The Best Rock Albums of 1981

Today's post in 50 Years of Music, a section of my blog devoted to the best rock albums of the past fifty years, will include the best albums of 1981. I have covered 25 years of music in other posts (1965-80), which can be found by typing the year into the search bar at the top of my blog. Each post in 50 Years of Music is updated frequently, with new albums recommended by readers added to the posts. What's your favorite?

• The Rolling Stones- Tattoo You
• Van Halen- Fair Warning
• Foreigner- 4
• AC/DC- For Those About to Rock We Salute You
• Journey- Escape
• Joe Walsh- There Goes the Neighborhood
• Aldo Nova- Aldo Nova
• Def Leppard- High 'n' Dry
• Sammy Hagar- Standing Hampton
• Ozzy Osbourne- Diary of a Madman
• U2- October
• George Harrison- Somewhere In England
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Hard Promises
• Foghat- Girls to Chat and Boys to Bounce 
• Todd Rundgren- Healing 
• Alice Cooper- Special Forces 
• John Entwistle- Too Late the Hero

Rush- Moving Pictures (1981)

Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian progressive rock group Rush released on February 12, 1981. The album has been certified 4x Platinum in both the United States and Canada, and Silver in the United Kingdom. The album charted at #3 on both the U.S. Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart, as well as charting #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

The album included three singles-- "Limelight," "Tom Sawyer," and "Vital Signs." The first single charted at #4 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Charts, "Tom Sawyer" charted at #8 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Charts and at #25 in the United Kingdom where "Vital Signs" charted at #41 as well. Other notable songs on the album include: "Red Barchetta," and "YYZ."

Notable of the album is that it is Rush's most commercially successful and popular album to date with radio-friendly hits such as "Tom Sawyer," "Limelight," and "Red Barchetta." Also notable is that the album cover photo was taken in front of the Ontario Legislative Building at Queens Park in Toronto, Canada. The painting closest to the front of the building includes the 'starman' logo from the reverse side of the album cover of the band's 1976 album 2112. 

For a guitar solo cover by me of a song released in 1981, just click on the link to the YouTube video: Aldo Nova - Fantasy Cover (Guitar Solo)

via (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC5vKMf_spI)

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