Top Ten Albums of 1982 (no fuck)

I’ve been working on a Linguistics Paper where I chart (i think) an increase in the use of the word ‘fuck’ in popular music. I’ve been going thru music lyrics for the last 20 years, and I’m storing some of the data here.

TOP POP ALBUMS OF 1982
TITLE – Artist (Label)
31-Dec-82

1. ASIA
 – Asia (Geffen)
2. BEAUTY
AND THE BEAT – Go-Go’s (I.R.S.)
3. 4
– Foreigner (Atlantic)
4. AMERICAN
FOOL – John Cougar (Riva)
5. FREEZE-FRAME
– J. Geils Band (EMI America) (cross ref w/Amazon)
6. ESCAPE
– Journey (Columbia)
7. GET
LUCKY – Loverboy (Columbia)
8. BELLA
DONNA – Stevie Nicks (Modern)
9. CHARIOTS OF FIRE – Vangelis/Soundtrack (Polydor) (Amazon,
score, don think it has lyrics)
10. GHOST
IN THE MACHINE – Police (A&M)

Posted on Monday, November 24th, 2003 in Music, SocioLinguistics.

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