Top 17 Music Albums of 1982
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My favourite albums of 1982.
- Chart updated: 11/04/2017 23:15
- (Created: 09/16/2013 12:40).
- Chart size: 17 albums.
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Stimulating, but impossible to actually settle down with. An album this crazy and crazily creative and catchy will instead make your senses working overtime!
Favourite tracks: "Senses Working Overtime" & "Snowman" [First added to this chart: 09/21/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Senses Working Overtime" & "Snowman" [First added to this chart: 09/21/2015]
Year of Release:
1982
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1,577
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- "Meanwhile, we shall sing top hits from the '80s."
- "Which '80s, sir?"
- "For me, there are only one '80s."
Duran Duran are as 80s as can be. Shiny, almost provokingly catchy tunes that glitter and sparkle with pompous danceable beats and a major musical explosion once the chorus kicks in. If you're hungry like the wolf for the 80s, this album should be able to satisfy you greatly. Enjoyable to the max!
Favourite tracks: "Rio" & "Hungry Like the Wolf" [First added to this chart: 02/11/2015]
- "Which '80s, sir?"
- "For me, there are only one '80s."
Duran Duran are as 80s as can be. Shiny, almost provokingly catchy tunes that glitter and sparkle with pompous danceable beats and a major musical explosion once the chorus kicks in. If you're hungry like the wolf for the 80s, this album should be able to satisfy you greatly. Enjoyable to the max!
Favourite tracks: "Rio" & "Hungry Like the Wolf" [First added to this chart: 02/11/2015]
Year of Release:
1982
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2,935
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If Michael Jackson was the king of pop, then this is his castle, trophy room or whatever. With 7 giant hits and guest stars including Paul McCartney and Eddie Van Halen, MJ shoot himself into complete stardom. This is as 80s pop as anything could ever be, but the songs are still somehow quite timeless, an unmatched achievement that will forever stay in the heaven of pop music!
Favourite tracks: "Beat It" & "Human Nature" [First added to this chart: 12/03/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Beat It" & "Human Nature" [First added to this chart: 12/03/2013]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
16,129
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On land, but not necessarily on this planet. Essentially, it's the soundtrack to any unknown, foggy, humid jungle full of dangerous living creatures. Unsettling, but fascinating!
Favourite tracks: "Tal Coat" & "Shadow" [First added to this chart: 03/31/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Tal Coat" & "Shadow" [First added to this chart: 03/31/2014]
Year of Release:
1982
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735
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A real 80s effort by Paul McCartney. That includes tacky 80s pop, but also more tasteful songriting of Paul's softer side including "Here Today", his moving tribute to John Lennon who had died less than two years earlier. The album's main weakness though is the super cheesy duet with Stevie Wonder, "Ebony and Ivory", a very good song actually, but feels highly overplayed in no time.
Favourite tracks: "Take It Away" & "Somebody Who Cares" [First added to this chart: 09/27/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Take It Away" & "Somebody Who Cares" [First added to this chart: 09/27/2013]
Year of Release:
1982
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797
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A beast of an album. More precisely, the number of the beast of an album. The 80s were awesome!
Favourite tracks: "The Prisoner", "Run to the Hills" & "Hallowed Be Thy Name" [First added to this chart: 09/17/2013]
Favourite tracks: "The Prisoner", "Run to the Hills" & "Hallowed Be Thy Name" [First added to this chart: 09/17/2013]
Year of Release:
1982
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6,111
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If you're longing for a perfect balance between melancholia and transcendence, you've come to the right place. This sacred space of music unfolds itself in the most gorgeous, haunting way!
Favourite tracks: "The Longing" & "Radiance" [First added to this chart: 11/04/2017]
Favourite tracks: "The Longing" & "Radiance" [First added to this chart: 11/04/2017]
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Earlier Roxy Music albums may be more artsy and cool, but they don't equal the beautiful lush jorney to the mysterious land of Avalon. Adult-oriented, 80s slick and heavily synthesized, yes, but too smooth and soulful not to love.
Favourite tracks: "Avalon" & "To Turn You On" [First added to this chart: 11/09/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Avalon" & "To Turn You On" [First added to this chart: 11/09/2013]
Year of Release:
1982
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3,492
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Party like it's 1982! Dance, music, sex, romance. You get the whole package when you're flying aboard the Seduction 747 with Prince as pilot!
Favourite tracks: "Little Red Corvette" & "Free" [First added to this chart: 12/08/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Little Red Corvette" & "Free" [First added to this chart: 12/08/2014]
Year of Release:
1982
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3,767
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Another beautiful vision made of Celtic rays by Van Morrison, only this time a little cheesier. A really nice sit-back-and-relax Van Morrison album.
Favourite tracks: "Dweller on the Threshold", "She Gives Me Religion" & "Across the Bridge Where Angels Dwell" [First added to this chart: 01/03/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Dweller on the Threshold", "She Gives Me Religion" & "Across the Bridge Where Angels Dwell" [First added to this chart: 01/03/2014]
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Top 17 Music Albums of 1982 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Paul McCartney | 1 | 6% | |
| Judas Priest | 1 | 6% | |
| Iron Maiden | 1 | 6% | |
| Kate Bush | 1 | 6% | |
| Constance Demby | 1 | 6% | |
| Roxy Music | 1 | 6% | |
| Prince | 1 | 6% | |
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Top 17 Music Albums of 1982 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 13th to 12th New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) by Simple Minds |
| Up 1 from 12th to 11th Hot Space by Queen |
| Up 1 from 11th to 10th Beautiful Vision by Van Morrison |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 10th to 13th Midnight Love by Marvin Gaye |
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| Best Artists of the 1980s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Iron Maiden | |
| 15. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 16. Tom Waits | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |
