See also: This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ... The table of years in music is a tabular display of all years in music, to provide an overview and quick navigation to any year. ... See also: other events of 1972 list of years in music 1970s in music // January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed Elvis Presley Blvd January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties... See also: 1970s in music. ... // January - The Ramones form. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: 1976 in music, other events of 1977, 1978 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Queens Bohemian Rhapsody is named The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years by BPI. In this year, the St. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... 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See also: 1986 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1988 Record labels established in 1988 // Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. ... See also: 1989 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1989 Record labels established in 1989 other events of 1989 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 7 - Genesis 88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London January 14 - Paul... See also: 1990 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1990 Record labels established in 1990 list of years in music // January 21 - MTVs Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. ... 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• 1982 in music (UK)
• Musical groups established in 1982
• Record labels established in 1982
• list of 'years in music'

Bucks Fizz - Land of Make Believe January 10 for 2 weeks Shakin Stevens - Oh Julie January 24 for 1 week Kraftwerk - The model/Computer love January 31 for 1 week The Jam - A town called Malice/Precious February 7 for 3 weeks Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight February 28... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
• January 17 - Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home
• January 20 - Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance.
• January 21 - B.B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
• February 13 - A 300 pound (136 kg) gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant is stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery. Police found the gravestone 2 weeks later in a dry river bed.
• February 20 - Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo on the Hawaiian island of Maui
• March 4 - Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit form Fred Zeppelin
• March 5 - Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles, California
• March 18 - Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass' injuries result in him being paralyzed from the waist down
• March 19 - Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida when the plane he's riding in buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
• March 28 - In Los Angeles, California, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon
• March 29 - Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single "Ebony and Ivory", which will remain at #1 for 7 weeks
• March 31 - The Doobie Brothers announce that they are breaking up
• April 15 - Billy Joel is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Long Island, New York. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
• April - Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman
• April 26 - Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
• August 17 - In Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany began the first mass production of the compact disc.
• September 7 - The musical Cats begins its 18 year run on Broadway
• September 22 - The Who begin their only formally-announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
• November 5 - First broadcast of The Tube was shown on Channel 4 in the UK.
• December 1 - Thriller is released by superstar Michael Jackson and goes on to be the greatest selling album of all time, with 104 million units sold worldwide
• The first compact discs appear in music stores in Asia.
• A benefit concert takes place in Downey, California to replace the guitars belonging to Daniel Amos which were stolen early in the year. Performers included Tom Howard, Mark Heard and Randy Stonehill.
• Janet Jackson releases first recording
• Caution and Plee Fresh begin recording; this is the birth of a distinctively Chicago sound in hip hop music
• Lee Aaron's solo career begins
• Ronnie James Dio leaves Black Sabbath for solo career
• Wendy O. Williams leaves the Plasmatics for a solo career

is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. ... Harry Wayne Casey Harry Wayne Casey (KC) (born January 31, 1951 as Harold Wayne Casey) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. ... For other uses, see Miami (disambiguation). ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Tommy Tucker (born Robert Higginbotham, (March 5, 1933 - January 22, 1982) was an American blues singer and pianist. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne, December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead vocalist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, a popular solo artist, and the star of the reality show, The Osbournes. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Riley B. King aka B. B. King (b. ... The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced lÄ•h-nérd skin-nérd) (or IPA pronunciation: ) is a U.S. Southern rock band. ... Ronald Wayne Ronnie Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was the lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. ... Orange Park is a town located in Clay County, Florida, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 9,081. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... For other uses, see Maui (disambiguation). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles, California) is a heavy metal guitarist. ... Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967, in New York City) is the oldest child of late American rock star Frank Zappa and Gail Sloatman; she goes by the name Moon Zappa. ... Fred Zeppelin is a tribute band to Led Zeppelin based in the original bands heartland of the West Midlands of England. ... This article is about the day. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor, comedian and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoons Animal House and The Blues Brothers. ... The Chateau Marmont is a hotel in Los Angeles, California in 1929 and modeled after the Chateau Amboise in Frances Loire Valley. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Theodore DeReese Pendergrass, Sr. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: , Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne, December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead vocalist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, a popular solo artist, and the star of the reality show, The Osbournes. ... Randall William Randy Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist who is best known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne. ... Leesburg is a city located in Lake County, Florida. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris),[1] is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Ebony and Ivory is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney, performed with Stevie Wonder. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... William Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, composer and musician. ... This article is about Long Island in New York State. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Gary Chapman (born August 19, 1957 in Waurika, Oklahoma) is an American singer/songwriter and former television talk show host. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a Scottish singer born and raised in London. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Langenhagen is a German city in the Hanover district of Lower Saxony. ... Hanover(i) (German: , IPA: ), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possums Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T. S. Eliot. ... The Lion King at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 2003 Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - D.C. Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternate cover Special Edition release cover. ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... A benefit concert is a concert featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. ... Location of Downey in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles Founded 1800s Incorporated 1956 Government  - Type Council-Manager government  - City Council David R. Gafin Mario A. Guerra Rick Trejo (Mayor) Anne Marie Bayer Kirk Cartozian Area  - City  12. ... Daniel Amos (aka D. A., Dä) is an American rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. ... Tom Howard Tom Howard is an American Pianist, Musical Arranger and Orchestral Conductor. ... John Mark Heard John Mark Heard (December 16, 1951 - August 16, 1992) was a record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia. ... Randy Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American singer/songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the so-called fathers of contemporary Christian music. ... Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, and pop icon. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Lee Aaron Lee Aaron (born as Karen Lynn Greening on July 21, 1962 in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian rock and Jazz singer known as The Queen of Metal in Canada. She had several hits with titles such as Metal Queen, Watcha Do to my Body, and Sex with Love... Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is an American heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf, and his own band Dio. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Wendy O. Williams W.O.W. album, produced by Gene Simmons in 1984. ... The Plasmatics were an American punk band, formed by Yale graduate and radical anti-artist Rod Swenson, around the late Wendy O. Williams. ...

