1+9+8+2 (official title 1982 in some sources)[4] is the fifteenth studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released on 16 April 1982.
[5][6] It was the first to include new drummer Pete Kircher, who had recently replaced John Coghlan, and also the first to credit keyboard player Andy Bown as a full member of the band.
Its release came shortly before the band appeared at a concert at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, in the presence of the then Prince of Wales (later King Charles III), and the resulting publicity probably helped to send it to an entry position of No.
"Dear John", the first single and the only track not written by any of the band, reached No.
The remainder of the disc is a rehearsal recording, with the group trying out some cover songs.