AUSTRALIA'S (AMR:BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1982
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month-Peak Position 1 LOVE OVER GOLD-DIRE STRAITS-DECEMBER-1 2946 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL-MEN AT WORK-January-1 1984 3 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1-MIDNIGHT OIL-December-3 1458 4 AVALON-ROXY MUSIC-July-1 1418 5 DARE-THE HUMAN LEAGUE-June-3 1250 6 DAYS OF INNOCENCE-MOVING PICTURES-April-1 1028 7 TIME AND TIDE-SPLIT ENZ-June-1 996 8 TUG OF WAR-Paul McCartney-June-2 988 9 CIRCUS ANIMALS-Cold Chisel-May-1 968 10 MIRAGE-Fleetwood Mac-September-2 968 11 Chariots Of Fire-Vangelis-May-5 958 12 Primitive Man-Icehouse-November-3 854 13 Sons Of Beaches-Australian Crawl-August-1 688 14 The Best Of Blondie-Blondie-February-1 630 15 4-Foreigner-March-3 606 16 Famous Last Words-Supertramp-December-2 594 17 Greatest Hits Volume II-Cat Stevens-April-3 594 18 Night & Day-Joe Jackson-October-5 576 19 The Nylon Curtain-Billy Joel-November-4 568 20 1982 With A Bullet-Various Artists-May-1 542 21 For Those About To Rock We Salute You-AC/DC-January-3 498 22 1982 Out Of The Blue-Various Artists-September-1 492 23 Shabooh Shoobah-INXS-November-5 476 24 Jump Up!-Elton John-April-3 468 25 Love Songs-Cliff Richard-March-1 450 26 Eye In The Sky-Alan Parson's Project-August-4 440 27 Rio-Duran Duran-July-1 426 28 Manilow Magic-Barry Manilow-February-6 412 29 Too-Rye-Ay-Dexys Midnight Runners-November-2 398 30 The Very Best Of Don McLean-Don McLean-October-2 396 31 Solid Gold Easy Action-T. Rex-July-2 396 32 H20-Daryl Hall & John Oates-December-3 394 33 Hitwave '82-Various Artists-May-2 364 34 Rocktrip '82-Various Artists-September-3 344 35 Duran Duran-Duran Duran-May-9 336 36 1982.. In The Sun-Various Artists-February-5 326 37 Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band-September-5 322 38 Deepest Purple-Deep Purple-August-5 310 39 Complete Madness-Madness-November-2 308 40 The Great Escape-Richard Clapton-April-8 294 41 Memories-Barbara Streisand-January-9 294 42 The Lexicon Of Love-ABC-October-9 288 43 Nuovo Mondo-Mondo Rock-August-7 288 44 Hooked On Swing-Kings Of Swing Orchestra-March-5 284 45 Marcia Hines Greatest Hits-Marcia Hines-February-2 278 46 Daddy's Coolest-Daddy Cool-September-5 270 47 20 Golden Greats-Slim Whitman-August-2 266 48 Heartlight-Neil Diamond-December-8 254 49 Live-The Jacksons-March-2 242 50 The Very Best Of Peter Allen-Peter Allen-August-9 242 51 The Friends Of Mr. Cairo-Jon And Vangelis-July-9 232 52 Pictures At Eleven-Robert Plant-August-6 222 53 Straight Ahead-Various Artists-March-8 216 54 James Bond Greatest Hits-Various Artists-June-10 200 55 Coda-Led Zeppelin-December-9 196 56 The Blurred Crusade-The Church-April-10 190 57 Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I-Stevie Wonder-July-11 190 58 Wired For Sound-Cliff Richard-January-13 176 59 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)-Simple Minds-October-8 176 60 The Number Of The Beast-Iron Maiden-August-8 166 61 "Still Life":Rolling Stones-Rolling Stones-July-10 162 62 Hooked On Classics 2:Can't Stop The Classics-Royal Philarmonic Orchestra-September-10 158 63 I Love Rock & Roll-Joan Jett & Blackhearts-June-10 156 64 Nebraska-Bruce Springsteen-November-8 156 65 Upstairs At Eric's-Yazoo-November-10 146 66 Select-Kim Wilde-August-8 126 67 The George Benson Collection-George Benson-March-8 120 68 Law And Order-Lindsay Buckingham-February-10 116 69 Green Door-Shakin' Stevens-April-11 112 70 On The Way To The Sky-Neil Diamond-February-12 110 71 Here I Am-Julie Anthony-August-13 106 72 Scarred For Life-Rose Tattoo-December-11 76 73 Starstruck-Soundtrack-May-13 72 74 Asia-Asia-June-13 70 75 Rocky III-Soundtrack-September-13 70 76 Greatest Hits-Steely Dan-October-11 40 77 Around The World-James Last-September-12 38 78 Sheffield Steel-Joe Cocker-November-14 34 79 English Settlement-XTC-May-14 34 80 A Collection Of Great Dance Songs-Pink Floyd-February-14 34 81 World Radio-Leo Sayer-July-14 34