BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (MAGAZINE'S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1982*
No. Album-Artist-Label-Peak Month 1 ASIA-ASIA 2 BEAUTY & THE BEAT-Go Gos 3 4-Foreigner 4 AMERICAN FOOL-John Cougar 5 FREEZE FRAME-J. Geils Band 6 ESCAPE-Journey 7 GET LUCKY-Loverboy 8 BELLA DONNA-Stevie Nicks 9 CHARIOTS OF FIRE-Vangelis 10 GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE-Police 11 Tattoo You-The Rolling Stones 12 Abacab-Genesis 13 Hooked On Classics-Royal Philarmonic Orchestra 14 Something Special-Kool & Gang 15 Physical-Olivia Newton John 16 Private Eyes-Daryl Hall & John Oates 17 Diary Of A Madman-Ozzy Osbourne 18 Feels So Right-Alabama 19 The Innocent Age-Dan Fogelberg 20 Quarterflash-Quarterflash 21 Breakin' Away-Al Jarreau 22 I Love Rock & Roll-Joan Jett & Blackhearts 23 Don't Say No-Billy Squier 24 Mirage-Fleetwood Mac 25 The Dude-Quincy Jones 26 Always On My Mind-Willie Nelson 27 Greatest Hits-Willie Nelson 28 Tug Of War-Paul McCartney-June 29 Dare-Human League-July 30 Mountain Music-Alabama 31 Working Class Dog-Rick Springfield 32 Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret-Soft Cell 33 Juice-Juice Newton 34 Shake It Up-Cars 35 Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet-Rick Springfield 36 Blizzard Of Oz-Ozzy Osbourne 37 Blackout-Scorpions 38 Aldo Novo-Aldo Novo 39 Hi Infidelity-REO Speedwagon 40 Street Songs-Rick James 41 Toto IV-August 42 Picture This-Huey Lewis & News 43 For Those About To Rock We Salute You-AC/DC 44 The One That You Love-Air Supply 45 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Diana Ross 46 Greatest Hits-Kenny Rogers 47 Tonight I'm Yours-Rod Stewart 48 Precious Time-Pat Benatar 49 Standing Hampton-Sammy Hagar 50 Keep It Live-Dazz Band 51 All Four One-Motels 52 Time Exposure-Little River Band 53 You Could Have Been With Me-Sheena Easton 54 Allied Forces-Triunph 55 Memories-Barbara Streisand 56 Never Too Much-Luther Vandross 57 Skyydiving-Skyy 58 Zenyatta Mondatta-Police 59 95 Controvery-Prince 60 Diver Down-Van Halen 61 Jump Up!-Elton John 62 Share Your Love-Kenny Rogers 63 A Flock Of Sea Gulls-A Flock Of Sea Gulls 64 Dreamgirls Original Cast 65 Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd 66 Special Forces-.38 Special 67 Raise-Earth,Wind & Fire 68 Nine Tonight-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band 69 The Other Woman-Ray Parker,Jr. 70 Combat Rock-The Clash 71 George Benson Collection-George Benson 72 Tom Tom Club-Tom Tom Club 73 Loverboy-Loverboy 74 Gap Band IV-Gap Band 75 Concert In Central Park-Simon & Garfunkel 76 Eye In The Sky-Alan Parson's Project 77 Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band 78 Eye Of The Tiger-Survivor 79 Hey Ricky-Melissa Manchester 80 Give The People What They Want-The Kinks 81 Quiet Lies-Juice Newton 82 One On One-Cheap Trick 83 Wild Heart Of The Young-Karla Bonoff 84 Pelican West-Haircut One Hundred 85 Come Morning-Grover Washington Jr. 86 Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I-Stevie Wonder 87 Jane Fonds's Workout Album-Jane Fonds 88 Tommy Tutone-Tommy Tutone 89 Chicago 16-Chicago 90 Hooked On Swing- Larry Elgart 91 If I Should Love Again-Barry Manilow 92 The Blasters-The Blasters 93 The Number Of The Beast-Iron Maiden 94 On The Way To The Sky-Neil Diamond 95 Annie-Soundtrack 96 Good Trouble-REO Speedwagon 97 Straight From The Heart-Patrice Rusher 98 Songs In The Attic-Billy Joel 99 Voices-Daryl Hall & John Oates 100 Queen's Greatest Hits-Queen * As published in the December 25th,1982 issue of Billboard Magazine.