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
Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures
rel January 18, 1982
Huey Lewis and the News - Picture This
rel January 29, 1982
XTC - English Settlement
rel February 12, 1982
Asia - Asia
rel March 15, 1982
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
rel March 22, 1982
Talking Heads - The Name of the Band is Talking Heads
rel March 24, 1982
Toto - IV
rel April 8, 1982
Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast
rel April 10, 1982
Van Halen - Diver Down
rel April 14, 1982
Duran Duran - Rio
rel May 10, 1982
Genesis - Three Sides Live
rel June 1, 1982
Roxy Music - Avalon
rel June 1, 1982
King Crimson - Beat
rel June 10, 1982
Robert Plant - Pictures at Eleven
rel June 28, 1982
Jon Anderson - Animation
rel June 1982
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
rel July 17, 1982
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Security)
rel September 6, 1982
Rush - Signals
rel September 9, 1982
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
rel September 13, 1982
Utopia - Utopia
rel September 17, 1982
Al Di Meola - Tour de Force - "Live"
rel September 27, 1982
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
rel September 30, 1982
Daryl Hall and John Oates - H2O
rel October 4, 1982
Prince - 1999
rel October 27, 1982
Andy Summers and Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked
rel October 1982
Venom - Black Metal
rel November 1, 1982
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must be Going!
rel November 5, 1982
Led Zeppelin - Coda
rel November 19, 1982
Michael Jackson - Thriller
rel November 30, 1982
Twelfth Night - Face and Fiction
rel December 1982
Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous
rel 1982
The Dregs - Industry Standard
rel 1982
Pat Metheny - Offramp
rel 1982