Hardcore '81

Hardcore '81
Studio album by
Released22 April 1981
Recorded1981
GenrePunk rock, hardcore punk
Length18:56
LabelSudden Death
ProducerD.O.A.
D.O.A. chronology
Something Better Change
(1980)
Hardcore '81
(1981)
War on 45
(1982)
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Hardcore '81 is an album by the Canadian hardcore punk band D.O.A. It is considered by some to be the first time that a certain style of punk rock was labeled hardcore.

In 2019, the album was named as the public vote winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize.