1984 - Best Albums

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Continuing down the rabbit hole. Here's what I got. Again, I have to give it to Queensryche. Sometimes I forget how much I love this band.

 

Black 'N Blue - Black 'N Blue

Scorpions - Love at First Sting

Bryan Adams - Reckless

Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling

Queensryche - The Warning

Stryper - The Yellow and Black Attack

Kick Axe - Vices

Helix - Walkin' the Razor's Edge

[Glen]

My likely top 20 - just by alphabet.

 

Bryan Adams - Reckless

Airrace - Shaft of Light

Bon Jovi - s/t

Dio - Last in Line

Dokken - Tooth & Nail

Foreigner - Agent

Franke - Makin The Point

Giuffria - s/t

HSAS - Through The Fire

Iron Maiden - Powerslave

Marillion - Fugazi

Orion The Hunter - st

Steve Perry -Street Talk

REO - Wheels

Ratt - Out of The Cellar

survivor - Vital Signs

Toto -Isolation

van Halen - 1984

White Sister - st

Whitesnake - Slide it in

 

a pretty special year for me....14 yrs old. I used to nick most of these from my bros room to play cos I had hardly any money!!

 

I remember I had Bon Jovi, iron Maiden, Marillion, Steve Perry and White Snake on cassette and that was it!

 

You really listened to an album to death in those days. Thats why some of them are so special now :-)

[Geoff]

Well this is where it all starts for me. Should be a great year. Just looking at your list, Glen... I'll be amazed if White Sister is not my number one for this year. Should be a given.

 

Here's what I've done so far:

 

1. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi - 93

2. Great White - Great White - 80

3. Autograph - Sign In Please - 79

4. Antix - Get Up, Get Happy - 77

5. Black N' Blue - Black N' Blue - 76

6. Bryan Adams - Reckless - 74

7. Lita Ford - Dancin' On The Edge - 74

8. Fast Forward - Living In Fiction - 73

9. Export - Contraband - 71

10. Dianno - Dianno - 70

11. Frank Stallone - Frank Stallone - 63

12. TNT - Knights Of The New Thunder - 62

13. 220 Volt - Power Games - 61

14. Jim Capaldi - One Man Mission - 59

15. Whitesnake - Slide It In - 58

[zacharyamelie]

Metallica - Ride The Lightning the band's best release in my opinion and quite possibly the greatest Thrash Metal release ever.

[Jez]

1983..The year of the huge debut album. Some monsters in here

 

 

Kim Mitchell - Akimbo Alogo

Zappacosta - S/T

Steve Perry - Street Talk

Russ Ballard - S/T

Giuffria - S/T

Toto - Isolation

Survivor - Vital Signs

Bryan Adams - Reckless

Fee Waybill - Read My Lips

Bon Jovi - S/T

Strangeways - S/T

White Sister - S/T

Airrace - Shaft Of Light

Autograph - Sign In Please

Orion The Hunter - S/T

Andy Fraser - Fine Fine Line

Urgent - Timing

Billy Satellite - S/T

Legs Diamond - Out On Bail

John Parr - S/T

Van Stephenson - Righteous Anger

Frank Stallone - S/T

 

 

Franke & The K.O - Makin' The Point

Lionheart - Hot Tonight

John Waite - No Brakes

Honeymoon Suite - S/T

Lee Aaron - Lee Aaron project

Marillion - Fugazi

Vow Wow - Beat Of Metal Motion

Keats - S/T

Tommy Shaw - Girls With Guns

Whitesnake - Slide It In

[Fat Freddy]

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

Ramones - Too Tough To Die

Helstar - Burning Star

Iron Maiden - Powerslave

Loudness - Disillusion

Stryper - Yellow & Black Attack

Queensryche - The Warning

Dio - The Last in Line

Dokken - Tooth & Nail

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath

Metal Church - Metal Church

[Gibbo]

My 'Top 20' for 1984 is actually a 'Top 21' ... sue me ...

 

In no particular order:

 

W.A.S.P.: W.A.S.P.

