Best Albums of 1983

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Listed below are the best albums of 1983 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 55,000 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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Strange Brew: The Very Best Of Cream
Compilation

Cream

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1983

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8 charts

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322.

Secrets Of The I Ching

10,000 Maniacs

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1983

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13 charts

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Juba Juba

Knutsen & Ludvigsen

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1983

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9 charts

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324.

Time Remembered

Bill Evans Trio

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1983

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6 charts

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325.

Life
Live

Thin Lizzy

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1983

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18 charts

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Let's Play That

Jards Macalé

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1983

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7 charts

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The Crackdown

Cabaret Voltaire

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1983

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15 charts

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Heads Or Tales

Saga (CA)

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1983

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11 charts

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J.J. Cale

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1983

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9 charts

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Ex-Oblivione

Unkommuniti

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1983

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4 charts

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Best Albums of 1983 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	22	2%
Nocturnal Emissions	4	0%
Daniel Johnston	3	0%
Frank Zappa	3	0%
Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	3	0%
The Durutti Column	2	0%
Sonic Youth	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	338	34%
	288	29%
	49	5%
	38	4%
	29	3%
	27	3%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	946	95%
Yes	55	5%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

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