Village Voice 1981 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll: Albums |
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| Artist | Title | Label | Votes | |
| 1. | The Clash | Sandinista! | Epic | 862 (67)* |
| 2. | X | Wild Gift | Slash (1) | 790 (64) |
| 3. | Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Trust | Columbia | 784 (68) |
| 4. | Rolling Stones | Tattoo You | Rolling Stones | 649 (56) |
| 5. | Rickie Lee Jones | Pirates | Warner Bros. | 461 (38) |
| 6. | Squeeze | East Side Story | A&M | 412 (38) |
| 7. | Tom Verlaine | Dreamtime | Warner Bros. | 410 (38) |
| 8. | Prince | Controversy | Warner Bros. | 327 (30) |
| 9. | Rick James | Street Songs | Gordy | 305 (28) |
| 10. | Go-Go's | Beauty and the Beat | I.R.S. | 290 (32) |
| 11. | Human Switchboard | Who's Landing in My Hangar | Faulty Products | 273 (23) |
| 12. | Kid Creole and the Coconuts | Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places | Sire/ZE | 249 (26) |
| 13. | David Byrne | Songs from the Broadway Production of "The Catherine Wheel" | Sire | 247 (22)** |
| 14. | Black Uhuru | Red | Mango | 229 (27) |
| 15. | Psychedelic Furs | Talk Talk Talk | Columbia | 229 (24) |
| 16. | Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Reactor | Reprise | 210 (21) |
| 17. | Romeo Void | It's a Condition | 415 | 208 (18) |
| 18. | U2 | Boy | Island | 205 (18) |
| 19. | Neville Brothers | Fiyo on the Bayou | A&M | 204 (19) |
| 20. | Was (Not Was) | Island/ZE | 197 (20) | |
| 21. | Au Pairs | Playing with a Different Sex | Human import | 191 (21) |
| 22. | Tom Tom Club | Sire | 191 (17) | |
| 23. | The English Beat | Wha'ppen? | Sire | 184 (19) |
| 24. | The Police | Ghost in the Machine | A&M | 169 (17) |
| 25. | James Blood Ulmer | Free Lancing | Columbia | 168 (17) |
| 26. | dB's | Stands for Decibels | Albion import | 159 (11) |
| 27. | David Lindley | El Rayo-X | Asylum | 158 (14) |
| 28. | Joe Ely | Live Shots | MCA | 152 (19) |
| 29. | Yoko Ono | Season of Glass | Geffen | 151 (13) |
| 30. | The Blasters | Slash | 140 (13) | |
| 31. | Grace Jones | Nightclubbing | Island | 130 (13) |
| 32. | Luther Vandross | Never Too Much | Epic | 129 (12) |
| 33. | Fela Anikulapo Kuti | Black President | Arista import | 116 (9) |
| 34. | Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Bad Reputation | Boardwalk | 115 (12) |
| 35. | King Crimson | Discipline | Warner Bros./EG | 112 (11) |
| 36. | Joan Armatrading | Walk Under Ladders | A&M | 109 (13) |
| 37. | Lindsey Buckingham | Law and Order | Asylum | 109 (12) |
| 38. | Marianne Faithfull | Dangerous Acquaintances | Island | 104 (12) |
| 39. | U2 | October | Island | 104 (10) |
| 40. | dB's | Repercussion | Albion import | 104 (9) |
| *Includes 1980 votes for import versions, Clash 71 (6); Ely 56 (7); Jett 36 (4). | ||||
| *Includes 62 (4) for The Catherine Wheel, a cassette offering the entire score of the Twyla Tharp ballet. | ||||
| This poll compiles ballots from 199 critics, each of whom divided 100 points among 10 1980 LPs. Maximum points per album, 30. Minimum, 5. Points determined placement, with total mentions, (indicated in parentheses) considered in case of tie. | ||||
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