Bands formed

• Cinderella (band)
• Culture Club
• The Smiths
• Seona Dancing
• Faith No More
• Napalm Death
• Armored Saint
• Skinny Puppy
• Nitzer Ebb
• Alien Sex Fiend
• The Pogues
• D.I.
• Soda Stereo
• a-Ha
• Beat Happening
• Big Black
• The Celibate Rifles
• Del Amitri
• Everything But The Girl
• James
• Kajagoogoo
• Public Enemy
• Flesh for Lulu
• Ratt
• Swans
• Suicidal Tendencies
• The Toasters
• They Might Be Giants
• X Japan

Cinderella is an American hard rock (bluesy) and glam metal band most known during the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Culture Club is a popular English new romantic rock group, that achieved considerable global success in the 1980s. ... The Smiths were an English rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ... Seona Dancing (pronounced as Shawna Dancing) was a 1980s British pop group best known for providing Ricky Gervais with his first taste of fame. ... Faith No More was an experimental alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... Napalm Death is a grindcore/death metal band formed in the village of Meriden near Birmingham, England in 1982 by Nicholas Bullen and Miles Ratledge. ... Armored Saint is a Los Angeles, United States, based heavy metal band. ... Skinny Puppy is a prominent industrial band, formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. ... Nitzer Ebb (pronounced night-zer or nit-zer—the band themselves pronounce it either way) is a music group formed in 1982 by Essex schoolfriends Douglas McCarthy (vocals, synthesizer), Vaughan (Bon) Harris on synthesizers and drums, and David Gooday. ... // Alien Sex Fiend is a gothic rock/deathrock band from the UK. Getting their start at the Batcave club in London in 1982, they quickly became known in the gothic scene for their psychobilly, dark electronic, industrial sound, heavy samples and loops and manic vocals. ... The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish folk with influences from the English punk rock movement. ... D.I. is a Southern California punk band featuring ex-Adolescents and Social Distortion drummer Casey Royer on vocals. ... Soda Stereo or Soda Stéreo is an influential Argentine rock power trio formed in 1982 (see 1982 in music) consisting of guitarist and vocalist Gustavo Cerati, bassist Zeta Bosio and drummer Charly Alberti. ... a-ha is a Grammy Award-nominated band from Norway. ... Beat Happening was a 1980s twee pop band, the most popular of International Pop Undergrounds roster of influential alternative rock stars. ... Big Black was a rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois and active between 1982 and 1987. ... The Celibate Rifles are a hard rock band from Sydney, Australia. ... The original Del Amitri line-up as seen on the cover of Melody Maker magazine in February 1985 Del Amitri are a British pop-rock guitar band, formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982. ... Everything but the Girl Is a song composed and written by Tyler Buckkie of Ontario. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kajagoogoo were a British pop band best known for their first single, Too Shy, which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart and number five in the U.S Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. ... Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known for their politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media, and active interest in the concerns of the African American community. ... Flesh for Lulu is an gothic/alternative rock band formed in 1982 in the UK. History Flesh for Lulu Nick Marsh (vocals and guitar) and James Mitchell (drums) formed the band and soon recruited Rocco (originally from Wasted Youth, guitar and vocals), and Glen Bishop (bass). ... Ratt is an American sleaze metal and semi glam metal band that formed in San Diego and enjoyed significant commercial success during the 1980s. ... Swans can refer to: Swan, the bird. ... Suicidal Tendencies are a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. ... The Toasters are a third wave ska band from New York formed in 1981 by Robert Bucket Hingley. ... They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh that formed in 1982. ... X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ...

