In a way, I'm glad this is the last year I'm doing all these since I would only continue to rub up against issues that make me feel...icky...including things on my list, even if they musically were very pivotal records. For instance, I've not included Thriller or Planet Rock on the list below because of the heinousness of those artists's crimes, but there's little doubt that both of those albums changed music and defined the decade to a certain extent. At the same time, there's probably no reason I'd ever need to tell you that Thriller is an album lots of people nevertheless enjoy and has played an essential role in their lives. Take with this what you will, and also berate me as a hypocrite for the other artists I've kept within these ranks. Music listening habits and critical plaudits have always been complicated, but perhaps never moreso than right now.
HOT CHART-RACKING LPS OF 1982
1. A Certain Ratio -Sextet
2. Prince -1999
3. XTC -English Settlement
4. Yazoo -Upstairs at Eric's
5. Brian Eno -Ambient 4: On Land
6. Vangelis -Blade Runner OST
7. New Order -1981-1982
8. Colin Newman -Not To
9. Duran Duran -Rio
10. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five -The Message
11. A Flock of Seagulls -A Flock of Seagulls
12. Bad Brains -Bad Brains
13. The Birthday Party -Junkyard
14. 23 Skidoo -Seven Songs
15. The English Beat -Special Beat Service
16. Cocteau Twins -Garlands
17. Killing Joke -Revelations
18. Kate Bush -The Dreaming
19. The Cure -Pornography
20. Diamanda Galas -The Litanies of Satan
21. Man Parrish -Man Parrish
22. Neil Young -Trans
23. Donald Fagen -The Nightfly
24. Savage Republic -Tragic Figures
25. Harumi Hosono -Philharmony
THE BEST SINGLE CUTS of 1982
1. A Flock of Seagulls - "Space Age Love Song"
2. Indeep - "Last Night a Deejay Saved My Life"
3. Laurie Brannigan - "Gloria"
4. Bauhaus - "Bela Lugosi's Dead (Live)"
5. Prince - "1999"
6. New Order - "Temptation"
7. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message"
8. The System - "You Are in My System"
9. Joe Jackson - "Steppin' Out"
10. The Clash - "Straight to Hell"
11. The Go-Go's - "Vacation"
12. Bad Brains - "Pay to Cum"
13. A Certain Ratio - "Knife Slits Water"
14. Yazoo - "Only You"
15. The Gap Band - "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
16. The English Beat - "Save It For Later"
17. Gary Davis - "The Professor Here"
18. Cleaners from Venus - "Only a Shadow"
19. Wide Boy Awake - "Slang Teacher"
20. The Raincoats - "No One's Little Girl"
21. Duran Duran - "The Chauffeur"
22. Roxy Music - "More Than This"
23. Billy Idol - "White Wedding"
24. Soft Cell - "Fun City"
25. David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto - "Bamboo Houses"
26. Poison Girls - "Take the Toys"
27. Bruce Springsteen - "State Trooper"
28. Missing Persons - "Destination Unknown"
29. Man Parrish - "Heatstroke"
30. Vanity 6 - "Nasty Girl"
31. Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Come on Eileen"
32. The Cure - "One Hundred Days"
33. Big Black - "Steelworker"
34. Modern English - "I Melt With You"
35. Dead Kennedys - "Moon Over Marin"
36. Alan Parsons Project - "Eye in the Sky"
37. XTC - "Senses Working Overtime"
38. Berlin - "The Metro"
39. The Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way"
40. Killing Joke - "Empire Song"
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