1983: Metal by 
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'83:7 Egypt
It didn’t have to be specifically Egypt. Not exactly. It didn’t even need to be a real place. But… it needed to be FAR away. An alien AND mystical place. Not some kind of alien that killed everybody. Nothing like that. No. These aliens were smarter than all that. After all, I didn’t want to die. I just wanted to be understood.
Like the Lord of The Rings and Dune books, Piece of Mind was pure heavenly escape for a D&D dweeb like me back in 7th grade. If I ever needed a break from the junior high bullying that I endured as a walked down locker alley, I could just slip on my oversized foam head phones, hit the oversized play button on my trusty Walkman, and I. was. gone. Catapulted to a place I belonged. Where the scenery made sense. At least for a few seconds at any rate until some dickwad mouth breather tried to knock my books out of my hand.
The Verdict: This is it. The moment Iron Maiden outgrew their NWOBHM denim & leather roots and simply grabbed the garments right off the dude from the dust jacket of some Michael Moorcock fantasy book. The fabric of the blues (and even 70s rock really) has been shorn away, and we are left with just droplets of molten, metallic liquid. Like a Salvador Dali painting taken to the airwaves. Because of my love for rough & raw punk, Maiden’s first two albums will always be my faves (#teamdi’anno), but even I just have to admit that Peace Of Mind is unequivocally Maiden’s masterwork. And exotic and mystical escape rich with enough transportive storytelling magic that it rivals even the great sci fi & fantasy masters that clearly influence it.
Only one album from 1983 surpasses it.
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 10/03/2021]
It didn’t have to be specifically Egypt. Not exactly. It didn’t even need to be a real place. But… it needed to be FAR away. An alien AND mystical place. Not some kind of alien that killed everybody. Nothing like that. No. These aliens were smarter than all that. After all, I didn’t want to die. I just wanted to be understood.
Like the Lord of The Rings and Dune books, Piece of Mind was pure heavenly escape for a D&D dweeb like me back in 7th grade. If I ever needed a break from the junior high bullying that I endured as a walked down locker alley, I could just slip on my oversized foam head phones, hit the oversized play button on my trusty Walkman, and I. was. gone. Catapulted to a place I belonged. Where the scenery made sense. At least for a few seconds at any rate until some dickwad mouth breather tried to knock my books out of my hand.
The Verdict: This is it. The moment Iron Maiden outgrew their NWOBHM denim & leather roots and simply grabbed the garments right off the dude from the dust jacket of some Michael Moorcock fantasy book. The fabric of the blues (and even 70s rock really) has been shorn away, and we are left with just droplets of molten, metallic liquid. Like a Salvador Dali painting taken to the airwaves. Because of my love for rough & raw punk, Maiden’s first two albums will always be my faves (#teamdi’anno), but even I just have to admit that Peace Of Mind is unequivocally Maiden’s masterwork. And exotic and mystical escape rich with enough transportive storytelling magic that it rivals even the great sci fi & fantasy masters that clearly influence it.
Only one album from 1983 surpasses it.
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 10/03/2021]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
1,779
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Pop Metal
As Joe elliot will be all to happpy to tell you, the NWOBHM was never going to be enough for Def Leppard. One land could not hold them. Nope. Like Maiden with Piece Of Mind, Def Leppard were talented and ambitious to be NWOBHM realm global back seats of cars and keggers.
Just an album chock full of radio-friendly bangers!!! Got my kids hooked on this baby just this past week. So cute hearing them sing all the words in the back seat! [First added to this chart: 04/16/2022]
As Joe elliot will be all to happpy to tell you, the NWOBHM was never going to be enough for Def Leppard. One land could not hold them. Nope. Like Maiden with Piece Of Mind, Def Leppard were talented and ambitious to be NWOBHM realm global back seats of cars and keggers.
Just an album chock full of radio-friendly bangers!!! Got my kids hooked on this baby just this past week. So cute hearing them sing all the words in the back seat! [First added to this chart: 04/16/2022]
Year of Release:
1983
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1,731
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Is it The Guitarist or The Song???
I’m a song guy. Wankey wank guitar noodling to the high heavens does almost nothing for me. It’s why for the most part Hair Metal bands like Steeler, while admittedly fun for a bit, can’t really capture my attention for a full album. But, and there's always a but, I did say almost!
