 | Hysteria by Def Leppard
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $3.99 They were, and still are, my favorite all time band. This album started the love affair that never ended.
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 | Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $4.00 "Shot thru the heart...and you're to blame/darlin' you give love a bad name", these opening words had me lip synching enthusastically and striking a rock singer pose.
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 | Third Stage by Boston
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.95 Another one my brother Dan got me into it. "Amanda" still brings up memories of teen angst and pinning for girls I had no chance at dating.
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 | 7 Wishes by Night Ranger
Buy used from: $7.99 My older btother Dan gets credit again for turning me onto this band and this album especially was one of my favorites of theirs.
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 | Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $4.38 We all know the legendary video, but this whole album sticks out to me as a great piece of work.
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 | Chicago 17 by Chicago
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $0.70 I know, I know, cheesy, but I was like 13 and a sucker for cheesy ballads.
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 | OU812 by Van Halen
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.60 "When It's Love" spoke to my unrequited feelings for someone at the time, and "Feels So Good" and "Finish What Ya Started" were just plain fun.
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 | Whitesnake by Whitesnake
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.00 That voice of David Coverdale was ballsy, and how could I forget the first time I saw the video for "Here I Go Again" on MTV? (Kids, that was back when MTV played music videos.)
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 | Trash by Alice Cooper
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $6.48 By the late 80's, Alice wasn't much more then a leftover from a decade when I was still in diapers and riding tricycles. But this album changed that and made him relevant all over again to teenagers like me.
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 | Street Talk by Steve Perry
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $29.13 "Oh Sherrie" was a staple on MTV, and "Foolish Heart" was my anthem for all the heartbreak I went thru.
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 | 5150 by Van Halen
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $1.19 "Hey! I like this Sammy Hagar guy!"
-My 14 year old self
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 | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden
Buy used from: $3.66 The first Maiden album I ever bought. I was so excited!!
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 | Chicago 19 by Chicago
Buy used from: $0.86 To this day, "Look Away" still makes me want to belt it out in the car...with the windows rolled firmly up.
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 | Hold Your Fire by Rush
Buy used from: $0.99 This album educated me about the brilliance of Rush.
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 | The End of the Innocence by Don Henley
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 There so many great songs on here, but "Heart of the Matter" was the one I listened to over and over...and over.
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 | New Jersey by Bon Jovi
Buy used from: $0.72 In 1988, there were few albums I listened to more.
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 | No Protection
Buy used from: $5.49 Ok, I had a Starship phase during my teen years. (shudder) I still own a copy of this one though, lol.
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 | Silk and Steel by Giuffria
Buy used from: $19.96 Pure and polished 80's hair band, complete with soppy power ballads. Another obscure one, but I remember when my brother made me a copy of this. It stayed in my Walkman for weeks.
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 | 1984 by Van Halen
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $4.43 The beginning of my love for VH!
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 | Eat 'Em and Smile by David Lee Roth
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.96 Although I was heavily getting into the Sammy Hagar version of VH, I still liked what Diamond Dave was up to.
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 | Rock of Life by Rick Springfield
Buy used from: $89.99 I really hadn't heard much of Rick Springfield till this album...honest...really...
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 | Raised on Radio by Journey
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.50 Another one that did not leave my Walkman for weeks on end.
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 | Look What the Cat Dragged In by Poison
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.49 I thought the make up was a little silly, but I loved the music. They ended up being the first band I ever saw live in concert.
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 | Love at First Sting by Scorpions
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.37 Yes, we all know the big hits, but for me, the track "Coming Home" had more meaning. I had just moved to the other side of the world and longed to go back to where I considered home.
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 | REO Speedwagon The Hits by REO Speedwagon
Buy used from: $0.01 I once called into a radio station to dedicate "Can't Fight This Feeling" to some girl I had a crush on. I never had the nerve to ask her out, so this album got a lot of play in my Walkman.
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 | Richard Marx by Richard Marx
Buy used from: $0.01 "Should've Known Better" was in heavy rotation on MTV, and "Don't Mean Nothin'" was all over the radio. For me, every track was just as memorable.
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 | Pride by White Lion
Buy used from: $0.69 I won a cassette copy of this at a school dance raffel. It was the one lone highlight of a dance that I spent standing in the corner by myself.
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 | I Never Said Goodbye by Sammy Hagar
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.60 When this came out in 1987, it had no title. I think it was an MTV contest that eventually gave it one. Still, I didn't care, this was some of Sammy's best work.
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 | Repeat Offender by Richard Marx
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $0.24 We had just moved to England and I made a point of getting this when it came out. "Satisfied" quickly became another teen anthem.
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 | Thunder in the East by Loudness
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $5.99 Never heard of them? Not surprised. Whenever I said "they're a Japanese heavy metal band" people just rolled their eyes.
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 | Out of This World by Europe
Buy used from: $0.42 Who hasn't gotten tired of hearing the intro to "The Final Countdown"?? I have, that's why this band's follow up album is more special to me than their big breakthrough opus.
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 | Permanent Vacation by Aerosmith
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $1.26 I had kinda heard of them in '86, who didn't know "Walk This Way"? But this album really got me into their music. "Angel" was another teen anthem.
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 | Bad English by Bad English
Buy used from: $0.01 It was my Senior year and this one was huge. Too bad they ended up being a flash in the pan supergroup.
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 | Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich by Warrant
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.34 Admit it, "Heaven" had a lot of you flicking on your bic lighters.
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 | Open Up and Say...Ahh! by Poison
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.75 "Every Rose Had Its Thorn" I'm sure was played at least one of my Proms. What i remember more is the silly controversy over the album cover.
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 | Inside Information by Foreigner
Buy new: $8.96 / Used from: $0.81 Not one of their biggest selling gems, but I listened to this alot. Plenty of air keyboard and guitar.
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 | The Great Radio Controversy by Tesla
Buy used from: $1.99 Tesla's first album was good, but I remember this got more play and I bought it without hearing anything from it.
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 | Savage Amusement by Scorpions
Buy used from: $2.93 All of these albums on my list were originally bought in casette format. I actually purchased this as a record. That's right kids, an honest to god vinyl record.
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 | Lita by Lita Ford
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.80 My first ever CD! I think I paid 16 bucks for it. Funny, twenty plus years later, some stores still charge that much for a CD.
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 | Perfect Timing by McAuley Schenker Group
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $54.99 This is an obscure one, no big hits, but to me it has a special place.
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