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The Best Punk Albums of 1982 by User Score

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1.

Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
November 16, 1982
Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
87
2,556 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

2.

The Cure - Pornography
May 3, 1982
Gothic Rock, Post-Punk
USER SCORE
86
6,218 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

3.

Bad Brains - Bad Brains
February 5, 1982
Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
84
2,439 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

4.

Mission of Burma - Vs.
October 11, 1982
Post-Punk, Post-Hardcore
USER SCORE
81
445 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

6.

The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
March 8, 1982
Art Punk, Post-Punk
USER SCORE
81
423 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

7.

Misfits - Walk Among Us
March 1982
Horror Punk, Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
80
844 ratings
Amazon

9.

MDC - Millions of Dead Cops
February 1982
Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
81
221 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

10.

Descendents - Milo Goes to College
September 12, 1982
Hardcore Punk, Skate Punk
USER SCORE
78
2,073 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

11.

The Gun Club - Miami
September 20, 1982
Post-Punk, Punk Blues
USER SCORE
80
230 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

13.

Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain
March 24, 1982
Deathrock
USER SCORE
79
403 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

14.

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out
October 1, 1982
Gothic Rock, Post-Punk
USER SCORE
78
548 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

16.

Lydia Lunch - 13.13
June 1982
Post-Punk, Gothic Rock
USER SCORE
82
81 ratings
Amazon

17.

The Damned - Strawberries
January 1, 1982
Punk Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk
USER SCORE
79
140 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

18.

Voo-Doo Church - Voo-Doo Church
December 1982
Deathrock
USER SCORE
82
59 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

22.

New Order - 1981-1982
November 30, 1982
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
83
47 ratings
Amazon

23.

The Faith / Void - Faith/Void
September 10, 1982
Hardcore Punk
USER SCORE
78
102 ratings
Amazon
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