Ans Another Perfect Day is a prime example of how a exceptional guitar player can put his stamp on an album and make a particular record distinctive even for aa prolific band like Motorhead. I would never say anything as blasphemous as Robbo outSHINES "Fast" Eddie Clark but his imprint makes this a one of a kind Motorhead album that is an absolutely essential part of their discography.
I was going to give examples. , but that’s a fool’s errand. Pretty much every song gets the Robbo treatment with intros, extros! and solos. Get-baked-with-your-best-friends-and-sit-mouth-askew-and-wide-open, drool-pooling-in-the-recesses-of-your-unmanicured-beard solos. If you know what I mean.
So does this change things for me? Am I about to track down some cheeseball Steve Vai record from the late 80s and Ooh & Ahh over some palm muted, double breasted technique? Of course not! I’m STILL a song guy! Always have been and always will be. After all, it’s the Lemmy written SONGS that really make this album work. BUT, when the guitar is done tastefully, as on this, I can drool along with the best of them!
The Verdict: Another essential Motorhead release. It may be a black sheep, BUT, as us lonely Brokeback cowhands know, black sheeps can still feel really fucking good. Twisted Evil
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 04/16/2022]
I’m a song guy. Wankey wank guitar noodling to the high heavens does almost nothing for me. It’s why for the most part Hair Metal bands like Steeler, while admittedly fun for a bit, can’t really capture my attention for a full album. But, and there's always a but, I did say almost!
Ans Another Perfect Day is a prime example of how a exceptional guitar player can put his stamp on an album and make a particular record distinctive even for aa prolific band like Motorhead. I would never say anything as blasphemous as Robbo outSHINES "Fast" Eddie Clark but his imprint makes this a one of a kind Motorhead album that is an absolutely essential part of their discography.
I was going to give examples. , but that’s a fool’s errand. Pretty much every song gets the Robbo treatment with intros, extros! and solos. Get-baked-with-your-best-friends-and-sit-mouth-askew-and-wide-open, drool-pooling-in-the-recesses-of-your-unmanicured-beard solos. If you know what I mean.
So does this change things for me? Am I about to track down some cheeseball Steve Vai record from the late 80s and Ooh & Ahh over some palm muted, double breasted technique? Of course not! I’m STILL a song guy! Always have been and always will be. After all, it’s the Lemmy written SONGS that really make this album work. BUT, when the guitar is done tastefully, as on this, I can drool along with the best of them!
The Verdict: Another essential Motorhead release. It may be a black sheep, BUT, as us lonely Brokeback cowhands know, black sheeps can still feel really fucking good. Twisted Evil
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 04/16/2022]
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The Mindfuck
You need to throw it away. All of it. All your preconceived notions of what Black Sabbath is & what they should be. Build yourself a little bonfire. I don't care where. Set it ablaze. Get close and light a cigarette.
Ok! RU READY? Because here. IS the most dangerous Sabbath album of them all!!! A total straight-up fucking MINDFUCK. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2022]
You need to throw it away. All of it. All your preconceived notions of what Black Sabbath is & what they should be. Build yourself a little bonfire. I don't care where. Set it ablaze. Get close and light a cigarette.
Ok! RU READY? Because here. IS the most dangerous Sabbath album of them all!!! A total straight-up fucking MINDFUCK. [First added to this chart: 04/15/2022]
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He Cusp! aka Damn those Bra Clasps!
You’re almost there. Your fumbling for the those impossible back clasps of her bra while also trying to get your own undies down. You can just about taste the deliciousness down under. You’re right there. At the cusp. In heavy metal history, this moment would be 1983. When the NWOBHM was transitioning into the Thrash that was promised to us just a few years back with Diamond Head and Angel Witch. The dates were paid for. The wine was drunk. And now you were on the couch. Kisses were no longer kisses. They were now dank & heady & dripping with the promise of sweet release.
Well no other album captures this metaphorical moment in metal history better than Satan's Court In The Act whose punny title gives you a hint of just how much their lead singer LOVES his Monty Python. Sure it's a bit clumsy and the songwriting is a tad embarrassing looking back, but damn, when you're at the nursing home many years hence this is the stuff that will have you laughing up nostalgia gems with the all the other geezers on the grass there next to ya.
