Hootenanny is the second studio album by The Replacements, released in April 1983 by Twin/Tone Records. It was mostly recorded from October 1982 to January 1983 at Stark/Mudge Mobile Unit warehouse, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (described in the liner notes as “a warehouse in some godawful suburb north of Mpls.”). “Run It” and “Within Your Reach” … Read more
Nena is the first album by German pop rock band Nena and the second studio album of its singer, Gabriele “Nena” Kerner. Released in 1983, it’s been part of the music genre called Neue Deutsche Welle (meaning “New German Wave”) movement in the German music.
Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself. Stylistically different from his previous LPs, the album moves away from the piano and string orchestra arrangements of the late 1970s, replacing them instead with unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract songwriting … Read more
Preceded by the singles ‘Pillar To Post’ and ‘Oblivious’, and the NME cassette release of ‘We Could Send Letters’, High Land, Hard Rain was released in April 1983, not long after leader Roddy Frame’s 19th birthday, and followed by ‘Walk Out To Winter’. The album and singles were originally released on the Rough Trade label, … Read more
No Parlez is the debut solo album by the British singer Paul Young. Released in 1983, it reached number one on the UK Albums Chart (for a non-consecutive total of 5 weeks) and remained in the UK Top 100 for 119 weeks. The album has been certified Triple Platinum by the BPI for UK sales … Read more
Headhunter is the seventh studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1983. It achieved Gold status in the United States. The track “Screaming in the Night” was the band’s biggest hit to date, and is still played on classic rock radio stations. Headhunter is the only Krokus album to feature Steve … Read more