Best Albums of 1983
Listed below are the best albums of 1983 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 6 hours ago).
"Gotta love Daniel, it takes a a special person to be able to make a classic album in their brother's garage using only his nephews/nieces toys." Reply
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fellow | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"By far the most commercial album of Mike Oldfield. Who cares... i enjoy more and more to listen it." Reply
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IlMala | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"The point where I got into Depeche, true, there are some weak songs but hating on it is a bit like criticising your childhood teddy bear for having bad stitching. Leave it alone!!" Reply
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johnner | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Year of Release:
1983
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378
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"An essence of Punk runs through the veins of Life's A Riot, which may only be 15 minutes long, but manages to be one of the most well packaged and listenable EPs ever made. Simple at heart, but with excellent lyrics and the distinctive, echoey sound of Bragg's rough guitar, it's a perfect late ni..." [+] Reply
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DeusExMackia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"OMD with more than a nod towards Kraftwerk...quite different to Architecture & Morality, more industrial but a good listen. Difficult to rate tracks individually but as a whole I like it. The whole album rating more than just a sum of its parts. Oh, and Radio Waves most definitely should have bee..." [+] Reply
"This is the best punk album ever. Period." Reply
Year of Release:
1983
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343
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"Honestly? Better than The Top, and nearly a real album. I almost skipped this, too, but this is well worth your time if you're a a fan of The Cure." Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I would get this album if I were you simply for the haunting vocals. Evil is one of the best heavy metal songs ever. Don't get caught up in the fact that the lyrics are openly satanic. Good music is good music. Enjoy." Reply
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Jasonconfused | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"If you want fast and heavy sounding songs, this is for you. Plain fun and anarchy" Reply
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Jboy56 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Simply put, Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. sounds like it was recorded by psychotics in a derelict asylum — expect a lot of screaming, scraping, metallic sounds, rhythms that sound more primal and scary than anything, lyrics which are like nightmares (one of them literally is the recollection of ..." [+] Reply
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Best Albums of 1983 composition
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| Various Artists | 24 | 2% | |
| Nocturnal Emissions | 4 | 0% | |
| Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Daniel Johnston | 3 | 0% | |
| Frank Zappa | 3 | 0% | |
| Philip Glass | 2 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 0% | |
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336 | 34% | |
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291 | 29% | |
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49 | 5% | |
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42 | 4% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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