The Top Albums from 1982
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Rank | All
Time | Artist | Album | Buy at
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| 1 |
33 | Michael Jackson
| Thriller
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| 2 |
123 | Bruce Springsteen
| Nebraska
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| 3 |
178 | Prince and The Revolution
| 1999
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| 4 |
239 | Elvis Costello and The Attractions
| Imperial Bedroom
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| 5 |
306 | Richard and Linda Thompson
| Shoot Out the Lights
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| 6 |
318 | Donald Fagen
| The Nightfly
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| 7 |
328 | ABC
| The Lexicon of Love
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| 8 |
374 | Roxy Music
| Avalon
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| 9 |
452 | Iron Maiden
| The Number of the Beast
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| 10 |
561 | King Sunny Adé
| Juju Music
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| 11 |
717 | The Cure
| Pornography
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| 12 |
731 | John Cale
| Music for a New Society
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| 13 |
743 | Laurie Anderson
| Big Science
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| 14 |
759 | Duran Duran
| Rio
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| 15 |
825 | Simple Minds
| New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
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| 16 |
937 | Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
| The Message
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| 17 |
978 | XTC
| English Settlement
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| 18 |
982 | Marvin Gaye
| Midnight Love
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| 19 |
1009 | Marshall Crenshaw
| Marshall Crenshaw
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| 20 |
1058 | Dexy's Midnight Runners
| Too-Rye-Ay
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| 21 |
1078 | The Clash
| Combat Rock
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| 22 |
1090 | Orange Juice
| You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
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| 23 |
1128 | Mission of Burma
| Vs.
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| 24 |
1143 | The Associates
| Sulk
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| 25 |
1232 | Joe Jackson
| Night and Day
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| 26 |
1315 | The Gun Club
| Miami
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| 27 |
1435 | Lou Reed
| The Blue Mask
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| 28 |
1567 | Virgin Prunes
| …If I Die, I Die
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| 29 |
1571 | Peter Gabriel
| Peter Gabriel (IV)/Security
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| 30 |
1602 | Toto
| IV
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| 31 |
1610 | The Birthday Party
| Junkyard
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| 32 |
1617 | Venom
| Black Metal
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| 33 |
1725 | Bad Brains
| Bad Brains
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| 34 |
1731 | Orchestra Baobab
| Ken Dou Werente/Pirates Choice
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| 35 |
1746 | Scritti Politti
| Songs to Remember
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| 36 |
1761 | The Dream Syndicate
| The Days of Wine and Roses
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| 37 |
1838 | Kate Bush
| The Dreaming
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| 38 |
1901 | The Fall
| Hex Enduction Hour
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| 39 |
2009 | Gregory Isaacs
| Night Nurse
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| 40 |
2035 | Descendents
| Milo Goes to College
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| 41 |
2049 | Judas Priest
| Screaming for Vengeance
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| 42 |
2068 | George Clinton
| Computer Games
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| 43 |
2074 | X
| Under the Big Black Sun
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| 44 |
2080 | John Cougar Mellencamp
| American Fool
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| 45 |
2134 | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
| Ice Cream for Crow
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| 46 |
2215 | Van Morrison
| Beautiful Vision
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| 47 |
2217 | Christian Death
| Only Theatre of Pain
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| 48 |
2291 | Midnight Oil
| 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
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| 49 |
2353 | Mark Stewart & The Maffia
| Learning to Cope with Cowardice
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| 50 |
2383 | Yazoo
| Upstairs at Eric's
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| 51 |
2398 | Cold Chisel
| Circus Animals
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| 52 |
2531 | Angry Samoans
| Back from Samoa
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| 53 |
2557 | Trouble Funk
| Drop the Bomb
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| 54 |
2617 | The Jam
| The Gift
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| 55 |
2673 | Kid Creole and The Coconuts
| Wise Guy/Tropical Gangsters
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| 56 |
2719 | The Psychedelic Furs
| Forever Now
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| 57 |
2721 | The Beat
| Special Beat Service
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| 58 |
2794 | Wall of Voodoo
| Call of the West
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| 59 |
2806 | The Time
| What Time Is It?
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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Material
| One Down
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| Sarah Vaughan
| Crazy and Mixed Up
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| Siouxsie and The Banshees
| A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
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| Penguin Café Orchestra
| Penguin Café Orchestra
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Brian Eno
| Ambient 4: On Land
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| Madness
| The Rise and Fall
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| Culture Club
| Kissing to Be Clever
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Zoot Sims with Joe Pass
| Blues for Two
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| Dire Straits
| Love over Gold
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