Best Albums of 1983
Listed below are the best albums of 1983 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"A damn near perfect pop record with some surprising social commentary along the way. Lauper is one of only a handful of vocalists who's instantly distinguishable." Reply
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1983
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"This was my first experience of listening Yes. So it was a wonderful experience. The first side is full of great tracks. The second side not quite as strong although it ends very well with Hearts. What a comeback. Still I can understand why this may have annoyed many Yes fans - it really isn't Yes!" Reply
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1983
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"I know, a 10/10 sounds like too much. The album is certainly flawed, GOD is it flawed. But that is mostly because of the fact that her approach of making music was completely unknown at the time. She makes the song and has a vision and then makes sure she finds a producer that understands her. An..." [+] Reply
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Boltzmann | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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"Like most of the albums of Genesis' pop phase, this one is quite inconsistent. The good songs can stand up to the band's prog staples, but the bad songs are lightyears behind even the worst songs on Nursery Crime through A Trick of the Tail. "Mama" is one of Genesis' best tracks. It's eerie, ener..." [+] Reply
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1983
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"After years of listening to it while playing games or studying. I listened to it while blindfolding, with headphones and doing nothing at all." Reply
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1983
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"I really like this a lot for its darkness. However I can understand why more ppl prefer Treasure and Heaven or Las Vegas, me myself included. I can't really tell which one of the three I love more. It just depends on the everyday mood I'm in. Treasure is more like a dark and gloomy dream with hop..." [+] Reply
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ilovelctr | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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"Perhaps the least well regarded of their first four albums, I have a soft spot for Porcupine, and I certainly like it more than Heaven Up Here. Plus, ‘The Cutter’ was the best song on their first three albums, that is a belief that I will hold until I die." Reply
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Crumpet | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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"First album I ever bought new as a kid. I love Billy Joel--and I noticed this is sort of lower on the "best" list than I would put it, but I suspect that has something to do with the reviewers' ages. I was 10 when I bought this album. I was familiar with Billy Joel from radio airplay and the sing..." [+] Reply
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earbudgloryhole | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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"What a beautiful time to be 15 and still wonderful to hear this album again. Maybe we all still underrate it. Yes, The Smtihs captured the feelings of more teenagers, but they never reached this beauty, clear like a scottish stream. "We could send letters" may contain the most beautiful words fro..." [+] Reply
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O.T. | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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"One of my all time favorite films, and a fantastic soundtrack. Don't buy the iTunes version though, it's just the film audio lifted and sold. Buy a used CD or Vinyl." Reply
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PsychologistHD | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 3 of 100
Best Albums of 1983 composition
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| Various Artists | 23 | 2% | |
| Nocturnal Emissions | 4 | 0% | |
| Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Daniel Johnston | 3 | 0% | |
| Frank Zappa | 3 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 0% | |
| The Durutti Column | 2 | 0% | |
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334 | 33% | |
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291 | 29% | |
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48 | 5% | |
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42 | 4% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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