Top 22 Music Albums of 1983
by mrmcrook 
Great albums this year. Top half dozen top class. All the others great; hard to place in any definitive order
My top 10 favorite songs of 1983
1. Motorhead - Back at the Funny Farm
2. Iron Maiden - To Tame a Land
3. Metallica - The Four Horsemen
4. Dio - Shame on the Night
5. Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
6. AC/DC - Landslide
7. Molly Hatchet - Fall of the Peacemakers
8. Witchfinder General - Love on Smack
9. Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
10. Krokus - Headhunter
- Chart updated: 10/03/2025 21:15
- (Created: 10/02/2020 23:55).
- Chart size: 22 albums.
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92.22 First Maiden I bought. Hooked forever more so I got a soft spot for this album so I've probably rated it a bit higher than it deserves. Doesn't have the overall quality in songs that are on a few of their other albums but overall still a damn fine record.
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88.888* In the top 3 of all he's done. By far the best of his solo albums. On par with the mighty 'Rainbow Rising'. Only surpassed by the ultimate 'Heaven & Hell'. A trifecta like that makes him one of the greatest vocalists ever. 08/25
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1983
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88.50 One of the first Motorhead I owned. I listened to it so continuously I could recite every lyric of every song after a couple of weeks. Very under rated. A lot of people don't like it due to Eddie leaving and being replaced by Brian Robertson. Regardless, it's a bloody fine album. Holds a dear place in my heart.
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84.727* Even though massively polished and commercially pushed with a heap of singles and heavily MTV friendly, this is a great album stacked with top tunes. I was one who didn't really give it a fair hearing at the time due to the commercialism, but it's hard to overlook the quality of nearly every song. A lot better than what the critical purists preach. 08/25
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84.00 One of the best debuts ever. 'Four Horsemen' being great thrash prog. 'Jump in the Fire' a brilliant basic metal riff that you can't help but not play air guitar to. Newcomers who overtook all others in the shortest ever period and completely left them in there wake.
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82.00* I like their unique sound & style. Semi minimilistic. Conjures up images of a band of hill people that have relocated to the coast due to their love of garage rock. I'm sure that description will make perfect sense 03/25
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An album that went awol on me for a couple of decades. Forgot how fucking great it was. One of the greatest albums that combined blues & rock. A true guitar legend. 05/24
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Top 22 Music Albums of 1983 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| AC/DC | 1 | 5% | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp | 1 | 5% | |
| Mötley Crüe | 1 | 5% | |
| The Kinks | 1 | 5% | |
| Krokus | 1 | 5% | |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 1 | 5% | |
| Iron Maiden | 1 | 5% | |
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Top 22 Music Albums of 1983 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 19th to 20thUh-Huh by John Cougar Mellencamp |
| Down 1 from 20th to 21stState Of Confusion by The Kinks |
| Down 1 from 21st to 22ndNocturne by Siouxsie And The Banshees |
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| An Innocent Man by Billy Joel |
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