Album Year: 1983
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies is the debut studio album by American hardcore punk band Suicidal Tendencies, released on July 5, 1983 through Frontier Records. Regarded as one of the best-selling and most successful punk rock albums, Suicidal Tendencies was well-received by fans and critics alike, and the airplay of its only single “Institutionalized” (for which its music … Read more
Kill ’em All
Kill ‘Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 25, 1983, by the independent record label Megaforce Records. Kill ‘Em All is regarded as a groundbreaking album for thrash metal because of its precise musicianship, which fuses new wave of British heavy metal riffs with hardcore … Read more
The Final Cut
The Final Cut is the twelfth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. It was released on 21 March 1983 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom, and several weeks later by Columbia Records in the United States. A concept album, The Final Cut is the last of the band’s releases to include … Read more
Out for Blood
Out for Blood is the debut solo album from guitarist/vocalist Lita Ford, formerly of the band The Runaways. The original cover art for this album featured Lita standing in front of a spiderweb holding a broken blood spurting guitar. It was later replaced with a cover of Lita standing in front of a purple background … Read more
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Like an X-ray of a dinosaur egg, this debut Weird Al Yankovic production provides a detailed glimpse of the creature to be grown. “Another One Rides the Bus” is the earliest of his arena rock parodies, recorded in 1980 during an on-air appearance on the Dr. Demento show and a classic piece of musical humor. … Read more
Candy Girl
Candy Girl is the debut album by New Edition, released on the Streetwise label, in 1983.
Breaking the Chains
Breaking the Chains is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken. It was originally released in Europe as Breakin’ the Chains on the French label Carrere Records, in 1981. This version contains different mixes and titles of songs from the later U.S. edition. “Paris Is Burning” is called “Paris”, and is actually … Read more