FAVOURITE RECORDS OF 1983
SEE ALSO, MY FAVOURITE SINGLES OF 1983
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[01] R.E.M.
MURMER
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Radio Free Europe" / "Moral Kiosk" / "Pilgrimage"
R.E.M. - PERFECT CIRCLE
R.E.M. - PILGRIMAGE
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[02] ESG
COME AWAY WITH ESG
FAVOURITE SONGS: “UFO” / “Moody (Spaced Out)” / “My Love for You”
ESG - MOODY
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[03] NEW ORDER
POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Age of Consent" / "Leave Me Alone" / "Blue Monday"
NEW ORDER - LEAVE ME ALONE
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[04] COCTEAU TWINS
HEAD OVER HEELS
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Sugar Hiccup" / "Glass Candle Grenades" / "Five Ten Fiftyfold"
COCTEAU TWINS - GLASS CANDLE GRENADES
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[05] ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
PORCUPINE
FAVOURITE SONGS: “The Cutter” / “Heads Will Roll” / “Back of Love”
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN - THE BACK OF LOVE
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[06] TOM WAITS
SWORDFISHTROMBONES
FAVOURITE SONGS: "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six" / "Swordfishtrombone" / "Underground"
TOM WAITS - 16 SHELLS FROM A THIRTY-OUGHT SIX
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[07] DANIEL JOHNSTON
HI, HOW ARE YOU? and YIP/JUMP MUSIC
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Chord Organ Blues" / "Walking the Cow" / "Big Business Monkey"
TRAILER FOR 'THE DEVIL & DANIEL JOHNSTON' DOCUMENTARY:
DANIEL JOHNSTON - WALKING THE COW (fan video)
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[08] THE FALL
PERVERTED BY LANGUAGE
FAVOURITE SONGS: "I Feel Voxish" / "Eat Y'self Fitter" / "Garden"
THE FALL - I FEEL VOXISH
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[09] BRIAN ENO
APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES & SOUNDTRACKS
FAVOURITE SONGS: "An Ending (Ascent)" / "Stars" / "Deep Blue Day"
BRIAN ENO - DEEP BLUE DAY
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[10] TALKING HEADS
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
FAVOURITE SONGS: “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” / “Burning Down the House” / “Swamp”
TALKING HEADS - BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
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[11] METALLICA
KILL 'EM ALL
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Whiplash" / "Seek and Destroy" / "Hit the Lights"
METALLICA - SEEK AND DESTROY
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[12] THE POLICE
SYNCHRONICITY
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Synchronicity II" / "King of Pain" / "Walking in Your Footsteps"
THE POLICE - SYNCHRONICITY II
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[13] MINOR THREAT
OUT OF STEP
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Look Back and Laugh” / “Betray” / “Out of Step”
MINOR THREAT - LOOK BACK AND LAUGH
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[14] TEARS FOR FEARS
THE HURTING
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Mad World" / "Pale Shelter" / "Memories Fade"
TEARS FOR FEARS - PALE SHELTER
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[15] U2
WAR
FAVOURITE SONGS: "New Year's Day" / "Sunday Bloody Sunday" / "Seconds"
U2 -
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[16] PSYCHIC TV
DREAMS LESS SWEET
FAVOURITE SONGS: "The Orchids" / "In the Nursery" / "White Nights"
PSYCHIC TV - THE ORCHIDS
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[17] THE CHAMELEONS
SCRIPT OF THE BRIDGE
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Up the Down Escalator" / "Monkeyland" / "As High as You Can Go"
THE CHAMELEONS
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[18] WIPERS
OVER THE EDGE
FAVOURITE SONGS: "So Young" / "Doomtown" / "Over the Edge"
WIPERS -
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[19] SONIC YOUTH
CONFUSION IS SEX
FAVOURITE SONGS: “Shaking Hell” / “Protect Me You” / “Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog”
SONIC YOUTH - BROTHER JAMES (live)
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[20] THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
MUTINY!
FAVOURITE SONGS: "Mutiny in Heaven" / "Swampland" / "Jennifer's Veil
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - JUNKYARD (live on German TV)
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