Top 100 Music Albums of 1983
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1) Vacation
2) Mr Mom
- Chart updated: 09/21/2025 10:15
- (Created: 04/15/2018 14:52).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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College Rock
HOF [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
HOF [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
Year of Release:
1983
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9,814
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Thrash
HOF [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
HOF [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
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1983
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3,109
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Back Of The Bus (1983)
And here we finally are. The most important band in the entire history of extreme metal. Bar none. In the mid to late 80s pretty much every extreme band wanted to be Slayer. They were the muse. The inspiration. What everyone reached for. And it all started here with Show No Mercy.
I’ll never forget the first time I heard it. We were riding to a jv basketball game at the very back of the bus. Me & Paul Garfinkle were sharing headphones. He had a headphone splitter so we could both listen. Paul was in a metal band with his older brother Art. I used to go watch them at Battle Of The Bands shows at a nearby high school. No one in school knew metal like Paul. Anyways, He hit play and it was instant love. Killers-era Iron Maiden on speed (check out “Crionics” to see this transformative, critical piece highlighted) with a dose of Venom and hardcore. I did NOT take out my cassette copy of Bark At The Moon to show Paul. No way. Ozzy had been relegated to the jv squad.
Show No Mercy is a unique entry in Slayer’s catalog. It was something completely new and yet something that Slayer would immediately progress from with the Haunting The Chapel EP and then of course Hell Awaits. Its closest facsimile is Metallica’s Kill 'Em All. Nowadays, it would be called Speed Metal(which I will touch on soon enough). Those two albums changed everything in 1983 – dwarfing everything else released that year. Especially Bark At The Moon (which is actually good commercial metal! So don't hate me Ozzy!). [First added to this chart: 02/04/2021]
And here we finally are. The most important band in the entire history of extreme metal. Bar none. In the mid to late 80s pretty much every extreme band wanted to be Slayer. They were the muse. The inspiration. What everyone reached for. And it all started here with Show No Mercy.
I’ll never forget the first time I heard it. We were riding to a jv basketball game at the very back of the bus. Me & Paul Garfinkle were sharing headphones. He had a headphone splitter so we could both listen. Paul was in a metal band with his older brother Art. I used to go watch them at Battle Of The Bands shows at a nearby high school. No one in school knew metal like Paul. Anyways, He hit play and it was instant love. Killers-era Iron Maiden on speed (check out “Crionics” to see this transformative, critical piece highlighted) with a dose of Venom and hardcore. I did NOT take out my cassette copy of Bark At The Moon to show Paul. No way. Ozzy had been relegated to the jv squad.
Show No Mercy is a unique entry in Slayer’s catalog. It was something completely new and yet something that Slayer would immediately progress from with the Haunting The Chapel EP and then of course Hell Awaits. Its closest facsimile is Metallica’s Kill 'Em All. Nowadays, it would be called Speed Metal(which I will touch on soon enough). Those two albums changed everything in 1983 – dwarfing everything else released that year. Especially Bark At The Moon (which is actually good commercial metal! So don't hate me Ozzy!). [First added to this chart: 02/04/2021]
Punk
Essential
THAT guitar tone! The closest u can get to the sound of MY depression. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2018]
Essential
THAT guitar tone! The closest u can get to the sound of MY depression. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2018]
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1983
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527
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1) The album where u really hear the Sioxsie & the Banshees influence most clearly
2 ) Proto-shoegazer [First added to this chart: 07/05/2019]
2 ) Proto-shoegazer [First added to this chart: 07/05/2019]
Year of Release:
1983
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1,162
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Indie Rock
HOF [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
HOF [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
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1983
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4,484
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Prog
Grreat [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
Grreat [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
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1983
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1,516
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R&B
Great [First added to this chart: 04/17/2020]
Great [First added to this chart: 04/17/2020]
[First added to this chart: 04/26/2025]
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1983
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1,848
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College Rock
Essential [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
Essential [First added to this chart: 03/21/2019]
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1983
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8,054
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
| Hüsker Dü | 2 | 2% | |
| Kashif | 1 | 1% | |
| Exciter | 1 | 1% | |
| Billy Idol | 1 | 1% | |
| Dolly Mixture | 1 | 1% | |
| Swans | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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46 | 46% | |
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33 | 33% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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