The Best Singles of 1983

Top 50

1. Blue Monday - NEW ORDER
2. Hand in glove - THE SMITHS
3. She's in parties - BAUHAUS
4. Gone daddy gone - VIOLENT FEMMES
5. Cattle and cane - THE GO-BETWEENS
6. This charming man - THE SMITHS
7. The man whose head expanded - THE FALL
8. A.W.O.L. - THE THREE JOHNS
9. Temple of love - SISTERS OF MERCY
10. Oblivious - AZTEC CAMERA
11. The cutter - ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
12. Let's all go (to the fire dances) - KILLING JOKE
13. Mutiny EP - BIRTHDAY PARTY
14. Kicker conspiracy - THE FALL
15. Burning down the house - TALKING HEADS
16. Money-Go-Round (Parts 1+2) - THE STYLE COUNCIL
17. Every day I write the book - ELVIS COSTELLO
18. New Year’s Day - U2
19. Looking for the perfect beat - AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & THE SOUL SONIC FORCE
20. This is not a love song - P.I.L.
21. The walk - THE CURE
22. Just fascination - CABARET VOLTAIRE
23. Snake dance - THE MARCH VIOLETS
24. I want to help you Ann - LYRES
25. Another state of mind - SOCIAL DISTORTION
26. Bad seed EP - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
27. Marquis cha-cha - THE FALL
28. Lean on me - THE REDSKINS
29. Great expectations - NEW MODEL ARMY
30. Mexican radio - WALL OF VOODOO
31. Tomorrow's (just another day) - MADNESS
32. Palm of my hand - THE PALE FOUNTAINS
33. Talk about the passion - R.E.M.
34. Sunday bloody Sunday - U2
35. Waterfront - SIMPLE MINDS
36. Let them all talk - ELVIS COSTELLO
37. Speak like a child - THE STYLE COUNCIL
38. Beat box - THE ART OF NOISE
39. White lines (Don't don't do it) - GRANDMASTER FLASH & MELLE MEL
40. It's like that - RUN-D.M.C.
41. Hip-Hop-Bommi-Bop - THE INCREADIBLE T.H. SCRATCHERS STARRING FREDDY LOVE
42. Long hot summer - THE STYLE COUNCIL
43. Sugar hiccup - COCTEAU TWINS
44. Song to the siren - THIS MORTAL COIL
45. Dear prudence - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
46. The crackdown - CABARET VOLTAIRE
47. October (love song) - CHRIS AND COSEY
48. Change - TEARS FOR FEARS
49. Relax - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
50. New gold dream (81-82-83-84) - SIMPLE MINDS

The Best Albums Of 1983

Top 50

1. Fire dances - KILLING JOKE
2. Perverted by language - THE FALL
3. Before Hollywood - THE GO-BETWEENS
4. Violent Femmes - VIOLENT FEMMES
5. Murmur - R.E.M.
6. Over the edge - WIPERS
7. Mommy’s little monster - SOCIAL DISTORTION
8. Burning from the inside - BAUHAUS
9. Hex breaker - THE FLESHTONES
10. Power, corruption and lies - NEW ORDER
11. The crackdown - CABARET VOLTAIRE
12. Porcupine - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
13. Treeless plain - THE TRIFFIDS
14. High land hard rain - AZTEC CAMERA
15. War - U2
16. Gravity talks - GREEN ON RED
17. Confusion is sex - SONIC YOUTH
18. My war - BLACK FLAG
19. Burnin' the ice - DIE HAUT AND NICK CAVE
20. Speaking in tongues - TALKING HEADS
21. Jonathan sings - JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS
22. Saturn strip - ALAN VEGA
23. Punch the clock - ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS
24. Life’s a riot with a spy vs spy - BILLY BRAGG
25. Head over heels - COCTEAU TWINS
26. Script of the bridge - THE CHAMELEONS
27. Let the tribe increase - THE MOB
28. Hootenanny - THE REPLACEMENTS
29. Death party - THE GUN CLUB
30. Metal circus - HUSKER DU
31. Out of step - MINOR THREAT
32. More fun in the new world - X
33. A hard road to follow - THE FLESH EATERS
34. Rock for light - BAD BRAINS
35. Subterranean jungle - RAMONES
36. Buzz or howl under the influence of heat - MINUTEMEN
37. Filth - SWANS
38. Learning to cope with cowardice - MARK STEWART
39. Feast - CREATURES
40. The hurting - TEARS FOR FEARS
41. Luxury gap - HEAVEN 17
42. The art of falling apart - SOFT CELL
43. Swordfishtrombones - TOM WAITS
44. 10-5-60 - THE LONG RYDERS
45. Emergency third rail power trip - RAIN PARADE
46. Mummer - XTC
47. Soul mining - THE THE
48. You gotta say yes to another excess - YELLO
49. Computer games - GEORGE CLINTON
50. Come away with ESG - ESG

