Rock Short Takes, February 1983

Click on the image below to open a pdf file of the "Rock Short Takes" album reviews from Musician magazine's February 1983 issue. Artists include Diana Ross, Heaven 17, Chic, and Talk Talk.

Promo posters as seen on "WKRP in Cincinnati" #84

Albums: Jimi Hendrix - The Cry of Love (1979 reissue, Reprise), Oingo Boingo - Only a Lad (1981, I.R.S.), Crosby, Still & Nash - Replay (1980, Atlantic),  Mick Fleetwood - The Visitor (1981, RCA)
Episode:  Season 4, Episode 4, "Rumors"
Original air date: Wednesday, October 28, 1981

40 years ago: Taken from "The Back Page" - Radio & Records #1's of 1983

Week	Contemporary Hit Radio	Adult/Contemporary	AOR/Hot Tracks	AOR/Albums
Jan 7	"Down Under" Men at Work	"Baby, Come to Me Patti Austin with James Ingram	"Your Love is Driving Me Crazy" Sammy Hagar	Long After Dark Tom Petty
Jan 14				The Distance Bob Seger
Jan 21		"Heart to Heart" Kenny Loggins	"Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran
Jan 28
Feb 4		"You Are" Lionel Richie
Feb 11	"Shame on the Moon" Bob Seger		"Separate Ways" Journey
Feb 18	"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" Culture Club			Frontiers Journey
Feb 25
Mar 4	"You Are" Lionel Richie
Mar 11	"Billie Jean" Michael Jackson
Mar 18			"Photograph" Def Leppard
Mar 25	"Separate Ways" Journey	"Make Love Stay" Dan Fogelberg
Apr 1				Pyromania Def Leppard
Apr 8	"Jeopardy" Greg Kihn Band	"It Might Be You" Stephen Bishop
Apr 15		"I Won't Hold You Back" Toto	"Overkill" Men at Work
Apr 22
Apr 29	"Beat It" Michael Jackson			Cargo Men at Work
May 6	"Overkill" Men at Work	"My Love" Lionel Richie	"She's a Beauty" The Tubes
May 13
May 20				Outside/Inside The Tubes
May 25	"Flashdance (What a Feeling)" Irene Cara			Cargo Men at Work
June 3		"Never Gonna Let You Go" Sergio Mendes	"Every Breath You Take" The Police	Pyromania Def Leppard
June 10
June 17				Synchronicity The Police
June 24
Jul 1	"Every Breath You Take" The Police	"All This Love" DeBarge
July 8
July 15		"Every Breath You Take" The Police
July 22
July 29			"Don't Cry" Asia
Aug 5		"All Time High" Rita Coolidge
Aug 12			"King of Pain" The Police
Aug 19		"Human Nature" Michael Jackson
Aug 26	"Maniac" Michael Sembello
Sept 2	"Tell Her About It" Billy Joel	"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Laura Branigan
Sept 9		"Tell Her About It" Billy Joel
Sept 16			"How Can I Refuse" Heart
Sept 23	"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler	"True" Spandau Ballet
Sept 30
Oct 7			"Love is a Battlefield" Pat Benatar
Oct 14	"King of Pain" Police	"All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie		Live from Earth Pat Benatar
Oct 21
Oct 28	"All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie		"Crumblin' Down" John Cougar Mellencamp	Uh-Huh John Cougar Mellencamp
Nov 4
Nov 11			"Undercover of the Night" The Rolling Stones
Nov 18	"Say Say Say" Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson	"Uptown Girl" Billy Joel	"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes	Undercover The Rolling Stones
Nov 25
Dec 2		"Say Say Say" Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson		90125 Yes
Dec 9		"Read 'Em and Weep" Barry Manilow
Dec 16
Week	Contemporary Hit Radio	Adult/Contemporary	AOR/Hot Tracks	AOR/Albums

Painstakingly compiled from primary sources and presented here for purposes of comparison (and because I was curious and am mildly addicted to chart data).

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Promo posters as seen on "WKRP in Cincinnati" #83

Albums: Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity (1981, EMI),  Supertramp - Paris (1980, A&M)
Episode:  Season 4, Episode 4, "Rumors"
Original air date: Wednesday, October 28, 1981


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41 Years Ago - Top Albums of March 20, 1982

Let's take a look at what was topping various album charts on March 20, 1982.

	Billboard	CashBox	Rolling Stone
1	Beauty and the Beat The Go-Go's	Beauty and the Beat The Go-Go's	Freeze-Frame The J. Geils Band
2	Freeze-Frame The J. Geils Band	Freeze-Frame The J. Geils Band	Ghost in the Machine The Police
3	I Love Rock 'n' Roll Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	I Love Rock 'n' Roll Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	Beauty and the Beat The Go-Go's
4	4 Foreigner	Escape Journey	Tattoo You Rolling Stones
5	Escape Journey	Ghost in the Machine The Police	4 Foreigner
6	Chariots of Fire Vangelis	Physical Olivia Newton-John	Private Eyes Daryl Hall & John Oates
7	Ghost in the Machine The Police	Hooked on Classics Royal Phil. Orch.	Quarterflash Quarterflash
8	Physical Olivia Newton-John	Chariots of Fire Vangelis	Escape Journey
9	Great White North Bob & Doug McKenzie	Private Eyes Daryl Hall & John Oates	Shake It Up The Cars
10	Get Lucky Loverboy	4 Foreigner	Hooked on Classics Royal Phil. Orch.

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. (tie) Beauty and the Beat and Freeze-Frame (28 points)
3. Ghost in the Machine (19 pts)
4. (tie) I Love Rock 'n' Roll and Escape (16 pts)
6. 4 (14 pts)
7. (tie) Chariots of Fire and Physical (8 pts)
9. (tie) Private Eyes and Tattoo You (7 pts)
11. Hooked On Classics (5 pts)
12. Quarterflash (4 pts)
13. (tie) Great White North and Shake It Up (2 pts)
15. Get Lucky (1 pt)