davis | The man with the horn | 1981 |
| 46 | Ramones | Pleasant dreams | 1981 |
| 47 | Cramps | Psychedelic jungle | 1981 |
| 48 | Teena Marie | It must be magic | 1981 |
| 49 | Comsat angels | Sleep no more | 1981 |
| 50 | Roger | The many faces of Roger | 1981 |
| 12 | # | Mutant disco | 1981 |
| 39 | Aswad | New chapter | 1981 |
| 17 | Au pairs | Playing with a different sex | 1981 |
| 4 | Beat | Wh'appen | 1981 |
| 3 | Black uhuru | Red | 1981 |
| 30 | Arthur Blythe | Blythe spirit | 1981 |
| 23 | Bow wow wow | See jungle! See jungle! Go join your gang! | 1981 |
| 9 | Cabaret Voltaire | Red mecca | 1981 |
| 43 | Change | Miracles | 1981 |
| 49 | Comsat angels | Sleep no more | 1981 |
| 20 | Elvis Costello | Almost blue | 1981 |
| 7 | Elvis Costello | Trust | 1981 |
| 47 | Cramps | Psychedelic jungle | 1981 |
| 45 | Miles Davis | The man with the horn | 1981 |
| 33 | Defunkt | Defunkt | 1980 |
| 8 | Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft | Alles ist gut | 1981 |
| 11 | Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft | Gold und Liebe | 1981 |
| 16 | Earth, Wind & Fire | Raise! | 1981 |
| 22 | Echo & the Bunnymen | Heaven up here | 1981 |
| 13 | Fall | Slates | 1981 |
| 24 | Funkadelic | The electric spanking ... | 1981 |
| 38 | Marvin Gaye | In our lifetime | 1980 |
| 29 | General Caine II | Get down attack | 1981 |
| 5 | Heaven 17 | Penthouse and pavement | 1981 |
| 6 | Human league | Dare! | 1981 |
| 31 | Japan | Tin drum | 1981 |
| 1 | Grace Jones | Nightclubbing | 1981 |
| 10 | Kid Creole and the Coconuts | Fresh fruit in foreign places | 1981 |
| 41 | Kool and the Gang | Something special | 1981 |
| 2 | Kraftwerk | Computer world | 1981 |
| 14 | Fela Ransome Kuti | Black president | 1981 |
| 36 | Linx | Intuition | 1981 |
| 32 | Madness | Madness 7 | 1981 |
| 48 | Teena Marie | It must be magic | 1981 |
| 42 | Meredith Monk | Dolmen music | 1981 |
| 26 | Prince Charles and the City beat band | Gang war | 1981 |
| 15 | Public Image Ltd | The flowers of romance | 1981 |
| 25 | Raincoats | Odyshape | 1981 |
| 46 | Ramones | Pleasant dreams | 1981 |
| 21 | Smokey Robinson | Being with you | 1981 |
| 50 | Roger | The many faces of Roger | 1981 |
| 34 | Rolling stones | Tattoo you | 1981 |
| 19 | Squeeze | East side story | 1981 |
| 40 | Throbbing gristle | Greatest hits | 1981 |
| 28 | Undertones | Positive touch | 1981 |
| 35 | Alan Vega | Alan Vega | 1981 |
| 37 | Tom Verlaine | Dreamtime | 1981 |
| 18 | Bunny Wailer | Rock 'n groove | 1981 |
| 27 | Bunny Wailer | Sings the Wailers | 1980 |
| 44 | X | Wild gift | 1981 |
(woensdag 1 juni 2022)