Best Albums of 1983

« View best albums of 1982View best albums of 1984 »

Listed below are the best albums of 1983 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

1983 year summaryThe best artists of 1983 were R.E.M., Violent Femmes, New Order, U2, The Police, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, Metallica, David Bowie and Pink Floyd.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Share | |

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

221.

Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi
Soundtrack

John Williams (US)

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

222.

Headline News

Atomic Rooster

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

223.

Variations On A Theme

David Thomas And The Pedestrians

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

224.

Toxoplasma

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

225.

Waiting

Fun Boy Three

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

226.

Planet P Project

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

227.

Dig That Groove Baby

Toy Dolls

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

228.

Safe Mode: On

Smell Of Female
Live

The Cramps

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

229.

Intimacy

Opposition

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

230.

DaDa

Alice Cooper

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1983:

Rank in 1980s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

« prev
1
...
22
23
24
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 23 of 100

Best Albums of 1983 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	23	2%
Daniel Johnston	3	0%
Frank Zappa	3	0%
Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	3	0%
Philip Glass	2	0%
Glenn Branca	2	0%
Joan Armatrading	2	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	340	34%
	291	29%
	47	5%
	39	4%
	28	3%
	25	3%
	22	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	940	94%
Yes	60	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	965	97%
Yes	35	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

« View best albums of 1982View best albums of 1984 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Best Albums of 2013
1. Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend
2. AM by Arctic Monkeys
3. Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
4. Yeezus by Kanye West
5. ...Like Clockwork by Queens Of The Stone Age
6. Reflektor by Arcade Fire
7. Trouble Will Find Me by The National
8. Sunbather by Deafheaven
9. m b v by My Bloody Valentine
10. Pure Heroine by Lorde
11. Push The Sky Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
12. Acid Rap by Chance The Rapper
13. The Next Day by David Bowie
14. The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) by Steven Wilson
15. Loud City Song by Julia Holter
16. We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic by Foxygen
17. Amok by Atoms For Peace
18. Psychic by Darkside
19. Because The Internet by Childish Gambino
20. Comedown Machine by The Strokes