Paste disagrees with me about 1982

Yada yada yada.  I'm looking at another "Best Album's of the '80s" list in hopes of finding some publication/website that will agree with me that 1982 is the best year ever for pop music.  To date, I've examined lists at Rolling Stone, Best Ever Albums, Dave's Music Database, Popjustice, Slant, and, most recently, Pitchfork.  Today, I look at the list put together over at Paste, which lists only 80 albums as opposed to the customary 100.  This was a close race, with only 37 points separating the top 5 spots.  However, my beloved 1982 finished in the 9 spot.  It is becoming increasingly clear that the recognition of the superiority of the music released in 1982 is an opinion only held by elite members of the pop music cognoscenti (present company included).

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Using a simple formula (album #1 received 80 points, album #2 received 79 points, and so on through #80 receiving 1 point, 3240 total points available), here are the results:

		1986 Number of albums: 9 Points: 444
		1989 Number of albums: 10 Points: 442
		1980 Number of albums: 12 Points: 431
		1984 Number of albums: 8 Points: 423
		1987 Number of albums: 13 Points: 407
		1988 Number of albums: 8 Points: 267
		1985 Number of albums: 7 Points: 266
		1983 Number of albums: 4 Points: 234
		1982 Number of albums: 5 Points: 200
		1981 Number of albums: 4 Points: 126

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The five albums selected for the list which were released in 1982 are:

3	Thriller	Michael Jackson
24	Shoot Out the Lights	Richard & Linda Thompson
42	Marshall Crenshaw	Marshall Crenshaw
59	Hex Induction Power	The Fall
77	The Blue Mask	Lou Reed

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That's seven lists so far.  I'm going to stop after ten album charts and switch to examining the singles charts.

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RS	BEA	DMDB	PM	Slant	PF	Paste
1980	1984	1986	1987	1989	1987	1986
1984	1987	1989	1984	1987	1981	1989
1982	1989	1987	1983	1986	1989	1980
1987	1986	1984	1982	1983	1988	1984
1983	1980	1985	1988	1984	1980	1987
1986	1988	1983	1986	1988	1985	1988
1988	1983	1980	1989	1982	1983	1985
1985	1982	1988	1985	1980	1986	1983
1981	1985	1982	1980	1981	1984	1982
1989	1981	1981	1981	1985	1982	1981

RS = Rolling Stone, BEA = Best Ever Albums, DMDB = Dave's Music Database, PM = Popmatters, PF = Pitchfork

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