AUSTRALIA'S (AMR:BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1982

No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month-Peak Position
  1 LOVE OVER GOLD-DIRE STRAITS-DECEMBER-1                                                                 2946  
  2 BUSINESS AS USUAL-MEN AT WORK-January-1                                                     1984
  3 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1-MIDNIGHT OIL-December-3                                                1458
  4 AVALON-ROXY MUSIC-July-1                                                                    1418
  5 DARE-THE HUMAN LEAGUE-June-3                                                                1250
  6 DAYS OF INNOCENCE-MOVING PICTURES-April-1	                                                1028
  7 TIME AND TIDE-SPLIT ENZ-June-1                                                               996
  8 TUG OF WAR-Paul McCartney-June-2                                                             988
  9 CIRCUS ANIMALS-Cold Chisel-May-1                                                             968
 10 MIRAGE-Fleetwood Mac-September-2                                                             968
 11 Chariots Of Fire-Vangelis-May-5                                                              958
 12 Primitive Man-Icehouse-November-3                                                            854
 13 Sons Of Beaches-Australian Crawl-August-1                                                    688
 14 The Best Of Blondie-Blondie-February-1                                                       630
 15 4-Foreigner-March-3                                                                          606
 16 Famous Last Words-Supertramp-December-2                                                      594
 17 Greatest Hits Volume II-Cat Stevens-April-3                                                  594
 18 Night & Day-Joe Jackson-October-5                                                            576
 19 The Nylon Curtain-Billy Joel-November-4                                                      568
 20 1982 With A Bullet-Various Artists-May-1                                                     542
 21 For Those About To Rock We Salute You-AC/DC-January-3                                        498
 22 1982 Out Of The Blue-Various Artists-September-1                                             492
 23 Shabooh Shoobah-INXS-November-5                                                              476
 24 Jump Up!-Elton John-April-3                                                                  468
 25 Love Songs-Cliff Richard-March-1	                                                         450
 26 Eye In The Sky-Alan Parson's Project-August-4                                                440
 27 Rio-Duran Duran-July-1                                                                       426
 28 Manilow Magic-Barry Manilow-February-6                                                       412
 29 Too-Rye-Ay-Dexys Midnight Runners-November-2                                                 398
 30 The Very Best Of Don McLean-Don McLean-October-2                                             396
 31 Solid Gold Easy Action-T. Rex-July-2                                                         396
 32 H20-Daryl Hall & John Oates-December-3                                                       394
 33 Hitwave '82-Various Artists-May-2                                                            364
 34 Rocktrip '82-Various Artists-September-3                                                     344
 35 Duran Duran-Duran Duran-May-9                                                                336
 36 1982.. In The Sun-Various Artists-February-5                                                 326
 37 Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band-September-5                                                    322
 38 Deepest Purple-Deep Purple-August-5                                                          310
 39 Complete Madness-Madness-November-2                                                          308
 40 The Great Escape-Richard Clapton-April-8                                                     294
 41 Memories-Barbara Streisand-January-9                                                         294
 42 The Lexicon Of Love-ABC-October-9                                                            288
 43 Nuovo Mondo-Mondo Rock-August-7                                                              288
 44 Hooked On Swing-Kings Of Swing Orchestra-March-5                                             284
 45 Marcia Hines Greatest Hits-Marcia Hines-February-2	                                         278
 46 Daddy's Coolest-Daddy Cool-September-5                                                       270
 47 20 Golden Greats-Slim Whitman-August-2                                                       266
 48 Heartlight-Neil Diamond-December-8                                                           254
 49 Live-The Jacksons-March-2                                                                    242
 50 The Very Best Of Peter Allen-Peter Allen-August-9                                            242
 51 The Friends Of Mr. Cairo-Jon And Vangelis-July-9                                             232
 52 Pictures At Eleven-Robert Plant-August-6                                                     222
 53 Straight Ahead-Various Artists-March-8                                                       216
 54 James Bond Greatest Hits-Various Artists-June-10                                             200
 55 Coda-Led Zeppelin-December-9                                                                 196
 56 The Blurred Crusade-The Church-April-10                                                      190
 57 Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I-Stevie Wonder-July-11                                 190
 58 Wired For Sound-Cliff Richard-January-13                                                     176
 59 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)-Simple Minds-October-8                                          176
 60 The Number Of The Beast-Iron Maiden-August-8                                                 166
 61 "Still Life":Rolling Stones-Rolling Stones-July-10                                           162
 62 Hooked On Classics 2:Can't Stop The Classics-Royal Philarmonic Orchestra-September-10        158
 63 I Love Rock & Roll-Joan Jett & Blackhearts-June-10                                           156
 64 Nebraska-Bruce Springsteen-November-8                                                        156
 65 Upstairs At Eric's-Yazoo-November-10                                                         146
 66 Select-Kim Wilde-August-8                                                                    126
 67 The George Benson Collection-George Benson-March-8                                           120
 68 Law And Order-Lindsay Buckingham-February-10                                                 116
 69 Green Door-Shakin' Stevens-April-11                                                          112
 70 On The Way To The Sky-Neil Diamond-February-12                                               110
 71 Here I Am-Julie Anthony-August-13                                                            106
 72 Scarred For Life-Rose Tattoo-December-11                                                      76
 73 Starstruck-Soundtrack-May-13                                                                  72
 74 Asia-Asia-June-13                                                                             70
 75 Rocky III-Soundtrack-September-13                                                             70
 76 Greatest Hits-Steely Dan-October-11                                                           40
 77 Around The World-James Last-September-12                                                      38
 78 Sheffield Steel-Joe Cocker-November-14                                                        34
 79 English Settlement-XTC-May-14                                                                 34
 80 A Collection Of Great Dance Songs-Pink Floyd-February-14                                      34
 81 World Radio-Leo Sayer-July-14                                                                 34