Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Rush Moving Pictures	Jan 7, 1981	94	66	1
2	Black Sabbath Mob Rules	Nov 4, 1981	90	40	3
3	Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman	Nov 3, 1981	88.6	45	3
4	Journey Escape	Aug 1981	90.1	25	4
5	Iron Maiden Killers	Feb 1, 1981	86.2	53	3
6	송골매 (Songolmae) 2집	1981	93.1	10	0
7	Rush Exit...Stage Left [Live]	Oct 6, 1981	92.2	9	0
8	Def Leppard High 'N' Dry	Jun 11, 1981	87.9	22	2
9	Foreigner 4	1981	91.1	10	1
10	Michael Schenker Group MSG	Sep 1981	90.9	10	0
11	Mötley Crüe Too Fast for Love	Dec 15, 1981	84.4	32	2
12	Van Halen Fair Warning	Apr 29, 1981	88.2	13	2
13	AC/DC For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)	Nov 1981	85.5	19	0
14	Rainbow Difficult to Cure	1981	83.8	28	0
15	Styx Paradise Theatre	Jan 10, 1981	91	5	0
16	Blue Oyster Cult Fire of Unknown Origin	Jun 1981	89.2	6	0
17	Holocaust The Nightcomers	Apr 1981	91.7	3	1
18	Venom Welcome to Hell	Dec 1981	81.5	29	4
19	Y&T Earthshaker	1981	90	4	0
20	Whitesnake Come an' Get It	Apr 11, 1981	86.2	9	2
21	Accept Breaker	1981	85.2	11	0
22	Saxon Denim and Leather	Oct 5, 1981	85.7	9	1
23	Magma Magma	Oct 10, 1981	85.6	9	0
24	Triumph Allied Forces	1981	88	5	0
25	Anvil Hard 'N' Heavy	1981	85.4	7	1
26	Motörhead No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith [Live]	Jun 27, 1981	87.5	4	1
27	Billy Squier Don't Say No	Apr 13, 1981	87.5	4	1
28	Demon Night of the Demon	1981	86	5	1
29	Judas Priest Point of Entry	Feb 17, 1981	76.9	37	5
30	Girlschool Hit and Run	Apr 20, 1981	83.6	7	1
31	ZZ Top El Loco	1981	86	4	0
32	Tygers of Pan Tang Spellbound	Apr 1981	83.4	7	0
33	Riot Fire Down Under	Feb 9, 1981	83.3	6	1
34	Thin Lizzy Renegade	Nov 1981	85	4	0
35	Praying Mantis Time Tells No Lies	1981	85	4	0
36	Toto Turn Back	Jan 1981	85	4	0
37	UFO The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent	1981	82.5	4	0
38	Raven Rock Until You Drop	1981	83.3	3	1
39	Alice Cooper Special Forces	1981	81	5	0
40	Budgie Nightflight	1981	81	5	0
41	Loudness The Birthday Eve	Nov 21, 1981	79.3	7	1
42	Samson Shock Tactics	May 1981	81.3	4	0
43	작은거인 (Little Big Man) 작은거인	Apr 10, 1981	81.3	4	0
44	Ted Nugent Intensities in 10 Cities [Live]	1981	81.7	3	0
45	Discharge Why [EP]	1981	78	5	0
46	Tygers Of Pan Tang Crazy Nights	Nov 1981	77.5	4	0
47	The Exploited Punk's Not Dead	May 4, 1981	72	5	0
48	Kiss Music from "The Elder"	Nov 10, 1981	64.3	6	0

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