Top 69 Music Albums of 1983
by Johnnyo 
The rules; I have to own it & I can't have compilations, best ofs & greatest hits.
- Chart updated: 01/28/2026 09:45
- (Created: 07/12/2012 22:00).
- Chart size: 69 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2012]
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1983
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5,264
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2012]
Year of Release:
1983
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5,499
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2012]
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1983
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1,558
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2012]
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1983
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560
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I moved down to London from Birmingham in 1982 and was fortunate enough to fall in with a great bunch of people, some of whom are still friends over 40 years later.
Amongst those folks was a guy called Terry who is a couple of years older than the rest of us and who, even back then, had an awesome record collection. At the time of the release of this album he was living in a bed sit in Notting Hill. This was before the eponymous film came out and made the place trendy and priced out the locals but don’t get me started on that.
Anyway, Terry’s flat was literally a bed, a record player, speakers and his record collection.
At the time Notting Hill had more record shops than you could shake a stick at, top of the list then, as it still is today, was Rough Trade West. Always a great place to visit, chat, meet people and buy the occasional album.
Terry was a frequent visitor and one afternoon we ended up at his flat and he said that he’d been recommended an album by a new US band. He put it on and wow, it was like nothing we had ever heard,
Incoherent vocals and a sound that grabbed you from the first listen. Little did we know that they would go on to become the biggest band in the world. They were our secret back then. Changed my music listening habits from that point on.
This album brought various artists into my world like, The Wipers, Dream Syndicate, Bob Mould (Sugar, Husker Du), Rain Parade and many others [First added to this chart: 12/08/2012]
Amongst those folks was a guy called Terry who is a couple of years older than the rest of us and who, even back then, had an awesome record collection. At the time of the release of this album he was living in a bed sit in Notting Hill. This was before the eponymous film came out and made the place trendy and priced out the locals but don’t get me started on that.
Anyway, Terry’s flat was literally a bed, a record player, speakers and his record collection.
At the time Notting Hill had more record shops than you could shake a stick at, top of the list then, as it still is today, was Rough Trade West. Always a great place to visit, chat, meet people and buy the occasional album.
Terry was a frequent visitor and one afternoon we ended up at his flat and he said that he’d been recommended an album by a new US band. He put it on and wow, it was like nothing we had ever heard,
Incoherent vocals and a sound that grabbed you from the first listen. Little did we know that they would go on to become the biggest band in the world. They were our secret back then. Changed my music listening habits from that point on.
This album brought various artists into my world like, The Wipers, Dream Syndicate, Bob Mould (Sugar, Husker Du), Rain Parade and many others [First added to this chart: 12/08/2012]
Year of Release:
1983
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9,925
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[First added to this chart: 05/05/2013]
[First added to this chart: 05/05/2013]
[First added to this chart: 12/08/2012]
Year of Release:
1983
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1,499
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2012]
Year of Release:
1983
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2,767
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[First added to this chart: 02/20/2023]
Total albums: 69. Page 1 of 7
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Top 69 Music Albums of 1983 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Joan Armatrading | 2 | 3% | |
| U2 | 2 | 3% | |
| UB40 | 2 | 3% | |
| Genesis | 1 | 1% | |
| The Waterboys | 1 | 1% | |
| Lonnie Liston Smith | 1 | 1% | |
| T-Bone Burnett | 1 | 1% | |
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