Smash Hits was a British teen music magazine that was issued fortnightly. On a scale of 1-10, here's how the magazine's reviewers rated albums released in the first half of 1982. Hope you find something new that you missed back in '82.
| January 7 issue |
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| Chic |
Take It Off |
4 |
| ABBA |
The Visitors |
8 |
| Clint Eastwood & General Saint |
Two Bad DJ |
9 |
| Dramatis |
For Future Reference |
5 |
| Various Artists |
Ghosts of Christmas Past |
7 |
| Odyssey |
The Best of Odyssey |
8 |
| Central Line |
Breaking Point |
8 |
| Bill Nelson |
Das Kaninett |
5 |
| January 21 issue |
|
|
| A Certain Ratio |
Sextet |
6 |
| Associates |
Fourth Drawer Down |
7 |
| Various Artists |
A Splash of Colour |
3 |
| February 4 issue |
|
|
| Thin Lizzy |
Renegade |
6 |
| XTC |
English Settlement |
8½ |
| Holger Czukay |
On the Way to the Peak of Normal |
8 |
| The Look |
The Look |
8 |
| The Kinks |
Give the People What They Want |
4 |
| Sister Sledge |
The Sisters |
8½ |
| Modern Lovers |
The Original Modern Lovers |
8 |
| February 18 issue |
|
|
| Theatre of Hate |
Westworld |
2 |
| Diana Ross |
Diana's Duets |
7 |
| UFO |
Mechanix |
5 |
| Panther Burns |
Behind the Magnolia Curtain |
3 |
| Orange Juice |
You Can't Hide Your Love Forever |
8 |
| Nick Lowe |
Nick the Knife |
6 |
| Mathematiques Modernes |
Les Visiteurs Du Soir |
9 |
| And Jacno |
Tout Va Sauter |
4 |
| Hall & Oates |
Private Eyes |
7½ |
| The B-52's |
Mesopotamia |
4 |
| The J. Geils Band |
Freeze-Frame |
7½ |
| Ippu Do |
Radio Fantasy |
3 |
| Yukihiro Takahashi |
Neuromantic |
3 |
| Susan |
The Girl Can't Help It |
4 |
| Various Artistes |
Your Secret's Safe With Us |
7 |
| March 4 issue |
|
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| Various Artists |
To the Shores of Lake Placid |
8 |
| Spandau Ballet |
Diamond |
3 |
| Marc Bolan and T. Rex |
Across the Airwaves |
7 |
| Mickey Jupp |
Some People Can't Dance |
8 |
| Fun Boy Three |
Fun Boy Three |
6 |
| Yellow Magic Orchestra |
Solid State Survivor |
7 |
| Haircut One Hundred |
Pelican West |
8½ |
| Jimmy Destri |
Heart on a Wall |
4 |
| Fleshtones |
Roman Gods |
8 |
| Pigbag |
Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive |
7 |
| The dB's |
Repercussion |
8 |
| Jona Lewie |
Heart Skips Beat |
8 |
| March 18 issue |
|
|
| The Jam |
The Gift |
8½ |
| Quarterflash |
Quarterflash |
6 |
| Lou Reed |
The Blue Mask |
5 |
| Robert Palmer |
Maybe It's Live |
5 |
| Thompson Twins |
Set |
6 |
| Secret Affair |
Business as Usual |
5 |
| Visage |
The Anvil |
5 |
| 23 Skiddoo |
7 Songs |
6 |
| Lora Logic |
Pedigree Charm |
6 |
| Level 42 |
The Early Tapes July/August 1980 |
6 |
| The Bongos |
Time and The River |
3 |
| Graham Parker |
Another Grey Area |
7 |
| Colin Newman |
Not To |
5 |
| April 1 issue |
|
|
| Motorhead |
Iron Fist |
7 |
| The Jets |
100% Cotton |
4 |
| B.E.F. |
Music of Quality and Distinction |
6½ |
| Dave Edmunds |
DE7 |
9 |
| Rainbow |
Straight Between the Eyes |
3 |
| The Boomtown Rats |
V Deep |
7½ |