Also recommended:

Pop-eyes - DANIELLE DAX, Fetisch - XMAL DEUTSCHLAND, Blue sunshine - THE GLOVE, Whammy - THE B-52s, Golden shower of hits - CIRCLE JERKS, Dealing with the dead - PLAN 9, Hollywood holiday - TRUE WEST, D is for Dumptruck - DUMPTRUCK, Chomp - PYLON, The secrets of the I-ching - 10000 MANIACS, Waterboys - WATERBOYS, Beggars can be choosers - NEWTOWN NEUROTICS, Zeichnungen des patienten O.T. - EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, Bible belt - NIKKI SUDDEN, Torment & toreros - MARC & THE MAMBAS, Oil on canvas - JAPAN, Let's dance - DAVID BOWIE, Legendary hearts - LOU REED, Hysterics - THE NIGHTINGALES, Hard - GANG OF 4, Engine shudder - MOODISTS, It's all done by mirrors - THE ASTRONAUTS, Autoportrait - MECANO, One by one - MINIMAL COMPACT, Rust red September - EYELESS IN GAZA, Dreams less sweet - PSYCHIC TV, Feeding the flame - SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS, Everybody's fantastic - MICRODISNEY, Embrace the herd - THE GIST, Foundation Steppers - THE NEW AGE STEPPERS, The culling is coming - 23 SKIDOO, Lend an ear - PIGBAG, Attitude - RIP RIG AND PANIC, Advantage - CLOCK D.V.A, Koyaanisqatsi / The photographer - PHILIP GLASS, Changing places - ANNE CLARK, Lazy ways - MARINE GIRLS, Everywhere at once - THE PLIMSOULS, Here are the Chesterfield Kings - THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS, Sixteen tambourines - THE THREE O'CLOCK, 100 Flowers - 100 FLOWERS, Sleep in safety - 45 GRAVE, Yes sir, I will - CRASS, Sideroxylon - THE CELIBATE RIFLES, On the right track now - THE VIETNAM VETERANS, Jerky versions of the dream - HOWARD DEVOTO, Saw a ranch house burning last night - DEEP FREEZE MICE, Wreckin' crew - THE METEORS, Mean time - THE BARRACUDAS, Suicidal Tendencies - SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, Kill 'em all - METALLICA, Synchronicity - THE POLICE, Construction time again - DEPECHE MODE, Whodini - WHODINI, Cold-blooded - RICK JAMES, Future shock - HERBIE HANCOCK, Duck rock - MALCOLM McLAREN, You and me both - YAZOO, Quick step & side kick - THOMPSON TWINS, Waiting - FUN BOY 3, Heaven is waiting - THE DANSE SOCIETY, Promise - GENE LOVES JEZEBEL, Another setting - THE DURUTTI COLUMN, The fireman's curse - HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, Curse - LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, Cherished dreams come true - IN THE NURSERY, In bath of Bacon - THE JAZZ BUTCHER, The burden of mules - THE WOLFGANG PRESS, It - PULP, Yip/Jump music - DANIEL JOHNSTON, Off the bone / Smell of female - THE CRAMPS, Snap! - THE JAM, Introducing - THE STYLE COUNCIL, Nocturne - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES, Live in Berlin - THE AU PAIRS