Best Albums of 1982
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"Best album by a long way by Simple Minds. I can’t find anything bad about it’s a superb sounding album. One of the best albums ever made its beautiful" Reply
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1982
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2,260
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"Combat rock, is really the 'last' proper Clash album, and looking at the contents of the box set a few years ago, it seems the band agrees with this. If you take out, should i stay or should i go, and, rock the casbah, it would be an incredibly frustrating album. The rest is fine, but it's clear ..." Reply
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1982
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"It's a shame not enough people know this album. Some of Elvis' best songs on here including Man Out of Time, The Loved Ones, and Pidgin English. Costello's creative peak." Reply
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1982
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"A lot of what you'll find on "So" you'll find on this album. It expresses gabriel's viewpoint on african and native american themes." Reply
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1982
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"Due to Trevor Horn's lush production, this is one of the finest albums of the 1980's." Reply
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1982
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"Throw away four tracks and you are left with one of the best albums of the 80s." Reply
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Freddie55 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1982
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"This avant-garde classic is essentially a subtle exploration of the banality of the mechanized consumer society charateristic of the modern metropolis.The songs are sketches of life within an ordered society - slow, repetitive and colloquial, halfway between the hypnotic and the dreamlike. Layers..." Reply
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1982
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"great rock'n'roll album. imo the title track is the dullest one. and the vocals are mixed quite thin and anonymous." Reply
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1982
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"Even if it is made within the context of an ironic joke, the racial slur in the opening track still makes me wince with every listen. Aside from that particularly dated moment, this post-punk album keeps as fresh as a daisy. Utterly enthralling." Reply
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ForegroundNoise | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1982
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1,428
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"Adam Yauch would agree with the best hardcore label. I would too, but the Dead Kennedy's I think have the title. It's close, and the reggae in this album is really good too." Reply
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1982
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100
Best Albums of 1982 composition
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| Various Artists | 22 | 2% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 0% | |
| XTC | 3 | 0% | |
| The Original Broadway Cast | 3 | 0% | |
| The Fall | 3 | 0% | |
| Ry Cooder | 3 | 0% | |
| Scientist | 2 | 0% | |
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320 | 32% | |
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283 | 28% | |
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62 | 6% | |
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47 | 5% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 1982 chart changes
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