DJ Egg's Eclectic MeggaMusic Best Albums of 1983

In alphabetical order, not in order of preference.

African Head Charge - Drastic Season (On-U Sound)
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Renegades Of Funk! (mixes) (Tommmy Boy)
Al Di Meola - Scenario (CBS / Columbia)
Alice Cooper - Dada (Warner Bros.)
Alman Mulo Band - Mamissi (Harvey Bainbridge/Hawkwind Cassettes)
Amon Düül II - Meetings With Menmachines, Inglorious Heroes Of The Past (Illuminated)
Anti-Pasti - No Government: The Best Of Anti-Pasti (1980-1983) (Cleopatra)
Arthur Russell - Tower of Meaning (Chatham Square)
Aswad - Live And Direct (Island)
Big Country - The Crossing (Mercury)
Black Uhuru - Anthem (Island)
Black Uhuru - The Dub Factor (Mango / Island)
Bob Dylan - Infidels (CBS / Columbia)
Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (EG / Polydor)
Cabaret Voltaire - The Crackdown (Some Bizarre / Virgin)
China Crisis - Working With Fire And Steel (Virgin)
Chrome - No Humans Allowed (Expanded Music)
Chrome - Raining Milk (Mosquito)
Clannad - Magical Ring (RCA)
Clock DVA - Advantage (Polydor)
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels (4AD)
Comsat Angels - Land (Jive)
CTI - European Rendezvous: CTI Live 1983 (Doublevision)
Cybotron - Enter (Fantasy)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (RCA)
Durutti Column - Amigos Em Portugal (Factory)
Durutti Column - Another Setting (Factory)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine (Korova / WEA)
Edgar Froese - Pinnacles (Virgin)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Drawings Of Patient O.T. (Some Bizarre)
ELO - Secret Messages (Jet)
ESG - Come Away With ESG (99 records)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (RCA)
Eurythmics - Touch (RCA)
Felt - The Splendour Of Fear (Cherry Red)
Flash And The Pan - Pan-Orama (Easy Beat)
Front 242 - Geography (Red Rhino / Wax Trax!)
Genesis - Genesis (Charisma / Atlantic)
Godley & Creme - Birds Of Prey (Polydor)
Gurbachan Singh Sachdev - Incantations (Arion)
Hawkwind - Zones (Flicknife)
Here And Now - Fantasy Shift (Chick Records)
Ian Anderson - Walk Into Light (Chrysalis)
Icehouse - Love In Motion (Chrysalis)
Jaco Pastorius - Invitation (Warner Bros.)
Jah Shaka - Brimstone And Fire (Shaka Music)
Jah Shaka - Revelation Songs (Shaka Music)
Jah Wobble - Jah Wobble's Bedroom Album (Lago)
Jah Wobble, The Edge & Holger Czukay - Snake Charmer (Island)
Jean-Luc Ponty - Individual Choice (Atlantic)
Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection: Classics (1975-1983) (A&M)
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucía - Passion Grace & Fire (Columbia)
Jon And Vangelis - Private Collection (Polydor)
Jon Hassell - Aka / Darbari / Java - Magic Realism (Editions EG)
Judie Tzuke - Ritmo (Chrysalis)
Kalahari Surfers - Gross National Product (235)
King Tubby - First Prophet Of Dub (Tamoki Wambesi)
Klaus Schulze & Rainer Bloss - Dziękuję Poland Live (Innovative Communication)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Presents Megaton Dub 2 (Seven Leaves)
Level 42 - Standing In The Light (Polydor)
London Underground - Current Affairs Session (On-U Sound)
Mad Professor - Dub Me Crazy 3: The African Connection (Ariwa)
Mad Professor - Dub Me Crazy 4: Escape To The Asylum Of Dub (Ariwa)
Marianne Faithfull - A Childs Adventure (Island)
Mark Shreeve - Assassin (Uniton / Jive)
Mark Stewart + Maffia - Learning To Cope With Cowardice (On-U Sound)
Michael Garrison - Point Of Impact (Windspell)
Mike Oldfield - Crises (Virgin)
Monsoon - Third Eye (Phonogram / Mercury)
Muslimgauze - Kabul (Product Kinematograph)
Muslimgauze - Opaques (Product Kinematograph)
Mutabaruka - Dub Poets Dub (Heartbeat)
Negus Roots Meets The Mad Professor - Dub Rockers Vol. 2: In A Rub A Dub Style (Negus Roots)
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (Factory)
Nightcrawlers - Shadowless Veil (Nightcrawlers)
Nocturnal Emissions - Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss (Anthems Of The Meat Generation) (Sterile)
