Saturday, May 22, 2021

Albums of the Year - 1982

 Another fine year. For me in music and in life. The year I left Secondary School and one where the UK Singles charts were as interesting as the Albums one in that many great leftfield bands entered the mainstream charts and had genuine hit records on their own terms. Here is the Top Ten rundown from the Best Ever Albums chart:

  1. Michael Jackson - Thriller
  2.  Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
  3. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska 
  4. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
  5. The Cure - Pornography
  6. Prince - 1999
  7. Roxy Music - Avalon
  8. Duran Duran - Rio
  9. Donald Fagen - Nightfly
  10. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
And here's mine from records I own:

1. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)



2. The Associates - Sulk



3. Kate Bush - The Dreaming



4. Dexys Midnight Runners - Too Rye Aye



5. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine & Roses




6. ABC - The  Lexicon of Love



7. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly



8. Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever




9. Madness - The Rise & Fall



10. Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's



11. The Clash - Combat Rock



12. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters



13. Scritti Politti - Songs To Remember



14. Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love 




15. China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain



16. XTC - English Settlement



17. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom



18. Roxy Music - Avalon



19. Blancmange - Happy Families


20. Laurie Anderson - Big Science



21. Grace Jones - Living my Life


22. Steel Pulse - True Democracy



23. Mission of Burma - Vs



24. Thomas Dolby - The Golden  Age of Wireless



25. Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now



Not a bad soundtrack to a fundamental year in my life.



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