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Wednesday, December 30, 1981

1981 Top Singles & Albums Chart

1981 NME Singles
1. Ghost Town - The Specials
4. Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17
5. Love Action - Human League

12. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
13. Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag
20. Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
23. Rapture - Blondie

30. Doors Of Your Heart - The Beat
31. Kitchen Person - The Associates
33. Favourite Shirts - Haircut 100
34. Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk

38. Chant No.1 (We Don’t Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet
42. Ceremony - New Order
45. The ‘Sweetest Girl’ - Scritti Politti
46. Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs
48. Computer Love - Kraftwerk

1981 NME Albums
2. Computer World - Kraftwerk
3. Red - Black Uhuru
4. Wha'ppen - The Beat
5. Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17
6. Dare - Human League
9. Red Mecca - Cabaret Voltaire

22. Heaven Up Here - Echo And The Bunnymen
23. See Jungle! Etc..... - Bow Wow Wow
34. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones
44. Wild Gift - X

UK Inde Singles
01/81
 1,  5 Cartrouble - Adam & Ants
 3,  6 Zerox - Adam & Ants
 8,  4 Telegram sam - Bauhaus
19, 18 Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
29, 20 Atmosphere - Joy Division

10/81
 6,  1 One In Ten - UB40
11, 24 Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
23,  6 New Life - Depeche Mode
24, 21 Dreaming Of Me  - Depeche Mode
28,  * Wardance - Killing Joke


Billboard Disco Top 80
08/81
24, 24 Computer Love - Kraftwerk
25, 25 New Toy - Lene Lovich
28, 34 Dumb Waiters/Into You Like A Train - P Furs
39, 27 Planet Earth - Duran Duran
41, 35 Sound of the Crowd - Human League

42, 49 Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
49, 54 New Life/Shout - Depeche Mode
54, 44 Primary - Cure
65, 62 Stand & Deliver - Adam & Ants
69, 70 Papa's Got a New Pigbag - Pigbag
73,  * Chant No.1 (We Don’t Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet
79, 76 The American - Simple Minds