THE PENGUIN AWARDS THAT NEVER WERE: 1982! We're rocketing towards the home stretch with some more nominees:

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SONG OF THE YEAR:

Save A Prayer - Duran Duran

The Chauffer - Duran Duran

Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac

Wish You Were Here - Fleetwood Mac

I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls

I Know There's Something Going On - Frida

Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel

The Message - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

Nancy Sings - Jandek

Goodnight Saigon - Billy Joel

Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) - Elton John

You've Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest

Mein Schmertz (It's You, Only You) - Lene Lovich

Astro Zombies - The Misfits

Cleaning Windows - Van Morrison

Winter Kills - Alison Moyet

Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders

Stone Cold - Rainbow

More Than This - Roxy Music

Dirty Creature - Split Enz

Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Split Enz

Talk Talk - Talk Talk

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ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

EYE IN THE SKY - The Alan Parsons Project

THE DREAMING - Kate Bush

RIO - Duran Duran

MIRAGE - Fleetwood Mac

SOMETHING'S GOING ON - Frida

WALK AMONG US - The Misfits

LEARNING TO CRAWL - The Pretenders

TIME AND TIDE - Split Enz

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COVER SONG OF THE YEAR:

Thin Line Between Love and Hate - The Pretenders

Happy Trails - Van Halen

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There are no Duet of the Year nominees for 1982.