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Did a research and an album poll about the best albums from 1982 on my blog. Readers and Followers suggested these albums.

Here is the final result.

http://burningflameblog.blogspot.com/20 ... -list.html



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What a monumental year. Can you imagine something like that today? Could quibble with choices but well done!

How many participants where there in this survey?

Uh, where's Pinky Blue?

[quote][i]Originally posted by Jim2[/i]
<br>How many participants where there in this survey?
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Don't know really how many people voted, but here is what people suggested as their favorite albums (comment section).

http://burningflameblog.blogspot.com/20 ... -1982.html

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[quote][i]Originally posted by pinkyblue82[/i]
<br>Uh, where's Pinky Blue?
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No one mentioned it.

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There's lots of misses, but it rightly shows what an astounding year it was. I might add...

ACR - I'd Like to See You Again
ACR - Sextext (both in same year)
The Bongos - Drums Along the Hudson
Comsat Angels - Fiction
The dB's - Repercussion
Dexy's - Too-Rye-Ay
Fay Ray - Contact You
Front 242 - Geography
Humans - Happy Hour
Jonny Sevin - s/t
Lords of the New Church - s/t
Lou Miami & the Kozmetix - s/t
Modern English - After the Snow
Music for Pleasure - Into the Rain
The Names - Swimming
The Passions - Sanctuary
Positive Noise - Change of Heart
Psychic TV - Force the Hand of Change
Section 25 - The Key of Dreams
Slow Children - s/t
Sonic Youth - s/t
The Sound - All Fall Down
The Teardrop Explodes - Everybody Want to Shag...
Translator - Heartbeats and Triggers
Waitresses - Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Wall of Voodoo - Call of the West
X - Under the Big Black Sun
Y Pants - Beat It Down

Jeez, did I say astounding?! What a ridiculous explosion of creativity.

Thanks for this great addition. Some of these albums could really have made bigger impact on the list.
Will let you know when I make the 1982 singles list. Soon!

[quote][i]Originally posted by Frau_Blucher[/i]


Jeez, did I say astounding?! What a ridiculous explosion of creativity.
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This could be the biggest understatement in the history of the NWO.

also not included

Oingo Boingo "Nothing to Fear"
The English Beat " Special Beat Service "
Devo "Oh No, It's Devo"
The Flirts "10 Cents a Dance"
Josie Cotton "Convertible Music"
Midnight Oil "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1"
The Plimsouls "Everywhere at Once"
Ric Ocasek "Beautitude"
Scandal "Scandal"
Slow Children "Mad about Town"
Bad Manners "Forging Ahead"

Rio is my #1 of 1982. Nothing else even comes close. How the hell any of The Cure's albums is #1 for any year is a mystery to me.

Best Canadian album, in my opinion, is either
Strange Advance - World's Away, or
Spoons - Arias and Symphonies ...
which leads to the best Canadian single of 1982 = Spoons' Nova Heart.

There's a typo in #9. One too many Ts in Ultravox.

A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls
ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Billy Idol - Billy Idol
Berlin - Pleasure Victim
Blanket of Secrecy - Walls Have Ears
Donald Fagen The Nightfly
Duran Duran - Rio
The Fixx - Shuttered Room
INXS - Shabooh Shoobah
Men At Work - Business As Usual
Ric Ocasek - Beatitude
Robert Plant - Pictures At Eleven
Talk Talk - The Party's Over



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[quote][i]Originally posted by obs[/i]
<br>Rio is my #1 of 1982. Nothing else even comes close. How the hell any of The Cure's albums is #1 for any year is a mystery to me.

Best Canadian album, in my opinion, is either
Strange Advance - World's Away, or
Spoons - Arias and Symphonies ...
which leads to the best Canadian single of 1982 = Spoons' Nova Heart.

There's a typo in #9. One too many Ts in Ultravox.
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I already said that 'Pornography' was overrated. It got 103 votes while 'A Broken Frame' only got 42 in the second place.
Thanks for pointing out the Ultravox typo.

New Musik - WARP is the obvious one missing for me.


But great list, I need to check out more of those albums!

http://www.discogs.com/New-Musik-Warp/release/63527

For me, 1982 was nearly unprecedented for top shelf quality. My personal faves:

Icehouse: Primitive Man
Sad Lovers And Giants: Epic Garden Music
Level 42: The Pursuit Of Accidents
Duran Duran: Rio
Simple Minds: New Gold Dream
Roxy Music: Avalon
China Crisis: Difficult Shapes and Passive Rhythms...
Psychedelic Furs: Forever Now
Donald Fagen: The Nightfly
The Fixx: Shuttered Room
Modern English: After The Snow
Joe Jackson: Night & Day
Thomas Dolby: The Golden Age Of Wireless
Killing Joke: Revelations
New Order: 1981-1982 EP
The Church: The Blurred Crusade
Talk Talk: The Party's Over
Depeche Mode: A Broken Frame
The Cure: Pornography
The Names: Swimming
Comsat Angels: Fiction
Visage: The Anvil
The Sound: All Fall Down
Soft Cell: Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing
The Clash: Combat Rock
The Jam: The Gift
Midnight Oil: 10-1
Blancmange: Happy Families
Gang Of Four: Songs Of The Free
INXS: Shabooh Shabooh
Orange Juice: You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
Orange Juice: Rip It Uppp
The Go-Betweens: Send Me A Lullaby
The Monochrome Set: Eligible Bachelors
Yazoo: Upstairs At Eric's
XTC: English Settlement
23 Skidoo: Seven Songs
Haircut 100: Pelican West
The Passions: Sanctuary
Missing Persons: Spring Session M
Shriekback: Tench EP
Section 25: Always Now
Cocteau Twins: Garlands
A Flock Of Seagulls - A Flock Of Seagulls

And these are just the tip of the iceberg of what was a great year in music!