Continuing with the series, today we take a look at the year that was 1981. Here’s a playlist of some interesting tracks:

A lot of fantastic albums released in 1981, including Prince’s Controversy, Chaka Khan’s What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me, Kraftwerk’s Computer World, Nightclubbing (Grace Jones), an eponymous album from The Time (also Prince produced), Devo’s New Traditionalists, Kool & The Gang’s Something Special, Ghost in the Machine by The Police, For Those About to Rock We Salute You by AC/DC and the much sampled Tom Tom Club.