BEST LPs of 1981
1. Einsturzende Neubauten: Kollapse (Zickzack, Germany)
2. PiL: Flowers of Romance (Warner Brothers)
3. Can: Delay 1968 (Spoon, Germany)
4. Glenn Branca: The Ascension (99)
5. The Birthday Party: Prayers On Fire (4AD)
6. DNA: A Taste of DNA (American Clave')
7. This Heat: Deceit (Rough Trade)
8. The Fall: Slates (Rough Trade 10”)
10. X: Wild Gifts (Slash)
11. David Byrne & Brian Eno: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Sire)
12. Rova Saxophone Quartet: As Was (Metalanguage)
13. Graham Lewis & B.C. Gilbert: Dome 3 (Dome)
14. Mission of Burma: Signals, Calls & Marches (Ace of Hearts)
15. Dark Day: Exterminating Angel (Lust/Unlust)
16. Half Japanese: Loud (Armageddon)
17. Mars: John Gavanti (Hyrax)
18. Crass: Penis Envy (Crass)
19. Colin Newman: Provisional Entitled the Singing Fish (4AD)
20. Jody Harris & Robert Quine: Escape (Lust/Unlust)
21. James Blood Ulmer: Are You Glad to Be In America (Artists House)
22. The Cure: Faith (Fiction, UK)
23. Magazine: Magic Murder and the Weather (IRS)
24. The Gun Club: Fire of Love (Ruby)
25. Black Flag: Damaged (Unicorn/SST)
26. Bill Dixon: In Italy Volume Two (Soul Note)
27. A Certain Ratio: To Each (Factory)
28. The Flesh Eaters: A Minute to Prey, A Second to Die (Ruby)
29. Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime (Warner Brothers)
30. Robyn Hitchcock: Black Snakes Diamond Role (Armageddon, UK)
31. Borbetomagus: Work On What Has Been Spoiled (Agaric)
32. Saccharine Trust: Pagan Icons (SST 12”)
33. Au Pairs: Playing with a different sex (Human)
34. The New Order: Movement (Factory)
35. Fad Gadget: Incontinent (Mute)
36. 8 Eyed Spy: 8 Eyed Spy (Fetish)
37. Jandek: Six and Six (Corwood)
38. Crispy Ambulance: The Plateau Phase (Factory)
39. Wire: Document and Eyewitness (Rough Trade, UK)
40. Method Actors: Little Figures (Armageddon, UK)
41. The Slits: Return of the Giant Slits (CBS)
42. Funkadelics: Electric Spanking Of War Babies (Warner Brothers)
43. Dorothea Raukes: Deutsche Wertarbeit (Sky)
44. Derek Bailey & Christine Jeffreys: Views From Six Windows (Metalanguage)
45. The Big Boys: Where's My Towel/Industry Standard (Wasted Talent)
46. Durutti Column: LC (Factory, UK)
47. Ikenga Super Stars of Africa: Ikenga Super Stars of Africa (Sonodisc, France)
48. Method Actors: Rhythms of You (Armageddon, UK)
49. A Certain Ratio: Sextet (Factory, UK)
50. Z’ev: Salts of Heavy Metal (Lust/Unlust 12” EP)
51. Pere Ubu: 390 Degrees of Simulated Stereo (Rough Trade, UK)
52. Whitehouse: Dedicated to Peter Kurten Sadist and Mass Slayer (Come, UK)
53. Husker Du: Land Speed Record (New Alliance)
54. Television Personalities: Mummy Your Not Watching Me (Whaam)
55. Red Krayola with Art & Language: Kangaroo (Rough Trade, Germany)
56. The Gun Club: Fire of Love (Ruby)
57. Gang of Four: Solid Gold (Warner Brothers)
58. Caberet Voltaire: Red Mecca (Rough Trade)
59. Eyeless In Gaza: Caught in the Flux (Cherry Red)
60. Prince: Controversy (Warner Brothers)
61. Section 25: Always Now (Factory)
62. The Fall: A Part of America, Therein (Cottage)
63. The Minutemen: The Punch Line (SST)
64. Bow Wow Wow: Your Cassette Pet (RCA cassette) 2nd version
65. Raincoats: Odyshape (Rough Trade, UK)
66. The Replacements: Sorry Ma, I Forgot to Take Out the Trash (Twin Tone)
67. King Crimson: Discipline (Warner Brothers)
68. 8 Eyed Spy: 8 Eyed Spy Live (ROIR cassette)
69. The Cramps: Psychedelic Jungle (IRS)
70. Liquid Liquid: Liquid Liquid (99 12” EP)
71. Nico: Drama of Exile (Aura)
72. Psychedelic Furs: Talk Talk Talk (CBS)
73. The Dictators: Live: Fuck ‘Em If They Can’t Take A Joke (ROIR cassette)
74. Moe Tucker: Playin’ Possum (Trash)
75. Elvis Costello: Trust (CBS)
76. Jandek: Later On (Corwood)