⇦ 1982

1984 ⇨

The Best Music of 1983

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1983. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1983, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Adam Ant	Strip	☆
Alabama	The Close You Get...	☆
Bad Brains	Rock for Light	☆
Barbra Streisand	Yentl: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	☆
Bauhaus	Burning from the Inside	☆
Big Country	The Crossing	☆
Billy Bragg	Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy	☆
Billy Idol	Rebel Yell	☆
Billy Joel	An Innocent Man	☆
Bob Dylan	Infidels	☆
Bonnie Tyler	Faster Than the Speed of Night	☆
Brian Eno	Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks	☆
Bryan Adams	Cuts Like a Knife	☆
Cocteau Twins	Head Over Heels	☆
Culture Club	Colour by Numbers	☆
Cyndi Lauper	She's So Unusual	☆
David Bowie	Let's Dance	☆
Def Leppard	Pyromania	☆
Depeche Mode	Construction Time Again	☆
Dio	Holy Diver	☆
Donna Summer	She Works Hard for the Money	☆
Duran Duran	Seven And The Ragged Tiger	☆
Echo & The Bunnymen	Porcupine	☆
Eddie Murphy	Comedian	☆
Einstürzende Neubauten	Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.	☆
ELO	Secret Messages	☆
Elton John	Too Low For Zero	☆
Eurythmics	Touch	☆
Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	☆
Genesis	Genesis	☆
Hüsker Dü	Everything Falls Apart	☆
Herbie Hancock	Future Shock	☆
Huey Lewis and the News	Sports	☆
Iron Maiden	Piece of Mind	☆
Jimmy Cliff	The Power and the Glory	☆
John Mellencamp	Uh Huh	☆
Johnathan Richman and The Modern Lovers	Johnathan Sings!	☆
Journey	Frontiers	☆
Kenny Rogers	Eyes That See in the Dark	☆
Kenny Rogers	We've Got Tonight	☆
King Sunny Adé and His African Beats	Synchro System	☆
Kool & The Gang	In The Heart	☆
Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	☆
Mötley Crüe	Shout at the Devil	☆
Madonna	Madonna	☆
Marillion	Script for a Jester's Tear	☆
Mercyful Fate	Melissa	☆
Metallica	Kill 'Em All	☆
Minor Threat	Out Of Step	☆
Motörhead	Another Perfect Day	☆
Naked Eyes	Burning Bridges	☆
New Order	Power, Corruption & Lies	☆
Night Ranger	Midnight Madness	☆
Oingo Boingo	Good for Your Soul	☆
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	Dazzle Ships	☆
Original Broadway Cast	Cats	☆
Ozzy Osbourne	Bark at the Moon	☆
Paul McCartney	Pipes of Peace	☆
Piper	Summer Breeze	☆
Quiet Riot	Metal Health	☆
R.E.M.	Murmur	☆
Shadowfax	Shadowdance	☆
Slayer	Show No Mercy	☆
Spandau Ballet	TRUE	☆
Stevie Nicks	The Wild Heart	☆
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	Texas Flood	☆
Suicidal Tendencies	Suicidal Tendencies	☆
Talking Heads	Speaking in Tongues	☆
Tears For Fears	The Hurting	☆
The B-52's	Whammy!	☆
The Circle Jerks	Golden Shower of Hits	☆
The Fixx	Reach the Beach	☆
The Isley Brothers	Between the Sheets	☆
The Misfits	Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood	☆
The Pointer Sisters	Break Out	☆
The Police	Synchronicity	☆
The Romantics	In Heat	☆
The The	Soul Mining	☆
The Waterboys	The Waterboys	☆
Tom Waits	Swordfishtrombones	☆
U2	War	☆
U2	Under a Blood Red Sky	☆
UB40	Labour Of Love	☆
Various Artists	Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture	☆
Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	☆
Womack & Womack	Love Wars	☆
X	More Fun in the New World	☆
Yaz	You and Me Both	☆
Yes	90125	☆
ZZ Top	Eliminator	☆

