MeggaMusic : Best Albums of 1982
In alphabetical order, not in order of preference.
- African Head Charge - Environmental Studies (On-U Sound)
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- Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky (Arista)
- Altered Images - Pinky Blue (Epic)
- Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked (EG / A&M)
- Aswad - A New Chapter Of Dub (Island)
- Aswad - Not Satisfied (CBS)
- A Certain Ratio - Sextet (Factory)
- Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (Beggars Banquet / A&M)
- Bernard Xolotl - Last Wave (Syntasy) ▶
- Bill Nelson - Acquitted By Mirrors (Cocteau Records)
- Bill Nelson - The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart) / La Belle Et La Bête (Mercury / PVC)
- Black Uhuru - Chill Out (Island)
- Blancmange - Happy Families (Extended Mixes) (London Records)
- Brainticket - Voyage (Brainticket)
- Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land (Editions EG)
- Cabaret Voltaire - The Golden Moments Of Cabaret Voltaire (1978-1982) (Rough Trade)
- Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Ice Cream For Crow (Virgin)
- Charanjit Singh - Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat (HMV India)
- China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms... (Virgin)
- Chris & Cosey - Trance (Rough Trade)
- Chris de Burgh - The Getaway (A&M)
- Chrome - 3rd From The Sun (Siren / Don't Fall Off The Mountain) ▶
- Chrome - Chrome Box: The Chronicles I & II (Siren / Subterranean)
- Cocteau Twins - Garlands (4AD) ▶
- Constance Demby - Sacred Space Music (Gandarva / Hearts Of Space)
- Creation Rebel - Vibrations: 1978-1982 (On-U Sound)
- Crosby, Stills & Nash - Daylight Again (Atlantic)
- David Darling - Cycles (ECM) ▶
- David Lynch & Alan R. Splet - Eraserhead Soundtrack (Alternative Tentacles / I.R.S.)
- David Parsons - Tibetan Plateau (Sun Energy / Fortuna)
- Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Für Immer (Virgin)
- Die Form - Die Puppe (Bain Total)
- Die Krupps - Volle Kraft Voraus! (WEA)
- Dillinger - Cocaine (Charly / New Cross)
- Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (Vertigo)
- Donna Summer - State Of Independence (12"/single) (Geffen)
- Dub Syndicate - Pounding System (On-U Sound)
- Durutti Column - Another Setting (Factory)
- Dusty Springfield - White Heat (Casablanca)
- Eberhard Weber - Later That Evening (ECM)
- Edgar Froese - Kamikaze 1989 (OST) (Virgin)
- Eloy - Time To Turn (Harvest / EMI / HMW)
- Fad Gadget - Under The Flag (Mute)
- Felt - Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty (Cherry Red)
- Front 242 - Geography (New Dance)
- Grace Jones - Living My Life (Island)
- Hawkwind - Choose Your Masques (RCA)
- Hawkwind - Church of Hawkwind (RCA)
- Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music For Nine Post Cards (Sound Process) ▶
- Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit - Full Circle (Virgin) ▶
- Hunters & Collectors - Hunters & Collectors (White Label Records)
- Icehouse - Primitive Man (Chrysalis)
- Incantation - On The Wing Of A Condor (Beggars Banquet)
- Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (EMI)
- Jah Shaka - Commandments of Dub (Jah Shaka Music) ▶
- Jean Michel Jarre - The Concerts in China (Disques Dreyfus)
- Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast (Chrysalis) ▶
- Joe Jackson - Night and Day (A&M)
- John Cougar Mellencamp - American Fool / Jack & Diane (WEA / Riva)
- Joni Mitchell - Wild Things Run Fast (Geffen)
- Judie Tzuke - Shoot The Moon (Chrysalis)
- Kate Bush - The Dreaming (EMI) ▶
- Killing Joke - Revelations (Malicious Damage / EG)
- King Crimson - Beat (EG) ▶
- Klaus Wiese - Maraccaba (Aquamarin Verlag)
- Klaus Wiese - Sabiha Sabiya (Aquamarin Verlag)
- Laurie Anderson - Big Science (Warner Bros.)
