Top 26 Music Albums of 1982
by Rm12398 
CHART UPDATES:
16th September 2022: PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS- DEAD KENNEDYS enters the chart at #13.
19th September 2022: ENGLISH SETTLEMENT- XTC enters the chart at #14.
5th October 2022: SPACE MUSEUM- SOLID SPACE enters the chart at #15.
1st November 2022: YOU CAN'T HIDE YOUR LOVE FOREVER- ORANGE JUICE enters the chart at #6.
6th November 2022: 1999- PRINCE enters the chart at #11.
27th November 2022: POR ESTE RIO ACIMA- FAUSTO enters the chart at #12.
2nd May 2023: THRILLER- MICHAEL JACKSON drops from #1 to #3.
- Chart updated: 06/06/2026 13:45
- (Created: 06/19/2022 22:10).
- Chart size: 26 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/19/2022]
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1982
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16,194
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90/100 (A)
[First added to this chart: 06/19/2022]
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1982
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5,673
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B+
[First added to this chart: 06/21/2022]
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1982
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6,104
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85/100 (B+)
[First added to this chart: 06/21/2022]
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1982
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5,649
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More great folk harmonies.
85/100 (B+) [First added to this chart: 11/18/2024]
85/100 (B+) [First added to this chart: 11/18/2024]
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1982
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1,075
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B+
[First added to this chart: 09/18/2022]
Spectacular and catchy synth-pop.
85/100 (B+) [First added to this chart: 07/04/2025]
85/100 (B+) [First added to this chart: 07/04/2025]
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1982
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838
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Some really nice and laid back soft-rock.
85/100 (B+) [First added to this chart: 03/03/2025]
85/100 (B+) [First added to this chart: 03/03/2025]
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1982
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438
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85/100 (B+)
[First added to this chart: 12/28/2025]
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[First added to this chart: 11/06/2022]
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1982
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780
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Total albums: 26. Page 1 of 3
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Top 26 Music Albums of 1982 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Orange Juice | 2 | 8% | |
| Yazoo | 1 | 4% | |
| Donald Fagen | 1 | 4% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 1 | 4% | |
| Peter Gabriel | 1 | 4% | |
| Misfits | 1 | 4% | |
| Iron Maiden | 1 | 4% | |
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Top 26 Music Albums of 1982 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 4th to 3rdThe Dreaming by Kate Bush |
| Up 1 from 3rd to 2ndPornography by The Cure |
| Up 1 from 2nd to 1stThriller by Michael Jackson |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 1st to 4thNebraska by Bruce Springsteen |
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| ! | 06/11/2026 00:30 | mrmcrook | 865 | 92/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2023 21:26 | Johnnyo | 2,645 | 80/100 |
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