Wednesday, January 3, 2001

McQ's Favorite Albums Of 1983

Throughout 2023/2024 McQ's best of will be revisiting 1983 and re-evaluating all of it's significant album releases.

A reassessed War by U2 and The original abbreviated release of Philip Glass's highly influential minimalist score for Koyaanisquatsi are the latest additions to our 1983 rankings.

Highest Recommends
1. Murmur - REM

Strong Recommends
2. Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
3. Speaking In Tongues - The Talking Heads
4. War - U2
5. Violent Femmes
6. Koyaanisquatsi - Philip Glass
7. Sychronicity - The Police
8. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - The Eurythmics
9. Uh-Huh - John Cougar Mellencamp
10. Let's Dance - David Bowie
11. Kill 'Em All - Metallica
12. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
13. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
14. High Land, Hard Rain - Aztec Camera
15. Madonna

Solid Recommends
16. Touch - The Eurythmics
17. The Crossing - Big Country
18. Power, Corruption And Lies - New Order
19. Eliminator - ZZ Top
20. Soul Mining - The The
21. Out Of Step EP - Minor Threat
22. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn
23. Pyromania - Def Lepperd
24. Hootenanny - The Replacements

Mild Recommends

25. Labour Of Love - UB40


1983 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Assess In Full
90125 - Yes
An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
Appollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks - Brian Eno
Bad Influence - Robert Cray
Before Hollywood - The Go-Betweens
Break Out - The Pointer Sisters
Can't Slow Down - Lionel Ritchie
Clics Modernos - Charly Garcia
Colour By Numbers - Culture Club
Construction Time Again - Depeche Mode
Djam Leeli - Baaba Mall & Mansour Seck
Duck Rock - Malcolm McLaren
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip - The Rain Parade
Fervor / Lost & Found - Jason & The Scorchrs
Frontiers - Journey
Future Shock - Herbie Hancock
Genesis
Hand Of Kindness - Richard Thompson
Head Over Heels - Cocteau Twins
Hearts And Bones - Paul Simon
Holy Diver - Dio
Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart - Van Morrison
Infidels - Bob Dylan
Jonathan Sings - The Modern Lovers
Learning To Cope With Cowardice - Mark Stewart & The Maffia
Legandary Hearts - Lou Reed
Life's A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy - Billy Bragg
Love Wars - Womack And Womack
Meat Puppets II
Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion
More Fun In The New World - X
No Parlez - Paul Young
Over The Edge - Wipers
Peace Of Mind - Iron Maiden
Perverted By Language - The Fall
Porcupine - Echo And The Bunnymen
Proof Through The Night - T-Bone Burnett
Punch The Clock - Elvis Costello
Rock For Light - Bad Brains
Saturn Strip - Alan Vega
Script For A Jester's Tear
Script Of The Bridge - The Chameleons
Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran
Shout At The Devil - Motley CrueSports - Heuy Lewis & The News
Suicidal Tendencies
Synchro System - King Sunny Ade
The Hurting - Tears For Fears
Trouble In Paradise - Randy Newman
Under A Blood Red Sky - U2
Where Angels Fear To Tread - Mink DeVille
You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess - Yello

Last Updated 11.26.23

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