List of UK top-ten albums in 1982 explained

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.^{[1] [2] [3]} Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart during 1982, as well as albums which peaked in 1981 and 1983 but were in the top ten in 1982. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

The first new number-one album of the year was by Love Songs by Barbra Streisand. Overall, fourteen different albums peaked at number one in 1982, with thirteen unique artists and one soundtrack album hitting that position.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 1981 but still in chart in 1982.
♦	Album released in 1982 but peaked in 1983.
Entered	The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak	Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.

Entered (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks in top 10	Single	Artist	data-sort-type="number"	Peak	Peak reached (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks at peak
Albums in 1981
	8	Chariots of Fire ‡	Vangelis	5		1
	13	Love Songs ‡	Cliff Richard	1		5
	10	Dead Ringer ‡	Meat Loaf	1		2
	7	Wired for Sound ‡	Cliff Richard	4		1
	13	Ghost in the Machine ‡	The Police	1		3
	22	Dare ‡	The Human League	1		4
	10	The Best of Blondie ‡	Blondie	4		1
	14	Greatest Hits ‡	Queen	1		4
	10	Prince Charming ‡	Adam and the Ants	2		3
	14	Architecture & Morality ‡	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	3		2
	8	Chart Hits '81 ‡	Various artists	1		1
	18	Pearls	Elkie Brooks	2		2
	7	Begin the Beguine	Julio Iglesias	5		1
	5	‡	Simon & Garfunkel	4		1
	7	The Visitors ‡	ABBA	1		3
Albums in 1982
	4	Hits Hits Hits	Various artists	2		1
	16	Love Songs	Barbra Streisand	1		9
	3	Modern Dance	Various artists	6		1
	5	4	Foreigner	5		2
	2	Something Special	Kool & the Gang	10		2
	4	The Friends of Mr Cairo	Jon and Vangelis	6		2
	6	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret	Soft Cell	5		2
	9	All for a Song	Barbara Dickson	3		1
	2	The Man-Machine	Kraftwerk	9		1
	1	Mechanix	UFO	8		1
	4	Dreaming	Various artists	2		1
	2	English Settlement	XTC	5		1
	1	Private Eyes	Hall & Oates	8		1
	4	Star Trax	Various artists	2		1
	11	Pelican West	Haircut 100	2		3
	2	One Night at Budokan	Michael Schenker Group	5		1
	5	The Gift	The Jam	1		1
	3	Fun Boy Three	Fun Boy Three	7		2
	2	Keep Fit and Dance	Peter Powell	9		2
	2	The Anvil	Visage	6		1
	3	Five Miles Out	Mike Oldfield	7		1
	9	The Number of the Beast	Iron Maiden	1		2
	3	James Bond Greatest Hits	Various artists	4		2
	4		Sky	7		2
	2	Iron Fist	Motörhead	6		1
	2	Portrait	The Nolans	7		1
	3	1+9+8+2	Status Quo	1		1
	2	Straight Between the Eyes	Rainbow	5		1
	7	Barry Live in Britain	Barry Manilow	1		1
	19	Complete Madness	Madness	1		3
	2	Shape Up and Dance Volume 2	Angela Rippon	8		1
	5	Tug of War	Paul McCartney	1		2
	1	Disco UK and Disco USA	Various artists	7		1
	3	Hot Space	Queen	4		1
	7	Night Birds	Shakatak	4		1
	1	The Concerts in China	Jean-Michel Jarre	6		1
	1	Pornography	The Cure	8		1
	1	Are You Ready	Bucks Fizz	10		1
	2	Combat Rock	The Clash	2		1
	25	Rio	Duran Duran	2		1
	3	Chartbusters '82	Various artists	3		1
	2	The Eagle Has Landed	Saxon	5		1
	1	Sulk	The Associates	10		1
	11	Avalon	Roxy Music	1		3
	2	The Hunter	Blondie	9		2