The Verdict: K.K. Downing/Tipton(Priest). Murray/Smith(Maiden). And Ramsey/Tippins (Satan). These are the three best dual guitars of the NWOBHM. And for that reason alone, Court In The Act is worthy of worship. The guitar interplay of Ramsey & Tippins is downright drool worthy. While the song-writing takes it it down one notch from "Classic" status (a lot of this terrain was done better by Priest, Maiden, Diamond Head, Angel Witch & PLUS that very same year with Metallica's Kill 'Em All. Plus, the production is a mess. BUT, there's no way I cannot HIGHLY Recommend it. It's just one of those cusp records that perfectly captures 80s metal coming of age.
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 10/04/2021]
You’re almost there. Your fumbling for the those impossible back clasps of her bra while also trying to get your own undies down. You can just about taste the deliciousness down under. You’re right there. At the cusp. In heavy metal history, this moment would be 1983. When the NWOBHM was transitioning into the Thrash that was promised to us just a few years back with Diamond Head and Angel Witch. The dates were paid for. The wine was drunk. And now you were on the couch. Kisses were no longer kisses. They were now dank & heady & dripping with the promise of sweet release.
Well no other album captures this metaphorical moment in metal history better than Satan's Court In The Act whose punny title gives you a hint of just how much their lead singer LOVES his Monty Python. Sure it's a bit clumsy and the songwriting is a tad embarrassing looking back, but damn, when you're at the nursing home many years hence this is the stuff that will have you laughing up nostalgia gems with the all the other geezers on the grass there next to ya.
The Verdict: K.K. Downing/Tipton(Priest). Murray/Smith(Maiden). And Ramsey/Tippins (Satan). These are the three best dual guitars of the NWOBHM. And for that reason alone, Court In The Act is worthy of worship. The guitar interplay of Ramsey & Tippins is downright drool worthy. While the song-writing takes it it down one notch from "Classic" status (a lot of this terrain was done better by Priest, Maiden, Diamond Head, Angel Witch & PLUS that very same year with Metallica's Kill 'Em All. Plus, the production is a mess. BUT, there's no way I cannot HIGHLY Recommend it. It's just one of those cusp records that perfectly captures 80s metal coming of age.
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 10/04/2021]
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Just as good as their debut!
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NWOBHM
Solid [First added to this chart: 04/16/2022]
Solid [First added to this chart: 04/16/2022]
Year of Release:
1983
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1
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NWOBHM
Great! [First added to this chart: 05/06/2022]
Great! [First added to this chart: 05/06/2022]
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'83:4 Second Side Syndrome (SSS)
The short truth is - Saxon are NOT the band I wanted them to be. I wanted them to keep cranking out the Motorhead meets 70s AC/DC pub rock that was on full display with Wheels of Steel and Strong Arm of the Law in 1980. BUT, that's not who they really are. They're opportunistic chameleons who take in EVERYTHING rock n' roll around them. AND, perhaps more importantly, they're lunkheads. Lovable lunkheads! And it was their lunkheaded "WE WANNA ROCK" with all capital letters cheesiness that put me off from their post-1980 albums right up until I read this. It helped me see Denim & Leather as the NWOBHM classic it is, and Power & The Glory as Saxon really becoming Saxon with one major caveat...
The dreaded SSS.
No. That's not some 80s hardcore band from Boston (GO CELTICS!!! Twisted Evil ) that you haven't heard of. (That would be SSD! But more about them when we turn to 80s punk!)
BUT, Let me go back a bit. Because The Power and The Glory kicks off with a scream. The entire fist side is one banger after another. But then I flip it over and I get the utterly generic "This Town Rocks" with its dreadfully lame chorus and then the album just sort of limps along from there until the absolutely AMAZING closer "The Eagle Has Landed" which recalls a Dio led Sabbathian epic in the vein of "Children of The Sea."
