Best Albums of 1983

Listed below are the best albums of 1983 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 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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Year of Release:
1983
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36
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1983
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1983
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Year of Release:
1983
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1983
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35
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
35
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
35
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
35
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Rank in 1980s:
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Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1983
Appears in:
Rank Score:
35
Rank in 1983:
Rank in 1980s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
35
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 31 of 100

Best Albums of 1983 composition

Country Albums %


United States 338 34%
United Kingdom 289 29%
Germany 49 5%
Mixed Nationality 37 4%
Australia 29 3%
Canada 26 3%
Japan 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 944 94%
Yes 56 6%
Live? Albums %
No 960 96%
Yes 40 4%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 987 99%
Yes 13 1%
Best Albums of 1955
1. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
2. Sarah Vaughan by Sarah Vaughan
3. Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And His Comets
4. Julie Is Her Name by Julie London
5. Ramblin' Man by Hank Williams
6. Study In Brown by Clifford Brown & Max Roach
7. Concert By The Sea by Erroll Garner
8. Shake, Rattle And Roll by Bill Haley And His Comets
9. Dinah Jams by Dinah Washington
10. Satch Plays Fats by Louis Armstrong
11. Lullabies Of Birdland by Ella Fitzgerald
12. Blue Moods by Miles Davis
13. Diz And Getz by Stan Getz & Dizzy Gillespie
14. Helen Merrill by Helen Merrill
15. Les And Mary by Les Paul & Mary Ford
16. Lennie Tristano by Lennie Tristano
17. Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi by Sarah Vaughan
18. Lotte Lenya Singt Kurt Weill by Lotte Lenya
19. Hamp & Getz by Stan Getz / Lionel Hampton
20. Chet Atkins In Three Dimensions by Chet Atkins
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