Favorite of these hard rock albums from 1983/1984

[EPICVIEW]

wow  tough one for me    I like all of them

maybe just my mood right now but I hit DEF LEP

[kirksnosehair]

Well, for 1983 nothing touches Saxon's "Power and the Glory" for me.  But from this list I'd probably go with Dio - Holy Diver. 

[El Barto]

I can see how this is a good list. They're all huge, and three of them were smash hits. They're all respectable albums. Most of them came as a real letdown for me, though. Love, Bark, and 1984 were all big steps backward for me. Even Holy Diver as a follow up to Mob, and his solo stuff was fairly hit or miss anyway. I'm probably going with Pyromania simply because, down here, at least, it was both fresh and it was pretty much a game-changer.

[EPICVIEW]

Well, for 1983 nothing touches Saxon's "Power and the Glory" for me.  But from this list I'd probably go with Dio - Holy Diver.

I saw Saxon a bunch during those years  always enjoyed them

[Lowdz]

 

Well, for 1983 nothing touches Saxon's "Power and the Glory" for me.  But from this list I'd probably go with Dio - Holy Diver.

That is a great album, worthy of being in the company of these albums.

I’d take Alcatrazz No Parole, Y&T’s Mean Streak from 83
Perfect Strangers, Queensryche ‘S The Warning from 84

[EPICVIEW]

Well, for 1983 nothing touches Saxon's "Power and the Glory" for me.  But from this list I'd probably go with Dio - Holy Diver.

That is a great album, worthy of being in the company of these albums.

I’d take Alcatrazz No Parole, Y&T’s Mean Streak from 83
Perfect Strangers, Queensryche ‘S The Warning from 84
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Yes to all the above



Im screwing up quoting it was me who says "yes to all the above"  me  EPICVIEW

[pg1067]

1983 and 1984 are right in the wheelhouse of what I consider to be the greatest period in hard rock/metal history -- in addition to the five albums in the poll:

Accept - Balls to the Wall
Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
Armored Saint - s/t and March of the Saint
Bon Jovi - s/t
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Dio - The Last in Line
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Fastway - s/t
Fates Warning - Night on Brocken (only really significant as the debut of a band that went on to do amazing things)
Grim Reaper - See You in Hell
Sammy Hagar - VOA
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind and Powerslave
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
KISS - Lick It Up (I don't like it, but still...)
Krokus - Headhunter
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Mercyful Fate - Melissa and Don't Break the Oath
Metallica - Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
MSG - Built to Destroy
Queensryche - s/t EP and The Warning
Raven - All for One
Ratt - s/t EP and Out of the Cellar
Saxon - Power & the Glory and Crusader
Slayer - Show No Mercy and Haunting the Chapel
Suicidal Tendencies - s/t
Triumph - Never Surrender and Thunder Seven
Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll and Stay Hungry
WASP - s/t
Whitesnake - Slide It In
Y&T - Mean Streak
Zebra - s/t

Etc., etc.

Edited because Thunder Seven ain't a Twisted Sister album!   

[Elite]

The only albums from that list I have heard are Rising Force (didn't like it) and the Metallica albums

[Max Kuehnau]

1983 and 1984 are right in the wheelhouse of what I consider to be the greatest period in hard rock/metal history -- in addition to the five albums in the poll:

Accept - Balls to the Wall
Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
Armored Saint - s/t and March of the Saint
Bon Jovi - s/t
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Dio - The Last in Line
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Fastway - s/t
Fates Warning - Night on Brocken (only really significant as the debut of a band that went on to do amazing things)
Grim Reaper - See You in Hell
Sammy Hagar - VOA
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind and Powerslave
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
KISS - Lick It Up (I don't like it, but still...)
Krokus - Headhunter
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Mercyful Fate - Melissa and Don't Break the Oath
Metallica - Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
MSG - Built to Destroy
Queensryche - s/t EP and The Warning
Raven - All for One
Ratt - s/t EP and Out of the Cellar
Saxon - Power & the Glory and Crusader
Slayer - Show No Mercy and Haunting the Chapel
Suicidal Tendencies - s/t
Triumph - Never Surrender
Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll and Thunder Seven and Stay Hungry
WASP - s/t
Whitesnake - Slide It In
Y&T - Mean Streak
Zebra - s/t

Etc., etc.

