Vinyl finals 1983
NME writers
Long players
- Punch The Clock — Elvis Costello (F-Beat)
- Swordfishtrombones —Tom Waits (Island)
- Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy — Billy Bragg (Go Discs)
- Art Of Falling Apart — Soft Cell (Some Bizzare)
- Thriller — Michael Jackson (Epic)
- You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess — Yello (Stiff)
- Colour By Numbers — Culture Club (Virgin)
- Think Of One — Wynton Marsalls (CBS)
- Duck Rock — Malcolm Mclaren (Charisma)
- Synchro System — King Sunny Ade (Island)
- The Crackdown — Cabaret Voltalre (Some Bizzare/Virgin)
- High Land Hard Rain — Aztec Camera (Rough Trade)
- Let's Dance — David Bowie (EMI Amenca)
- One From The Heart Soundtrack — Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle (CBS)
- Coldblooded — Rick James (Motown)
- Power Corruption And Lies — New Order (Factory)
- Subterranean Jungle — Ramones (Sire)
- Trouble In Paradise — Randy Newman (WEA)
- Classified — James Booker (Demon)
- Alive She Cried — The Doors (Elektra)
- Choc Choc Choc — Franco And Rocherau (Choc)
- Touch — Eurythmics (RCA)
- Ballad Of The Fallen — Charlie Haden (ECM)
- Blow The House Down — Junior Walker (Motown)
- Soul Mining — The The (Some Bizzare)
- Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This — Eurythmics (RCA)
- Zeichnung Des Patienten O.T. Einstürzende Neubauten (Some Bizzare)
- 1999 — Prince (WEA)
- Synchronicity — The Police (A&M)
- Blues And Jazz — BB King (MCA)
- Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart — Van Morrison (Mercury)
- Porcupine — Echo And The Bunnymen (Korova)
- Murmur — REM (IRS)
- Babes In Arms — MC5 (ROIR Cassette)
- Waiting — Fun Boy Three (Chrysalis)
- Born To Laugh At Tornadoes — Was (Not Was) (Zeigeffen)
- Legendary Hearts — Lou Reed (RCA)
- Before Hollywood — Go Betweens (Rough Trade)
- Whammy! — B52s (Island)
- Burlap And Satin — Dolly Parton (RCA)
- From Gardens Where We Feel Secure — Virginia Astley (Happy Valley)
- Lazy Ways — Marine Girls (Cherry Red)
- The Photographer — Philip Glass (CBS)
- Priestess — Gil Evans (Antilles)
- Stonekiller — Prince Charles And The City Beat Band (Virgin)
- Live In An American Time Spiral — George Russel NY Big Band (Soul Note)
- You And Me Both — Yazoo (Mute)
- Future Shock — Herbie Hancock (CBS)
- Tell Mr Bland — Bobby Bland (MCA)
- Rock For Light — Bad Brains (Abstract)
Charts compiled from the personal lists of
Chris Bohn, Julie Burchill, Roy Carr, Richard Cook, Anton Corbijn, Fred Dellar, Dave Dorrell, Paul Du Noyer, Andy Gill, Vivien Goldman, Richard Grabel, Paolo Hewitt, Barney Hoskyns, Graham Lock, Gavin Martin, X Moore, Charles Shaar Murray, Richard North, Tony Parsons, Amanda Root, Cynthia Rose, Mat Snow, Neil Spencer, Tony Stewart, Adrian Thrills, Don Watson.
Illustration by Ian Wright.
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