Albums of the Year | 1983

After giving a brief overview of the year in music, Jason, Kramzer, and Joe each make their picks for the best albums of 1983 and discuss what they think makes them so great.

Best-Selling Album: Thriller by Michael Jackson
Longest No. 1 Single: Every Breath You Take by The Police
Grammy – Album of the Year: Thriller by Michael Jackson
Grammy - Record of the Year: Beat It by Michael Jackson
Grammy – Song of the Year: Every Breath You Take by The Police
Groups Formed: Art of Noise, Autograph, BoDeans, Bon Jovi, Box of Frogs, Camper Van Beethoven, Cinderella, The Cult, Flaming Lips, Guided By Voices, The Housemartins, L.A. Guns, Megadeth, Melvins, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, NOFX, Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Stone Roses, The Tragically Hip, The Waterboys
Groups Disbanded: Atomic Rooster, The Carpenters, Gang of Four, Humble Pie, Moxy, Rufus, The Who, Yazoo
Deaths: Lamar Williams, Karen Carpenter, Pete Farndon, Muddy Waters, Felix Pappalardi, Chris Wood, Klaus Nomi, James Jamerson, Merle Travis, Dennis Wilson, Tom Evans
Top-Grossing Film: Return of the Jedi
TIME’s Person of The Year: Ronald Reagan & Yuri Andropov

Don't forget to comment below with your favorite albums of '83, and if you'd like, take a stab at guessing what our picks for 1984 will be.

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