Top 16 Music Albums of 1983 by Onater

My Top 10 songs of 1983:
10. Ryuchi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence)
9. The Police - King Of Pain (Synchronicity)
8. The Police - Synchronicity II (Synchronicity)
7. The Police - Every Breath You Take (Synchronicity)
6. Psychic TV - The Orchids (Dreams Less Sweet)
5. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombone (Swordfishtrombones)
4. Violent Femmes - Add It Up (Violent Femmes)
3. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (War)
2. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (Murmur)
1. Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Speaking In Tongues)

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"Some say they saw him down in Birmingham, sleeping in a boxcar going by. And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale, I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie."

Listening to this is like entering one of those weird antique shops that smells of incense full of religious imagery and wooden statues with an creepy old hippy woman at the counter.

Favourite Tracks: Swordfishtrombone, In The Neighborhood, Shore Leave, 16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six, Frank's Wild Years, Town With No Cheer
[First added to this chart: 02/03/2017]
Year of Release:
1983
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4,711
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"Set a trap for love, big kill, don't waste your time sitting still."

Favourite Tracks: Radio Free Europe, Laughing, Perfect Circle, Shaking Through, Sitting Still, Catapult
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1983
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10,510
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"Why can't I get just one fuck? Why can't I get just one fuck? I guess it's got something to do with luck, but I waited my whole life for just one..."

Favourite Tracks: Add It Up, Blister In The Sun, Kiss Off, Good Feeling, Please Do Not Go, Gone Daddy Gone
[First added to this chart: 05/07/2017]
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1983
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"Sweetheart, sweetheart, are you fast asleep? Good, ‘cause that’s the only time that I can really speak to you."

This album gets a lot of hate for being more of a Roger Waters solo album than a Pink Floyd one, but it's still a really good album.

Favourite tracks: When The Tigers Broke Free (Bonus track from the 2004 re-release), The Gunner's Dream, Paranoid Eyes, The Post War Dream, The Final Cut
[First added to this chart: 02/03/2017]
Year of Release:
1983
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2,305
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"Another suburban family morning, grandmother screaming at the wall. We have to shout above the din of our Rice Krispies, we can't hear anything at all."

It doesn't start out great, but the string of songs from Synchonicity II to Tea In The Sahara is flawless.

Favourite tracks: Every Breath You Take, Syncronicity II, King Of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger, Tea In The Sahara
[First added to this chart: 01/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1983
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5,485
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6. (=)
War 
Ireland U2
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"I can't believe the news today. I can't close my eyes and make it go away."

Favourite Tracks: Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Years Day, 40
[First added to this chart: 12/26/2017]
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1983
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5,496
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"There's a heaven and there's a star for you."

Favourite Tracks: Hey Joe, Walking The Cow, Despair Came Knocking, No More Pushing Joe Around, Keep Punching Joe
[First added to this chart: 11/04/2018]
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1983
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786
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"BE STRONG! BE HARD! RESIST TEMPTATION! STICK YOUR HAND IN YOUR EYE! CLOSE YOUR FIST! RESIST!"

Favourite Tracks: Stay Here, Power For Power, Weakling
[First added to this chart: 06/15/2019]
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1983
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672
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Favourite Tracks: Yekeke, Fote Mogoban [First added to this chart: 06/15/2019]
Year of Release:
1983
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309
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"Out of all those kinds of people, you got a face with a view. I'm just an animal, looking for a home, share the same space for a minute or two."

Favourite Tracks: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), Slippery People, Girlfriend Is Better, Burning Down The House
[First added to this chart: 09/11/2017]
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1983
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1983 composition

Artist Albums %


Talking Heads 1 6%
New Order 1 6%
Tom Waits 1 6%
Cocteau Twins 1 6%
R.E.M. 1 6%
The Chameleons 1 6%
Violent Femmes 1 6%
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Country Albums %


United States 8 50%
United Kingdom 6 38%
Guinea 1 6%
Ireland 1 6%
Compilation? Albums %
No 15 94%
Yes 1 6%

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