Official Albums Chart Top 100

25 October 1981 - 31 October 1981

The UK's Top 100 biggest artist albums of the week is compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl and weighted audio streams.

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1	2	DARE THE HUMAN LEAGUE VIRGIN	1	2	Buy Listen
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2	3	SHAKY SHAKIN' STEVENS EPIC	2	7	Buy
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3	1	GHOST IN THE MACHINE THE POLICE A&M	1	4	Buy Listen
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4	New	THE BEST OF BLONDIE BLONDIE CHRYSALIS	4	1	Buy Listen
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5	9	HEDGEHOG SANDWICH NOT THE 9 O'CLOCK NEWS CAST BBC	5	3




6	6	HOOKED ON CLASSICS ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA K-TEL	4	7	Buy Listen
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7	8	IF I SHOULD LOVE AGAIN BARRY MANILOW ARISTA	5	5	Buy Listen
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8	New	ALMOST BLUE ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS F-BEAT	8	1	Buy Listen
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9	4	SUPER HITS 1 & 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS RONCO	2	7	Buy
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10	13	LOVE IS ... VARIOUS ARTISTS K-TEL	10	4	Buy Listen
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11	7	MADNESS 7 MADNESS STIFF	5	4	Buy Listen
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11	5	STILL JOY DIVISION FACTORY	5	3	Buy Listen
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13	11	OCTOBER U2 ISLAND	11	2	Buy Listen
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14	10	ABACAB GENESIS CHARISMA	1	6	Buy Listen
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15	17	CELEBRATION JOHNNY MATHIS CBS	9	7	Buy Listen
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16	14	DENIM AND LEATHER SAXON CARRERE	9	5	Buy Listen
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17	27	CLASSIC ROCK-ROCK CLASSICS LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA K-TEL	5	14	Buy Listen
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18	26	GOSH IT'S BAD MANNERS BAD MANNERS MAGNET	18	2	Buy Listen
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19	42	SONIC ATTACK HAWKWIND RCA	19	2	Buy Listen
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20	12	DEAD RINGER MEAT LOAF EPIC	1	8	Buy Listen
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21	38	MONSTER TRACKS VARIOUS ARTISTS POLYGRAM	21	3	Buy
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22	24	BODY TALK IMAGINATION R&B	22	2	Buy Listen
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23	19	BEAT THE CARROTT JASPER CARROTT DJM	13	7	Buy
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24	15	TATTOO YOU THE ROLLING STONES ROLLING STONES	2	8	Buy Listen
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25	28	BAT OUT OF HELL MEAT LOAF EPIC	9	186	Buy Listen
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26	34	HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALTERED IMAGES EPIC	26	7	Buy Listen
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27	18	MAKIN' MOVIES DIRE STRAITS VERTIGO	4	54	Buy
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28	16	WIRED FOR SOUND CLIFF RICHARD EMI	4	6	Buy Listen
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29	20	SECRET COMBINATION RANDY CRAWFORD WARNER BROTHERS	2	25	Buy Listen
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30	33	MASK BAUHAUS BEGGARS BANQUET	30	2	Buy Listen
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31	29	ISMISM GODLEY AND CREME POLYDOR	29	3	Buy
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32	36	NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN VICE SQUAD ZONOPHONE	32	2	Buy Listen
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33	32	SEE JUNGLE! SEE JUNGLE! GO JOIN YOUR GANG YEAH CITY ALL OVER! GO APE CRAZY BOW WOW WOW RCA	32	2	Buy
Buy
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34	49	THE PLATINUM ALBUM VARIOUS ARTISTS K-TEL	34	5	Buy
Buy
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35	37	LOVE SONGS CLIFF RICHARD EMI	1	18	Buy Listen
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36	21	TIME ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA JET	1	13	Buy Listen
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37	31	ANTHEM TOYAH SAFARI	2	23	Buy Listen
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38	44	DURAN DURAN DURAN DURAN EMI	3	19	Buy Listen
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39	23	VERY BEST OF ANNE MURRAY ANNE MURRAY CAPITOL	14	5	Buy
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40	New	GO AHEAD LINX CHRYSALIS	40	1	Buy
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41	43	ASSEMBLAGE JAPAN HANSA	30	6	Buy Listen
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42	22	RAGE IN EDEN ULTRAVOX CHRYSALIS	4	7	Buy Listen
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43	40	PRESENT ARMS IN DUB UB40 DEP INTERNATIONAL	38	4	Buy Listen
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44	56	EAST SIDE STORY SQUEEZE A&M	19	20	Buy Listen
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45	41	KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER ADAM & THE ANTS CBS	1	51	Buy Listen
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46	45	CHRISTOPHER CROSS CHRISTOPHER CROSS WARNER BROTHERS	14	37	Buy Listen
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47	89	COUNTRY SUNRISE/COUNTRY SUNSET VARIOUS ARTISTS RONCO	47	2




