Back in time…

1983 – The year Monty Python‘s nutcases hit the cinema screen again
with The Meaning Of Life. The Chicago Times nailed it with their verdict:
“A barbed, uncompromising attack on generally observed community standards.”

And here Turn Up The Volume‘s jumbo
playlist of 25 ace tracks from 1983.

With New Order, Talking Heads, Violent Femmes,
The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Police,
Costello, Tom Waits, and more…

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1983 – Also the year Bowie told us to dance, to put on our red shoes and sing the blues…

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NME‘s #1 album of 1983
PUNCH THE CLOCK by ELVIS COSTELLO
Full list here.

Rolling Stone‘s #1 album of 1983.
MURMUR by R.E.M.
Full list here.