Top 20 Music Albums of 1983
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Mother Nature's Son 
My favourite albums of 1983.
- Chart updated: 11/04/2017 23:45
- (Created: 09/16/2013 12:43).
- Chart size: 20 albums.
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Maybe a little unfortunate to call it "The Final Cut" since it actually sounds like songs from "The Wall" that didn't make the final cut. The biggest difference compared to "The Wall" is the high number of slow ballads and sparser use of David Gilmour's solos. On the other hand, Roger Waters seems to have become even more the focal point of the band. It gets a little too drowsy here and there, but otherwise quality music as you know Pink Floyd (Roger Waters). Thanks for now, Roger!
Favourite tracks: "The Post War Dream", "The Gunner's Dream" & "The Final Cut" [First added to this chart: 09/17/2013]
Favourite tracks: "The Post War Dream", "The Gunner's Dream" & "The Final Cut" [First added to this chart: 09/17/2013]
Year of Release:
1983
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2,225
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Slade are ready to explode in awesome 80s way! "Run Runaway" is such a great Scottish rocker and is probably the greatest song ever with use of fiddle and bagpipes. Yeah, Slade rule more than O.K.!
Favourite tracks: "Run Runaway" & "My Oh My" [First added to this chart: 10/01/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Run Runaway" & "My Oh My" [First added to this chart: 10/01/2013]
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Full of secret messages and mysterious backmasking, "Secret Messages" is a pleasantly enjoyable successor to "Time". As an album, it's not quite as succesful in terms of songwriting with a couple of songs that sound a tad too straightforward and formulaic, but it's not much behind either. A bit of a shame that we didn't get to hear it as it was originally planned, as a double album including a still unreleased ELO track with the intriguing song title "Beatles Forever".
Favourite tracks: "Secret Messages", "Loser Gone Wild" & "Take Me on and On" [First added to this chart: 09/20/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Secret Messages", "Loser Gone Wild" & "Take Me on and On" [First added to this chart: 09/20/2013]
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Let's dance, at the request of David Bowie. Unusually commercial and danceable, but even this kind of stuff David Bowie does quite well!
Favourite tracks: "Modern Love" & "Let's Dance" [First added to this chart: 12/31/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Modern Love" & "Let's Dance" [First added to this chart: 12/31/2015]
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1983
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2,745
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A wonderland of eclectic songwriting. Compared to previous albums, XTC experiment with quite a few new interesting sounds resulting in what might be their most atmospheric albums at this point.
Favourite tracks: "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" & "Deliver Us from the Elements" [First added to this chart: 05/07/2016]
Favourite tracks: "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" & "Deliver Us from the Elements" [First added to this chart: 05/07/2016]
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So young at heart that you probably should keep it at secret if you listen to this in your 20s or anything beyond that age! This is teen music to the core, mostly concerned about boy trouble, I guess. Also, it was very much recorded in the 80s. Listen to it anyway because of how fun, delightful and impossibly catchy it is!
Favourite tracks: "Young at Heart" & "Wish You Were Here"
Favourite tracks: "Young at Heart" & "Wish You Were Here"
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U2 at war. Quite possibly their most passionate political album, a punchy U2 fighting for their cause. However, I'm pretty sure I know "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from a superior version found on YouTube, the album version here feels stale compared to that one! Pretty great album anyway.
Favourite tracks: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" & "Surrender" [First added to this chart: 02/27/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" & "Surrender" [First added to this chart: 02/27/2014]
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1983
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"Tug of War" is naturally followed by "Pipes of Peace" (with a song called "Tug of Peace" on it). Guest star Stevie Wonder is replaced with Michael Jackson, in 1983, the year after MJ's big "Thriller" album. So, yes, some might say say say he (Paul McCartney) became a bit of a sellout with this album and that the album itself isn't that strong either, but I say it isn't so bad actually and has multiple gems on it.
Favourite tracks: "Say Say Say" & "Average Person" [First added to this chart: 06/09/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Say Say Say" & "Average Person" [First added to this chart: 06/09/2014]
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Weightless, drifting under stars... in short, cosmic beauty!
Favourite tracks: "An Ending (Ascent)" & "Weightless" [First added to this chart: 06/12/2015]
Favourite tracks: "An Ending (Ascent)" & "Weightless" [First added to this chart: 06/12/2015]
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1983
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Ragged music by the ragged tigers of Duran Duran. It's more shiny, fun, danceable, energetic 80s pop!
Favourite tracks: "The Reflex" & "New Moon on Monday" [First added to this chart: 05/26/2015]
Favourite tracks: "The Reflex" & "New Moon on Monday" [First added to this chart: 05/26/2015]
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Top 20 Music Albums of 1983 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Yello | 1 | 5% | |
| Pink Floyd | 1 | 5% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 5% | |
| Slade | 1 | 5% | |
| The Police | 1 | 5% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 1 | 5% | |
| Talking Heads | 1 | 5% | |
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Top 20 Music Albums of 1983 chart changes
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| Down 1 from 6th to 7th War by U2 |
| Down 1 from 7th to 8th Pipes Of Peace by Paul McCartney |
| Down 1 from 8th to 9th Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks by Brian Eno With Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno |
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| Deep Sea Skiving by Bananarama |
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