Quamirozsaz said:

Yo I forgot this one was 1982?

Y'all missed a few of my favorites:


Gap Band - Gap Band IV


Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love


Split Enz - Time and Tide

While I don't own this one, it was the Grammy winner for Album of the Year and the first and last tracks are fantastic:


I also don't have a copy of H2O by Hall and Oates, but the singles are great.

AlexdeParis said:

I was this close || to mentioning that one.

Cinnie said:

It's...different. It takes a few listens before you can really digest it, but if you give it a chance, you can definitely see what they were after.

"Loveland" is just Kate and Cindy's voices are every bit as amazing as Mariah or Whitney's....

BTW, did you buy it on LP or on disc? If you bought the Party Mix/Mesopotamia disc, the Mesopotamia half is a 1990 remix that took a lot of the Byrne out, and kind of mellowed the production

Axchi696 said:

vinyl

damosuzuki said:

A fellow orger born in the year of the rooster. We'll be shopping for wheelchairs together.

Looking at those album covers, 1982 seemed to be a great year for R&B (mostly of the upbeat dancable vareity), alt rock and dance pop even though if you listen to the Top 40, it was still a lot of light pop rock and country crossover (which was very much light pop rock with a slight twang).

Prince' "1999" is easily my favorite album from 1982 with the silver going to MJ's "Thriller". I know it's the biggest seller of all time (well, at least the biggest selling studio album of all time since the Eagles Hits set often comes into conflict with it), but I've always been more of a Prince fan (look where I am).

While not a 1982 album, one of my favorite collections is titled "Billboard's Top Dance Hits of 1982" and features songs that either topped or nearly topped the charts. Includes staple upbeat jams like Patrice's "Forget Me Nots" and Dazz Band "Let It Whip" as well as dance classics like Cheri's "Murphy's Law" and D-Train's "You're the One". It's mostly R&B focused but stuff Paul Parker's "Right On Target" and Patrick Cowley's "Megatron Man" are the two expections (and are both seem to be Cowley tracks). Really good stuff.

VinnyM27 said:

I'm an '82 babyborn and I'm fiercely biased about its released music, so I can't help but to nod in agreement @ your post

I'm about to bootleg this entire thread.

I love this thread and the music.
Love live 1982!! The best year of my life!

vanity2 said:

Tell me more about Black Man?

tricky2 said:

Don Blackman. Very good album. Harlepolis and Paligap can school you on it.

Let me Tickle Your Fancy
All This Love
1999
Thriller
Vanity 6
What Time Is It?
Chaka Khan

Joe Jackson-Night and Day

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Hell. Fuckin. Yeah. I'm feelin you, man. Jermaine was Jammin on this one. good from beginning to end.

Quamirozsaz said:

Is this a good album? I keep seeing it in different used record stores, but never have bothered to pick it up.

Sum of my fav-O-rite's of '82, from the R&B side of thangs.


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Harlepolis said:

Who are the Ritchie Family. That's a hot album cover. What do they sound like??

TotalAlisa said:

You weren't even born in 1982.

My favorites from 1982:
Gap band IV
Rick James-Throwing Down
BarKays-Propositions
Cameo-Alligator Woman
Michael Jackson- Thriller
Prince-1999

StarMon said:

Oh, I've got a whole lot more



(for those that can't read the small print, this is Lora Logic's solo LP, "Pedigree Charm", that is a brilliant piece of Post-Punk/Funk that I don't think anyone here really knows about.)















I like this album too, Alex.

Can't forget this one.

I haven't heard this one in almost 20 years though. But I still do remember it like it was yesterday though.




I'm not even halfway done yet!
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bboy87 said:

A favorite of mine too.

Allow me to throw in a few more, shall I?



























It was a great year for New Wave!!!

Cinnie said:

Oh, I second that! With the exception of Yas.

NWF said:

How does that Heatwave LP sound...I haven't heard it...not even when it was released, because of non radio play.
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NWF said:

I have this one, but it was released in 1983, right?

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That was a fun year all across the board!!!! My favorites in Funk, Pop, Jazz, New Wave Fusion, & whatever else:






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Harlepolis said:

Aww, you showin' out, now!

AlexdeParis said:

Yeah, I just looked it up. It was the singles that were released from that LP first in 1982.