NME - Jaarlijst 1983
| 1 | Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Punch the clock | 1983 |
| 2 | Tom Waits | Swordfishtrombones | 1983 |
| 3 | Billy Bragg | Life's a riot with spy vs. spy | 1982 |
| 4 | Soft cell | The art of falling apart | 1983 |
| 5 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | 1982 |
| 6 | Yello | You gotta say yes to another excess | 1983 |
| 7 | Culture club | Colour by numbers | 1983 |
| 8 | Wynton Marsalis | Think of one | 1983 |
| 9 | Malcolm McLaren | Duck rock | 1983 |
| 10 | King Sunny Adé and his African beats | Synchro system | 1983 |
| 11 | Cabaret Voltaire | The crackdown | 1983 |
| 12 | Aztec camera | High land, hard rain | 1983 |
| 13 | David Bowie | Let's dance | 1983 |
| 14 | Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle | One from the heart (soundtrack) | 1982 |
| 15 | Rick James | Cold-blooded | 1983 |
| 16 | New order | Power, corruption and lies | 1983 |
| 17 | Ramones | Subterranean jungle | 1983 |
| 18 | Randy Newman | Trouble in paradise | 1983 |
| 19 | James Booker | Classified | 1983 |
| 20 | Doors | Alive she cried | 1983 |
| 21 | Franco & Rochereau | Choc choc choc | 1983 |
| 22 | Eurythmics | Touch | 1983 |
| 23 | Charlie Haden | Ballad of the fallen | 1983 |
| 24 | Junior Walker | Blow the house down | 1983 |
| 25 | The The | Soul mining | 1983 |
| 26 | Eurythmics | Sweet dreams (are made of this) | 1983 |
| 27 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Zeichnung des Patienten O.T. | 1983 |
| 28 | Prince | 1999 | 1982 |
| 29 | Police | Synchronicity | 1983 |
| 30 | B.B. King | Blues & jazz | 1983 |
| 31 | Van Morrison | Inarticulate speech of the heart | 1983 |
| 32 | Echo & the Bunnymen | Porcupine | 1983 |
| 33 | R.E.M. | Murmur | 1983 |
| 34 | MC 5 | Babes in arms | 1983 |
| 35 | Fun boy three | Waiting | 1983 |
| 36 | Was (not Was) | Born to laugh at torndoes | 1983 |
| 37 | Lou Reed | Legendary hearts | 1983 |
| 38 | Go-betweens | Before Hollywood | 1983 |
| 39 | B-52's | Whammy | 1983 |
| 40 | Dolly Parton | Burlap and satin | 1983 |
| 41 | Virginia Astley | From gardens where we feel secure | 1983 |
| 42 | Marine girls | Lazy ways | 1983 |
| 43 | Philip Glass | The photographer | 1983 |
| 44 | Gil Evans | Priestess | 1983 |
| 45 | Prince Charles and the City beat band | Stone killers! | 1982 |
| 46 | George Russell | Live in an American time spiral | 1983 |
| 47 | Yazoo | You and me both | 1983 |
| 48 | Herbie Hancock | Future shock | 1982 |
| 49 | Bobby 'Blue' Bland | Tell mr. Bland | 1983 |
| 50 | Bad brains | Rock for light | 1983 |
| 10 | King Sunny Adé and his African beats | Synchro system | 1983 |
| 41 | Virginia Astley | From gardens where we feel secure | 1983 |
| 12 | Aztec camera | High land, hard rain | 1983 |
| 39 | B-52's | Whammy | 1983 |
| 50 | Bad brains | Rock for light | 1983 |
| 49 | Bobby 'Blue' Bland | Tell mr. Bland | 1983 |
| 19 | James Booker | Classified | 1983 |
| 13 | David Bowie | Let's dance | 1983 |
| 3 | Billy Bragg | Life's a riot with spy vs. spy | 1982 |
| 11 | Cabaret Voltaire | The crackdown | 1983 |
| 1 | Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Punch the clock | 1983 |
| 7 | Culture club | Colour by numbers | 1983 |
| 20 | Doors | Alive she cried | 1983 |
| 32 | Echo & the Bunnymen | Porcupine | 1983 |
| 27 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Zeichnung des Patienten O.T. | 1983 |
| 26 | Eurythmics | Sweet dreams (are made of this) | 1983 |
| 22 | Eurythmics | Touch | 1983 |
| 44 | Gil Evans | Priestess | 1983 |
| 21 | Franco & Rochereau | Choc choc choc | 1983 |
| 35 | Fun boy three | Waiting | 1983 |
| 43 | Philip Glass | The photographer | 1983 |
| 38 | Go-betweens | Before Hollywood | 1983 |
| 23 | Charlie Haden | Ballad of the fallen | 1983 |
| 48 | Herbie Hancock | Future shock | 1982 |
| 5 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | 1982 |
| 15 | Rick James | Cold-blooded | 1983 |
| 30 | B.B. King | Blues & jazz | 1983 |
| 42 | Marine girls | Lazy ways | 1983 |
| 8 | Wynton Marsalis | Think of one | 1983 |
| 34 | MC 5 | Babes in arms | 1983 |
| 9 | Malcolm McLaren | Duck rock | 1983 |
| 31 | Van Morrison | Inarticulate speech of the heart | 1983 |
| 16 | New order | Power, corruption and lies | 1983 |
| 18 | Randy Newman | Trouble in paradise | 1983 |
| 40 | Dolly Parton | Burlap and satin | 1983 |
| 29 | Police | Synchronicity | 1983 |
| 28 | Prince | 1999 | 1982 |
| 45 | Prince Charles and the City beat band | Stone killers! | 1982 |
| 33 | R.E.M. | Murmur | 1983 |
| 17 | Ramones | Subterranean jungle | 1983 |
| 37 | Lou Reed | Legendary hearts | 1983 |
| 46 | George Russell | Live in an American time spiral | 1983 |
| 4 | Soft cell | The art of falling apart | 1983 |
| 25 | The The | Soul mining | 1983 |
| 14 | Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle | One from the heart (soundtrack) | 1982 |
| 2 | Tom Waits | Swordfishtrombones | 1983 |
| 24 | Junior Walker | Blow the house down | 1983 |
| 36 | Was (not Was) | Born to laugh at torndoes | 1983 |
| 47 | Yazoo | You and me both | 1983 |
| 6 | Yello | You gotta say yes to another excess | 1983 |
(woensdag 1 juni 2022)