AUSTRALIA'S (ARIA/AMR:BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1983
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month-Peak Position 1 TOO LOW FOR ZERO-ELTON JOHN-OCTOBER-2 2602 2 COLOUR BY NUMBERS-CULTURE CLUB-November-1 2128 3 AN INNOCENT MAN-BILLY JOEL-November-3 1892 4 LET'S DANCE-DAVID BOWIE-April-1 1320 5 SPIRIT OF PLACE-GOANNA-February-2 1272 6 FLASHDANCE SOUNDTRACK-VARIOUS ARTISTS-August-1 1096 7 SYNCHRONICITY-POLICE-July-1 1090 8 THE KEY-Joan Armatrading-June-4 1044 9 TRUE-Spandau Ballet-November-4 882 10 THE JOHN LENNON COLLECTION-John Lennon-January-1 782 11 The Breakers '83-Various Artists-September-1 706 12 Greatest Hits Volume 3-Olivia Newton-John-March-1 704 13 The Concert In Central Park-Simon & Garfunkel-February-5 678 14 Air Supply's Greatest Hits-Air Supply-September-1 674 15 Hottest Hits-Hot Chocolate-January-4 666 16 Toto IV-Toto-April-1 594 17 1983? Summer Breaks-Various Artists-December-1 594 18 Faster Than The Speed Of Night-Bonnie Tyler-July-3 582 19 Go For It-Various Artists-April-1 576 20 1983 The Hot Ones-Various Artists-May-1 560 21 Eyes That See In The Dark-Kenny Rogers-November-6 554 22 Very Best Of The Carpenters-Carpenters-February-1 536 23 Desperate-Divinyls-February-5 516 24 Sweet Dreams(Are Made Of This)-Eurythmics-July-5 512 25 The Number Ones-The Beatles-June-1 512 26 Cargo-Men At Work-May-1 492 27 25 Years Of Gold-Cliff Richard-March-1 444 28 The Best Of Joe Cocker-Joe Cocker-October-1 410 29 Keep On Dancing-Various Artists-August-1 408 30 The Final Cut-Pink Floyd-May-3 402 31 Undercover-Rolling Stones-November-3 388 32 Greatest Hits Volume 2-John Denver-May-3 378 33 Piano Hits-Eric Robertson-March-6 376 34 Enz Of An Era-Split Enz-February-8 356 35 Escapade-Tim Finn-July-8 354 36 1982? Up In Lights-Various Artists-January-9 354 37 The Wild Heart-Stevie Nicks-July-8 352 38 Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I-Stevie Wonder-March-9 348 39 The Principle Of Moments-Robert Plant-September-10 336 40 Watch The Red-The Angels-June-6 316 41 Blues Brothers-Soundtrack-October-10 314 42 Caught In The Act-Redgum-June-5 314 43 Another Page-Christopher Cross-March 6 306 44 Heavy-Various Artists-August-7 298 45 Flick Of The Switch-AC/DC-September-3 294 46 Greatest Hits Volume 2-Eagles-January-5 280 47 The British Pop Collection-Various Artists-December-8 258 48 What's New-Linda Ronstadt-November-11 252 49 The Winners:1982-Various Artists-January-4 250 50 Just One-Renee And Renato-November-7 246 51 Infidels-Bob Dylan-December-6 226 52 Seven & The Ragged Tiger-Duran Duran-December-2 218 53 Love Songs-Elton John-January-5 216 54 Greatest Hits-Luciano Pavarotti-February-7 214 55 This Is My Song-Harry Secombe-July-9 210 56 The Party Tapes-Various Artists-December-9 198 57 War-U2-April-9 194 58 Fantastic-Wham!-August-6 186 59 Women Of Rock-Various Artists-August-6 174 60 Pipes Of Peace-Paul McCartney-November-9 170 61 Creatures Of Leisure-Mental As Anything-April-8 160 62 Live At Several 21sts-The Party Boys-April-9 156 63 Million Sellers Of The 50s-Various Artists-February 10 154 64 Greatest Hits-Pointer Sisters-January-11 148 65 Confrontation-Bob Marley & The Wailers-August-11 114 66 Million Sellers Of The 60s-Various Artists-May-11 114 67 In Your Eyes-George Benson-July-13 106 68 Unforgettable-Nat King Cole-November-10 80 69 The Net-Little River Band-June-11 78 70 Reach-Richard Simmons-March-12 74 71 Killer On The Rampage-Eddy Grant-September-11 74 72 The Pleasure Of Your Company-The Models-November-12 74 73 Their Greatest Hits-The Who-October-13 70 74 Themes And Dreams-Various Artists-March-13 70 75 Heartbreaker-Dionne Warwick-February-14 68 76 The Best Of The Goons-The Goons-April-11 40 77 Music From "Local Hero"-Mark Knopfler-July 38 78 Greatest Hits Of Rock 'N' Roll-Various Artists-July-12 38 79 Greatest Hits Volume 2-Little River Band-April-13 36 80 The Distance-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-February-13 36 81 Duck Rock-Malcolm McLaren-August-13 36 82 Journey Through Classics-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-September-13 36 83 Pan Flute Golden Hits-Various Artists-August-13 36 84 All My Loving-Matt Monro-April-13 36 85 A Child's Adventure-Marianne Faithfull-May-14 34 86 Body Wishes-Rod Stewart-July-14 34 87 Labour Of Love-UB40-December-14 34 88 Sing-Along Banjo Party-Geoff Love-September-14 34