My Favorite Albums of 1983

ABC - Beauty Stab

Al Jarreau - Jarreau

Alabama - Closer You Get

Aztec Camera - High Land, High Rain

B-52's - Whammy

Big Country - The Crossing

Blasters - Non Fiction

Bob Dylan - Infidels

Bob Seger  - Distance 

Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks 

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife

Culture Club - Colour By Numbers 

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

David Bowie - Let’s Dance

DeBarge - In A Special Way

Def Leppard - Pyromania

Dio - Holy Diver

Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money

Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger

Earth, Wind & Fire - Powerlight

Echo & the Bunnymen - Porcupine

ELO - Secret Messages

Elton John - Too Low For Zero

Elvis Costello - Punch the Clock

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

Eurythmics - Touch

George Benson - In Your Eyes

George Clinton - You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish

George Jones - Shine On

George Strait - Right or Wrong

Guy Clark - Better Days

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock

Huey Lewis & The News - Sports

Husker Du - Metal Circus

Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets

James Ingram - It's Your Night

James Blood Ulmer - Odyssey

Joan Armatrading - Track Record

John Anderson - All The People Are Talkin'

Jonathan Richman - Jonathan

Journey - Frontiers

Kashif - s/t

Kenny Rogers - Eyes That See In The Dark

Kinks - State of Confusion

Kool & The Gang - In The Heart

Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down

Luther Vandross - Busy Body

Madonna - s/t

Marshall Crenshaw - Field Day

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly - We Are One

Men At Work - Cargo

Merle Haggard - That's The Way Love Goes

Merle Haggard & Leona Williams - Heart to Heart

Metallica - Kill 'Em All

Midnight Star - No Parking On the Dance Floor

Minutemen - What Makes A Man Start Fires

Mtume - Juicy Fruit

New Edition - Candy Girl

New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies

Nile Rodgers - Adventures In The Land of the Good Groove

Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon

Patti LaBelle - I'm In Love Again

Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace

Paul Simon - Hearts & Bones

Paul Young - No Parlez

Pink Floyd - Final Cut

Pointer Sisters - Break Out

Police - Synchronicity

Ramones - Subterranean Jungle

REM - Murmur

Replacements - Hootenanny 

Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness

Rick James - Cold Blooded

Ricky Skaggs - Don't Cheat In Our Hometown 

Robert Plant - Principle of Moments 

Rolling Stones - Undercover

Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex 

SOS Band - On The Rise

Stevie Nicks - Wild Heart

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood

Stray Cats - Rant N’ Rave

Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues

Tears for Fears - Hurting

Teena Marie - Robbery

Terry Allen - Bloodlines

Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones

UB 40 - Labour of Love

U2 - War

U2 - Under The Blood Red Sky

Violent Femmes - s/t

Wham - Fantastic

Willie Nelson - Tougher Than Leather

Willie Nelson - Without A Song

Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - Pancho & Lefty

Womack & Womack - Love Wars

X - More Fun In The New World

Yes - 90125

Zapp - III

ZZ Top - Eliminator