THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z:BARRY KOWAL) CHART's TOP ALBUMS FOR 1982
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 LOVE OVER GOLD-DIRE STRAITS-OCTOBER 2286 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL-MEN AT WORK-February 1910 3 TIME AND TIDE-SPLIT ENZ-August 1388 4 AVALON-ROXY MUSIC-July 1176 5 DURAN DURAN-DURAN DURAN-March 1150 6 MEMORIES-BARBRA STREISAND-October 1130 7 TOO-RYE-AY-DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-September 1038 8 EYE IN THE SKY-The Alan Parsons Project-September 972 9 DARE-The Human League-June 932 10 RIO-Duran Duran-June 824 11 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)-Simple Minds-October 820 12 Fame TV Soundtrack-The Kids From Fame-November 772 13 Jump Up!-Elton John-March 764 14 The Lexicon Of Love-ABC-September 726 15 Circus Animals-Cold Chisel-August 666 16 Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2-The Eagles-December 578 17 Chariots Of Fire-Vangelis-April 572 18 Greatest Hits Volume 3-Olivia Newton-John-December 462 19 Cat People OST-David Bowie-August 450 20 Completion Backward Principle-The Tubes-January 442 21 The Best Of Blondie-Blondie-January 438 22 Original Musicquarium 1-Stevie Wonder-June 426 23 Forever Now-Psychedelic Furs-October 422 24 Cats & Dogs-Mental As Anything-March 414 25 Greatest Hits-Joe Cocker-February 414 26 The John Lennon Collection-John Lennon-December 380 27 Cool Bananas-D.D. Smash-April 364 28 Famous Last Words-Supertramp-December 362 29 Combat Rock-The Clash-July 360 30 Kissing To Be Clever-Culture Club-December 336 31 Clayderman In Concert-Richard Clayderman-May 334 32 Coda-Led Zeppelin-December 332 33 When I Dream-Suzanne Prentice-December 328 34 Love Songs-Cliff Richard-March 326 35 Toto IV-Toto-October 322 36 I Love Rock 'N' Roll-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts-July 318 37 Still Life-Rolling Stones-August 318 38 Wired For Sound-Cliff Richard-March 300 39 All I Have To Offer You Is Me-Charley Pride-April 296 40 Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret-Soft Cell-April 274 41 The Man The Music The Legend-Prince Tui Teka-September 272 42 A Flock of Seagulls-A Flock of Seagulls-August 254 43 Sons & Fascination-Simple Minds-October 244 44 One Day At A Time-Suzanne Prentice-January 232 45 Tug Of War-Paul McCartney-May 228 46 Private Eyes-Daryl Hall & John Oates-March 228 47 Can't Stop The Classics-London Symphony Orchestra-September 228 48 Golden Memories-Harry Secombe And Moira Anderson-March 228 49 Anne Murray's Greatest Hits Volume 2-Anne Murray-May 220 50 Pelican West-Haircut 100-August 212 51 20 Golden Oldies-Jade Hurley-May 204 52 Nebraska-Bruce Springsteen-November 194 53 Knockout-Toots And The Maytals-August 186 54 The Very Best Of Don McLean-Don McLean-November 182 55 Howard Morrison Spectacular-Sir Howard Morrison-September 180 56 This Band Is Called Talking Heads-Talking Heads-April 178 57 Another Chapter-John Rowles-June 174 58 The Nightfly-Donald Fagen-November 162 59 Reveries II-Richard Clayderman-August 162 60 Still-Joy Division-February 150 61 T Rex 20 Golden Greats-T-Rex-October 142 62 One Day At A Time-Cristy Lane-September 136 63 The Mantovani Golden Collection-Mantovani-May 128 64 Hot Space-Queen-June 124 65 The Nylon Curtain-Billy Joel-October 120 66 The Gift-Jam-May 118 67 Hooked On Swing-Bob James-May 116 68 Pornography-The Cure-July 116 69 All Four One-The Motels-August 112 70 Rondo Pour Un Enfant-Richard Clayderman-May 108 71 Luxury Length-Blam Blam Blam-June 100 72 October-U2-February 96 73 Serenade-Anthony Benfell-July 88 74 Big Science-Laurie Anderson-June 88 75 Greatest Hits Volume 2-Cat Stevens-June 86 76 Diamond-Spandau Ballet-June 80 77 Pinky Blue-Altered Images-July 76 78 Innocent Age-Dan Fogelberg-July 72 79 Something Special-Kool & The Gang-June 72 80 12 Bars From Mars-Midge Marsden-October 70 81 Homosapien-Pete Shelley-March 70 82 Somebody Loves You-Kamahl-April 54 83 The Church-The Church-June 48 84 Movement-New Order-May 46 85 Upstairs At Eric's-Yazoo-November 44 86 Oh,No! It's Devo-Devo-November 42 87 Hex Education Hour-The Fall-August 40 88 Best Of Bowie-David Bowie-January 40 89 Shake It Up-The Cars-March 38 90 Invitation To The Dance-Ron Goodwin/NZSO-February 38 91 Mirage-Fleetwood Mac-July 36 92 Shango-Santana-October 36 93 Street Songs-Rick James-September 36 94 Beautiful Vision-Van Morrison-June 36 95 Days Of Innocence-Moving Pictures-June 34 96 Sheffield Steel-Joe Cocker-November 34 97 Freeze Frame-J Geils Band-June 34 98 Night Attack-The Angels-February 34 99 Hunters & Collectors-Hunters & Collectors-November 34 100 Pavarotti's Greatest Hits-Luciano Pavarotti-August 34 101 Rock Classics-London Symphony Orchestra-March 34