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3
The Key
The Key - Joan Armatrading
Last week: 3, Peak: 3, Weeks: 5
FESTIVAL
4
True
True - Spandau Ballet
Last week: 7, Peak: 4, Weeks: 3
FESTIVAL
5
Cargo
Cargo - Men At Work
Last week: 4, Peak: 2, Weeks: 7
CBS
6
Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart
Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart - Van Morrison
Peak: 6, Weeks: 1
POLYGRAM
7
War
War - U2
Last week: 6, Peak: 5, Weeks: 6FESTIVAL
8
Quick Step And Side Kick
Quick Step And Side Kick - Thompson Twins
Last week: 8, Peak: 7, Weeks: 6FESTIVAL
9
Too Low For Zero
Too Low For Zero - Elton John
Peak: 9, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
10
Rare
Rare - David Bowie
Peak: 10, Weeks: 1RCA/SonyMusic
11
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie
Last week: 9, Peak: 3, Weeks: 20POLYGRAM
12
The Final Cut
The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
Last week: 5, Peak: 1, Weeks: 8CBS
13
Happy Families
Happy Families - Blancmange
Last week: 20, Peak: 13, Weeks: 3POLYGRAM
14
The Wayward Wind
The Wayward Wind - James Galway
Last week: 29, Peak: 4, Weeks: 8RCA/SonyMusic
15
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs - Sharon O'Neill
Last week: 12, Peak: 12, Weeks: 4
CBS
16
The Hurting
The Hurting - Tears For Fears
Peak: 16, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
17
John Denver Greatest Hits Vol 2
John Denver Greatest Hits Vol 2 - John Denver
Last week: 19, Peak: 11, Weeks: 3RCA/SonyMusic
18
Living My Life
Living My Life - Grace Jones
Last week: 17, Peak: 3, Weeks: 19FESTIVAL
19
Complete Madness
Complete Madness - Madness
Last week: 11, Peak: 11, Weeks: 6RCA
20
Waiting
Waiting - Fun Boy Three
Last week: 14, Peak: 11, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
21
Love Over Gold
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
Last week: 18, Peak: 1, Weeks: 33POLYGRAM
22
Primitive Man
Primitive Man - Icehouse
Last week: 13, Peak: 1, Weeks: 33
WEA/Warner
23
In Your Eyes
In Your Eyes - George Benson
Peak: 23, Weeks: 1WEA/Warner
24
A Childs Adventure
A Childs Adventure - Marianne Faithful
Last week: 15, Peak: 15, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
25
Eliminator
Eliminator - ZZ Top
Last week: 24, Peak: 24, Weeks: 4WEA/Warner
26
The High Road
The High Road - Roxy Music
Last week: 41, Peak: 21, Weeks: 7POLYGRAM
27
Business As Usual
Business As Usual - Men At Work
Last week: 23, Peak: 1, Weeks: 65CBS
28
The Very Best Of The Carpenters
The Very Best Of The Carpenters - The Carpenters
Last week: 25, Peak: 2, Weeks: 7
FESTIVAL
29
Dazzleships
Dazzleships - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Last week: 10, Peak: 10, Weeks: 6Virgin/Universal
30
Pyromania
Pyromania - Def Leppard
Last week: 26, Peak: 26, Weeks: 4POLYGRAM
31
Making Movies
Making Movies - Dire Straits
Last week: 31, Peak: 3, Weeks: 119POLYGRAM
32
The Wall
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Last week: 38, Peak: 1, Weeks: 72CBS
33
Outside Inside
Outside Inside - The Tubes
Last week: 22, Peak: 22, Weeks: 4EMI
34
Singles Album
Singles Album - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Last week: 35, Peak: 16, Weeks: 18POLYGRAM
35
Nightclubbing
Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
Last week: 32, Peak: 3, Weeks: 64Island/Universal
36
Branigan 2
Branigan 2 - Laura Branigan
Last week: 16, Peak: 11, Weeks: 5WEA/Warner
37
H2O
H2O - Hall And Oates
Peak: 3, Weeks: 19
RCA/SonyMusic
38
Night And Day
Night And Day - Joe Jackson
Last week: 30, Peak: 8, Weeks: 33FESTIVAL
39
Combat Rock
Combat Rock - The Clash
Last week: 46, Peak: 5, Weeks: 24CBS
40
Cha
Cha - Jo Jo Zep
Last week: 33, Peak: 33, Weeks: 2FESTIVAL
42
Greatest Hits Vol 1 & 2
Greatest Hits Vol 1 & 2 - Al Green
Peak: 42, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
43
Trans
Trans - Neil Young
Peak: 8, Weeks: 11CBS
44
The Belle Stars
The Belle Stars - The Belle Stars
Last week: 27, Peak: 27, Weeks: 2RTC
45
White Feathers
White Feathers - Kajagoogoo
Last week: 28, Peak: 17, Weeks: 5EMI
46
Einzelhaft
Einzelhaft - Falco
Peak: 46, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
47
All The Greatest Hits
All The Greatest Hits - The Commodores
Peak: 47, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
48
The Nightfly
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Peak: 9, Weeks: 18WEA/Warner
49
Whammy
Whammy - The B-52's
Peak: 49, Weeks: 1WEA/Warner
50
Rio
Rio - Duran Duran
Last week: 21, Peak: 2, Weeks: 44EMI