	11	Tropical Gangsters	Kid Creole and the Coconuts	3		1
	4	Three Sides Live	Genesis	2		3
	8	Still Life (American Concert 1981)	The Rolling Stones	4		3
	2	Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I	Stevie Wonder	8		1
	3	The Changeling	Toyah	6		1
	2	Windsong	Randy Crawford	7		1
	2	Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing (EP)	Soft Cell	6		1
	16	The Lexicon of Love	ABC	1		4
	1	Fabrique	Fashion	10		1
	4	Pictures at Eleven	Robert Plant	2		2
	5	Mirage	Fleetwood Mac	5		1
	2	Imperial Bedroom	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	6		1
	1	Overload	Various artists	10		1
	9	Love and Dancing	The League Unlimited Orchestra	3		2
	7	Fame: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture	Various artists	1		2
	1	Abracadabra	Steve Miller Band	10		1
	3	The Concert in Central Park	Simon & Garfunkel	6		1
	24	The Kids from "Fame"	The Kids from "Fame"	1		12
	8	Too-Rye-Ay	Dexys Midnight Runners	2		4
	3	Talking Back to the Night	Steve Winwood	6		1
	4	Love Songs	Commodores	5		1
	8	Upstairs at Eric's	Yazoo	2		3
	2	Now You See Me, Now You Don't	Cliff Richard	4		1
	3	Breakout	Various artists	4		1
	4	In the Heat of the Night	Imagination	7		1
	2	Signals	Rush	3		1
	1	Peter Gabriel 4 (Security)	Peter Gabriel	6		1
	4	Chart Beat/Chart Heat	Various artists	2		1
	1	I, Assassin	Gary Numan	8		1
	2	The Dreaming	Kate Bush	3		1
	3	New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)	Simple Minds	3		1
	7	Love over Gold	Dire Straits	1		4
	3	Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	3		1
	2	UB44	UB40	4		2
	2	A Broken Frame	Depeche Mode	8		1
	3	Give Me Your Heart Tonight	Shakin' Stevens	3		1
	7	Reflections	Various artists	4		2
	5	The Kids from "Fame" Again	The Kids from "Fame"	2		2
	2	Friend or Foe	Adam Ant	5		1
	1	Quartet	Ultravox	6		1
	1	Chart Attack	Various artists	7		1
	5	Kissing to Be Clever	Culture Club	5		2
	2	The Sky's Gone Out	Bauhaus	4		1
	3	...Famous Last Words...	Supertramp	6		1
	3	Singles – 45's and Under	Squeeze	3		1
	4	Olivia's Greatest Hits ♦	Olivia Newton-John	8		2
	1	20 Greatest Hits	The Beatles	10		1
	11	Hello, I Must Be Going!	Phil Collins	2		2
	15	Heartbreaker	Dionne Warwick	3		2
	8	From the Makers of...	Status Quo	4		1
	9		ABBA	1		1
	2	The Rise & Fall	Madness	10		2
	2	I Wanna Do It With You	Barry Manilow	7		1
	1	Saints & Sinners	Whitesnake	9		1
	1	Midnight Love	Marvin Gaye	10		1
	14	The John Lennon Collection	John Lennon	1		6
	2	Coda	Led Zeppelin	4		1
	6	Pearls II	Elkie Brooks	5		1
	5	20 Greatest Love Songs	Nat King Cole	7		4
	5	Love Songs	Diana Ross	5		1
	3	Dig the New Breed	The Jam	2		1

See also

• 1982 in British music
• List of number-one albums from the 1980s (UK)

References

General

• Web site: Six decades of singles charts . The Official Charts Company . 23 April 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303221018/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ . 3 March 2011 .

Specific

External links

• 1982 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. 28 December 2014.
2. Book: Roberts, David. Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). 2005. 1-904994-00-8. 14. Guinness World Records Limited.
3. Web site: New singles formats to save the charts. BBC News. 16 October 2003 . 21 February 2010.