CASH BOX MAGAZINE’S (BARRY KOWAL)TOP ALBUMS OF 1983
No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-MARCH 4950 2 CAN'T SLOW DOWN-LIONEL RICHIE-December 3222 3 SYNCHRONICITY-POLICE-August 2486 4 BUSINESS AS USUAL-MEN AT WORK-January 2092 5 PYROMANIA-DEF LEPPARD-June 1928 6 AN INNOCENT MAN-BILLY JOEL-October 1874 7 H20-DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES-February 1716 8 FLASHDANCE-SOUNDTRACK-June 1476 9 FRONTIERS-Journey-April 1274 10 LET'S DANCE-David Bowie-June 1148 11 Metal Health-Quiet Riot-November 956 12 Cargo-Men At Work-May 818 13 The Distance-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-March 808 14 What's New-Linda Ronstadt-December 796 15 Genesis-Genesis-December 786 16 Kilroy Was Here-Styx-April 776 17 The Wild Heart-Stevie Nicks-August 772 18 Get Nervous-Pat Benatar-January 738 19 Rio-Duran Duran-March 542 20 1999-Prince-June 508 21 The Principle Of Moments-Robert Plant-October 504 22 Midnight Love-Marvin Gaye-January 470 23 Keep It Up-Loverboy-August 448 24 Faster Than The Speed Of Night-Bonnie Tyler-October 444 25 Undercover-Rolling Stones-December 426 26 Long After Dark-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-January 386 27 The Final Cut-Pink Floyd-May 366 28 Coda-Led Zeppelin-January 362 29 Eyes That See In The Dark-Kenny Rogers-November 338 30 Staying Alive Soundtrack-September 338 31 Hello I Must Be Going-Phil Collins-February 318 32 Air Supply's Greatest Hits-October 310 33 Reach The Beach-The Fixx-October 300 34 Jarreau-Al Jarreau-May 298 35 Cuts Like A Knife-Bryan Adams-June 296 36 Killer On The Rampage-Eddy Grant-July 294 37 Kissing To Be Clever-Culture Club-April 294 38 Combat Rock-Clash-February 278 30 Live From Earth-Pat Benatar-November 262 40 Speaking In Tongues-Talking Heads-August 258 41 Alpha-Asia-September 246 42 She Works Hard For The Money-Donna Summer-August 218 43 Lawyers In Love-Jackson Browne-September 206 44 Another Page-Christopher Cross-March 206 45 War-U2-May 200 46 The Closer You Get-Alabama-April 198 47 Powerlight-Earth,Wind & Fire-April 190 48 Spring Session M-Missing Persons-February 188 48 Jane Fonda's Workout Record-March 174 50 Flick Of The Switch-AC/DC-October 160 51 Pipes Of Peace-Paul McCartney-December 150 52 Duran Duran-Duran Duran-August 116 53 The Crossing Big Country-November 112 54 Records-Foreigner-February 110 55 Sweet Dreams(Are Made Of This)-Eurythmics-September 106 56 The Golden Age Of Wireless-Thomas Dolby-June 104 57 Rant 'n' Rave With The Stray Cats-October 72 58 Infidels-Bob Dylan-December 68 59 Living In Oz-Rick Springfield-June 68 60 Rhythm Of Youth-Men Without Hats-September 68 61 Dan Fogelberg's Greatest Hits-Dan Fogelberg-January 68 62 Cold Blooded-Rick James-October 68 63 In Your Eyes-George Benson-July 68