THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z:BARRY KOWAL) CHART's TOP ALBUMS FOR 1982

 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 LOVE OVER GOLD-DIRE STRAITS-OCTOBER                                                                 2286
  2 BUSINESS AS USUAL-MEN AT WORK-February                                                  1910
  3 TIME AND TIDE-SPLIT ENZ-August                                                          1388
  4 AVALON-ROXY MUSIC-July                                                                  1176
  5 DURAN DURAN-DURAN DURAN-March                                                           1150
  6 MEMORIES-BARBRA STREISAND-October                                                       1130
  7 TOO-RYE-AY-DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-September                                            1038
  8 EYE IN THE SKY-The Alan Parsons Project-September                                        972
  9 DARE-The Human League-June                                                               932
 10 RIO-Duran Duran-June                                                                     824
 11 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)-Simple Minds-October                                        820
 12 Fame TV Soundtrack-The Kids From Fame-November                                           772
 13 Jump Up!-Elton John-March                                                                764
 14 The Lexicon Of Love-ABC-September                                                        726
 15 Circus Animals-Cold Chisel-August                                                        666
 16 Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2-The Eagles-December                                        578
 17 Chariots Of Fire-Vangelis-April                                                          572
 18 Greatest Hits Volume 3-Olivia Newton-John-December                                       462
 19 Cat People OST-David Bowie-August                                                        450
 20 Completion Backward Principle-The Tubes-January                                          442
 21 The Best Of Blondie-Blondie-January                                                      438
 22 Original Musicquarium 1-Stevie Wonder-June                                               426
 23 Forever Now-Psychedelic Furs-October                                                     422
 24 Cats & Dogs-Mental As Anything-March                                                     414
 25 Greatest Hits-Joe Cocker-February                                                        414
 26 The John Lennon Collection-John Lennon-December                                          380
 27 Cool Bananas-D.D. Smash-April                                                            364
 28 Famous Last Words-Supertramp-December                                                    362
 29 Combat Rock-The Clash-July                                                               360
 30 Kissing To Be Clever-Culture Club-December                                               336
 31 Clayderman In Concert-Richard Clayderman-May                                             334
 32 Coda-Led Zeppelin-December                                                               332
 33 When I Dream-Suzanne Prentice-December                                                   328
 34 Love Songs-Cliff Richard-March                                                           326
 35 Toto IV-Toto-October                                                                     322
 36 I Love Rock 'N' Roll-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts-July                                    318
 37 Still Life-Rolling Stones-August                                                         318
 38 Wired For Sound-Cliff Richard-March                                                      300
 39 All I Have To Offer You Is Me-Charley Pride-April                                        296
 40 Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret-Soft Cell-April                                                  274
 41 The Man The Music The Legend-Prince Tui Teka-September                                   272
 42 A Flock of Seagulls-A Flock of Seagulls-August                                           254
 43 Sons & Fascination-Simple Minds-October                                                  244
 44 One Day At A Time-Suzanne Prentice-January                                               232
 45 Tug Of War-Paul McCartney-May                                                            228
 46 Private Eyes-Daryl Hall & John Oates-March                                               228
 47 Can't Stop The Classics-London Symphony Orchestra-September                              228
 48 Golden Memories-Harry Secombe And Moira Anderson-March                                   228
 49 Anne Murray's Greatest Hits Volume 2-Anne Murray-May                                     220
 50 Pelican West-Haircut 100-August                                                          212
 51 20 Golden Oldies-Jade Hurley-May                                                         204
 52 Nebraska-Bruce Springsteen-November                                                      194
 53 Knockout-Toots And The Maytals-August                                                    186
 54 The Very Best Of Don McLean-Don McLean-November                                          182
 55 Howard Morrison Spectacular-Sir Howard Morrison-September                                180
 56 This Band Is Called Talking Heads-Talking Heads-April                                    178
 57 Another Chapter-John Rowles-June                                                         174
 58 The Nightfly-Donald Fagen-November                                                       162
 59 Reveries II-Richard Clayderman-August                                                    162
 60 Still-Joy Division-February                                                              150
 61 T Rex 20 Golden Greats-T-Rex-October                                                     142
 62 One Day At A Time-Cristy Lane-September                                                  136
 63 The Mantovani Golden Collection-Mantovani-May                                            128
 64 Hot Space-Queen-June                                                                     124
 65 The Nylon Curtain-Billy Joel-October                                                     120
 66 The Gift-Jam-May                                                                         118
 67 Hooked On Swing-Bob James-May                                                            116
 68 Pornography-The Cure-July                                                                116
 69 All Four One-The Motels-August                                                           112
 70 Rondo Pour Un Enfant-Richard Clayderman-May                                              108
 71 Luxury Length-Blam Blam Blam-June                                                        100
 72 October-U2-February                                                                       96
 73 Serenade-Anthony Benfell-July                                                             88
 74 Big Science-Laurie Anderson-June                                                          88
 75 Greatest Hits Volume 2-Cat Stevens-June                                                   86
 76 Diamond-Spandau Ballet-June                                                               80
 77 Pinky Blue-Altered Images-July                                                            76
 78 Innocent Age-Dan Fogelberg-July                                                           72
 79 Something Special-Kool & The Gang-June                                                    72
 80 12 Bars From Mars-Midge Marsden-October                                                   70
 81 Homosapien-Pete Shelley-March                                                             70
 82 Somebody Loves You-Kamahl-April                                                           54
 83 The Church-The Church-June                                                                48
 84 Movement-New Order-May                                                                    46
 85 Upstairs At Eric's-Yazoo-November                                                         44
 86 Oh,No! It's Devo-Devo-November                                                            42
 87 Hex Education Hour-The Fall-August                                                        40
 88 Best Of Bowie-David Bowie-January                                                         40
 89 Shake It Up-The Cars-March                                                                38
 90 Invitation To The Dance-Ron Goodwin/NZSO-February                                         38
 91 Mirage-Fleetwood Mac-July                                                                 36
 92 Shango-Santana-October                                                                    36 
 93 Street Songs-Rick James-September                                                         36
 94 Beautiful Vision-Van Morrison-June                                                        36
 95 Days Of Innocence-Moving Pictures-June                                                    34
 96 Sheffield Steel-Joe Cocker-November                                                       34
 97 Freeze Frame-J Geils Band-June                                                            34
 98 Night Attack-The Angels-February                                                          34
 99 Hunters & Collectors-Hunters & Collectors-November                                        34
100 Pavarotti's Greatest Hits-Luciano Pavarotti-August                                        34
101 Rock Classics-London Symphony Orchestra-March                                             34