Great list! This year had a little bit of everything… great hard rock, classic hair Metal, great thrash, great traditional metal, early death & black metal, etc. Good to see some love for Fly On The Wall!
It really did! And is a worthy follow up to 84 which is one of the best years in music imo And Fly on the Wall is awesome! Just wish the production matched it lol
I like most of your top ten but, showing it was a strong year according to my tastes, none made mine: 10. Surgin' - When Midnight Comes (a Bon Jovi connection here. Main man, Jack Ponti co-wrote Shot Through The Heart, which also features on this album) 9. Icon - Night Of The Crime 8. Uriah Heep - Equator 7. Y & T - Down For The Count 6. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 5. Asia - Astra 4. Night Ranger - Seven Wishes 3. Randy California - Restless 2. Streets - Crimes In Mind (featuring Kansas' Steve Walsh & Billy Greer. Indeed, Power sounds as much a follow-up to this as it does a Kansas record) 1. Rick Springfield - Tao
I have always been curious about Fly On The Wall. Need to give it a listen. No Jacket Required is EXCELLENCE start to finish. Lots of the guitarists I knew back in the day copied Don Dokken's guitar tone with their own rigs. I have been wanting to listen to Vivian Campbell's early material because I mostly know him from his tenure in Def Leppard. Power Windows was my gateway drug album to becoming a fan. It came out when I was 11 and just getting into rock music. I also joined school band that year playing drums so Peart was a big part of my attraction. May be my favorite Rush album. You couldn't get away from a radio or MTV without hearing one of the singles from Nervous Night that year. Great list!
@dadandRiy Fly on the Wall is awesome, just has a sloppy sounding production... if you can get past that, the songs are good! Also like Vivian Campbell's work on the first 3 Dio albums...it's different than what he sounds like in Def Leppard but I like Vivians work in both bands
I’m with you on the underrated albums like done with mirrors and sacred heart. Dokken and ratt 👊🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Great list! This year had a little bit of everything… great hard rock, classic hair Metal, great thrash, great traditional metal, early death & black metal, etc. Good to see some love for Fly On The Wall!
It really did! And is a worthy follow up to 84 which is one of the best years in music imo
And Fly on the Wall is awesome! Just wish the production matched it lol
I like most of your top ten but, showing it was a strong year according to my tastes, none made mine:
10. Surgin' - When Midnight Comes (a Bon Jovi connection here. Main man, Jack Ponti co-wrote Shot Through The Heart, which also features on this album)
9. Icon - Night Of The Crime
8. Uriah Heep - Equator
7. Y & T - Down For The Count
6. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
5. Asia - Astra
4. Night Ranger - Seven Wishes
3. Randy California - Restless
2. Streets - Crimes In Mind (featuring Kansas' Steve Walsh & Billy Greer. Indeed, Power sounds as much a follow-up to this as it does a Kansas record)
1. Rick Springfield - Tao
I have always been curious about Fly On The Wall. Need to give it a listen.
No Jacket Required is EXCELLENCE start to finish.
Lots of the guitarists I knew back in the day copied Don Dokken's guitar tone with their own rigs.
I have been wanting to listen to Vivian Campbell's early material because I mostly know him from his tenure in Def Leppard.
Power Windows was my gateway drug album to becoming a fan. It came out when I was 11 and just getting into rock music. I also joined school band that year playing drums so Peart was a big part of my attraction. May be my favorite Rush album.
You couldn't get away from a radio or MTV without hearing one of the singles from Nervous Night that year.
Great list!
@dadandRiy Fly on the Wall is awesome, just has a sloppy sounding production... if you can get past that, the songs are good!
Also like Vivian Campbell's work on the first 3 Dio albums...it's different than what he sounds like in Def Leppard but I like Vivians work in both bands
I love Dio’s “Hungry for Heaven” - def in my top 5 of Dio songs! Good man with Ratt and Asylum (my second fave KISS album!).
@@offthecharts2272 it's not bad, but it's my least favorite on that album
And hell yeah, gotta have Ratt and Asylum is awesome!
I can’t believe that 7800 Fahrenheit will be 40 this year!
@Bonjoviisgoat what's even harder for me to accept is that Have A Nice Day is 20 this year lol
@@themindseyecmh Yeah, and These Days will be 30. Not to mention, Crush will be 25!
@Bonjoviisgoat heck, Burning Bridges is 10! Lol
A good year. though not hard rock I would add “Love” The Cult, “ListenLike Thieves” INXS…