The Top Albums from 1982
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Rank | All
Time | Artist | Album | Buy at
Amazon | Song
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| 1 |
27 | Michael Jackson
| Thriller
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| 2 |
123 | Bruce Springsteen
| Nebraska
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| 3 |
201 | Prince and The Revolution
| 1999
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| 4 |
240 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions
| Imperial Bedroom
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| 5 |
293 | Donald Fagen
| The Nightfly
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| 6 |
311 | ABC
| The Lexicon of Love
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| 7 |
347 | Richard and Linda Thompson
| Shoot Out the Lights
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| 8 |
381 | Iron Maiden
| The Number of the Beast
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| 9 |
451 | Roxy Music
| Avalon
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| 10 |
488 | The Cure
| Pornography
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| 11 |
532 | King Sunny Adé
| Juju Music
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| 12 |
699 | Laurie Anderson
| Big Science
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| 13 |
786 | John Cale
| Music for a New Society
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| 14 |
832 | Duran Duran
| Rio
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| 15 |
864 | Simple Minds
| New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
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| 16 |
867 | Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
| The Message
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| 17 |
905 | XTC
| English Settlement
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| 18 |
911 | Joe Jackson
| Night and Day
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| 19 |
957 | The Gun Club
| Miami
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| 20 |
1001 | Dexys Midnight Runners
| Too-Rye-Ay
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| 21 |
1030 | The Clash
| Combat Rock
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| 22 |
1064 | Orange Juice
| You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
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| 23 |
1122 | Marvin Gaye
| Midnight Love
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| 24 |
1170 | The Associates
| Sulk
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| 25 |
1258 | Kate Bush
| The Dreaming
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| 26 |
1303 | Flipper
| Album - Generic Flipper
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| 27 |
1305 | Marshall Crenshaw
| Marshall Crenshaw
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| 28 |
1317 | Mission of Burma
| Vs.
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| 29 |
1363 | Peter Gabriel
| Peter Gabriel (IV)/Security
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| 30 |
1486 | The Birthday Party
| Junkyard
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| 31 |
1562 | Orchestra Baobab
| Ken Dou Werente/Pirates Choice
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| 32 |
1620 | Lou Reed
| The Blue Mask
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| 33 |
1712 | Virgin Prunes
| ...If I Die, I Die
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| 34 |
1733 | Scritti Politti
| Songs to Remember
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| 35 |
1762 | Bad Brains
| Bad Brains
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| 36 |
1763 | The Fall
| Hex Enduction Hour
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| 37 |
1800 | Yazoo
| Upstairs at Eric's
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| 38 |
1813 | The Dream Syndicate
| The Days of Wine and Roses
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| 39 | 1850 |
Alain Bashung
| Play Blessures
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| 40 |
1896 | Venom
| Black Metal
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| 41 |
2016 | Toto
| IV
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| 42 |
2078 | X
| Under the Big Black Sun
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| 43 |
2170 | Midnight Oil
| 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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| 44 |
2216 | Gregory Isaacs
| Night Nurse
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| 45 |
2259 | Van Morrison
| Beautiful Vision
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| 46 |
2264 | Christian Death
| Only Theatre of Pain
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| 47 |
2321 | Judas Priest
| Screaming for Vengeance
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| 48 |
2421 | Descendents
| Milo Goes to College
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| 49 |
2604 | George Clinton
| Computer Games
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| 50 |
2611 | John Cougar
| American Fool
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| 51 |
2618 | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
| Ice Cream for Crow
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| 52 |
2656 | The Psychedelic Furs
| Forever Now
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| 53 | 2681
| Brygada Kryzys
| Brygada Kryzys
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| 54 | 2728 |
Alaska y Los Pegamoides
| Grandes éxitos
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| 55 |
2743 | Kid Creole and The Coconuts
| Wise Guy/Tropical Gangsters
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| 56 |
2778 | Wall of Voodoo
| Call of the West
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| 57 |
2789 | Siouxsie and The Banshees
| A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
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| 58 | 2797
| Scorpions
| Blackout
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| 59 |
2869 | Angry Samoans
| Back from Samoa
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| 60 |
2886 | Cold Chisel
| Circus Animals
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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| Defunkt
| Thermonuclear Sweat
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| Culture Club
| Kissing to Be Clever
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Robert Wyatt
| Nothing Can Stop Us
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Talking Heads
| The Name of the Band Is...
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| Tom Waits
| One from the Heart
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| The Jam
| The Gift
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| The Beat
| Special Beat Service
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| Trouble Funk
| Drop the Bomb
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| Brian Eno
| Ambient 4: On Land
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| Amy Grant
| Age to Age
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Discharge
| Hear Nothing, Say Nothing, See Nothing
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| Material
| One Down
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| Dire Straits
| Love Over Gold
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| The Time
| What Time Is It?
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| Keith Tippett
| Mujician
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| Ted Hawkins
| Watch Your Step
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| Madness
| The Rise and Fall
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Paul McCartney
| Tug of War
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| Sarah Vaughan
| Crazy and Mixed Up
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| Misfits
| Walk Among Us
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| Thelonious Monk
| Live at the It Club
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| The dB's
| Repercussion
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| Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous & Roy Haynes
| Trio Music
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| Zoot Sims plus Joe Pass
| Blues for 2
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| Philip Glass
| Glassworks
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