Best Albums of 1983
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"A fun and crisp sounding album. It does seem boring at first listen but it might click after a couple listens, and it is sophisticated while still seeming simple. That being said, I still feel like it’s influence, like nirvanas nevermind, outweighs its actual musical quality. The only song that r..." Reply
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1983
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"I nearly lost this album when my mum threatened to throw it out because of the F word." Reply
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lancashirearab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 10
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1983
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"As much as I love Joy Division, Power, Corruption And Lies is so good that it almost justifies Ian Curtis' death." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 4
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1983
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"The best of U2's early albums. The songs on War are held together with a theme about struggle. They take the universal concepts about War and strife in their homeland and relate them to the inner struggle going on within each of us to be something better." Reply
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1983
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"Best album by the Police. Best album of 1983. Great audio quality. Great singing and drumming. I like the whole album except "Mother". Favorite song: "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Bonus track on CD:"Murder By Numbers is also very good." Reply
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1983
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"There are some really good singles of this album. My personal favorites are Girlfriend is Better, Pull Up the Roots, and This Must Be the Place. Overall a good album, but definitely not their best." Reply
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1983
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"This is the first I've heard of Tom Waits, and I'm wondering where this has been my entire life. This is daring music, and Waits attacks it with such infectious confidence, as if he's been singing these songs his whole life. There is so much variety in these 15 tracks--every new song feels like a..." Reply
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"This album isn't for everyone. For die hard metal fans though you can't go wrong. I would say they had better albums that came after this but that doesn't mean this wasn't great. This is a classic as well. Seek & Destroy is the song that changed my life and introduced me to metal & music in general." Reply
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1983
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"As an album, this doesn't work too well. The only songs that matters are the three first ones, everyone agrees with that. These were certainly spetacular singles, but as an album, no." Reply
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1983
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"I would like to inform all of you of a key fact, that apparently everyone is missing. Not only is The Final Cut far and away the best album in Pink Floyd's discography, it is one of the greatest albums of all time. Waters digs into the past, revealing the scars in his country and civilization, st..." Reply
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1983
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 1983 composition
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| Various Artists | 23 | 2% | |
| Nocturnal Emissions | 4 | 0% | |
| Frank Zappa | 3 | 0% | |
| Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Daniel Johnston | 3 | 0% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 0% | |
| B.B. King | 2 | 0% | |
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334 | 33% | |
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292 | 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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Best Albums of 1983 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 21 from 98th to 77th |
Up 2 from 85th to 83rd |
Up 2 from 53rd to 51st |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 4 from 86th to 90th |
Down 2 from 78th to 80th |
Down 2 from 82nd to 84th |