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Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Air Supply	Making Love Out of Nothing At All	☆
Al Jarreau	Mornin'	☆
Aztec Camera	Oblivious	☆
Bananarama	Cruel Summer	☆
Bauhaus	She's In Parties	☆
Big Country	In a Big Country	☆
Billy Bragg	A New England	☆
Billy Idol	Rebel Yell	☆
Billy Idol	Eyes Without a Face	☆
Billy Idol	Flesh for Fantasy	☆
Billy Joel	Uptown Girl	☆
Billy Joel	The Longest Time	☆
Billy Joel	Tell Her About It	☆
Billy Joel	An Innocent Man	☆
Billy Joel	Keeping the Faith	☆
Bob Dylan	Jokerman	☆
Bob Marley & The Wailers	Buffalo Soldier	☆
Bonnie Tyler	Total Eclipse of the Heart	☆
Brian Eno	Deep Blue Day	☆
Brian Eno	An Ending (Ascent)	☆
Bryan Adams	Cuts Like a Knife	☆
Carlos Santana & Willie Nelson	They All Went to Mexico	☆
Christopher Cross	All Right	☆
Cocteau Twins	Sugar Hiccup	☆
Cocteau Twins	Five Ten Fiftyfold	☆
Cocteau Twins	In the Gold Dust Rush	☆
Corey Hart	Sunglasses at Night	☆
Culture Club	Karma Chameleon	☆
Culture Club	Church of the Poison Mind	☆
Cyndi Lauper	Time After Time	☆
Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Want To Have Fun	☆
Cyndi Lauper	All Through the Night	☆
Cyndi Lauper	She Bop	☆
David Bowie	Modern Love	☆
David Bowie	China Girl	☆
David Bowie	Let's Dance	☆
Def Leppard	Photograph	☆
Def Leppard	Rock Of Ages	☆
Def Leppard	Foolin'	☆
Def Leppard	Too Late for Love	☆
Depeche Mode	Everything Counts	☆
Diana Ross	That's How You Start Over	☆
Dio	Rainbow in the Dark	☆
Dio	Holy Diver	☆
Donna Summer	She Works Hard for the Money	☆
Duran Duran	The Reflex	☆
Duran Duran	Is There Something I Should Know?	☆
Duran Duran	Union Of The Snake	☆
Duran Duran	New Moon on Monday	☆
Echo & The Bunnymen	The Cutter	☆
ELO	Rock 'n' Roll Is King	☆
Elton John	I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues	☆
Elton John	I'm Still Standing	☆
Elvis Costello & the Attractions	Everyday I Write the Book	☆
Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	☆
Eurythmics	Here Comes The Rain Again	☆
Gary Portnoy	Where Everybody Knows Your Name	☆
Genesis	That's All	☆
Genesis	Mama	☆
Grandmaster Melle Mel	White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)	☆
Herbie Hancock	Rockit	☆
Howard Jones	New Song	☆
Howard Jones	What is Love?	☆
Huey Lewis & the News	I Want A New Drug	☆
Huey Lewis & The News	The Heart of Rock & Roll	☆
Huey Lewis & The News	If This Is It	☆
Huey Lewis & The News	Heart and Soul	☆
Husker Du	Diane	☆
Irene Cara	Flashdance... What a Feeling	☆
Iron Maiden	The Trooper	☆
Iron Maiden	Flight of Icarus	☆
Jackson Browne	Tender Is the Night	☆
Jackson Browne	Lawyers in Love	☆
James Ingram & Michael McDonald	Yah Mo B There	☆
Jimmy Cliff	Reggae Night	☆
Joan Armatrading	Drop the Pilot	☆
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band	On the Dark Side	☆
John Mellencamp	Pink Houses	☆
John Mellencamp	Authority Song	☆
John Mellencamp	Crumblin' Down	☆
Journey	Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)	☆
Journey	Faithfully	☆
Journey	Send Her My Love	☆
Jump 'N the Saddle Band	The Curly Shuffle	☆
Kajagoogoo	Too Shy	☆
Kenny Rogers (featuring Dolly Parton)	Islands in the Stream	☆
Kiss	Lick It Up	☆
Kool & the Gang	Joanna	☆
Kool & The Gang	Tonight	☆
Laura Branigan	How Am I Supposed Live Without You	☆
Lindsey Buckingham	Holiday Road	☆
Lionel Richie	All Night Long (All Night)	☆
Lionel Richie	Hello	☆
Mötley Crüe	Shout At the Devil	☆
