| Best Albums of 1982 |
| 1 | The Fall | Hex Enduction Hour | 
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| 2 | John Cale | Music for a New Society | 
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| 3 | Orange Juice | You Can't Hide Your Love Forever | 
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| 4 | Television Personalities | Mummy, You're Not Watching Me | 
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| 5 | The Blue Orchids | The Greatest Hit | 
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| 6 | Birthday Party | Junkyard | 
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| 7 | The Clash | Combat Rock | 
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| 8 | Prince | 1999 | 
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| 9 | Scritti Politti | Songs to Remember | 
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| 10 | The Fall | Room to Live | 
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| 11 | Violent Femmes | Violent Femmes | 
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| 12 | Van Morrison | Beautiful Vision | 
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| 13 | The Church | Blurred Crusade | 
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| 14 | The Go Betweens | Send Me a Lullaby | 
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| 15 | Simple Minds | New Gold Dream | 
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| 16 | Dexy's Midnight Runners | Too-Rye-Aye | 
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| 17 | Judy Nylon | Pal Judy | 
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| 18 | The Psychedelic Furs | Forever Now | 
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| 19 | The Cure | Pornography | 
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| 20 | Fad Gadget | Under the Flag | 
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| 21 | The Nightingales | Pigs on Purpose | 
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| 22 | The Comsat Angels | Fiction | 
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| 23 | Captain Beefheart | Ice Cream for Crow | 
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| 24 | Iggy Pop | Zombie Birdhouse | 
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| 25 | Cabaret Voltaire | 2 x 45 | 
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| 26 | Donald Fagen | The Nightfly | 
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| 27 | Laurie Anderson | Big Science | 
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| 28 | The Associates | Sulk | 
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| 29 | Gang of Four | Songs of the Free | 
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| 30 | Eyeless in Gaza | Drumming the Beating Heart | 
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| 31 | Wall of Voodoo | Call of the West | 
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| 32 | Tracey Thorn | A Distant Shore | 
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| 33 | The Monochrome Set | Eligible Bachelors | 
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| 34 | DAF | Für Immer | 
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| 35 | Lou Reed | The Blue Mask | 
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| 36 | Yukihiro Takahashi | Murdered by the Music | 
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| 37 | Dream Syndicate | Days of Wine and Roses | 
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| 38 | Lemon Kittens | The Big Dentist | 
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| 39 | Thomas Dolby | The Golden Age of Wireless | 
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| Best Albums of 1981 | Best Albums of 1983 |
