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 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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"A great album that shows new order really develop its sound and moving out joy division's shadow." Reply
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1983
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"Look, I can't stand lots of what U2 have put out and bono gets on my tits but I can't deny this record. It contains some of the best singles of the 80s. This and achtung baby are just quality. Sunday bloody Sunday...wash the car, mow the lawn. Cheers Alan." Reply
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Graeme2 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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"More like "Sting-chronicity", am I right? Huh?! Huh?! Anyone...?" 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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"An intoxicating Voodoo cabaret from a man whose voice alone is enough to get you drunk." Reply
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ButterThumbz | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I love this record because it was the starting point for Metallica's future success in discovering the Thrash Metal sub-genre. This album really has that head slam against the wall, kick you in the balls, f*ck you personality of the band. So much power, so much intensity in such a short amount of..." 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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"this album gets only a fraction of the credit it deserves. One of Pink Floyd's best. Two suns in the sunset the best song ever." Reply
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JulianR | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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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% | |
| U2 | 2 | 0% | |
| Thin Lizzy | 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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Best Albums of 1983 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 2 from 71st to 69th |
Up 2 from 53rd to 51st |
Up 1 from 97th to 96th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 86th to 89th |
Down 1 from 30th to 31st |
Down 1 from 41st to 42nd |
