Best Albums of 1983

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Listed below are the best albums of 1983 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1983 year summaryThe best artists of 1983 were R.E.M., Violent Femmes, New Order, U2, The Police, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, Metallica, David Bowie and Pink Floyd.

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57.

Zeichnungen Des Patienten O. T. / Drawings Of O.T.

Einstürzende Neubauten

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

345

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Rank in 1980s:

614

Overall Rank:

4,127

Average Rating:

73 (74 votes)

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88.

Balls To The Wall

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

211

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Rank in 1980s:

907

Overall Rank:

6,149

Average Rating:

75 (86 votes)

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93.

Nena

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

204

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933

Overall Rank:

6,353

Average Rating:

72 (36 votes)

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144.

Fetisch

Xmal Deutschland

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

108

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149.

Scherben

Ton Steine Scherben

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

106

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225.

Toxoplasma

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

4 charts

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243.

Gefühle Sind Frei

Roland Kaiser

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1983

Appears in:

1 chart

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251.

Hyperborea

Tangerine Dream

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

18 charts

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267.

Tabaluga Oder Die Reise Zur Vernunft

Peter Maffay

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

3 charts

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285.

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 / Sibelius: Pelléas Et Mélisande

Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Year of Release:

1983

Appears in:

7 charts

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Best Albums of 1983 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	23	2%
Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	3	0%
Daniel Johnston	3	0%
Frank Zappa	3	0%
The Nits	2	0%
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky / The USSR Ministry Of Culture Orchestra	2	0%
Vladimir Fedoseyev / USSR Radio & TV Grand Symphony Orchestra	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	340	34%
	291	29%
	47	5%
	39	4%
	28	3%
	25	3%
	22	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	940	94%
Yes	60	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	965	97%
Yes	35	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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