Nocturnal Emissions - Dyskinesia (Sterile)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Dazzle Ships (Virgin)
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon (Epic / CBS)
Paul Horn - Inside The Magic Of Findhorn (Golden Flute)
Paul Nagle - Chimera (Soft Room)
Paul Simon - Hearts And Bones (Warner Bros.)
Pauline Anna Strom - Plot Zero (Trans-Millenia Consort)
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqats (Island)
Popol Vuh - Agape-Agape Love-Love (Uniton)
Popol Vuh - In The Gardens Of Pharao / Aguirre (Celestial Harmonies)
Prince Jammy - Presents Osbourne In Dub (CSA Records)
Prince Jammy V King Tubbys - His Majestic Dub (Sky Juice)
Psi Nukli - Psychelektra Trip Projekta (Psi Cassettes)
Psychic TV - Dreams Less Sweet (Some Bizarre)
Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip (Enigma)
R.E.M. - Murmur (I.R.S.)
Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing (EMI)
Richard Bone - Brave Tales (Survival)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Coda (London Records)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Virgin / MCA)
Sad Lovers And Giants - Feeding The Flame (Midnight Music)
Scientist - The People's Choice Dub (Kingdom / Tamoki-Wambesi-Dove)
Scientist & Prince Jammy / Roots Radics Band - Scientist and Jammy Strike Back! (Trojan)
Severed Heads - Since The Accident (Ink)
Shriekback - The Best of Shriekback: The Infinite (KAZ)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Nocturne (Polydor)
Sisters of Mercy - The Reptile House / Alice / Anaconda (EP / 12" singles) (Merciful Release)
Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex + Kill Yr. Idols (Neutral / Zensor)
Steps Ahead - Steps Ahead (Elektra)
Steve Hiett - Down On The Road By The Beach (CBS / Sony)
Steve Hillage - For To Next / And Not Or (Virgin)
Steve Jolliffe - Journeys Out Of The Body (Nada Pulse)
Steve Roach - Now / Traveler (Domino / Fortuna)
Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart (Modern / WEA)
Suns Of Arqa - Wadada Magic (Antler Records)
Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues (Sire)
Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea (Virgin)
Tangerine Dream - The Keep (Bootleg / TDI Music)
Tangerine Dream - Wavelength OST (Varèse Sarabande)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (Mercury)
Test Dept. - Compulsion (Some Bizarre)
The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge (Statik)
The Creatures - Feast (Polydor / Wonderland)
The Cure - Japanese Whispers (Fiction)
The Fall - Perverted By Language (Rough Trade)
The Glove - Blue Sunshine (Wonderland / Polydor)
The Legendary Pink Dots - Chemical Playschool 3 & 4 (Mirrordot)
The Monochrome Set - Volume, Contrast, Brilliance... (Sessions & Singles Vol. 1) (Cherry Red)
The Police - Synchronicity (A&M)
The Raincoats - Moving (Rough Trade)
The The - Soul Mining (Epic / Some Bizarre)
The Waterboys - The Waterboys (Chicken Jazz / Island)
Tom Robinson - War Baby / Listen To The Radio (Atmospherics) (CDS / 12") (Panic)
Tony Banks - The Fugitive (Charisma)
Twinkle Brothers - Dub Massacre 2: Killer Selections (Twinkle Music)
U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky (Island)
U2 - War (Island)
Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure (Rough Trade / Happy Valley)
Wang Chung - Points On The Curve (Geffen)
Weather Report - Procession (Columbia)
XTC - Mummer (Virgin)
Xymox - Subsequent Pleasures (Xymox / Pseudonym)
Yello - You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess (Stiff / Elektra)
Yes - 90125 (ATCO)
Zos Kia / Coil - Transparent (Nekrophile)
:zoviet*france: - Mohnomishe (Red Rhino)

Approximate Genres

Eclectic, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelia, Space Rock, Prog. Rock, Art Rock, Folk-Rock, New-Wave, Post-Punk, Industrial, Industro-Goth, Krautrock, Berlin-School, World Music, Tribal, Dub, Fusion, Future/Nu-Jazz, Worldbeat, New-Age, Neofolk, Ethereal, Avantgarde, Neoclassical, Indie/Alternative, Synthpop/Electronica, Chillout, Ambient, Crossover, Ambi-Cultural-Tribal-Trance™.