| Nine Below Zero |
Third Degree |
8 |
| Buggles |
Adventures in Modern Recording |
5½ |
| Iron Maiden |
The Number of the Beast |
4 |
| Quincy Jones |
The Best |
8 |
| Robert Wyatt |
Nothing Can Stop Us |
7 |
| April 15 issue |
|
|
| Classix Nouveaux |
La Verite |
7 |
| The Nolans |
Portrait |
4 |
| Morrisey Mullen |
Life on the Wire |
7 |
| Killing Joke |
III |
6 |
| A Flock of Seagulls |
A Flock of Seagulls |
5 |
| Various Artists |
Rap Tracks |
6 |
| Various Artists |
Genius of Rap |
7½ |
| The Necessaries |
Event Horizon |
8 |
| Bill Wyman |
Bill Wyman |
5 |
| Talking Heads |
The Name of this Band is.. |
5 |
| Robyn Hitchcock |
Groovy Decay |
7 |
| April 29 issue |
|
|
| Elton John |
Jump Up! |
7½ |
| Joan Jett & The Blackhearts |
I Love Rock 'n' Roll |
4 |
| Status Quo |
1982 |
8 |
| Goombay Dance Band |
Seven Tears |
3 |
| Laurie Anderson |
Big Science |
6 |
| Junior Giscombe |
Ji |
6
|
| May 13 issue |
|
|
| Duran Duran |
Rio |
5½ |
| Shakatak |
Night Birds |
8 |
| The Cure |
Pornography |
4 |
| Funkapolitan |
Funkapolitan |
6 |
| Bucks Fizz |
Are You Ready |
10 |
| The Clash |
Combat Rock |
6 |
| Altered Images |
Pinky Blue |
3½ |
| Thomas Dolby |
The Golden Age of Wireless |
6 |
| Various Artists |
Tokyo Mobile Music 1 |
6 |
| Paul McCartney |
Tug of War |
4 |
| Queen |
Hot Space |
5 |
| The Associates |
Sulk |
8 |
| May 27 issue |
|
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| Kim Wilde |
Select |
7 |
| Girlschool |
Screaming Blue Murder |
5 |
| Blondie |
The Hunter |
5 |
| Section 25 |
The Key of Dreams |
3 |
| Squeeze |
Sweets from a Stranger |
7 |
| The Blue Orchids |
The Greatest Hit |
4½ |
| Various Artists |
Dura-Dance |
10 |
| Vic Godard & The Subway Sect |
Songs for Sale |
8 |
| Kid Creole & The Coconuts |
Tropical Gangsters |
8 |
| Various Artists |
Sex, Sweat and Blood (The New Danceability) |
3 |
| Roxy Music |
Avalon |
8 |
| The Fixx |
Shuttered Room |
4 |
| June 10 issue |
|
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| Toyah |
The Changeling |
4½ |
| Patrice Rushen |
Straight from the Heart |
5 |
| Cabaret Voltaire |
2 x 45 |
4 |
| John Cooper Clarke |
Zip Style Method |
7 |
| The Shakin' Pyramids |
Celts and Cobras |
5 |
| Hambi and The Dance |
Heartache |
4 |
| Rolling Stones |
Still Life (American Concert 1981) |
6 |
| June 24 issue |
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| ABC |
The Lexicon of Love |
8 |
| Marshall Crenshaw |
Marshall Crenshaw |
8 |
| Soft Cell |
Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing |
6 |
| The Go Betweens |
Send Me a Lullabye |
7½ |
| Rick James |
Throwin' Down |
9 |
| Genesis |
Three Sides Live |
7 |
| Gwen Guthrie |
Gwen Guthrie |
5 |
| Black Uhuru |
Chill Out |
6 |
| The Passage |
Degenerates |
9 |
| The League Unlimited Orchestra |
Love and Dancing |
6 |
| Rip, Rig & Panic |
I Am Cold |
7 |
| Randy Crawford |
Windsong |
9 |
| Anti-Nowhere League |
We Are...The League |
Pass |
h/t to Brian McCloskey over at Like Punk Never Happened
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