THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z) (Website) CHART'S TOP ALBUMS FOR 1983
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 LET'S DANCE-DAVID BOWIE-MAY 2 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-June 3 TRUE-SPANDAU BALLET-September 4 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)-EURYTHMICS-August 5 LOVE OVER GOLD-DIRE STRAITS-January 6 PRIMITIVE MAN-ICEHOUSE-February 7 LIVING MY LIFE-GRACE JONES-February 8 SYNCHRONICITY-The Police-August 9 LIONEL RICHIE-Lionel Richie-May 10 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band-March 11 Too Low For Zero-Elton John-December 12 War-U2-May 13 Fantastic-Wham!-September 14 Speaking In Tongues-Talking Heads-November 15 Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart-Van Morrison-June 16 Flashdance OST-Various Artists-September 17 Principle Of Moments-Robert Plant-October 18 Cargo-Men at Work-May 19 The Final Cut-Pink Floyd-April 20 The Key-Joan Armatrading-June 21 Billy Idol-Billy Idol-November 22 Escapade-Tim Finn-August 23 Quick Step And Side Kick-Thompson Twins-May 24 1999-Prince-September 25 Faster Than The Speed Of Night-Bonnie Tyler-July 26 Air Supply Greatest Hits-Air Supply-October 27 Foreign Affairs-Sharon O'Neill-July 28 H2O-Daryl Hall & John Oates-February 29 An Innocent Man-Billy Joel-December 30 Concert In Central Park-Simon & Garfunkel-February 31 You And Me Both-Yazoo-October 32 Enz OF An Era-Split Enz-January 33 Power,Corruption And Lies-New Order-June 34 Business As Usual-Men at Work-January 35 Nightclubbing-Grace Jones-January 36 Making Movies-Dire Straits-March 37 Colour By Numbers-Culture Club-November 38 Rio-Duran Duran-July 39 Eliminator-ZZ Top-December 40 Crises-Mike Oldfield-September 41 Labour Of Love-UB40-November 42 Night And Day-Joe Jackson-April 43 Bite-Altered Images-October 44 Jane Fonda's Workout Record-Jane Fonda-August 45 The Wayward Wind-James Galway-May 46 No Parlez-Paul Young-December 47 Tropical Gangsters-Kid Creole & The Coconuts-January 48 Duck Rock-Malcolm McLaren-February 49 Live At Mainstreet-Dance Exponents/Legion-July 50 New Gold Dreams-Simple Minds-October