47	51	THE JAZZ SINGER NEIL DIAMOND CAPITOL	3	50	Buy Listen
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49	30	PENTHOUSE AND PAVEMENT HEAVEN 17 VIRGIN	14	6	Buy Listen
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50	25	WALK UNDER LADDERS JOAN ARMATRADING A&M	6	8	Buy Listen
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51	94	YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS FRANK ZAPPA CBS	51	2	Buy Listen
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52	46	HITS RIGHT UP YOUR STREET THE SHADOWS POLYDOR	15	7	Buy
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53	59	WAR OF THE WORLDS JEFF WAYNE CBS	5	156	Buy Listen
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53	39	NINE TONIGHT BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND CAPITOL	24	6	Buy
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55	52	BLACK AND WHITE THE POINTER SISTERS PLANET	21	10	Buy
Buy
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56	35	CALIFORNIA DREAMING VARIOUS ARTISTS K-TEL	27	10	Buy
Buy
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57	65	RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROTHERS	1	214	Buy Listen
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58	69	LEVEL 42 LEVEL 42 POLYDOR	20	10	Buy Listen
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59	54	MSG MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP CHRYSALIS	14	7	Buy Listen
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60	64	FACE VALUE PHIL COLLINS VIRGIN	1	37	Buy Listen
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61	58	MANILOW MAGIC BARRY MANILOW ARISTA	3	126	Buy Listen
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62	82	HOTTER THAN JULY STEVIE WONDER MOTOWN	2	52	Buy Listen
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63	48	PRESENT ARMS UB40 DEP INTERNATIONAL	2	22	Buy Listen
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64	95	FOUR SYMBOLS LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC	1	55	Buy
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65	53	THE GARDEN JOHN FOXX METAL BEAT	24	5	Buy Listen
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66	60	HI INFIDELITY REO SPEEDWAGON EPIC	6	28	Buy Listen
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67	85	4 FOREIGNER ATLANTIC	35	14	Buy Listen
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68	63	ROCK UNTIL YOU DROP RAVEN NEAT	63	3	Buy Listen
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69	77	GUILTY BARBRA STREISAND CBS	1	56	Buy Listen
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70	47	YOU COULD HAVE BEEN WITH ME SHEENA EASTON EMI	33	5	Buy Listen
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71	81	ORGANISATION ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK DINDISC	6	21	Buy Listen
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72	91	OLE SAD CAFE POLYDOR	72	2	Buy
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73	New	CARRY ON OI VARIOUS ARTISTS SECRET	73	1	Buy
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74	Re	NO SLEEP TIL HAMMERSMITH MOTORHEAD BRONZE	1	17	Buy Listen
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75	New	NIGHT FLIGHT BUDGIE RCA	75	1	Buy
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76	93	DIRE STRAITS DIRE STRAITS VERTIGO	5	68	Buy Listen
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77	68	VIENNA ULTRAVOX CHRYSALIS	3	53	Buy Listen
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78	62	GREG LAKE GREG LAKE CHRYSALIS	62	3	Buy Listen
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79	79	REPRODUCTION THE HUMAN LEAGUE VIRGIN	49	11	Buy Listen
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80	80	TRAVELOGUE THE HUMAN LEAGUE VIRGIN	16	22	Buy Listen
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80	61	DANGEROUS AQUAINTANCES MARIANNE FAITHFULL ISLAND	45	3	Buy
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82	67	BELLA DONNA STEVIE NICKS WEA	11	13	Buy Listen
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83	83	20 GOLDEN GREATS - BEACH BOYS THE BEACH BOYS CAPITOL	1	84	Buy
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84	72	ITCHY FEET BLUES BAND ARISTA	60	3	Buy Listen
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85	New	PHYSICAL OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN EMI	85	1	Buy Listen
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86	50	GLORIOUS FOOL JOHN MARTYN GEFFEN	25	6	Buy Listen
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87	96	IF YOU WANT BLOOD YOU'VE GOT IT AC/DC ATLANTIC	13	56	Buy Listen
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88	Re	DR HOOK GREATEST HITS DR. HOOK CAPITOL	2	27	Buy Listen
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89	66	DISCIPLINE KING CRIMSON E.G.	41	4	Buy
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90	Re	BACK IN BLACK AC/DC ATLANTIC	1	39	Buy Listen
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91	Re	ABSOLUTELY MADNESS STIFF	2	43	Buy Listen
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92	88	BEATLES BALLADS THE BEATLES PARLOPHONE	17	15	Buy Listen
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93	55	LORD UPMINSTER IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS POLYDOR	53	4	Buy
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94	76	MOTORHEAD MOTORHEAD CHISWICK	43	5	Buy Listen
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95	75	DANCE GARY NUMAN BEGGARS BANQUET	3	8	Buy Listen
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96	70	NIGHTCLUBBING GRACE JONES ISLAND	35	16	Buy Listen
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97	74	ANGELIC UPSTARTS ANGELIC UPSTARTS ZONOPHONE	27	6	Buy Listen
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98	Re	SONGS OF THE VALLEYS LONDON WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR K-TEL	94	2	Buy
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99	71	PRETENDERS II THE PRETENDERS REAL	7	12	Buy Listen
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100	99	SIGNING OFF UB40 GRADUATE	2	61	Buy Listen
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25 October 1981 - 31 October 1981

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