Your Favorite Albums Of 1983

Vinyl only, and minus one song.

 

Excellent choices! Great albums!

 

5 great classics!

 

Rockin' list! Killer albums!

 

Terrific picks! Wonderful albums!

 

Awesome picks! Great albums!

 

It’s R.E.M. Murmur for me, and then The Police Synchronicity. Yes 90125 is fine but not near my favorite. Half of Genesis s/t is great, the other half I skip. Other than that this is a gap in my musical sphere, I have few favorites 1978 thru 1988

 

Murmur is definitely a classic!

 

The Police - Synchronicity
U2 - War
Yes - 90125
Triumph - Never Surrender
Zebra - Zebra
Blue Oyster Cult - The Revolution by Night
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
Genesis - Genesis
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon

 

Very solid picks! Terrific albums!

 

ZZ Top Eliminator
Journey Frontiers
Styx Kilroy was Here
Police Synchronicity
Def Leppard Pyromania
New Edition

 

Faves would be Pipes Of Peace by Paul McCartney and Hearts & Bones by Paul Simon, with War by U2 and Piece Of Mind by Iron Maiden as two other good ones

 

U2 War would make my list

 

Touch the Sky - Smokey Robinson
What's Funk? - Grand Funk
Youngblood - Carl Wilson
Living in Oz - Rick Springfield
You Bought It, You Name It - Joe Walsh
Too Low for Zero - Elton John
Wrap Your Arms Around Me - Agnetha Fältskog
Allies - Crosby, Stills & Nash
State of Confusion - The Kinks
Staying Alive Soundtrack - Bee Gees
Fantastic - Wham!
What's New - Linda Ronstadt
Rock 'n Soul Part 1 - Hall & Oates
Voice of the Heart - The Carpenters
Star Fleet Project - Brian May + Friends
Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon
It's About Time - John Denver
Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran
The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome - Slade
Thank You For The Music – ABBA
What Goes Around - The Hollies
Surface Thrills - The Temptations


Darryl

 

Murmur, Speaking in Tongues, War...great stuff

 

01. The Nomads - Where The Wolf Bane Blooms
02. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
03. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
04. Psychic TV - Dreams Less Sweet
05. Clock D.V.A. - Advantage
06. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
07. Meredith Monk - Turtle Dreams
08. Metallica - Kill 'Em All!
09. Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure
10. Various Artists - The Rebel Kind
11. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
12. The Scientists - Blood Red River
13. Art Of Noise - Into Battle With The Art Of Noise
14. Trisomie 21 - Le Repos Des Enfants Heureux
15. Philip Glass - The Photographer
16. Holger Hiller - Ein Bündel Fäulnis In Der Grube
17. The Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood
18. Singers & Players - Staggering Heights
19. Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
20. The Prisoners - TheWiserMiserDemelza
21. Big Country - The Crossing
22. The Nits - Omsk
23. U2 - War
24. T-Bone Burnett - Proof Through The Night
25. Pylon - Chomp
26. Danielle Dax - Pop Eyes
27. Butthole Surfers - Butthole Surfers
28. Renaldo & The Loaf - Arabic Yodelling
29. KaS Product - By Pass
30. R.E.M. - Murmur
31. Ronald Shannon Jackson - Barbeque Dog
32. E.S.G. - Come Away With ESG
33. Peter & The Test Tube Babies - The Mating Sounds Of South American Frogs
34. Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again
35. Sweet Honey In The Rock - We All...Everyone Of Us
36. Jali Musa Jawara - Yasimika
37. The Wipers - Over The Edge
38. Mark Stewart + The Maffia - Learning To Cope With Cowardice
39. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
40. Yello - You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
41. Jonzun Crew - Lost In Space
42. The Cure - Japanese Whispers
43. Shooby Taylor - The Human Horn
44. The Triffids - Treeless Plain
45. Marc Almond & The Mambas - Torment & Toreros
46. Daniel Johsnton - Hi, How Are You?
47. The Creatures - Feast
48. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
49. David Thomas - Variatons On A Theme
50. Vietnam Veterans - On The Right Track Now
51. Billy Bragg - Life's A Riot With Spy vs. Spy
52. Bauhaus - Burning From The Inside
53. Soft Verdict - Struggle For Pleasure
54. Dio - Holy Diver
55. Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
56. Die Haut - Burnin' The Ice
57. The Cramps - Smell Of Female
58. Minor Threat - Out Of Step
59. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Featuring Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
60. G.B.H. - City Baby's Revenge
61. Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain
62. True West - Hollywood Holiday
63. Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
64. Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng!
65. The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge
66. Rip, Rig + Panic - Attitude
67. Soft Cell - The Art Of Falling Apart
68. Cybotron - Enter
69. David Bowie - Let's Dance
70. Kissing The Pink - Naked
71. Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex
72. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
73. Zapp - III
74. Various Artists - Blood On The Cats
75. Swans - Filth

 

1. Dire Straits-ExtendedancEPlay (just for "Twistin' By The Pool")
2. Malcolm McLaren-Duck Rock
3. Tears For Fears-The Hurting
4. The Tubes-Outside Inside
5. Heaven 17-The Luxury Gap
6. New Order-Power, Corruption & Lies
7. Talking Heads-Speaking In Tongues
8. Marshall Crenshaw-Field Day
9. Yello-Ya Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
10. Yazoo-You and Me Both
11. Madonna-s/t
12. Brian Eno-Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
13. Art Of Noise-Into Battle with the Art Of Noise
14. The Jam-Snap!
15. Level 42-Standing In The Light
16. U2-Under A Blood Red Sky
17. Cyndi Lauper-She's So Unusual
18. Herbie Hancock-Future Shock
19. Elvis Costello & The Attractions-Punch The Clock
20. Big Country-The Crossing

 

I will acknowledge Confusion is Sex by Sonic Youth. SY is one of my all time favorites. However, these badly recorded originals are not at the top of my list

 

Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
Sad Lovers and Giants - Feeding the Flame
Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood
Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside
Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain
REM - Murmur
Eyeless in Gaza - Rust Red September
Fun Boy Three - Waiting
New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies
Heaven 17 - Luxury Gap
Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again
The Stranglers - Feline
Motorhead - Another Perfect Day
Dislocation Dance - Midnight Shift
The Glove - Blue Sunshine

 

And all the better for it as well

 

Looks like 83-84 was a good era of pop and rock

Lets not forget Madonna and Lauper's Shes So unusual
THere are 10 mainstream albums from `983 that would be better than most mainstream albums in the last few years.

 

KISS - Lick It Up
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
Metallica - Kill ‘Em All
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day
Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood
The Police - Synchronicity
Y&T - Mean Streak
Gary Moore - Victms of The Future
AC/DC - Flick of the Switch
Dokken - Breaking The Chains
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
Dio - Holy Diver
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Black Sabbath - Born Again

A great year for hard rock/metal for sure...

 

took till page five!! one of eno's best!

 

David Bowie - Let's Dance
The Police - Synchronicity
The The - Soul Mining
Tears For Fears - The Hurting
Peter Gabriel - Plays Live

 

Black Sabbath - Born Again
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Metallica - Kill ‘em All
Dio - Holy Diver
Fastway - Fastway
Y&T - Meanstreak
SRV - Texas Flood!!!