So... definitely essential listening for 1983 with "Power & The Glory", "Redline", "Warrior", "Nightmare" and "The Eagle Has Landed", but the album itself falls a bit short of making even my top 20 due to the dreaded SSS. BUT, it's way, WAY better than Crusader, release the following year which sounds (& SMELLS!) like the ass fart of their discography. (BUT, even that's growing on me. Although I must admit to enjoying a good old fart every now and then. They're FUNNY!) Luckily, they bought some Febreze with Innocence is No Excuse but more on that when we get to 1985.
Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 10/01/2021]
The short truth is - Saxon are NOT the band I wanted them to be. I wanted them to keep cranking out the Motorhead meets 70s AC/DC pub rock that was on full display with Wheels of Steel and Strong Arm of the Law in 1980. BUT, that's not who they really are. They're opportunistic chameleons who take in EVERYTHING rock n' roll around them. AND, perhaps more importantly, they're lunkheads. Lovable lunkheads! And it was their lunkheaded "WE WANNA ROCK" with all capital letters cheesiness that put me off from their post-1980 albums right up until I read this. It helped me see Denim & Leather as the NWOBHM classic it is, and Power & The Glory as Saxon really becoming Saxon with one major caveat...
The dreaded SSS.
No. That's not some 80s hardcore band from Boston (GO CELTICS!!! Twisted Evil ) that you haven't heard of. (That would be SSD! But more about them when we turn to 80s punk!)
BUT, Let me go back a bit. Because The Power and The Glory kicks off with a scream. The entire fist side is one banger after another. But then I flip it over and I get the utterly generic "This Town Rocks" with its dreadfully lame chorus and then the album just sort of limps along from there until the absolutely AMAZING closer "The Eagle Has Landed" which recalls a Dio led Sabbathian epic in the vein of "Children of The Sea."
So... definitely essential listening for 1983 with "Power & The Glory", "Redline", "Warrior", "Nightmare" and "The Eagle Has Landed", but the album itself falls a bit short of making even my top 20 due to the dreaded SSS. BUT, it's way, WAY better than Crusader, release the following year which sounds (& SMELLS!) like the ass fart of their discography. (BUT, even that's growing on me. Although I must admit to enjoying a good old fart every now and then. They're FUNNY!) Luckily, they bought some Febreze with Innocence is No Excuse but more on that when we get to 1985.
Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 10/01/2021]
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NWOBHM
Good/Great [First added to this chart: 10/07/2021]
Good/Great [First added to this chart: 10/07/2021]
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1983: Metal composition
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| 1980 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1981 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1982 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1983 | 57 | 98% | |
| 1984 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1985 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1986 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1987 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1988 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1989 | 0 | 0% |
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| Anvil (CA) | 1 | 2% | |
| Waysted | 1 | 2% | |
| Amebix | 1 | 2% | |
| Manowar | 1 | 2% | |
| The Sisters Of Mercy | 1 | 2% | |
| AC/DC | 1 | 2% | |
| Diamond Head | 1 | 2% | |
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23 | 40% | |
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18 | 31% | |
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3 | 5% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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1983: Metal chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 13 from 35th to 22nd All For One by Raven (UK) |
| Up 1 from 59th to 58th Lettin Loose by Heavy Pettin |
| Up 1 from 58th to 57th No Rest For The Wicked by Helix |
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| Down 2 from 26th to 28th Dirty Rotten LP by D.R.I. |
| Down 1 from 22nd to 23rd Power & The Glory by Saxon |
| Down 1 from 23rd to 24th Loose 'N' Lethal by Savage (UK) |
1983: Metal similar charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | NHGRANITE | 1983 year chart | 2021 | |
| Top 40 Music Albums of 1983 |  mrblond | 1983 year chart | 2021 |  |
| Top 27 Music Albums of 1983 |  ~SMiLE~ | 1983 year chart | 2013 | |
| NWOBHM (1979-1984) | Repo | Custom chart | 2023 | |
| Top 40 Music Albums of 1983 |  badseed | 1983 year chart | 2015 | |
| Top 49 Music Albums of 1983 | Chambord | 1983 year chart | 2022 | |
| Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | conallmalone | 1983 year chart | 2022 |  |
| Top 20 Music Albums of 1983 |  Kaiser | 1983 year chart | 2015 |  |
| Top 36 Music Albums of 1983 |  RasmV | 1983 year chart | 2023 | |
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | Aris1914 | Overall chart | 2022 |  |
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