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The Key
The Key - Joan Armatrading
Last week: 4, Peak: 3, Weeks: 3
FESTIVAL
4
The Final Cut
The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
Last week: 6, Peak: 1, Weeks: 6CBS
5
Cargo
Cargo - Men At Work
Last week: 3, Peak: 2, Weeks: 5
CBS
6
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie
Last week: 5, Peak: 3, Weeks: 18POLYGRAM
7
Quick Step And Side Kick
Quick Step And Side Kick - Thompson Twins
Last week: 9, Peak: 7, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
8
True
True - Spandau Ballet
Peak: 8, Weeks: 1
FESTIVAL
9
War
War - U2
Last week: 7, Peak: 5, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
10
Living My Life
Living My Life - Grace Jones
Last week: 14, Peak: 3, Weeks: 17FESTIVAL
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Waiting
Waiting - Fun Boy Three
Last week: 19, Peak: 11, Weeks: 2FESTIVAL
12
Love Over Gold
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
Last week: 13, Peak: 1, Weeks: 31POLYGRAM
13
Complete Madness
Complete Madness - Madness
Last week: 21, Peak: 13, Weeks: 4RCA
14
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs - Sharon O'Neill
Last week: 27, Peak: 14, Weeks: 2
CBS
15
The Very Best Of The Carpenters
The Very Best Of The Carpenters - The Carpenters
Last week: 8, Peak: 2, Weeks: 5
FESTIVAL
16
Primitive Man
Primitive Man - Icehouse
Last week: 12, Peak: 1, Weeks: 31
WEA/Warner
17
Branigan 2
Branigan 2 - Laura Branigan
Last week: 11, Peak: 11, Weeks: 3WEA/Warner
18
A Childs Adventure
A Childs Adventure - Marianne Faithful
Last week: 16, Peak: 16, Weeks: 2FESTIVAL
19
The Wayward Wind
The Wayward Wind - James Galway
Last week: 10, Peak: 4, Weeks: 6RCA/SonyMusic
20
Business As Usual
Business As Usual - Men At Work
Last week: 15, Peak: 1, Weeks: 63CBS
21
Dazzleships
Dazzleships - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Last week: 20, Peak: 16, Weeks: 4Virgin/Universal
22
White Feathers
White Feathers - Kajagoogoo
Last week: 23, Peak: 17, Weeks: 3EMI
23
Rio
Rio - Duran Duran
Last week: 22, Peak: 2, Weeks: 42EMI
24
Happy Families
Happy Families - Blancmange
Peak: 24, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
25
Nightclubbing
Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
Last week: 28, Peak: 3, Weeks: 62Island/Universal
26
Kissing To Be Clever
Kissing To Be Clever - Culture Club
Last week: 35, Peak: 2, Weeks: 17Virgin/Universal
27
Making Movies
Making Movies - Dire Straits
Last week: 30, Peak: 3, Weeks: 117POLYGRAM
28
Eliminator
Eliminator - ZZ Top
Last week: 33, Peak: 28, Weeks: 2WEA/Warner
30
Night And Day
Night And Day - Joe Jackson
Last week: 17, Peak: 8, Weeks: 31FESTIVAL
31
Pyromania
Pyromania - Def Leppard
Last week: 46, Peak: 31, Weeks: 2POLYGRAM
32
Outside Inside
Outside Inside - The Tubes
Last week: 31, Peak: 31, Weeks: 2EMI
33
H2O
H2O - Hall And Oates
Last week: 24, Peak: 3, Weeks: 18RCA/SonyMusic
34
Jarreau
Jarreau - Al Jarreau
Last week: 32, Peak: 20, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
35
The Lexicon Of Love
The Lexicon Of Love - ABC
Peak: 1, Weeks: 31
POLYGRAM
37
The Party's Over
The Party's Over - Talk Talk
Last week: 29, Peak: 8, Weeks: 13EMI
38
John Denver Greatest Hits Vol 2
John Denver Greatest Hits Vol 2 - John Denver
Peak: 11, Weeks: 1RCA/SonyMusic
39
Feline
Feline - The Stranglers
Last week: 38, Peak: 18, Weeks: 7CBS
40
Invitations
Invitations - Shakatak
Last week: 41, Peak: 33, Weeks: 4POLYGRAM
41
Singles Album
Singles Album - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Peak: 16, Weeks: 16POLYGRAM
42
Combat Rock
Combat Rock - The Clash
Last week: 25, Peak: 5, Weeks: 22CBS
43
The High Road
The High Road - Roxy Music
Last week: 36, Peak: 21, Weeks: 5POLYGRAM
44
The Wall
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Peak: 1, Weeks: 70CBS
45
Dire Straits
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Last week: 40, Peak: 2, Weeks: 99POLYGRAM
46
Juju Music
Juju Music - King Sunny Ade
Last week: 48, Peak: 31, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
47
Tropical Gangsters
Tropical Gangsters - Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Peak: 6, Weeks: 29FESTIVAL
48
Memories
Memories - Barbra Streisand
Last week: 49, Peak: 2, Weeks: 40CBS
49
Trans
Trans - Neil Young
Last week: 26, Peak: 8, Weeks: 10CBS
50
Creatures Of Leisure
Creatures Of Leisure - Mental As Anything
Peak: 41, Weeks: 2WEA/Warner