CANADA'S (RPM:BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUM'S OF 1983
No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-MAY 4180 2 CAN'T SLOW DOWN-LIONEL RICHIE-December 2550 3 SYNCHRONICITY-POLICE-August 2262 4 LET'S DANCE-DAVID BOWIE-September 2056 5 PYROMANIA-DEF LEPPARD-September 1576 6 FLASHDANCE-SOUNDTRACK-June 1510 7 H20-DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES-March 1212 8 BUILT FOR SPEED-Stray Cats-January 1124 9 LIONEL RICHIE-Lionel Richie-March 1092 10 SPEAKING IN TONGUES-Talking Heads-July 938 11 Genesis-Genesis-December 934 12 Rio-Duran Duran-April 798 13 Cargo-Men At Work-May 792 14 Toto IV-Toto-April 788 15 Hello I Must Be Going-Phil Collins-February 782 16 Killer On The Rampage-Eddy Grant-July 714 17 Eyes That See In The Dark-Kenny Rogers-November 668 18 War-U2-May 652 19 The Principle Of Moments-Robert Plant-September 648 20 The Crossing-Big Country-November 604 21 Love Over Gold-Dire Straits-January 600 22 Sweet Dreams(Are Made Of This)-Eurythmics-October 598 23 Undercover-Rolling Stones-December 556 24 Kissing To Be Clever-Culture Club-March 552 25 After Eight-Taco-July 536 26 Kilroy Was Here-Styx-April 490 27 The Final Cut-Pink Floyd-May 486 28 Faster Than The Speed Of Night-Bonnie Tyler-September 484 29 True-Spandau Ballet-November 482 30 Billy Idol-Billy Idol-July 432 31 Coda-Led Zeppelin-January 410 32 Reach The Beach-The Fixx-October 406 33 The High Road-Roxy Music-May 406 34 Opus X-Chilliwack-January 394 35 Midnight Love-Marvin Gaye-March 358 36 Keep It Up-Loverboy-August 350 37 The Golden Age Of Wireless-Thomas Dolby-May 346 38 The Distance-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-February 324 39 The Hurting-Tears For Fears-August 324 40 Cuts Like A Knife-Bryan Adams-April 314 41 The Wild Heart-Stevie Nicks-August 296 42 Alpha-Asia-September 238 43 Blinded By Science-Thomas Dolby-April 232 44 The Present-Moody Blues-October 230 45 Too-Re-Ay-Dexys Midnight Runners-February 222 46 Neruda-Red Rider-March 210 47 Shaking The Foundations-Rough Trade-January 196 48 An Innocent Man-Billy Joel-October 190 49 Piece Of Mind-Iron Maiden-July 186 50 Flick Of The Switch-AC/DC-October 180 51 Trans-Neil Young-February 160 52 The Getaway-Chris DeBurgh-January 156 53 Staying Alive-Soundtrack-September 154 54 Pipes Of Peace-Paul McCartney-December 152 55 Rock 'n' Soul-Daryl Hall & John Oates-December 148 56 Twisting By The Pool-Dire Straits-March 144 57 The Youth Of Today-Musical Youth-February 132 58 Dancing With Danger-Streetheart-March 126 59 Frontiers-Journey-March 110 60 Listen-A Flock Of Seagulls-June 108 61 Infidels-Bob Dylan-December 102 62 Speak Of The Devil-Ozzy Osbourne-February 80 63 Lawyers In Love-Jackson Browne-October 72 64 State Of Confusion-Kinks-July 34 65 Friend Or Foe-Adam Ant-March 34 66 The Trouble With Normal-Bruce Cockburn-May 34