Best Albums of 1983
Explore the best albums of 1983, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"I moved down to London from Birmingham in 1982 and was fortunate enough to fall in with a great bunch of people, some of whom are still friends over 40 years later. Amongst those folks was a guy called Terry who is a couple of years older than the rest of us and who, even back then, had an awesom..." [+] Reply
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1983
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9,595
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"I cannot believe this album isn't rated higher." Reply
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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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6,247
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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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5,478
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"Can't think of too many bands whose last album was their best. But I can think of many bands where after the band broke up the lead singer became a pompous douche like Sting." Reply
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kingofwine | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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5,471
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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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4,975
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"Listening to this is like entering one of those weird antique shops that smells of incense and it's full of religious imagery and wooden statues and there's some creepy old hippy woman at the counter." Reply
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Onater | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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4,492
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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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zags7000 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1983
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3,160
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"3 excellent - Modern Love, China Girl, Let's Dance 2 good - Without You, Cat People - would fit on Scary Monsters 3 filler - Ricochet - the worst, Criminal World, Shake It - annoying backing vocals. Lead vocal saves it." 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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JulianR | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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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% | |
| The Times | 2 | 0% | |
| Sonic Youth | 2 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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334 | 33% | |
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290 | 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 7 from 73rd to 66th |
Up 3 from 47th to 44th |
Up 1 from 87th to 86th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 66th to 69th |
Down 2 from 45th to 47th |
Down 2 from 68th to 70th |
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