Bands disbanded

• Adam And The Ants
• Bad Company (they reform in 1986)
• Blondie (they reform in 1997)
• The Doobie Brothers (they reform in 1988)
• The Eagles (they reform in 1994)
• Hotel
• The Jam
• The Only Ones
• The Average White Band (they reform in 1989)
• The Teardrop Explodes
• Japan
• The Skids
• ABBA

Adam & the Ants were a new wave band during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Bad Company were an English hard rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free (Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke), Mott the Hoople (Mick Ralphs) and King Crimson (Boz Burrell). ... The following are uses of the word Blondie: Blondie (band) - a band based in New York City, active in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s Blondie (comic strip) - a long-running newspaper comic strip Blondie (movie) - Blondie is a 1938 movie based on the comic strip Blondie was also: the... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Eagles are an American rock music group that originally came together in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. ... The band Hotel was a power pop group formed in Birmingham, AL in 1973 and disbanded in 1982. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Only Ones are an influential English rock and roll band. ... The Average White Band (also AWB) is a Scottish funk and R&B band who had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980, and continue to perform as of 2006. ... The Teardrop Explodes (L to R) Alan Gill, Julian Cope, Gary Dwyer and David Balfe The Teardrop Explodes was a British New Wave/Neo-Psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. ... The Skids The Skids were an art-punk/punk rock and new wave band from Dunfermline, Scotland, founded in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (1958 - 2001, guitars / vocals / keyboards), Richard Jobson (vocals / guitar), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and William Simpson (bass guitar / vocals). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Albums released