I do love some you mentioned too (given I know about them. I don't know every album you mentioned)

[TAC]

1981 is my favorite year of music, but 82, 83, & 84 are 8th-10th grade years and so robust with great albums.

[EPICVIEW]

1983 and 1984 are right in the wheelhouse of what I consider to be the greatest period in hard rock/metal history -- in addition to the five albums in the poll:

Accept - Balls to the Wall
Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
Armored Saint - s/t and March of the Saint
Bon Jovi - s/t
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Dio - The Last in Line
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Fastway - s/t
Fates Warning - Night on Brocken (only really significant as the debut of a band that went on to do amazing things)
Grim Reaper - See You in Hell
Sammy Hagar - VOA
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind and Powerslave
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
KISS - Lick It Up (I don't like it, but still...)
Krokus - Headhunter
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Mercyful Fate - Melissa and Don't Break the Oath
Metallica - Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
MSG - Built to Destroy
Queensryche - s/t EP and The Warning
Raven - All for One
Ratt - s/t EP and Out of the Cellar
Saxon - Power & the Glory and Crusader
Slayer - Show No Mercy and Haunting the Chapel
Suicidal Tendencies - s/t
Triumph - Never Surrender
Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll and Thunder Seven and Stay Hungry
WASP - s/t
Whitesnake - Slide It In
Y&T - Mean Streak
Zebra - s/t

Etc., etc.

great post   so much goodness

[TAC]

My Top 10 albums for each year:

1983

1. Metallica-Kill 'Em All
2. Dio-Holy Diver
3. Iron Maiden-Piece Of Mind
4. Saxon-Power And The Glory
5. Y&T-Mean Streak
6. Thin Lizzy-Thunder And Lightning
7. Ozzy Osbourne-Bark At The Moon
8. UFO-Making Contact
9. Heavy Pettin'-Lettin' Loose
10. Riot-Born In America
11. Accept-Balls To Te Wall
12. Michael Schenker Group-Built To Destroy
13. Blackfoot-Siogo
14. Twisted Sister-You Can't Stop Rock And Roll


1984

1. Queensryche-Warning
2. Waysted - s/t EP
3. Jack Starr-Out Of The Darkness
4. Saxon-Crusader
5. Dio-The Last In Line
6. Iron Maiden-Powerslave
7. Judas Priest-Defenders Of the Faith
8. Armored Saint-March Of The Saint
9. Yngwie Malmsteen-Rising Force
10. Metallica-Ride The Lightning



1983 was so much stronger IMHO.

[EPICVIEW]

1983 and 1984 are right in the wheelhouse of what I consider to be the greatest period in hard rock/metal history -- in addition to the five albums in the poll:

Accept - Balls to the Wall
Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
Armored Saint - s/t and March of the Saint
Bon Jovi - s/t
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Dio - The Last in Line
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Fastway - s/t
Fates Warning - Night on Brocken (only really significant as the debut of a band that went on to do amazing things)
Grim Reaper - See You in Hell
Sammy Hagar - VOA
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind and Powerslave
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
KISS - Lick It Up (I don't like it, but still...)
Krokus - Headhunter
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Mercyful Fate - Melissa and Don't Break the Oath
Metallica - Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
MSG - Built to Destroy
Queensryche - s/t EP and The Warning
Raven - All for One
Ratt - s/t EP and Out of the Cellar
Saxon - Power & the Glory and Crusader
Slayer - Show No Mercy and Haunting the Chapel
Suicidal Tendencies - s/t
Triumph - Never Surrender
Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll and Thunder Seven and Stay Hungry
WASP - s/t
Whitesnake - Slide It In
Y&T - Mean Streak
Zebra - s/t

Etc., etc.

