1983 in music

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Albums released

• Restless and Wild - Accept
• Flick of the Switch - AC/DC
• No Parole From Rock & Roll - Alcatrazz
• Forged in Fire - Anvil
• Lesson Well Learned EP - Armored Saint (first release)
• High Land, Hard Rain - Aztec Camera
• Into the Unknown - Bad Religion
• Live From Earth - Pat Benatar
• The Crossing - Big Country
• Live Evil - Black Sabbath
• Let's Dance - David Bowie
• Johnny 99 - Johnny Cash
• Hello, I Must Be Going! - Phil Collins
• Colour By Numbers - Culture Club
• Head over Heels - Cocteau Twins
• Punch the Clock - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• Da Da - Alice Cooper
• Yes Sir, I Will - Crass
• Japanese Whispers - The Cure
• Les p'tits mots - Dalida
• Ton prénom dans mon coeur - Dalida
• Canterbury - Diamond Head
• Pyromania - Def Leppard
• Construction Time Again - Depeche Mode
• Holy Diver - Dio
• Breaking the Chains - Dokken (major label debut), (rerelease)
• Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran
• Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. (Drawings of Patient O. T.) - Einstürzende Neubauten
• Europe - Europe
• Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
• Touch - The Eurythmics
• Let's Start A War (Said Maggie One Day) - The Exploited
• Fastway - Fastway
• Out For Blood - Lita Ford (solo debut)
• What Funk? - Grand Funk Railroad
• Samurai - Grand Prix
• Ageless Medley EP - Amy Grant
• A Christmas Album - Amy Grant
• Heart to Heart - Merle Haggard
• Pancho & Lefty - Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
• That's the Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard
• Rock 'n' Soul, Part 1 - Hall & Oates
• Back to the Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks
• Self-Destruction Blues Hanoi Rocks
• The Luxury Gap - Heaven 17
• No Rest For The Wicked - Helix
• Riding with the King - John Hiatt
• Feel My Soul - Jennifer Holliday
• Metal Circus - Hüsker Dü
• Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
• Night And Day - Joe Jackson
• Waylon & Company - Waylon Jennings
• Take It to the Limit - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
• Too Low for Zero - Elton John
• Shine On - George Jones
• Frontiers - Journey
• Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney
• Lick It Up - KISS
• Headhunter - Krokus
• Madness - Madness
• Into Glory Ride - Manowar
• Script for a Jester's Tear - Marillion
• Confrontation - Bob Marley and the Wailers
• We Are One - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
• Behind the Scene - Reba McEntire
• Business As Usual - Men At Work
• A Volar - Menudo
• Kill 'Em All - Metallica (debut)
• Offramp - The Pat Metheny Group
• Travels(Live) - The Pat Metheny Group
• 31 July: Oriental Towers - The Modern Art
• Shout at the Devil - Mötley Crüe
• Another Perfect Day - Motörhead
• Sound Elixir - Nazareth
• Take it to the River - Willie Nelson
• Tougher than Leather - Willie Nelson
• Without a Song - Willie Nelson
• Dazzle Ships - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
• Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order
• Trouble in Paradise - Randy Newman
• American Made - The Oak Ridge Boys
• Dreamgirls - Original Broadway Cast Album
• Bark At the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
• Metal Magic - Pantera
• Principle of Moments - Robert Plant
• Urban Dance Floor Guerillas - P-Funk All Stars
• The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
• Works - Pink Floyd
• Everywhere at Once - The Plimsouls
• Break Out - The Pointer Sisters
• Synchronicity - The Police
• Queensrÿche EP - Queensrÿche
• Metal Health - Quiet Riot (American debut)
• Bent out of Shape - Rainbow
• Subterranean Jungle - The Ramones
• Ratt EP - Ratt
• All for One - Raven
• Neruda - Red Rider
• Imagination - Helen Reddy
• Hootenanny - The Replacements
• Murmur - R.E.M. (full length debut)
• Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie
• We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers
• Eyes That See In The Dark - Kenny Rogers
• In Heat - The Romantics
• Assault Attack - The Michael Schenker Group
• Built to Destroy - The Michael Schenker Group
• Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon
• Show No Mercy - Slayer
• Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion
• Confusion Is Sex - Sonic Youth (debut)
• Southern Death Cult EP - Southern Death Cult (first release by the band to eventually be known as The Cult)
• Works - Status Quo
• All the Best - Stiff Little Fingers
• Right or Wrong - George Strait
• Steeler - Steeler (Yngwie Malmsteen & Ron Keel's 1st band, This band's only release)
• Yentl (soundtrack) - Barbra Streisand
• Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (debut)
• She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer
• Speaking In Tongues - Talking Heads
• The Hurting - Tears for Fears (debut)
• Life - Thin Lizzy
• Thunder and Lightning - Thin Lizzy
• Hand of Kindness - Richard Thompson
• Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads
• Never Surrender - Triumph
• You Can't Stop Rock & Roll - Twisted Sister (major label debut)
• Lost in the Feeling - Conway Twitty
• Merry Twistmas - Conway Twitty
• Faster Than The Speed Of Night - Bonnie Tyler
• Labour Of Love - UB40
• Under A Blood Red Sky - U2
• War - U2
• Peace Thru Vandalism - The Vandals
• 1984- Van Halen
• Flashdance (soundtrack) - Various Artists
• Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
• At War with Satan - Venom
• Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (debut)
• Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
• Even the Strong Get Lonely - Tammy Wynette
• Good Love & Heartbreak - Tammy Wynette
• 90125 - Yes
• Mean Streak - Y&T
• No Parlez - Paul Young
• Zebra - Zebra
• Eliminator - ZZ Top