• Thriller - Michael Jackson (greatest selling album of all time)
• A Broken Frame - Depeche Mode
• A Kiss In The Dreamhouse - Siouxsie And The Banshees
• Age To Age - Amy Grant
• All Four One - The Motels
• American Fool - John Cougar Mellencamp
• Another Day/Another Dollar - Gang of Four
• The Anvil - Visage
• Asia - Asia
• Avalon - Roxy Music
• Bad Brains - Bad Brains
• Bean Spill - The Minutemen
• Beat - King Crimson
• Beautiful Vision - Van Morrison
• Before a Word is Said – Gowen, Miller, Sinclair, Tomkins
• Big Science - Laurie Anderson
• Black Metal - Venom
• Black Tiger - Y&T
• Blackout - Scorpions
• The Blue Mask – Lou Reed
• Bobbie Sue - The Oak Ridge Boys
• Branigan - Laura Branigan
• The Broadsword and the Beast - Jethro Tull
• Business as Usual - Men at Work
• Chicago 16 - Chicago
• Christ The Album - Crass
• Chronic Town EP - R.E.M.
• Circus Animals - Cold Chisel
• Coda - Led Zeppelin
• Combat Rock - The Clash
• Complete Madness - Madness (greatest hits)
• Computer Games - George Clinton
• Creatures of the Night - Kiss
• Damaged - Black Flag
• Dawn Patrol - Night Ranger
• Death Wish II - Jimmy Page
• The Distance - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
• Diver Down - Van Halen
• Donna Summer - Donna Summer
• The Dreaming - Kate Bush
• D.S. al Coda – National Health
• English Settlement - XTC
• Enter K – Peter Hammill
• Entrave et Etouffement - Entrave et Etouffement
• Everything Falls Apart - Hüsker Dü
• "…Famous Last Words…" – Supertramp
• Fast Women & Slow Horses - Dr. Feelgood
• Five Miles Out - Mike Oldfield
• Forever Now - The Psychedelic Furs
• Garista - :$OVIET:FRANCE:
• Garlands - Cocteau Twins
• Get Nervous - Pat Benatar
• The Gift - The Jam
• Groovy Decay - Robyn Hitchcock
• H₂O - Daryl Hall & John Oates
• Hello, I Must Be Going! - Phil Collins
• Hérésie - Virgin Prunes
• Hex Enduction Hour - The Fall
• The High and the Mighty - Donnie Iris
• Homotopy to Marie - Nurse With Wound
• Hot Space - Queen
• Hour Live - Toots & the Maytals
• How Could Hell Be Any Worse? - Bad Religion (debut full-length)
• The Hunter - Blondie (final studio album until early 1999)
• I Paralyze - Cher
• If I Die, I Die - Virgin Prunes
• Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• In My Eyes - Minor Threat
• Iron Fist - Motörhead
• It's Alright (I See Rainbows) - Yoko Ono
• It's Hard - The Who
• Junkyard - The Birthday Party (final album)
• Kansuigyo - Miyuki Nakajima
• Keep On Doing - The Roches
• Kissing to Be Clever - Culture Club
• Langkah Berikutnya (and then Tokoh-Tokoh) - Ebiet G. Ade
• Le Disque d'Or du Mundial '82 - Dalida (compilation)
• The Lee Aaron Project - Lee Aaron
• Leichenschrei - SPK
• Lexicon of Love - ABC
• Live Evil - Black Sabbath
• Living My Life - Grace Jones
• Love over Gold - Dire Straits
• Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rogers
• Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets (debut)
• Mesopotamia - The B-52's
• Metal on Metal - Anvil
• Midnight Love - Marvin Gaye
• Milo Goes to College - The Descendents
• Mirage - Fleetwood Mac
• Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion
• Mondialement Vôtre - Dalida
• Minor Threat - Minor Threat
• Music for a New Society – John Cale
• Naked - Sex Gang Children
• Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
• New Britain - Whitehouse
• Night and Day - Joe Jackson
• The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
• Nona - Nona Hendryx
• Now and Forever - Air Supply
• Now Then... - Stiff Little Fingers
• Nugent - Ted Nugent
• The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
• Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel
• Oh No!, It's Devo - Devo
• On Land - Brian Eno
• One To One - Carole King
• The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away-William Bootsy Collins
• One Vice At A Time - Krokus
• Only Theatre Of Pain - Christian Death (debut)
• Oriental Beat - Hanoi Rocks
• Original Musiquarium - Greatest Hits - Stevie Wonder
• Peter Gabriel also known as Security - Peter Gabriel
• Pictures at Eleven - Robert Plant (former Led Zeppelin Vocalist's solo debut)
• Pornography - The Cure
• Prairie Serenade - Riders in the Sky
• Private Audition - Heart
• Psychopathia Sexualis - Whitehouse
• The Record - Fear
• Revelations - Killing Joke
• Rio - Duran Duran
• The Rise & Fall - Madness
• Rock in a Hard Place - Aerosmith
• Room To Live - The Fall
• Rough Diamonds - Bad Company
• Ruff Cuts EP - Twisted Sister
• Saints & Sinners - Whitesnake
• Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest
• Send Me A Lullaby - The Go-Betweens
• Shabooh Shoobah- Inxs
• Shoot out the Lights - Richard and Linda Thompson
• Signals - Rush
• Silk Electric - Diana Ross
• The Singles: The First Ten Years - ABBA
• The Sky's Gone Out – Bauhaus
• Somewhere in Afrika – Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Songs of the Free - Gang of Four
• Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth
• Speak of the Devil - Ozzy Osbourne (Live)
• Spécial Dalida - Dalida
• Spirit Of Place - Goanna
• Stink - The Replacements
• Straight Between the Eyes - Rainbow
• Sweets From a Stranger - Squeeze
• There For No One To See - Grand Prix
• Tenebrae - Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli (Goblin)
• Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar
• Time and Tide - Split Enz
• Timepieces: Best of Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (Best of 1969-1979)
• Too Fast for Love - Mötley Crüe (debut re-release)
• Too-Rye-Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners
• Toto IV - Toto
• Trance - Chris and Cosey
• Troops Of Tomorrow - The Exploited
• Tug of War - Paul McCartney
• The Tunes of Two Cities - The Residents
• Under the Big Black Sun - X
• Under The Blade - Twisted Sister (debut album)
• 1999 - Prince
• Underwater Kites - The Modern Art (debut)
• (untitled) - an untitled album by :$OVIET:FRANCE:
• Upstairs at Eric's - Yazoo
• Vs - Mission of Burma
• Wasted Youth - Girl
• White Eagle – Tangerine Dream
• Zipper Catches Skin - Alice Cooper

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