Lawyers in Love is the seventh album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1983. It reached number 8 on the Billboard Pop album chart and number 30 on the Billboard 200. It was Browne’s fourth straight Top 10 album and stayed on the charts for 33 weeks. Out of eight tracks, five were released … Read more
Born Again is the eleventh studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in August 1983. It is the only album the group recorded with lead vocalist Ian Gillan. It has been panned by critics, but reached #4 in the UK charts as well as the top 40 in the United States. The … Read more
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on 28 February 1983. The album has come to be regarded as U2’s first overtly political album, in part because of songs like “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “New Year’s Day”, as well as the title, which stems from the band’s perception of the world … Read more
Can’t Slow Down is the title of Lionel Richie’s second solo album, which was released on October 11, 1983. The album reached #1 on the Billboard album chart on December 3, 1983, where it stayed for three weeks. It also spent 59 consecutive weeks inside the Top 10 (including the entire year of 1984) and … Read more
True is the third studio album by British band Spandau Ballet. It was released in March 1983. While Spandau Ballet’s first two albums earned them European popularity, True made them worldwide stars and was heavily influenced by jazz, soul, and R&B. It reached No. 1 on the UK charts, the top 20 in the United … Read more
Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by The Police, released on June 1, 1983. The band’s most popular release, Synchronicity includes the hit songs “Every Breath You Take”, “King of Pain”, “Wrapped Around Your Finger”, and “Synchronicity II”. The album’s title was inspired by Arthur Koestler’s The Roots of Coincidence, which mentions Carl … Read more
Metal Health is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released on March 11, 1983, bolstered by the #5 hit “Cum on Feel the Noize” and the #31 hit “Metal Health”. Metal Health is notable for being the very first heavy metal album to reach the #1 spot on … Read more
Frontiers, Journey’s eighth studio album (and ninth overall), was released in February 1983 on the Columbia Records label. The album reached #2 on the Billboard chart and would garner four top 40 singles: “After the Fall” (#23), “Send Her My Love” (#23), “Faithfully” (#12), and “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” (#8), and a rock radio hit … Read more