jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (01/05/84)
It's been a few weeks since I received any replies to my request for top
albums of 1983, so I'll assume I'm not going to get any more and post the
results. Here they are:
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net.records Top Albums of 1983
No. Artist Title
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1 New Order Power Corruption And Lies
2 U2 War
3 R.E.M. Murmur
4 Robert Plant The Principle Of Moments
5 Tears For Fears The Hurting
6 The Jam Snap
7 The Neats The Neats
8 Violent Femmes Violent Femmes
9 Genesis Genesis
10 Michael Jackson Thriller
11 The Police Synchronicity
12 Talking Heads Sp Eak In Gi N To Ngu Es
13 Chesterfield Kings Here Are The Chesterfield Kings
14 Mike Oldfield Crises
15 Prince 1999
16 Big Country The Crossing
17 Green On Red Gravity Talks
18 Bauhaus Burning From The Inside
19 Love Tractor Around The Bend
20 Rain Parade Third Rail Emergency Power Trip
21 Minor Threat Out Of Step
22 The Three O'Clock Sixteen Tambourines
23 Berlin Pleasure Victim
24 Asia Alpha
25 Vanity 6 Vanity 6
26 Yes 90125
27 The Cure The Walk
28 Let's Active Afoot
29 Black Market Baby Senseless Offerings
30 Bill Laswell Baselines
31 Jamaaladeen Tacuma Show Stopper
32 Frank Zappa London Symphony Orchestra Vol. 1
33 Weather Report Procession
34 Allan Holdsworth Road Games
35 Jean-Luc Ponty Individual Choice
36 Soft Cell The Art Of Falling Apart
37 Yaz(oo) You And Me Both
38 Various Artists Rainy Day
39 Howard Devoto Jerky Versions Of The Dream
40 The Spoons Talkback
41 Billy Joel An Innocent Man
42 Long Ryders 10-5-60
43 The Cramps Off The Bone
44 Ch 3 After The Lights Go Out
45 Hawkwind The Text Of Festivals 1970-1972
46 The Three O'Clock Baroque Hoedown
47 Black Flag Everything's Gone Black
48 Thomas Dolby Blinded By Science
49 Eno Apollo
50 Incantation Dance Of The Flames
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I'm disappointed that I got such a small number of replies, but many thanks
to the 10 or so people who did send me their lists. The criteria I used to
order them were, in order:
1. Largest number of people who named the album on their list.
2. Lowest sum of the positions at which the album was listed.
3. From all the lists on which the album appeared, the best position at
which it ranked on a single list.
4. Largest list on which the album appeared.
I also saved the comments people sent in with their lists. I'll mail
them to anyone who requests them. They could be very informative if
you're looking for good music that you haven't heard yet.
Jeff Richardson
DCIEM, Toronto