Madonna	Lucky Star	☆
Madonna	Borderline	☆
Madonna	Holiday	☆
Matthew Wilder	Break My Stride	☆
Men at Work	Overkill	☆
Men at Work	It's a Mistake	☆
Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson	Pancho and Lefty	☆
Metallica	Seek and Destroy	☆
Metallica	The Four Horsemen	☆
Michael Sembello	Maniac	☆
Mike Post	Theme from the A-Team	☆
Mötley Crüe	Too Young To Fall In Love	☆
Naked Eyes	(There's Always Something There to Remind Me	☆
Naked Eyes	Promises, Promises	☆
Nena	99 Luftballons	☆
New Edition	Candy Girl	☆
New Order	Blue Monday	☆
New Order	Age of Consent	☆
Night Ranger	Sister Christian	☆
Night Ranger	(You Can Still) Rock in America	☆
Night Ranger	When You Close Your Eyes	☆
Ozzy Osbourne	Bark at the Moon	☆
Pat Benatar	Love Is A Battlefield	☆
Paul McCartney	Pipes of Peace	☆
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson	Say Say Say	☆
Paul Young	Come Back and Stay	☆
Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack	Tonight, I Celebrate My Love	☆
Peter Schilling	Major Tom	☆
Philip Glass	Koyaanisqatsi	☆
Public Image Ltd.	This is Not a Love Song	☆
Quiet Riot	Come On Feel The Noize	☆
Quiet Riot	Metal Health (Bang Your Head)	☆
Randy Newman	I Love L.A.	☆
Real Life	Send Me an Angel	☆
Rick James and Smokey Robinson	Ebony Eyes	☆
Ricky Skaggs	Honey (Open That Door)	☆
Rita Coolidge	All Time High	☆
Rodney Dangerfield	Rappin' Rodney	☆
Rufus and Chaka Khan	Ain't Nobody	☆
Run DMC	It's Like That	☆
Shannon	Let the Music Play	☆
Simple Minds	Waterfront	☆
Siouxsie and the Banshees	Dear Prudence	☆
Spandau Ballet	True	☆
Spandau Ballet	Gold	☆
Sparks	Cool Places	☆
Stephen Bishop	It Might Be You	☆
Stevie Nicks	Stand Back	☆
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	Texas Flood	☆
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	Pride And Joy	☆
Styx	Mr. Roboto	☆
Suicidal Tendencies	Institutional-ized	☆
Talking Heads	Burning Down the House	☆
Talking Heads	This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)	☆
Talking Heads	Girlfriend Is Better	☆
Tears For Fears	Mad World	☆
Tears for Fears	Change	☆
The Alan Parsons Project	You Don't Believe	☆
The Commodores	Only You	☆
The Cure	The Love Cats	☆
The Fixx	One Thing Leads to Another	☆
The Fixx	Saved by Zero	☆
The Go-Betweens	Cattle and Cane	☆
The Greg Kihn Band	Jeopardy	☆
The Human League	(Keep Feeling) Fascination	☆
The Isley Brothers	Between the Sheets	☆
The Motels	Suddenly Last Summer	☆
The Pointer Sisters	Jump (For My Love)	☆
The Pointer Sisters	Automatic	☆
The Pointer Sisters	Neutron Dance	☆
The Police	Every Breathe You Take	☆
The Police	Wrapped Around Your Finger	☆
The Police	King of Pain	☆
The Police	Synchronicity II	☆
The Pretenders	Middle of the Road	☆
The Rolling Stones	Undercover of the Night	☆
The Romantics	Talking In Your Sleep	☆
The Smiths	This Charming Man	☆
The Style Council	Long Hot Summer	☆
The The	This is the Day	☆
The Tubes	She's a Beauty	☆
Thompson Twins	Hold Me Now	☆
Thompson Twins	Lies	☆
Todd Rundgren	Bang the Drum All Day	☆
U2	New Year's Day	☆
U2	Sunday Bloody Sunday	☆
U2	Two Hearts Beat As One	☆
UB40	Red Red Wine	☆
Violent Femmes	Blister In The Sun	☆
Violent Femmes	Gone Daddy Gone	☆
Weird Al Yankovic	Another One Rides the Bus	☆
Yes	Owner of a Lonely Heart	☆
Yes	Leave It	☆
Yes	Changes	☆
ZZ Top	Sharp Dressed Man	☆
ZZ Top	Legs	☆
ZZ Top	Gimme All Your Lovin'	☆
ZZ Top	Got Me Under Pressure	☆

⇦ 1982

1984 ⇨