Top 86 Music Albums of 1982
by LittleM1971 
1982 Playlist:
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
All In All (This One Last Waltz) - Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
More Than This - Roxy Music
Save A Prayer - Duran Duran
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime - Simple Minds
Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
Today - Talk Talk
I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls
The Look Of Love - ABC
Hymn - Ultravox
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
See You - Depeche Mode
Blind Dumb Deaf - Cocteau Twins
She’s Hit - The Birthday Party
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything - Bauhaus
Slowdive - Siouxsie & The Banshees
The Hanging Garden - The Cure
Crystal - A Certain Ratio
Adrenochrome - The Sisters Of Mercy
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death
Attitude - Bad Brains
Banned From The Pubs - Peter And The Test Tube Babies
That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate - Mission Of Burma
That's What You Always Say - The Dream Syndicate
Getting Older - The Clean
Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars) - R.E.M.
Lost World - Green On Red
Joker Hysterical Face - The Fall
Puritans - The Happy Family
Consolation Prize - Orange Juice
Pillar To Post - Aztec Camera
Surprise Me Again - Haircut One Hundred
Save It For Later - The Beat
Bad Time For Bonzo - The Damned
It Ain’t What You Do - Fun Boy Three
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
Senses Working Overtime - XTC
Beat Surrender - The Jam
Steppin’ Out - Joe Jackson
Why? - Carly Simon
Love Me - Susan Cadogan
The Face Behind The Scream - John Cooper Clarke
Re-Search - Die Form
Party Of The Mind - The Sound
- Chart updated: 01/30/2026 21:45
- (Created: 01/15/2014 09:46).
- Chart size: 86 albums.
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1982
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1982
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Top 86 Music Albums of 1982 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Fall | 2 | 2% | |
| Bauhaus | 2 | 2% | |
| The Stranglers | 2 | 2% | |
| Orange Juice | 2 | 2% | |
| The Damned | 2 | 2% | |
| The Jam | 2 | 2% | |
| XTC | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 86 Music Albums of 1982 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 20 from 72nd to 52ndSingles - 45's And Under by Squeeze |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 52nd to 53rdOne, Two by Sister Nancy |
| Down 1 from 53rd to 54thSpecial Beat Service by The Beat (UK) |
| Down 1 from 54th to 55thVs. by Mission Of Burma |
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| Best Artists of the 1980s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. The Cure | |
| 4. Pixies | |
| 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 |
