As always, the list is debatable. Seems ‘82 was a “New Wave” kind of a year…what do you think?
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
Paul McCartney, Tug Of War
Roxy Music - Avalon
Nick Lowe, Nick The Knife
Orange Juice, You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever
John Hiatt, All Of A Sudden
The Spoons - Arias And Symphonies
ABC - Lexicon Of Love
Joe Jackson - Night And Day
Peter Gabriel - Security
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
The Cure, Pornography
Dave Edmunds, D.E. 7th
Clash - Combat Rock
The Beat - Special Beat Service
Men At Work - Business As Usual
Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now
Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's
Haircut 100 - Pelican West
China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms
Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay
The Jam - The Gift
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless
XTC - English Settlement
Soft Cell - Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing
Gang Of Four - Songs Of The Free
Stray Cats - Built For Speed
Joe Cocker - Sheffield Steel
Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band...
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
Fun Boy Three - Fun Boy Three
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Gil Scott-Heron - Moving Target
Van Morrison - Beautiful Vision
The Buggles - Adventures In Modern Recording
Men Without Hats - Rhythm Of Youth
Nash The Slash - And You Thought You Were Normal
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out
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Aw yeah, have to give it up for Men At Work, the first album I ever bought and still one of my favorites. They kind of ended up one-hit wonders in the US, but still a very underrated pop band I think.
Also of note:
Shoot Out The Lights, Richard and Linda Thompson, a FANTASTIC album in an amazing career, the best divorce record ever?
Mission of Burma, Vs
Lou Reed, The Blue Mask (great cover too)
Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska
and...
Michael Jackson, Thriller (OK, I suppose this needs apologies -- but honestly this album was inescapable at the time and even now I can't listen to "Billie Jean" or "Beat It" and not smile. Pretty much everything he's done since is terrible and the man is a freakish wreck of a human being, but I'll give him "Thriller.")
Wow, 1982 was actually a pretty good year.
Amazing year when you see it listed like this.
I agree with Nik, Thriller has to be there.
The list is great Uncle E, can't argue with any, and can't really add much at all.
Certainly a "new wave" year, or maybe better described as a high-water mark year for "post-punk". Look at the stunning variety of musical types represented in that list! And even Macca chiming in with a classic.
*sigh* ahhh to be 15 again with disposable income...
Philbert berated me this morning for omitting the Richard/ Linda Thompson album. And Thriller was a major oversight. Love it or hate it, a remarkable album that deserves some respect.
The year was a very good year, the start of all that great post punk experimental stuff, right before John Hughes got his grubby hands all over it...
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