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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"While most acts were making hair rock, post-punk and new wave music in 1983, these guys were already in the nineties." Reply
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1983
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"The perfect transition from Joy Division into New Order... regardless of whether you mentally include Blue Monday and The Beach or not. I include them because I'm an American and they are on the album I own." Reply
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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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"Anyone else think the first half is an absolute artistic triumph (comparable to "OK Computer" in terms of tone) and that the second half pales in comparison? The first half is dark, expansive, and quite experimental, even beyond "Mother." Love the ringing "they say the meek shall inherit the eart..." Reply
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1983
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"For some strange reason Speaking in Tongues is the only Talking Heads album I really like (I do agree that Remain in light is impressive though...) I just love the weird sounds and danceable, catchy melodies of the album. Every Halloween I feel the need the put on that record, oddly..." Reply
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1983
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"Being new to Tom Waits' stuff I can say he's starting to grow on me. Though I heard Rain Dogs a few times before this (even though I like it), this one just clicked with me almost immediately on first listen. I can't explain why but all I know is that I'm in for an interesting ride into his work" Reply
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1983
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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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"I can't resent him for being commercial and enjoying it. The title track is fabulous of course, although the album version is unnecessarily long, and the other singles are good. But I often find I skip the second side. Not awful, but not great." 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% | |
| Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Daniel Johnston | 3 | 0% | |
| Frank Zappa | 3 | 0% | |
| Minutemen | 2 | 0% | |
| Pink Floyd | 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 |
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