Best Music Albums - Year By
Year: 1982

1. Dire Straits: Love Over Gold
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A
legendary effort from Dire Straits. Their best ever.
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2. Ultravox: Quartet
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Third album
in the Ultravox trilogy of the early ´80's (the others being "Vienna" and
"Rage In Eden"), this album is probably the best Ultravox album
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3. Roxy Music: Avalon
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Last studio
album from Roxy Music and one of their most popular. Songs like "Avalon" and
"More Than This" secure a place in the charts.
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4. Duran Duran: Rio
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After a
promising debut in 1981, Duran Duran returned with a very strong and well-crafted package,
opening up for the big success.
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5. The Cure: Pornography
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The Cure changes style in
a substancial manner and becomes a much darker and complex outfit.
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6. Simple Minds: New Gold Dream
(81, 82, 83, 84)
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Simple Minds
are finding the style that made them so big in the ´80's. An album filled with the energy
of a curious new young band.
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7. Supertramp: ...Famous Last Words
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"It's Raining
Again" was the hit from this album - the last with Roger Hodgson in the group. The
album contains the usual high Supertramp standard song-wise.
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8. Michael Jackson: Thriller
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Michael Jackson's
legendary hit album where almost every song was a huge hit at one time or another. |
9. Talk Talk: The Party's Over
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The debut album from Talk
Talk revealing a very synth oriented side of the band. With a strong melodic base, this
remains an overlooked but crucial album in the synth wave of the early '80's. |
10. Depeche Mode: A Broken Frame
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Second album from Depeche
Mode and already a departure towards the more serious and dark compared to the debut.
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Albums that also made an impact:
Toto: IV
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