Top 85 Music Albums of 1983
by LittleM1971 
1983 Playlist:
The Stand - The Alarm
Think Again - Minor Threat
Banned in D.C. - Bad Brains
Over The Edge - Wipers
First Of The Last Calls - Husker Du
Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes
A New England - Billy Bragg
Headstart For Happiness - The Style Council
A Place In The Sun - Marine Girls
Insurance - The Nightingales
Kicker Conspiracy - The Fall
The Cutter - Echo & The Bunnymen
Monkeyland - The Chameleons
In A Big Country - Big Country
I Will Not Follow - The Waterboys
This Is Not A Love Song - Public Image Ltd.
The Walk - The Cure
Blue Monday - New Order
Uncertain Smile - The The
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three
Love Wars - Womack & Womack
Temptation - Heaven 17
Where The Heart Is - Soft Cell
Perhaps - Artery
New Year’s Day - U2
East At Easter - Simple Minds
Everything Counts - Depeche Mode
Telegraph - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Change - Tears For Fears
Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran
Blue Hat For A Blue Day - Nick Heyward
Wishful Thinking - China Crisis
The First Picture Of You - The Lotus Eaters
Oblivious - Aztec Camera
Modern Love - David Bowie
Holiday - Madonna
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield
- Chart updated: 10/25/2025 20:45
- (Created: 01/15/2014 00:14).
- Chart size: 85 albums.
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Last listen: 20/09/24
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2014]
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1983
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Last listen: 24/01/25
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1983
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10,129
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Last listen: 10/09/22
[First added to this chart: 03/06/2016]
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[First added to this chart: 05/12/2015]
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1983
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961
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Last listen: 29/04/22
[First added to this chart: 01/17/2015]
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1983
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1,804
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Last listen: 22/01/22
[First added to this chart: 01/16/2014]
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1983
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6,482
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Last listen: 13/06/25
[First added to this chart: 02/13/2014]
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1983
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8,082
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Last listen: 05/05/21
[First added to this chart: 10/15/2015]
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1983
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376
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Last listen: 28/02/23
[First added to this chart: 03/12/2016]
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1983
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634
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Last listen: 11/10/25
[First added to this chart: 02/14/2015]
Total albums: 85. Page 1 of 9
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Top 85 Music Albums of 1983 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Eurythmics | 2 | 2% | |
| Bauhaus | 2 | 2% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 2% | |
| The Go-Betweens | 1 | 1% | |
| Violent Femmes | 1 | 1% | |
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