Top New Zealand Albums - Year-end 1982

The best-selling album of 1982 in New Zealand is BUSINESS AS USUAL by MEN AT WORK.

Rank	Artist	Album	Released
1	MEN AT WORK	BUSINESS AS USUAL	1981
2	DIRE STRAITS	LOVE OVER GOLD	1982
3	SPLIT ENZ	TIME & TIDE	1982
4	ROXY MUSIC	AVALON	1982
5	DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS	TOO-RYE-AY	1982
6	HUMAN LEAGUE	DARE	1981
7	BARBRA STREISAND	MEMORIES	1981
8	DIRE STRAITS	MAKING MOVIES	1980
9	RICHARD CLAYDERMAN	REVERIES / TRÄUMEREIEN	1979
10	DURAN DURAN	DURAN DURAN	1981
11	ICEHOUSE	PRIMITIVE MAN	1982
12	ABC	LEXICON OF LOVE	1982
13	SIMPLE MINDS	NEW GOLD DREAM (81, 82, 83, 84)	1982
14	ALAN PARSONS	EYE IN THE SKY	1982
15	COLD CHISEL	CIRCUS ANIMALS	1982
16	DURAN DURAN	RIO	1982
17	ELTON JOHN	JUMP UP	1982
18	THE ROLLING STONES	TATTOO YOU	1981
19	KIDS FROM FAME	THE KIDS FROM FAME (SOUNDTRACK)	1982
20	ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA	HOOKED ON CLASSICS	1981
21	VANGELIS	CHARIOTS OF FIRE (SOUNDTRACK)	1981
22	RICHARD CLAYDERMAN	CLAYDERMAN IN CONCERT	1982
23	JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS	I LOVE ROCK 'N' ROLL	1981
24	HAIRCUT 100	PELICAN WEST	1982
25	QUEEN	GREATEST HITS I	1981
26	STEVIE WONDER	STEVIE WONDER'S ORIGINAL MUSIQUARIUM I	1982
27	GRACE JONES	NIGHTCLUBBING	1981
28	RICHARD CLAYDERMAN	REVERIES II / TRÄUMEREIEN II	1980
29	D.D. SMASH	COOL BANANAS	1982
30	GEORGE BENSON	THE GEORGE BENSON COLLECTION	1981
31	A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS	A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS	1982
32	THE MOTELS	ALL FOUR ONE	1982
33	SOUNDTRACK	CAT PEOPLE	1982
34	BLONDIE	THE BEST OF BLONDIE	1981
35	THE POLICE	GHOST IN THE MACHINE	1981
36	TOTO	TOTO IV	1982
37	ICEHOUSE	ICEHOUSE	1980
38	BOB JAMES	HOOKED ON SWING	1982
39	THE ROLLING STONES	STILL LIFE	1982
40	JOE COCKER	JOE COCKER'S GREATEST HITS	1974
41	PSYCHEDELIC FURS	FOREVER NOW	1982
42	THE J. GEILS BAND	FREEZE FRAME	1981
43	OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN	GREATEST HITS VOLUME 3	1982
44	JOE JACKSON	NIGHT AND DAY	1982
45	FLEETWOOD MAC	MIRAGE	1982
46	SIMPLE MINDS	SONS OF FASCINATIONS/SISTERS FEELINGS CALL	1981
47	DEVO	NEW TRADITIONALISTS	1981
48	TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS	KNOCKOUT	1981
49	MENTAL AS ANYTHING	CATS & DOGS	1982
50	TOM TOM CLUB	TOM TOM CLUB	1981

Source: Recorded Music New Zealand