Sex, synths, and martini music: Our favorite albums of 1982

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 1982: the year we may have been  too young for the music we were listening to. Synths. Breathy vocals. Records that made us feel very, very grown-up. Our four podcast hosts each defend their favorite album from that year, and you'll be surprised why we cose them. Expect hot takes, cool memories and at least one person pretending they were cool at the time. Know what "sophisti-pop" means? Press play. turn it up and lock your bedroom door to find out. Episode links 1982 in music Best albums of 1982 OUR ALBUMS Eve: Pleasure Victim, Berlin Courtney: Upstairs at Erics, Yaz Lori: Avalon, Roxy Music Chris: Marshall Crenshaw, Marshall Crenshaw Connect with us Subscribe to GenX Stories in your favorite podcast app Buy some kickass merch Write us a review Visit our site