Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 by Norman Bates

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• Chart updated: 07/02/2023 21:15
• (Created: 05/08/2012 18:36).
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They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles 

 Television Personalities

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[First added to this chart: 05/08/2012]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

112

Rank in 1982:

166

Rank in 1980s:

1,509

Overall Rank:

10,448

Average Rating:

 71 (28 votes)

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Nebraska 

 Bruce Springsteen

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[First added to this chart: 05/08/2012]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

703 charts

Rank Score:

5,792

Rank in 1982:

5

Rank in 1980s:

41

Overall Rank:

314

Average Rating:

 80 (963 votes)

Comments:

54

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The Days Of Wine And Roses 

 The Dream Syndicate

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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2012]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

158 charts

Rank Score:

752

Rank in 1982:

39

Rank in 1980s:

335

Overall Rank:

2,181

Average Rating:

 76 (145 votes)

Comments:

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Monotonprodukt 07 

 Monoton

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[First added to this chart: 05/08/2012]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

196

Rank in 1982:

108

Rank in 1980s:

964

Overall Rank:

6,594

Average Rating:

 74 (30 votes)

Comments:

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English Settlement 

 XTC

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[First added to this chart: 05/08/2012]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

287 charts

Rank Score:

1,799

Rank in 1982:

15

Rank in 1980s:

153

Overall Rank:

997

Average Rating:

 79 (338 votes)

Comments:

14

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Eligible Bachelors 

 The Monochrome Set

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[First added to this chart: 05/08/2012]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

74

Rank in 1982:

229

Rank in 1980s:

2,076

Overall Rank:

15,150

Average Rating:

 74 (18 votes)

Comments:

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Of Human Feelings 

 Ornette Coleman

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[First added to this chart: 05/06/2021]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

65

Rank in 1982:

253

Rank in 1980s:

2,286

Overall Rank:

16,811

Average Rating:

 73 (25 votes)

Comments:

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Rip It Up 

 Orange Juice

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[First added to this chart: 10/23/2013]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

361

Rank in 1982:

63

Rank in 1980s:

596

Overall Rank:

3,977

Average Rating:

 75 (76 votes)

Comments:

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Scientist Wins The World Cup 

 Scientist

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[First added to this chart: 06/21/2023]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

53

Rank in 1982:

297

Rank in 1980s:

2,648

Overall Rank:

19,616

Average Rating:

 72 (11 votes)

Comments:

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Ambient 4: On Land 

 Brian Eno

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[First added to this chart: 10/13/2014]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

154 charts

Rank Score:

769

Rank in 1982:

37

Rank in 1980s:

327

Overall Rank:

2,138

Average Rating:

 78 (198 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Orange Juice	2	2%
The Fall	2	2%
Television Personalities	2	2%
Klaus Nomi	1	1%
Sister Nancy	1	1%
MDC	1	1%
Adrian Belew	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	43	43%
	32	32%
	7	7%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 chart changes

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85/100	08/25/2022 23:56	MadhattanJack	160	84/100
90/100	05/07/2021 13:33	jackq	274	92/100
100/100	05/03/2020 06:31	DJENNY	4,408	100/100
90/100	02/15/2014 20:07	PauloPaz	1,766	89/100
95/100	11/04/2013 20:57	JusticeDone	427	96/100

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From MadhattanJack 08/26/2022 00:01

It seems like a lot of bands/artists didn't put much of anything out in 1982, including a lot of my personal favorites, even though they were active around that time... but you've managed to find and rank just about all of them anyway. Nice!

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From Norman Bates 10/23/2012 06:30

It's great fun, believe me.

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