Certainly, there's some stuff on the calendar I haven't heard that could change that. But from my list, it's filled with mid-level stuff. I guess when I finish this project, I may rank each year, and at this point, 1982 I suspect won't be placing incredibly high.
1. Rush - Signals
2. Pat Metheny - Offramp
3. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Security)
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller
5. Van Halen - Diver Down
6. Prince - 1999
7. XTC - English Settlement
8. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
9. Duran Duran - Rio
10. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
11. Genesis - Three Sides Live
12. Daryl Hall and John Oates - H2O
13. Toto - IV
14. Led Zeppelin - Coda
15. Al Di Meola - Tour de Force - "Live"
16. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
17. Huey Lewis and the News - Picture This
18. Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous
19. Asia - Asia
20. Phil Collins - Hello, I Must be Going!
21. Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast
22. King Crimson - Beat
23. Jon Anderson - Animation
![Mysticaladventures.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/Mysticaladventures.jpg)
Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures
rel January 18, 1982
![Huey Lewis & the News - Picture This.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Huey_Lewis_%26_the_News_-_Picture_This.jpg)
Huey Lewis and the News - Picture This
rel January 29, 1982
![XTC English Settlement.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/XTC_English_Settlement.jpg/220px-XTC_English_Settlement.jpg)
XTC - English Settlement
rel February 12, 1982
![Asia - Asia (1982) front cover.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Asia_-_Asia_%281982%29_front_cover.jpg/220px-Asia_-_Asia_%281982%29_front_cover.jpg)
Asia - Asia
rel March 15, 1982
![IronMaiden NumberOfBeast.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/32/IronMaiden_NumberOfBeast.jpg/220px-IronMaiden_NumberOfBeast.jpg)
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
rel March 22, 1982
![The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/The_Name_of_This_Band_Is_Talking_Heads.jpg/220px-The_Name_of_This_Band_Is_Talking_Heads.jpg)
Talking Heads - The Name of the Band is Talking Heads
rel March 24, 1982
![Toto Toto IV.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Toto_Toto_IV.jpg/220px-Toto_Toto_IV.jpg)
Toto - IV
rel April 8, 1982
![JethroTull-Broadsword.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/JethroTull-Broadsword.jpg/220px-JethroTull-Broadsword.jpg)
Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast
rel April 10, 1982
![Van Halen - Diver Down.svg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Van_Halen_-_Diver_Down.svg/220px-Van_Halen_-_Diver_Down.svg.png)
Van Halen - Diver Down
rel April 14, 1982
![DuranRio.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/DuranRio.jpg/220px-DuranRio.jpg)
Duran Duran - Rio
rel May 10, 1982
![ThreeSides82.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/ThreeSides82.jpg/220px-ThreeSides82.jpg)
Genesis - Three Sides Live
rel June 1, 1982
![Avalon album cover.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/Avalon_album_cover.jpg/220px-Avalon_album_cover.jpg)
Roxy Music - Avalon
rel June 1, 1982
![Beat - Original Vinyl Cover.jpeg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Beat_-_Original_Vinyl_Cover.jpeg/220px-Beat_-_Original_Vinyl_Cover.jpeg)
King Crimson - Beat
rel June 10, 1982
![Pictures at Eleven.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Pictures_at_Eleven.jpg/220px-Pictures_at_Eleven.jpg)
Robert Plant - Pictures at Eleven
rel June 28, 1982
![JonAndersonAnimation.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/JonAndersonAnimation.jpg)
Jon Anderson - Animation
rel June 1982
![Judas Priest SforV.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/Judas_Priest_SforV.jpg/220px-Judas_Priest_SforV.jpg)
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
rel July 17, 1982
![Security - Peter Gabriel.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/Security_-_Peter_Gabriel.jpg/220px-Security_-_Peter_Gabriel.jpg)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Security)
rel September 6, 1982
![Rush Signals.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/Rush_Signals.jpg/220px-Rush_Signals.jpg)
Rush - Signals
rel September 9, 1982
![Kate Bush The Dreaming Cover.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Kate_Bush_The_Dreaming_Cover.jpg/220px-Kate_Bush_The_Dreaming_Cover.jpg)
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
rel September 13, 1982
![Utopia Album.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Utopia_Album.jpg)
Utopia - Utopia
rel September 17, 1982
![Al Di Live-.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Al_Di_Live-.jpg)
Al Di Meola - Tour de Force - "Live"
rel September 27, 1982
![Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Bruce_Springsteen_-_Nebraska.jpg/220px-Bruce_Springsteen_-_Nebraska.jpg)
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
rel September 30, 1982
![Hall Oates H2O.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bf/Hall_Oates_H2O.jpg/220px-Hall_Oates_H2O.jpg)
Daryl Hall and John Oates - H2O
rel October 4, 1982
![1999 cover.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/1999_cover.jpg/220px-1999_cover.jpg)
Prince - 1999
rel October 27, 1982
![Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/Andy_Summers_%26_Robert_Fripp_-_I_Advance_Masked.jpg/220px-Andy_Summers_%26_Robert_Fripp_-_I_Advance_Masked.jpg)
Andy Summers and Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked
rel October 1982
![Venomblackmetal.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Venomblackmetal.jpg/220px-Venomblackmetal.jpg)
Venom - Black Metal
rel November 1, 1982
![Hello i must be going.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Hello_i_must_be_going.jpg/220px-Hello_i_must_be_going.jpg)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must be Going!
rel November 5, 1982
![The title of the album and the artist written in a stylised font](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Led_Zeppelin_-_Coda.jpg/220px-Led_Zeppelin_-_Coda.jpg)
Led Zeppelin - Coda
rel November 19, 1982
![Michael Jackson - Thriller.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/Michael_Jackson_-_Thriller.png/220px-Michael_Jackson_-_Thriller.png)
Michael Jackson - Thriller
rel November 30, 1982
![Twelfth Night fact and fiction.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Twelfth_Night_fact_and_fiction.jpg/220px-Twelfth_Night_fact_and_fiction.jpg)
Twelfth Night - Face and Fiction
rel December 1982
![Er aldi.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Er_aldi.jpg/220px-Er_aldi.jpg)
Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous
rel 1982
![Industry Standard Cover.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/Industry_Standard_Cover.jpg/220px-Industry_Standard_Cover.jpg)
The Dregs - Industry Standard
rel 1982
![Pat Metheny Group-Offramp (album cover).jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Pat_Metheny_Group-Offramp_%28album_cover%29.jpg/220px-Pat_Metheny_Group-Offramp_%28album_cover%29.jpg)
Pat Metheny - Offramp
rel 1982