- Level 42 - The Pursuit Of Accidents (Polydor)
- Level 42 - The Early Tapes (Polydor) ▶
- Liliput - Liliput (Rough Trade)
- Lords Of The New Church - The Lords Of The New Church (Illegal)
- Mad Professor - Dub Me Crazy Vol. 1 & 2 (Ariwa)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Somewhere In Afrika (Bronze)
- Men Without Hats - Rhythm Of Youth (Statik)
- Michael Garrison - Eclipse (Windspell) ▶
- Michael Jackson - Thriller (Epic)
- Mick Karn - Titles (Virgin)
- Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out (Virgin) ▶
- Miles Davis - We Want Miles (Columbia / CBS)
- Mission of Burma - Vs. (Ace Of Hearts)
- Monoton - Monotonprodukt 07 (Monoton) ▶
- National Health - D.S. Al Coda (Lounging Records)
- Neil Young - Trans (Geffen)
- New Order - 1981-1982 (Factory)
- (Nigel) Mazlyn Jones - Breaking Cover (Isle of Light)
- Pat Metheny Group - Offramp (ECM)
- Peter Gabriel - IV / Security (Charisma)
- Philip Glass - Glassworks (CBS)
- Prince - 1999 (Warner Bros.)
- Prince Jammy - Destroys The Invaders (Greensleeves)
- Prince Jammy with Sly & Robbie - Uhuru In Dub (CSA)
- Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now (CBS / Columbia)
- Psychic TV - Force The Hand Of Chance (Some Bizarre / WEA)
- Ranking Dread - Ranking Dread In Dub (Silver Camel) ▶
- Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights (Hannibal) ▶
- Robert Wyatt - Nothing Can Stop Us (Rough Trade)
- Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding (single) (Rough Trade) ▶
- Roots Radics Band, Scientist & Prince Jammy - Scientist And Jammy Strike Back! (Trojan)
- Roxy Music - Avalon (EG / Polydor)
- Ruts DC - Present Rhythm Collision Vol. 1 (Bohemian / ROIR) ▶
- Sad Lovers And Giants - Epic Garden Music (Midnight Music)
- Scientist - Encounters Pac-Man At Channel One (Greensleeves)
- Scientist - High Priest Of Dub (Kingdom)
- Scientist - Wins The World Cup (Greensleeves)
- Scientist And Prince Jammy - Dub Landing Vol. 2 (Starlight)
- Scientist Meets The Roots Radics - Scientist Meets The Roots Radics (Selena)
- Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember (Rough Trade)
- Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (Virgin)
- Siouxsie And The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (Polydor)
- Sir Coxsone Sound - King Of Dub Rock Part 2 (Regal)
- Sisters of Mercy - Body Electric / Adrenochrome // Alice / Floorshow (2 x singles) (Merciful Release)
- Sly & Robbie / Various - Dub Rockers Delight (Negus Roots)
- Solid Space - Space Museum (In Phaze)
- Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth (Neutral / SST)
- Steel Pulse - True Democracy (Elektra)
- Steve Roach - Now (Timeroom) ▶
- Steven Apollo Halpern - Corridors Of Time (Halpern Sounds) ▶
- Suns of Arqa & Prince Far I - Live With Prince Far I (Trojan / ROIR / Arka Sound)
- Talk Talk - The Party's Over (EMI)
- Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (Sire)
- Tangerine Dream - Logos (Virgin)
- Tangerine Dream - White Eagle (Virgin) ▶
- Television Personalities - They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles (Whaam!)
- Terry Riley - Descending Moonshine Dervishes (Kuckuck)
- Theatre Of Hate - Westworld (Burning Rome)
- The Clash - Combat Rock (Epic / CBS)
- The Cure - Pornography (Fiction)
- The Enid - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Enidsongs) ▶
- The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (Kamera)
- The Legendary Pink Dots - Apparition (Ding Dong Tapes)
- The Legendary Pink Döts - Atomic Roses (Illusion Production)
- The Legendary Pink Dots - Premonition (Flowmotion)
- The Sound - Jeopardy (Korova)
- The Stranglers - The Collection 1977-1982 (Liberty)
- The Twinkle Brothers - Dub Massacre: Inna Murder Style (Twinkle Music)
- The Twinkle Brothers - Underground (Twinkle Music)
- The Wake - Harmony (Factory)
- Tymon Dogg - Battle Of Wills (Y Records)
- Various - Hawkwind: Friends & Relations (Flicknife)
- XTC - English Settlement (Virgin)
Approximate Genres
Eclectic, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelia, Space Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock, Folk-Rock, New-Wave, Post-Punk, Industrial, Goth, Industro-Goth, Indie/Alternative, Synthpop, Electronica, Chillout, Krautrock, Berlin-School, World Music, Tribal, Dub, Fusion, Future/Nu-Jazz, Worldbeat, Neo-Funk, New-Age, Neofolk, Ethereal, Avantgarde, Neoclassical, Ambient, Head Music, Crossover, Ambi-Cultural-Tribal-Trance™.
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