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Cold Chisel
Circus Animals
Mar 1 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(24)
井上鑑 [Akira Inoue]
Prophetic Dream
Mar 1 • LP
77
user score
(24)
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
Apr 1 • LP
76
user score
(24)
Adrian Belew
Lone Rhino
Apr 26 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(24)
Cheap Trick
One on One
Apr 30 • LP
60
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(24)
Altered Images
Pinky Blue
May 14 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(24)
Junior Mendes
Copacabana Sadia
Jun 29 • LP
84
user score
(24)
Santana
Shangó
Aug 1 • LP
40
critic score
(2)
56
user score
(24)
Kenny G
Kenny G
Aug 1 • LP
40
critic score
(1)
34
user score
(24)
Blurt
Blurt
May 1 • LP
72
user score
(23)
Kansas
Vinyl Confessions
May 20 • LP
45
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(23)
Malaria!
Emotion
Aug • LP
80
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(23)
You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
Ache
Aug • LP
60
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(23)
Musical Youth
The Youth of Today
Oct • LP
90
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(23)
Bobb Trimble
Harvest of Dreams
Dec 16 • LP
78
critic score
(5)
75
user score
(23)
Albert Ayler
Lörrach / Paris 1966
1982 • Live
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(23)
Clementina De Jesus
O canto dos escravos
1982 • LP
78
user score
(23)
Azymuth
Telecommunication
1982 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(23)
Lulu Santos
Tempos Modernos
1982 • LP
70
user score
(23)
Jeunesse D'ivoire
Jeunesse D'ivoire
1982 • EP
74
user score
(23)
Allan Holdsworth
I.O.U.
1982 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(22)
Klaus Nomi
Simple Man
1982 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(22)
Capital Punishment
Roadkill
1982 • LP
70
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(22)
Milton Nascimento
Ănĭmă
1982 • LP
80
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(22)
Wendy Carlos
Tron (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1982 • Soundtrack
80
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(22)
Robert Wyatt
Nothing Can Stop Us
Mar • Compilation
81
critic score
(4)
69
user score
(22)
Spandau Ballet
Diamond
Mar 5 • LP
40
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(22)
非常階段 [Hijokaidan]
蔵六の奇病 [Zōroku no kibyō]
Apr • Live
81
user score
(22)
Miles Davis
We Want Miles
May • Live
60
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(22)
Kenny Loggins
High Adventure
Sep • LP
75
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(22)
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Frank Zappa
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
Sep • Box Set
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(22)
The Residents
Intermission
Oct • EP
75
user score
(22)
Maximum Joy
Station M.X.J.Y.
Sep 10 • LP
81
user score
(21)
LiLiPUT
LiLiPUT
1982 • LP
77
user score
(21)
Beastie Boys
Polly Wog Stew
1982 • EP
45
critic score
(2)
45
user score
(21)
Arnaldo Baptista
Singin' Alone
1982 • LP
83
user score
(21)
Daniel Barenboim
Chopin: Nocturnes
1982 • LP
80
user score
(21)
Sodom
Witching Metal
1982 • Demo
47
user score
(21)
Yoshino Fujimal
Yoshino Fujimal
Jul 21 • LP
80
user score
(21)
D-Train
You're the One for Me
Jan 1 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(20)
Madness
Complete Madness
Apr 24 • Compilation
85
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(20)
Genesis
Three Sides Live
Jun 1 • Live
65
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(20)
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Bad To The Bone
Aug 9 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(20)
Carole King
One to One
1982 • LP
40
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(20)
Tappi Tíkarrass
Bitið fast í vitið
1982 • EP
70
user score
(20)
Merzbow
Expanded Music 2
1982 • LP
57
user score
(20)
Loredana Bertè
Traslocando
1982 • LP
80
user score
(20)
Milton Nascimento, Pedro Casaldáliga & Pedro Tierra
Missa dos Quilombos
1982 • LP
65
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(19)
Pigbag
Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive
1982 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(19)
Sylvester
All I Need
1982 • LP
74
user score
(19)
Uriah Heep
Abominog
Mar 1 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(19)
ピッキーピクニック [Picky Picnic]
Picnic Land
Apr • LP
69
user score
(19)
Orchestra Baobab
Pirates Choice
Apr 5 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(19)
Chrome
3rd From The Sun
May 26 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(19)
Bad Company
Rough Diamonds
Aug 12 • LP
43
critic score
(3)
52
user score
(19)
Stray Cats
Built for Speed
Jan 1 • Compilation
75
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(18)
UFO
Mechanix
Feb • LP
50
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(18)
Barón Rojo
Volumen Brutal
Feb 22 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(18)
Whitehouse
New Britain
Mar • LP
60
critic score
(1)
44
user score
(18)
38 Special
Special Forces
May 4 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(18)
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