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Best Albums of 1982 by User Score
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Alternative Rock
Ambient
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Art Pop
Art Punk
Dance Pop
Gothic Rock
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Heavy Metal
Hip Hop
Metal
New Wave
No Wave
Pop
Pop Rock
Pop Soul
Post-Punk
Progressive Pop
Progressive Rock
Punk
Punk Rock
R&B
Rock
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Soft Rock
Sophisti-Pop
Soul
Synth Funk
Synthpop
Min. Ratings
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Michael Jackson - Thriller
November 30th, 1982
R&B
USER SCORE
88
1,426 ratings
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Kate Bush - The Dreaming
September 13th, 1982
Art Pop
USER SCORE
88
732 ratings
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3
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Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
March 24th, 1982
New Wave
USER SCORE
87
73 ratings
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4
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Philip Glass - Glassworks
January 1st, 1982
Minimalism
USER SCORE
87
173 ratings
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5
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Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
November 1st, 1982
Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
87
232 ratings
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6
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Prince - 1999
October 27th, 1982
Synth Funk
USER SCORE
85
411 ratings
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7
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The Cure - Pornography
May 3rd, 1982
Gothic Rock
USER SCORE
85
648 ratings
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8
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Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
September 30th, 1982
Rock
USER SCORE
85
255 ratings
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9
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Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
March 22nd, 1982
Heavy Metal
USER SCORE
85
482 ratings
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10
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The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
March 8th, 1982
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
84
106 ratings
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11
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Tatsuro Yamashita - For You
January 21st, 1982
City Pop
USER SCORE
84
94 ratings
Amazon
12
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Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
March 1st, 1982
Ambient
USER SCORE
84
144 ratings
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13
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Mission of Burma - Vs.
January 1st, 1982
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
84
127 ratings
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14
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Bad Brains - Bad Brains
February 1st, 1982
Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
83
322 ratings
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15
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
July 2nd, 1982
Pop Rock
USER SCORE
83
57 ratings
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16
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XTC - English Settlement
February 12th, 1982
New Wave
USER SCORE
82
98 ratings
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17
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Hiroshi Yoshimura - Wave Notation 1: Music for Nine Post Cards
Ambient
USER SCORE
82
52 ratings
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18
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Siouxsie and the Banshees - A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
November 5th, 1982
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
82
67 ratings
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19
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Misfits - Walk Among Us
March 0th, 1982
Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
81
155 ratings
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20
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Laurie Anderson - Big Science
April 19th, 1982
Art Pop
USER SCORE
81
153 ratings
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21
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Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
September 20th, 1982
Rock
USER SCORE
81
90 ratings
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22
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Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
July 17th, 1982
Heavy Metal
USER SCORE
81
150 ratings
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23
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Roxy Music - Avalon
May 28th, 1982
Sophisti-Pop
USER SCORE
80
108 ratings
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24
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Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
February 1st, 1982
Rock
USER SCORE
79
85 ratings
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25
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The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
June 1st, 1982
Progressive Pop
USER SCORE
79
60 ratings
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