There is no point in writing much following the encyclopaedic intro to the year, so let me just add a couple more:
Elvis Presley and America - U2
From the last U2 album I liked.
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
Crazy good song
1983 was the year where I encountered the so called Neoprog Rock. Specifically Marillion released their debut Album Script for a Jester's Tear. This group and in particular lead singer Fish became very, very important to me. I still know many of their lyrics by heart. I know they released an EP...
I have no picks left but a 1982 playlist about the evolution of rock must in my humble option have a tune from Thriller, Michael Jackson. I am not a fan, guy was nuts and a nonce, but this is the best selling record of all time. We have to acknowledge that. Can somebody please nominate something?
Let me chip in with 4 very different tunes.
Les Concerts en Chine was the first LP I ever bought in my life. In 1982 I was 14. Until today it is one of my all time favourites. Have to nominate one from there, sorry.
Here goes nothing:
Five Miles Out - Mike Oldfield
O Superman - Laurie Anderson...