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The most long-term influential release of 1983 is probably Head over Heels by the Cocteau Twins, which sold poorly upon its initial release. In the ensuing years, the album's eclectic assortment of alternative rock, New Wave and synth pop influences became a cornerstone of later alternative rock groups, most especially in the United Kingdom, where the Cocteau Twins' mix of airy textures and breathless vocals (dream pop) mutated into genres like twee pop, space rock and shoegazing, and eventually hit mainstream success with a psychedelic-influenced form, Britpop.

Another album that eventually became enormously influential is Kill 'Em All by Metallica. This, their debut, is often considered the first purely thrash metal album, and helped lead the way for the diversification of heavy metal genres in the later part of the decade. Kill 'Em All 's popular success was quite limited, though it received rave reviews from metal critics and fans for its then-unique blend of earlier heavy metal pioneers, especially the New Wave of British heavy metal like Judas Priest, and hardcore punk, such as The Ramones.

Quiet Riot's Metal Health was enormously popular in 1983, and was the first heavy metal album to go to #1 on the pop charts. The lead single, "Cum on Feel the Noize" (cover of Slade) was also a huge hit, and set the stage for the mainstream crossover of later hair metal bands like Guns N' Roses and Def Leppard. Metal Health is also the only album in Quiet Riot's catalogue to achieve much success critically or popularly.

The country music legend Kenny Rogers records his 23rd studio album "We've Got Tonight," which is his last album for Liberty records. He signs to RCA for a guaranteed sum of no less than $20 million for 6 albums, the biggest record deal of all-time up to that point. His earnings for those recordings will amount to even more, but no details have ever been made public. Rogers' RCA debut included his duet with Dolly Parton, "Islands in the Stream", which would become one of the biggest records of the year.

Some releases from 1983 deserve special mention:

19 the of August : Radio Caroline starts is " testing with Non stop Live Music on 963 kHz " - 319 Mtr (312 Mtr) from The Ross Revenge with the highest mast ever build on a ship 90 Mtr high (300 Feet long)

20 August 1983 Offshore Radio : Radio Caroline comes on the air with the opening of the station with Dj : Tom Anderson at 12:00 Uk Time (13:00 CET) for 3 hours from a new Ship : Ross Revenge (Knok Deep, near Margate, kent) South East Coast, Engeland. The very big mast came down in a very big storm in 1987.

With up's and down's Radio Caroline did stay on the air and till Nov 1990. When a very big storm ho did put the ship in a danger for the few people ho did stay on the ship. The ship was in a very bad state and did came on land by forse. The ship did stay long in port of Dover. Radio Caroline still have the ship and till do day in 2006. Radio Caroline is still on air via Internet [link title]http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk

Note: Radio Caroline came on the air for the first time Easter 1964 as the first Offshore Radio Station in England to fight the BBC Monopoly. [link title]http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/History

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