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. 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 SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 1981 but still in chart in 1982.♦Album released in 1982 but peaked in 1983.EnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered (week ending)Weeksintop10 Single ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 1981 8Chariots of Fire ‡Vangelis 5 1 13Love Songs ‡Cliff Richard 1 5 10Dead Ringer ‡Meat Loaf 1 2 7Wired for Sound ‡Cliff Richard 4 1 13Ghost in the Machine ‡The Police 1 3 22Dare ‡The Human League 1 4 10The Best of Blondie ‡Blondie 4 1 14Greatest Hits ‡Queen 1 4 10Prince Charming ‡Adam and the Ants 2 3 14Architecture & Morality ‡Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 3 2 8Chart Hits '81 ‡Various artists 1 1 18PearlsElkie Brooks 2 2 7Begin the BeguineJulio Iglesias 5 1 5The Simon and Garfunkel Collection: 17 of Their All-Time Greatest Recordings ‡Simon & Garfunkel 4 1 7The Visitors ‡ABBA 1 3Albums in 1982 4Hits Hits HitsVarious artists 2 1 16Love SongsBarbra Streisand 1 9 3Modern DanceVarious artists 6 1 54Foreigner 5 2 2Something SpecialKool & the Gang 10 2 4The Friends of Mr CairoJon and Vangelis 6 2 6Non-Stop Erotic CabaretSoft Cell 5 2 9All for a SongBarbara Dickson 3 1 2The Man-MachineKraftwerk 9 1 1MechanixUFO 8 1 4DreamingVarious artists 2 1 2English SettlementXTC 5 1 1Private EyesHall & Oates 8 1 4Star TraxVarious artists 2 1 11Pelican WestHaircut 100 2 3 2One Night at BudokanMichael Schenker Group 5 1 5The GiftThe Jam 1 1 3Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three 7 2 2Keep Fit and DancePeter Powell 9 2 2The AnvilVisage 6 1 3Five Miles OutMike Oldfield 7 1 9The Number of the BeastIron Maiden 1 2 3James Bond Greatest HitsVarious artists 4 2 4Sky 4: ForthcomingSky 7 2 2Iron FistMotörhead 6 1 2PortraitThe Nolans 7 1 31+9+8+2Status Quo 1 1 2Straight Between the EyesRainbow 5 1 7Barry Live in BritainBarry Manilow 1 1 19Complete MadnessMadness 1 3 2Shape Up and Dance Volume 2Angela Rippon 8 1 5Tug of WarPaul McCartney 1 2 1Disco UK and Disco USAVarious artists 7 1 3Hot SpaceQueen 4 1 7Night BirdsShakatak 4 1 1The Concerts in ChinaJean-Michel Jarre 6 1 1PornographyThe Cure 8 1 1Are You ReadyBucks Fizz 10 1 2Combat RockThe Clash 2 1 25RioDuran Duran 2 1 3Chartbusters '82Various artists 3 1 2The Eagle Has LandedSaxon 5 1 1SulkThe Associates 10 1 11AvalonRoxy Music 1 3 2The HunterBlondie 9 2 11Tropical GangstersKid Creole and the Coconuts 3 1 4Three Sides LiveGenesis 2 3 8Still Life (American Concert 1981)The Rolling Stones 4 3 2Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium IStevie Wonder 8 1 3The ChangelingToyah 6 1 2WindsongRandy Crawford 7 1 2Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing (EP)Soft Cell 6 1 16The Lexicon of LoveABC 1 4 1FabriqueFashion 10 1 4Pictures at ElevenRobert Plant 2 2 5MirageFleetwood Mac 5 1 2Imperial BedroomElvis Costello and The Attractions 6 1 1OverloadVarious artists 10 1 9Love and DancingThe League Unlimited Orchestra 3 2 7Fame: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion PictureVarious artists 1 2 1AbracadabraSteve Miller Band 10 1 3The Concert in Central ParkSimon & Garfunkel 6 1 24The Kids from "Fame"The Kids from "Fame" 1 12 8Too-Rye-AyDexys Midnight Runners 2 4 3Talking Back to the NightSteve Winwood 6 1 4Love SongsCommodores 5 1 8Upstairs at Eric'sYazoo 2 3 2Now You See Me, Now You Don'tCliff Richard 4 1 3BreakoutVarious artists 4 1 4In the Heat of the NightImagination 7 1 2SignalsRush 3 1 1Peter Gabriel 4 (Security)Peter Gabriel 6 1 4Chart Beat/Chart HeatVarious artists 2 1 1I, AssassinGary Numan 8 1 2The DreamingKate Bush 3 1 3New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)Simple Minds 3 1 7Love over GoldDire Straits 1 4 3NebraskaBruce Springsteen 3 1 2UB44UB40 4 2 2A Broken FrameDepeche Mode 8 1 3Give Me Your Heart TonightShakin' Stevens 3 1 7ReflectionsVarious artists 4 2 5The Kids from "Fame" AgainThe Kids from "Fame" 2 2 2Friend or FoeAdam Ant 5 1 1QuartetUltravox 6 1 1Chart AttackVarious artists 7 1 5Kissing to Be CleverCulture Club 5 2 2The Sky's Gone OutBauhaus 4 1 3...Famous Last Words...Supertramp 6 1 3Singles – 45's and UnderSqueeze 3 1 4Olivia's Greatest Hits ♦Olivia Newton-John 8 2 120 Greatest HitsThe Beatles 10 1 11Hello, I Must Be Going!Phil Collins 2 2 15HeartbreakerDionne Warwick 3 2 8From the Makers of...Status Quo 4 1 9The Singles: The First Ten YearsABBA 1 1 2The Rise & FallMadness 10 2 2I Wanna Do It With YouBarry Manilow 7 1 1Saints & SinnersWhitesnake 9 1 1Midnight LoveMarvin Gaye 10 1 14The John Lennon CollectionJohn Lennon 1 6 2CodaLed Zeppelin 4 1 6Pearls IIElkie Brooks 5 1 520 Greatest Love SongsNat King Cole 7 4 5Love SongsDiana Ross 5 1 3Dig the New BreedThe Jam 2 1
See also 1982 in British music List of number-one albums from the 1980s (UK)
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External links 1982 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)