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Flipper
Album - Generic Flipper
Mar 30 • LP
89
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(301)
Asia
Asia
Mar 18 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(299)
杏里 [Anri]
Heaven Beach
Nov 21 • LP
80
user score
(285)
A Flock of Seagulls
A Flock of Seagulls
Apr 30 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(274)
The Birthday Party
Junkyard
May 10 • LP
76
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(273)
Hiroshi Sato featuring Wendy Matthews
Awakening
Jun 21 • LP
82
user score
(271)
Dexys Midnight Runners
Too-Rye-Ay
Aug 1 • LP
93
critic score
(4)
75
user score
(261)
Simple Minds
New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)
Sep 12 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(261)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Imperial Bedroom
Jul 2 • LP
91
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(259)
清水靖晃 [Yasuaki Shimizu]
案山子 (Kakashi)
May 21 • LP
75
user score
(256)
David Lynch & Alan R. Splet
Eraserhead Original Soundtrack
Jun 8 • Soundtrack
84
critic score
(3)
82
user score
(253)
George Harrison
Gone Troppo
Nov 5 • LP
40
critic score
(2)
51
user score
(243)
The Gun Club
Miami
Sep 20 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(230)
The Cleaners from Venus
Midnight Cleaners
Dec • LP
70
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(225)
Luis Alberto Spinetta
Kamikaze
Apr 8 • LP
81
user score
(224)
Yazoo
Upstairs at Eric's
Aug 20 • LP
70
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(223)
KISS
Creatures of the Night
Oct 13 • LP
38
critic score
(3)
65
user score
(222)
Joni Mitchell
Wild Things Run Fast
Oct • LP
70
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(221)
MDC
Millions of Dead Cops
Feb • LP
81
user score
(221)
Orange Juice
You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
Feb • LP
90
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(219)
The Who
It's Hard
Sep 4 • LP
70
critic score
(2)
59
user score
(219)
Takanaka
SAUDADE
Sep 10 • LP
81
user score
(216)
細野晴臣 [Haruomi Hosono]
Philharmony
May 21 • LP
82
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(216)
Bad Religion
How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
Jan 19 • LP
60
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(207)
Sparks
Angst in My Pants
Mar 29 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(207)
Motörhead
Iron Fist
Apr 17 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(197)
Patrice Rushen
Straight from the Heart
Apr 14 • LP
88
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(194)
Phil Collins
Hello, I Must Be Going!
Nov 1 • LP
67
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(193)
Billy Idol
Billy Idol
Jul 16 • LP
73
critic score
(3)
69
user score
(192)
Junior Delahaye
Showcase
1982 • LP
80
user score
(184)
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Glenn Gould
Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Sep 2 • LP
95
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(184)
Supertramp
...famous last words...
Oct • LP
50
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(184)
The Jam
The Gift
Mar 12 • LP
63
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(179)
Daryl Hall & John Oates
H₂O
Oct 4 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(173)
The Psychedelic Furs
Forever Now
Sep 25 • LP
71
critic score
(4)
75
user score
(172)
Big Black
Lungs
Dec • EP
60
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(171)
Felt
Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty
Feb 27 • LP
70
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(171)
Joe Jackson
Night and Day
Jun 25 • LP
83
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(169)
System Planning Korporation
Leichenschrei
1982 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(166)
Orange Juice
Rip It Up
Nov 1 • LP
70
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(161)
Cocteau Twins
Lullabies
Oct • EP
60
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(157)
Solid Space
Space Museum
1982 • LP
76
user score
(153)
The Dream Syndicate
The Days of Wine and Roses
Oct 28 • LP
90
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(147)
Aerosmith
Rock in a Hard Place
Aug 27 • LP
57
critic score
(3)
44
user score
(143)
Devo
Oh, No! It's Devo!
Oct 21 • LP
55
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(142)
The Damned
Strawberries
Jan 1 • LP
85
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(140)
Rupa
Disco Jazz
1982 • LP
77
user score
(138)
Suzanne Ciani
Seven Waves
1982 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(136)
The Gap Band
Gap Band IV
May 17 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(135)
Sad Lovers & Giants
Epic Garden Music
Oct • LP
85
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(134)
Кино [Kino]
45
Jul 29 • LP
76
user score
(131)
Z∆pp∆
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
May 3 • LP
60
critic score
(2)
64
user score
(130)
Horace Andy
Dance Hall Style
Jun 1 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(126)
George Clinton
Computer Games
Nov 5 • LP
77
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(124)
Witchfinder General
Death Penalty
Sep • LP
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(123)
FEAR
The Record
Jun 15 • LP
77
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(122)
Dan Johnston
Don't Be Scared
Jul 1 • LP
65
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(122)
Alice Coltrane
Turiya Sings
1982 • LP
76
user score
(119)
Circle Jerks
Wild in the Streets
Mar 4 • LP
55
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(116)
Richard & Linda Thompson
Shoot Out the Lights
Mar 15 • LP
100
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(116)
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