Top 10 Rock and Metal Albums of 1981

1 Moving Pictures - Rush

2 High 'n' Dry - Def Leppard

3 For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC

4 Killers - Iron Maiden

5 Escape - Journey

6 Welcome to Hell - Venom

7 Fair Warning - Van Halen

8 Mob Rules - Black Sabbath

9 Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne

10 Point of Entry - Judas Priest

The Contenders

11 Too Fast for Love - Motley Crue

12 Difficult to Cure - Rainbow

13 The Power of Rock 'N' Roll - Frank Marino

14 Breaker - Accept

15 Renegade - Thin Lizzy

With Angel of Death on it.

16 Denim and Leather - Saxon

17 Spellbound - Tygers of Pan Tang

18 Come An' Get It - Whitesnake