Top-rated albums of 1982

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1982 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Thriller 

 Michael Jackson

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

1,581 charts

Rank Score:

17,050

Rank in 1982:

1

Rank in 1980s:

9

Overall Rank:

77

Average Rating:

 82 (2,105 votes)

Comments:

160

2.

Kamikaze 

 Luis Alberto Spinetta

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

253

Rank in 1982:

86

Rank in 1980s:

778

Overall Rank:

5,286

Average Rating:

 82 (42 votes)

Comments:

2

3.

J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations 

 Glenn Gould

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

325

Rank in 1982:

70

Rank in 1980s:

641

Overall Rank:

4,331

Average Rating:

 82 (44 votes)

Comments:

0

4.

The Dreaming 

 Kate Bush

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

626 charts

Rank Score:

6,610

Rank in 1982:

2

Rank in 1980s:

34

Overall Rank:

265

Average Rating:

 81 (756 votes)

Comments:

56

5.

For You 

 山下達郎 [Tatsuro Yamashita]

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

878

Rank in 1982:

32

Rank in 1980s:

296

Overall Rank:

1,912

Average Rating:

 81 (56 votes)

Comments:

1

6.

Glassworks 

 Philip Glass

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

136 charts

Rank Score:

1,051

Rank in 1982:

25

Rank in 1980s:

253

Overall Rank:

1,633

Average Rating:

 81 (157 votes)

Comments:

6

7.

Yendo De La Cama Al Living 

 Charly García

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

499

Rank in 1982:

53

Rank in 1980s:

465

Overall Rank:

3,026

Average Rating:

 81 (67 votes)

Comments:

1

8.

The Number Of The Beast 

 Iron Maiden

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

695 charts

Rank Score:

6,514

Rank in 1982:

3

Rank in 1980s:

35

Overall Rank:

269

Average Rating:

 81 (988 votes)

Comments:

64

9.

Pornography 

 The Cure

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

670 charts

Rank Score:

5,990

Rank in 1982:

4

Rank in 1980s:

39

Overall Rank:

302

Average Rating:

 80 (948 votes)

Comments:

56

10.

The Collection 1977-1982 
Compilation

 The Stranglers

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Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

10

Rank in 1982:

673

Rank in 1980s:

6,430

Overall Rank:

54,516

Average Rating:

 80 (13 votes)

Comments:

1

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).