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201.

Jimmy Buffett - Somewhere Over China
1982
Critic Score
50
2 reviews
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202.

Loretta Lynn - Making Love from Memory
September 13, 1982
Critic Score
45
2 reviews
Amazon
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204.

Blondie - The Hunter
May 24, 1982
New Wave, Pop Rock
Synthpop
Critic Score
45
2 reviews
Amazon
Music
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205.

Kansas - Vinyl Confessions
May 20, 1982
AOR
Critic Score
45
2 reviews
Amazon
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206.

Smokey Robinson - Yes It's You Lady
1982
Soul
Critic Score
45
2 reviews
Amazon

208.

Bad Company - Rough Diamonds
August 12, 1982
Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Critic Score
43
3 reviews
Amazon
Music

212.

Front 242 - Geography
September 1982
EBM
Minimal Synth
Critic Score
40
2 reviews
Amazon
Music
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213.

Santana - Shangó
August 1, 1982
Pop Rock
AOR, Latin Rock, Pop Reggae
Critic Score
40
2 reviews
Amazon
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214.

Cher - I Paralyze
May 28, 1982
Pop Rock, AOR
New Wave
Critic Score
40
2 reviews
Amazon

215.

Herbie Hancock - Lite Me Up
May 1982
Boogie, Disco
Critic Score
40
2 reviews
Amazon
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216.

Spandau Ballet - Diamond
March 5, 1982
Critic Score
40
2 reviews
Amazon
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217.

Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind
February 1982
Country Pop, Countrypolitan
Critic Score
40
2 reviews
Amazon

219.

Jefferson Starship - Winds of Change
October 4, 1982
Critic Score
35
2 reviews
Amazon
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220.

Sly and the Family Stone - Ain't But the One Way
September 14, 1982
Funk, Soul
Critic Score
35
2 reviews
Amazon
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221.

The Four Tops - One More Mountain
August 1982
Soul
Critic Score
35
2 reviews
Amazon

222.

Kenny Rogers - Love Will Turn You Around
1982
Critic Score
35
2 reviews
Amazon
Music

223.

McCoy Tyner - Looking Out
1982
Critic Score
35
2 reviews
Amazon

224.

Barry Manilow - Here Comes the Night
November 11, 1982
Critic Score
30
2 reviews
Amazon

225.

Nugent - Nugent
August 1982
Critic Score
30
2 reviews
Amazon
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