AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S TOP ALBUMS OF 1983
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month-Peak Position 1 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-JUNE-1 2 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1-MIDNIGHT OIL-January-3 3 TOO LOW FOR ZERO-ELTON JOHN-October-2 4 LET'S DANCE-DAVID BOWIE-April-1 5 FLASHDANCE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS-August-1 6 LOVE OVER GOLD-DIRE STRAITS-January-1 7 THE KEY-JOAN ARMATRADING-June-4 8 SPIRIT OF PLACE-Goanna-February-2 9 SYNCHRONICITY-The Police-July-1 10 TRUE-Spandau Ballet-November-4 11 An Innocent Man-Billy Joel-November-3 12 Business As Usual-Men At Work-February-1 13 Greatest Hits Volume 3-Olivia Newton-John-March-1 14 Cargo-Men At Work-May-1 15 The Breakers '83-Various Artists-September-1 16 Air Supply's Greatest Hits-Air Supply-September-1 17 Desperate-Divinyls-February-5 18 1983 The Hot Ones-Various Artists-May-1 19 Sweet Dreams(Are Made Of This)-Eurythmics-July-5 20 Escapade-Tim Finn-July-8 21 Toto IV-Toto-April-1 22 Shabooh Shoobah-INXS-January-5 23 The John Lennon Collection-John Lennon-January-1 24 Faster Than The Speed Of Night-Bonnie Tyler-July-3 25 Colour By Numbers-Culture Club-November-1 26 War-U2-April-9 27 Go For It-Various Artists-April-1 28 Very Best Of The Carpenters-Carpenters-February-1 29 The Number Ones-The Beatles-June-1 30 Blues Brothers-Soundtrack-October-10 31 The Final Cut-Pink Floyd-May-3 32 Greatest Hits Volume 2-John Denver-May-3 33 Reach-Richard Simmons-March-12 34 Another Page-Christopher Cross-March 6 35 Caught In The Act-Redgum-June-5 36 Lionel Richie-Lionel Richie-February-18 37 The Best Of Joe Cocker-Joe Cocker-October-1 38 The Wild Heart-Stevie Nicks-July-8 39 Greatest Hits Volume 2-Eagles-January-5 40 25 Years Of Gold-Cliff Richard-March-1 41 The Principle Of Moments-Robert Plant-September-10 42 Watch The Red-The Angels-June-6 43 Enz Of An Era-Split Enz-February-8 44 Primitive Man-Icehouse-January-3 45 Keep On Dancing-Various Artists-August-1 46 Kissing To Be Clever-Culture Club-January-16 47 Piano Hits-Eric Robertson-March-6 48 Flick Of The Switch-AC/DC-September-3 49 1982? Up In Lights-Various Artists-January-9 50 In Your Eyes-George Benson-July-13 51 Foreign Affairs-Sharon O'Neill-October-17 52 Women Of Rock-Various Artists-August-6 53 Greatest Hits Volume 2-Little River Band-April-13 54 Famous Last Words-Supertramp-January-2 55 The Getaway-Chris DeBurgh-April-18 56 Eyes That See In The Dark-Kenny Rogers-November-6 57 Hello I Must Be Going-Phil Collins-March-15 58 Just One-Renee And Renato-November-7 59 Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2-Village People-June-15 60 Heavy-Various Artists-August-7 61 The Winners:1982-Various Artists-January-4 62 Killer On The Rampage-Eddy Grant-September-11 63 Live At Several 21sts-The Party Boys-April-9 64 What's New-Linda Ronstadt-November-11 65 1983? Summer Breaks-Various Artists-December-1 66 Greatest Hits-Luciano Pavarotti-February-7 67 Music From "Local Hero"-Mark Knopfler-July-12 68 Creatures Of Leisure-Mental As Anything-April-8 69 Fantastic-Wham!-August-6 70 Greatest Hits Of Rock 'N' Roll-Various Artists-July-12 71 Hottest Hits-Hot Chocolate-January-4 72 Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I-Stevie Wonder-March-9 73 Undercover-Rolling Stones-November-3 74 A Child's Adventure-Marianne Faithfull-May-14 75 Crises-Mike Oldfield-September-17 76 The Distance-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-February-13 77 Night And Day-Joe Jackson-May-5 78 The Concert In Central Park-Simon & Garfunkel-February-5 79 Heartbreaker-Dionne Warwick-February-14 80 Confrontation-Bob Marley & The Wailers-August-11 81 Scream Of The Real-The Radiators-June-15 82 The Nylon Curtain-Billy Joel-January-4 83 Records-Foreigner-January-26 84 The Kids From Fame-TV Soundtrack-April-34 85 H20-Daryl Hall & John Oates-January-3 86 Seven & The Ragged Tiger-Duran Duran-December-2 87 No Parlez-Paul Young-October-19 88 Infidels-Bob Dylan-December-6 89 Pipes Of Peace-Paul McCartney-November-9 90 Million Sellers Of The 50s-Various Artists-February 10 91 This Is My Song-Harry Secombe-July-9 92 Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2-Donna Summer-June-16 93 Million Sellers Of The 60s-Various Artists-May-11 94 Love Songs-Elton John-January-5 95 When You Were Sweet Sixteen-The Fureys-February-18 96 Duck Rock-Malcolm McLaren-August-13 97 Body Wishes-Rod Stewart-July-14 98 Avalon-Roxy Music-January-1 99 Lawyers In Love-Jackson Browne-September-15 100 Scarred For Life-Rose Tattoo-January-11