So it's the last Thursday of the month and I have been posting my pick of each year in the 80's and posting them. Never did on this site. I made these into cassettes and then later into CD's and gave them to friends and radio listeners that asked for them. Until I ran out each year. Like the previous top picks, I do the single songs on Thursday and the next day it's the top ten albums. I was still listening to Earth Wind & Fire, but the albums were not that amazing as they used to be. Rap was getting into my sphere, but lots of New Wave was on my radar. I hope you like these choices. All from stuff I owned at the time and played the hell out of. I wonder how much of this I still would keep on the list? Would you put any of it on your list?
Top Pick 1983
01 Shonen Knife - Twist Barbie
02 The Cure - The Love Cats
03 Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination
04 Aztec Camera - Oblivious
05 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
06 Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines
07 Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
08 Soft Boys - Rock 'n' Roll Toilet
09 Madness - Our House
10 Roxy Music - Like A Hurricane
11 Big Country - In A Big Country
12 Yello - I Love You
13 New Order - Blue Monday
14 Blondie - Rush Rush
15 Shriekback - Lined Up
16 The B-52's - Don't Worry
17 Earth Wind & Fire - Magnetic
18 Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
19 REM - Radio Free Europe
20 The Cramps - Psychotic Reaction
I'd say the REM, New Order, and Depeche Mode picks are stone classics, and I also love the tunes by The Cure, Aztec Camera, Soft Boys, Big Country, and The Plimsouls!
ReplyDeleteWell that's half of them... Lol
Delete1983 was a year of plenty.
ReplyDeleteI will give some Dutch Toppers from back then,
and also prior to your album pick, give some albums
that shook my foundation then, and in hindsight.
Cybotron - Enter I only knew them ten years later.
SepPuKu - Dekompositiones 12'' EP
DRI - Dirty Rotten EP
Slayer - Show No Mercy. It was the start for their series of brilliance.
Suicidal Tendencies- Institutionalized (5 years later, everybody knew that one)
Jason & The Nashville Scorchers - Fervor
Clock DVA - Advantage
Well, after these, please take time for
Soft Verdict - Struggle For Pleasure. The title track and Close Cover are as beautiful music can get.
Dutch delicacies
VOF de Kunst - Suzanne
Het Goede Doel - België (released late 82, but huge in 83)
The Nits - Nescio (If you do not know his song, look it up)
Hans de Booy had three great songs in 83
Een vrouw zoals jij, Annabel, Thuis Ben
It was a good year for Pop. Bow Wow Wow, What Fun, Nena,
Wham, Fun Fun, Divine, Belle Stars
Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know
Some of those I know, the rest I will have to search for
DeleteI forgot Rockit by Herbie Hancock
ReplyDeleteFaltan temas 1-2 y 4
ReplyDeleteI don't know what that is
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