Dio: The Last In Line (one of the first albums I ever bought, after hearing 'Mystery' on The Friday Rock Show)

Dokken: Tooth & Nail
Iron Maiden: Powerslave
Marillion: Fugazi

Van Halen: 1984
Whitesnake: Slide It In

Metallica: Ride The Lightning

Metal Church: Metal Church

Mercyful Fate: Don't Break The Oath

Celtic Frost: Morbid Tales

The Cult: Dreamtime

Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers

Hanoi Rocks: Two Steps From The Move

Judas Priest: Defenders Of The Faith

Q5: Steel The Light

Scorpions: Love At First Sting

TNT: Knights Of The New Thunder

Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry

Y&T: In Rock We Trust

Venom: At War With Satan

[Dead Planet]

Accept - Balls to the Wall

Bon Jovi - S/T

Dio - The Last In Line

Dokken - Tooth and Nail

Fastway - All Fired Up

Helix - Walkin The Razor's Edge

Icon - S/T

Krokus - The Blitz

Saxon - Crusader

Scorpions - Love at First Sting

Whitesnake - Slide It In

[Grey]

One clear winner for me: Molly Hatchet - The Deed is Done

[Gibbo]

My 'Top 21' has turned into a 'Top 30' for 1984 ... this was the year I first got into rock/metal, so there are a lot of favourites:

 

W.A.S.P.: W.A.S.P.

Dio: The Last In Line

Dokken: Tooth & Nail
Iron Maiden: Powerslave
Marillion: Fugazi

Van Halen: 1984
Whitesnake: Slide It In

Metallica: Ride The Lightning

Metal Church: Metal Church

Mercyful Fate: Don't Break The Oath

Celtic Frost: Morbid Tales

The Cult: Dreamtime

Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers

Stratus: Throwing Shapes

Hanoi Rocks: Two Steps From The Move

Judas Priest: Defenders Of The Faith

Boss: Step On It

Scorpions: Love At First Sting

TNT: Knights Of The New Thunder

Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry

Y&T: In Rock We Trust

Venom: At War With Satan

Pet Hate: The Bride Wore Red

Chequered Past: Chequered Past

Spellbound: Breaking The Spell

Shire: Shire

Bruce Springsteen: Born In the USA

Bryan Adams: Reckless

Don Henley: Building The Perfect Beast

Airrace: Shaft Of Light

[kourosofsteel3]

Bon Jovi - s/t

Cirith Ungol- King of the Dead

Dokken - Tooth & Nail

Europe- Wings of Tomorrow

Helstar- Burning Star

Jag Panzer- Ample Destruction

Manowar- Hail to England

Manowar- Sign of The Hammer

Pretty Maids- Red, Hot and Heavy

Omen- Battle Cry

Ostrogoth- Ecstasy and Danger

Q5-Steel The Light

Running Wild- Gates To Purgatory

Survivor - Vital Signs

Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling

Stryper - The Yellow and Black Attack

Stormwitch- Walpurgis Night

Sortilege- Métamorphose

Wasp- S/t

Warlord- And the Cannons…

Twisted Sister- Stay Hungry

TNT- Knights Of The New Thunder

Tokyo Blade- Night of the Blade/Night of the Blade-The Night Before

Yngwie-Rising Force

Worth Mentioning

Brocas Helm-Into Battle

Camel- Stationary Traveller

Tommy Shaw - Girls With Guns

Icon- S/t

Lizzy Borden- Give ‘em the Axe/Love you to Pieces

Shok Paris- Go For the Throat

Sacred Rite-S/t

Witch Cross- Fit for Fight

Exciter - Violence and Force

Scorpions - Love at First Sting

[Chisel Chin]

My Top 15 best of 1984 (in alphabetical order)

Autograph - Sign In Please

Cold Chisel - Twentieth Century

Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
Marillion - Fugazi
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Rush - Grace Under Pressure
Scorpions - Love At First Sting
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
Survivor - Vital Signs
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Van Halen - 1984
W.A.S.P. - WASP
Whitesnake - Slide It In
Y & T - In Rock We Trust

Now we're cooking... my favourite Rush album, as well as some great albums from Scorpions, Iron Maiden and U2 which are some of my highest rated albums in my entire collection.