60 Albums 1983

The great run of albums that began in 1977 continued through 1983. This list goes very deep with albums that defined the time.

Many of these albums I still go back to regularly.

Discovered R.E.M.,The The, Rain Parade, The Replacements, T-Bone Burnette, The Plimsouls, The Call and so many more.

More favorites from old favorites Talking Heads, X, XTC, Richard Thompson, U2, The Blasters, Elvis Costello, UB40, Tom Waits, etc.

1. R.E.M. - Murmur
2. Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
3. The The - Soul Mining
4. X - More Fun In The New World
5. Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
6. XTC - Mummer
7. U2 - War
8. Richard Thompson - Hand Of Kindness
9. The Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood
10. Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine
11. The Blasters - Non Fiction
12. Elvis Costello - Punch The Clock
13. Los Lobos - And A Time To Dance
14. The Replacements - Hootenanny
15. ESG - Come Away With ESG
16. UB40 - Labour Of Love
17. Marshall Crenshaw - Field Day
18. T-Bone Burnette - Proof Through The Night
19. The Jam - Snap!
20. The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once
21. 10,000 Maniacs - Secrets Of The I Ching
22. Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
23. Big Country - The Crossing
24. Hunters & Collectors - Hunters & Collectors
25. The Three O'Clock - Sixteen Tambourines
26. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
27. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
28. Bob Dylan - Infidels
29. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
30. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
31. Shriekback - Care
32. Pete Shelley - XL1
33. The Police - Synchronicity
34. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
35. David Bowie - Let's Dance
36. Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain
37. Eric Clapton - Money and Cigarettes
38. The Chruch - Seance
39. Green On Red - Gravity Talks
40. Pylon - Chomp
41. Ramones - Subterranean Jungle
42. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Confrontation
43. Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap
44. John Hiatt - Riding With The King
45. The Fleshtones - Hexbreaker
46. The Call - Modern Romans
47. Peter Tosh - Mama Africa
48. Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
49. The Cramps - Off The Bone
50. King Sunny Ade - Synchro System
51. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Album
52. Cabaret Voltaire - The Crackdown
53. The Rolling Stones - Under Cover
54. Mad Professor - Dub Me Crazy Pt. 3: The African Connection
55. OMD - Dazzle Ships
56. Men At Work - Cargo
57. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
58. Eurythmics - Touch
59. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
60. Laid Back - Keep Smiling
61. The Three O'Clock - Sixteen Tambourines