 | Powerslave by Iron Maiden
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.75 The ultimate 80's metal album. Great songs from start to finish. Maiden in their prime.
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 | Live After Death by Iron Maiden
Buy new: $24.98 / Used from: $7.99 Great live recordings of the classic Maiden songs. Probably the best live album of the 80's. Best song: Powerslave.
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 | Fair Warning by Van Halen
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.11 Van Halen with DLR and they're kicking on all cylinders.
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 | 1984 by Van Halen
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.90 The radio "friendliness" doesn't detract from what is a superb musical album. Unfortunately, DLR's last with the band.
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 | 5150 by Van Halen
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.99 Yeah, it's Sammy and not Dave, but it's still Eddie on the guitar. 5150 is VH's best "Sammy" song.
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 | Moving Pictures by Rush
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.27 Rush's apotheosis. "A brilliant red Barchetta from a better vanished time."
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 | Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $1.88 Bought this album because of an add I saw in "Circus" magazine back in '86/87. Loved the album ever since for the music. Probably the best L.A. based rock album of the late '80's.
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 | Ride the Lightning by Metallica
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.52 Metallica's first great album.
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 | Master of Puppets by Metallica
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.95 The standard by which all other thrash albums are judged. Favorite song: Disposable Heroes.
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 | ...And Justice for All by Metallica
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.95 The lack of bass frequencies detracts a little from this politically charged thrash classic. Metallica in their prime. Favorite song: Shortest Straw
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 | Back in Black by AC/DC
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.23 Does anyone NOT own or love this album?
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 | For Those About to Rock We Salute You by AC/DC
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $5.40 Continues where Back in Black leaves off. "We roll tonight, to the guitar bite."
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 | Who Made Who by AC/DC
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.45 AC/DC retrospective from 1986 with 3 new tunes including the 4 chord thunderer in "Chase the Ace."
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 | Pyromania by Def Leppard
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.73 I still love the intro to Photograph - the sound of the guitar being plugged in and then the chords. One of the best New Wave of British Heavy Metal ("NWOBHM") albums.
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 | Shout at the Devil by Mötley Crüe
Buy used from: $3.54 Look at these guys back in 1984! Yeah it's glam rock, but it's powerful.
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 | Mechanical Resonance by Tesla
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.91 Straight forward American rock from 1986.
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 | Under Lock and Key by Dokken
Buy used from: $1.00 George Lynch was/is awesome in the true sense of the word. Love his tone on this album. Best song: The Hunter.
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 | Skyscraper by David Lee Roth
Buy new: $8.96 / Used from: $1.48 DLR with Steve Vai made a geat combo after DLR left Van Halen. Best song: Hina.
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 | Priest...Live! by Judas Priest
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.38 Live compilation of Judas Priest's best from the 80's.
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 | Surfing with the Alien by Joe Satriani
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $3.95 This blew us all away when we first heard it. Satriani has kicked butt ever since. Check out the whammy bar action on the song Surfing with the Alien. Favorite song though is "Lords of Karma."
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 | Practice What You Preach by Testament
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.48 1989 thrasher including title song and, my favorite, "Perilous Nation."
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 | Operation: Mindcrime by Queensrÿche
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.61 Really well written and played. Favorite song: I don't believe in love.
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 | Time Odyssey by Vinnie Moore
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.40 A little neo-classical guitar playing never hurt anyone. This was (IMHO) the best of the genre.
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 | Out of the Cellar by Ratt
Buy used from: $1.65 Warren Di Martini was an underrated guitar player, and his playing shines on this album.
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 | Whitesnake by Whitesnake
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.76 A little cheesy for sure, but David Coverdale sounds great. "In the still of the night!"
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