Best albums of 1982: MFD vs. SUE

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For my own amusement, I put together this quick comparison of two lists: the Top 100 albums of 1982, determined by the readers of the wonderful website Slicing Up Eyeballs and the 82 of '82 list here at My Favorite Decade.  Comparing my 82 with SUE's top 82, there are 27 commonalities (33%).  We agreed on the top spot, but not much else.

Album	Artist	MFD	SUE
Rio	Duran Duran	1	1
Pelican West	Haircut 100	3	46
Night and Day	Joe Jackson	4	24
Golden Age of Wireless	Thomas Dolby	5	19
Special Beat Service	The English Beat	7	17
Sweets from a Stranger	Squeeze	11	49
New Gold Dream	Simple Minds	15	8
The Lexicon of Love	ABC	16	9
Friend or Foe	Adam Ant	17	20
Marshall Crenshaw	Marshall Crenshaw	20	52
Quartet	Ultravox	26	31
Avalon	Roxy Music	27	5
Upstairs at Eric's	Yaz	33	6
Billy Idol	Billy Idol	43	18
Combat Rock	The Clash	47	4
Shabooh Shoobah	INXS	48	7
Time and Tide	Split Enz	49	45
Vacation	The Go-Go's	54	21
Imperial Bedroom	Elvis Costello	58	23
English Settlement	XTC	60	15
Pleasure Victim	Berlin	61	25
Built for Speed	Stray Cats	68	36
Primitive Man	Icehouse	69	57
The Party's Over	Talk Talk	70	22
A Flock of Seagulls	A Flock of Seagulls	72	29
Spring Session M	Missing Persons	74	43
Big Science	Laurie Anderson	81	42

Since I titled this blog "My Favorite Decade" and not "My Favorite Year," I think I'll leave 1982 alone and turn my attention to other years for a while.