Albums of the Year | 1982

After giving a brief overview of the year in music, Jason, Kramzer, and Joe each make their picks for the best albums of 1982 and discuss what they think makes them so great.

Best-Selling Album: Asia by Asia
Longest No. 1 Single: I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder (tie)
Grammy – Album of the Year: Toto IV by Toto
Grammy – Song of the Year: Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson
Groups Formed: 2 Live Crew, A-ha, Armored Saint, Beat Happening, Concrete Blonde, Dio, Everything But the Girl, Fates Warning, James, Kajagoogoo, Mr. Mister, Night Ranger, Naked Eyes, Sade, They Might Be Giants, W.A.S.P.
Groups Disbanded: ABBA, Adam and the Ants, Bad Company, Blondie, The Brothers Johnson, Doobie Brothers, Hughes/Thrall, Max Webster, Squeeze, The Teardrop Explodes, The Vapors
Deaths: Alex Harvey, Thelonious Monk, Randy Rhoads, Rusty Day, James Honeyman-Scott, Marty Robbins
Top-Grossing Film: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
TIME’s Person of The Year: The Personal Computer

Don't forget to comment below with your favorite albums of '82, and if you'd like, take a stab at guessing what our picks for 1983 will be.

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