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Best Albums of 1983
1The FallPerverted by Language1. Eat Y'self Fitter 2. Neighbourhood of Infinity 3. Garden 4. Hotel Bloedel 5. Smile 6. I Feel Voxish 7. Tempo House 8. Hexen Definitive/Strife Knot
2Tom WaitsSwordfishtrombones1. Underground 2. Shore leave 3. Dave the butcher 4. Johnsburg Illinois 5. Sixteen shells from a thirty ought six 6. Town with no cheer 7. In the neighbourhood 8. Just another sucker on the vine 9. Frank's wild years 10. Swordfishtrombones 11. Down down down 12. Soldier's things 13. Gin soaked boy 14. Trouble's braids 15. Rainbirds
3New OrderPower, Corruption and Lies1. Your silent face 2. Ecstasy 3. Leave me alone 4. Age of consent 5. We all stand 6. Village 7. 586
4The Go BetweensBefore Hollywood1. The bad debt follows you 2. Two steps, step out 3. Before Hollywood 4. Dusty in here 5. Ask 6. Cattle and cane 7. By chance 8. As long as that 9. On my block 10. That way
5The TheSoul Mining1. I've been waiting for tomorrow (all my life) 2. This is the day 3. The sinking feeling 4. Uncertain smile 5. The twilight hour 6. Soul mining 7. GIANT
6Soft CellThe Art of Falling Apart1. Forever the Same 2. Where the Heart Is 3. Numbers 4. Heat 5. Kitchen Sink Drama 6. Baby Doll 7. Loving You Hating Me 8. Art of Falling Apart 9. Hendrix Medley 10. Martin
7Wah!The Maverick Years 80-811. Remember 2. Somesay 3. Truth About Eddie 4. Checkmate Syndrome 5. I Know There Was Something 6. Shambeko 7. Sleeep 8. What's Happening Here 9. Seven Minutes to Midnite [Live] 10. Bible or Maths
8Talking HeadsSpeaking in Tongues1. Burning Down the House 2. Making Flippy Floppy 3. Girlfriend Is Better 4. Slippery People 5. I Get Wild: Wild Gravity 6. Swamp 7. Moon Rocks 8. Pull up the Roots 9. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
9Aztec CameraHigh Land, Hard Rain. Oblivious 2. Boy Wonders, The 3. Walk Out To Winter 4. Bugle Sounds Again, The 5. We Could Send Letters 6. Pillar To Post 7. Release 8. Lost Outside The Tunnel 9. Back On Board 10. Down The Dip 11. Haywire 12. Orchid Girl 13. Queen's Tattoos
10Echo and the BunnymenPorcupine1. The Cutter 2. The Back of Love 3. My White Devil 4. Clay 5. Porcupine 6. Heads Will Roll 7. Ripeness 8. Higher Hell 9. Gods Will Be Gods 10. In Bluer Skies
11The ChurchSeance1. Fly 2. One Day 3. Electric 4. It's No Reason 5. Travel by Thought 6. Disappear? 7. Electric Lash 8. Now I Wonder Why 9. Dropping Names 10. It Doesn't Change
12The Farmer's BoysGet Out and Walk1. Matter Of Fact 2. Probably One Of The Best Investments I Ever Made 3. More Than A Dream 4. I Woke Up This Morning 5. The Way You Made Me Cry 6. A Promise You Can't Keep 7. Soft Drink 8. The Wailing Wall 9. For You 10. Torn In Two 11. Who Needs It?
1310,000 ManiacsSecrets of the I Ching1. Grey Victory 2. Poor De Chirico 3. Death Of Manolete 4. Tension 5. Daktari 6. Pit Viper 7. Katrina's Fair 8. The Latin One 9. National Education Week 10. My Mother The War
14The RamonesSubterranean Jungle1. Little Bit O' Soul 2. I Need Your Love 3. Outsider 4. What'd Ya Do? 5. Highest Trails Above 6. Somebody Like Me 7. Psycho Therapy 8. Time Has Come Today 9. My-My Kind of Girl 10. In the Park 11. Time Bomb 12. Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You
15ZZ TopEliminator1. Gimme All Your Lovin' 2. Got Me Under Pressure 3. Sharp Dressed Man 4. I Need You Tonight 5. I Got the Six 6. Legs 7. Thug 8. TV Dinners 9. Dirty Dog 10. If I Could Only Flag Her Down 11. Bad Girl
16U2War1. Sunday bloody Sunday 2. Seconds 3. Like a song 4. New Year's Day 5. Two hearts beat as one 6. Refugee 7. Drowning man 8. Red light 9. 40 10. Surrender
17The NightingalesHysterics1. Big Print 2. This 3. The Happy Medium 4. Nothing But Trouble 5. The Bending End 6. Lower Than Ever 7. Insurance 8. Whys of Acknowledgement 9. Bachelor Land 10. Crafty Fag 11. Ponces All
18Jonathan RichmanJonathan Sings1 That Summer Feeling 2 This Kind Of Music 3 The Neighbors 4 Somebody To Hold Me 5 Those Conga Drums 6 Stop This Car 7 Not yet Three 8 Give Paris One More Chance 9 You're the One For Me 10 When I'm Walking
19The WaterboysThe Waterboys1. December 2. A Girl Called Johnny 3. The Three Day Man 4. Gala 5. Where Are You Now When I Need You? 6. I Will Not Follow 7. It Should Have Been You 8. The Girl In The Swing 9. Savage Earth Heart
20Eyeless in GazaRust Red September1. Changing Stations 2. Pearl and Pale 3. New Risen 4. September Hills 5. Taking Steps 6. Only Whispers 7. Leaves Are Dancing 8. No Perfect Stranger 9. Corner of Dusk 10. Bright Play of Eyes 11. Stealing Autumn
21Hunters & CollectorsThe Fireman's Curse1. Sway 2. Judas Sheep 3. Eggheart 4. Drinking Bomb 5. Curse 6. Fish Roar 7. Blind Snake Sundae 8. Mr Right
22PulpIt1. My lighthouse 2. Wishful thinking 3. Joking aside 4. Boats and trains 5. Blue girls 6. Love love 7. In many ways 8. Looking for life
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