I just realized I saw almost all those bands ,,, only Krokus, Grim Reaper and Triumph I didnt see ,,,,

[EPICVIEW]

My Top 10 albums for each year:

1983

1. Metallica-Kill 'Em All
2. Dio-Holy Diver
3. Iron Maiden-Piece Of Mind
4. Saxon-Power And The Glory
5. Y&T-Mean Streak
6. Thin Lizzy-Thunder And Lightning
7. Ozzy Osbourne-Bark At The Moon
8. UFO-Making Contact
9. Heavy Pettin'-Lettin' Loose
10. Riot-Born In America
11. Accept-Balls To Te Wall
12. Michael Schenker Group-Built To Destroy
13. Blackfoot-Siogo
14. Twisted Sister-You Can't Stop Rock And Roll


1984

1. Queensryche-Warning
2. Waysted - s/t EP
3. Jack Starr-Out Of The Darkness
4. Saxon-Crusader
5. Dio-The Last In Line
6. Iron Maiden-Powerslave
7. Judas Priest-Defenders Of the Faith
8. Armored Saint-March Of The Saint
9. Yngwie Malmsteen-Rising Force
10. Metallica-Ride The Lightning



1983 was so much stronger IMHO.

wow Heavy Pettin   rock aint dead  ,,,: )
 I even saw  Pete in Waysted

[TAC]

1983

9. Heavy Pettin'-Lettin' Loose

For anyone not familiar with this album...

They were a lot like Def Leppard. It's not quite as metal as High n Dry, but not quite as over produced heavy pop of Pyromania.
It sits right between those two albums. It's worth a listen if you were an early Def Leppard fan.  I loved it when I was a kid.
Their second album, Rock Ain't Dead blew monkey chunks though.

[EPICVIEW]

1983

9. Heavy Pettin'-Lettin' Loose

For anyone not familiar with this album...

They were a lot like Def Leppard. It's not quite as metal as High n Dry, but not quite as over produced heavy pop of Pyromania.
It sits right between those two albums. It's worth a listen if you were an early Def Leppard fan.  I loved it when I was a kid.
Their second album, Rock Ain't Dead blew monkey chunks though.

bro  I liked Rock aint dead : )

[TAC]

Hah! I thought it was awful. Hamie's singing completely changed. On Lettin Loose, he was way more powerful and direct. On RAD, he sounded so cringy.
The only song I thought was decent was Sole Survivor.

[Stadler]

The only albums from that list I have heard are Rising Force (didn't like it) and the Metallica albums

Don't laugh, but "You Can't Stop Rock and Roll", by Twisted Sister is one of the best metal albums of all time, IMO.

[EPICVIEW]

Hah! I thought it was awful. Hamie's singing completely changed. On Lettin Loose, he was way more powerful and direct. On RAD, he sounded so cringy.
The only song I thought was decent was Sole Survivor.

I found it quirky and odd  : )

[EPICVIEW]

The only albums from that list I have heard are Rising Force (didn't like it) and the Metallica albums

Don't laugh, but "You Can't Stop Rock and Roll", by Twisted Sister is one of the best metal albums of all time, IMO.

I enjoyed it  always had a blast with them,, they are great guys

[TAC]

The only albums from that list I have heard are Rising Force (didn't like it) and the Metallica albums

Don't laugh, but "You Can't Stop Rock and Roll", by Twisted Sister is one of the best metal albums of all time, IMO.

Hell f'n yes!! I agree. What a great album.

Hah! I thought it was awful. Hamie's singing completely changed. On Lettin Loose, he was way more powerful and direct. On RAD, he sounded so cringy.
The only song I thought was decent was Sole Survivor.

I found it quirky and odd  : )

I found it odd.

It's like he got bad advice on his vocal in what they were going for. Lettin Loose is more NWOBHM, where RAD is moving towards the Hair Metal movement of Bon Jovi.

[EPICVIEW]

The only albums from that list I have heard are Rising Force (didn't like it) and the Metallica albums

Don't laugh, but "You Can't Stop Rock and Roll", by Twisted Sister is one of the best metal albums of all time, IMO.

Hell f'n yes!! I agree. What a great album.

Hah! I thought it was awful. Hamie's singing completely changed. On Lettin Loose, he was way more powerful and direct. On RAD, he sounded so cringy.
The only song I thought was decent was Sole Survivor.

I found it quirky and odd  : )

I found it odd.

It's like he got bad advice on his vocal in what they were going for. Lettin Loose is more NWOBHM, where RAD is moving towards the Hair Metal movement of Bon Jovi.
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agreed   I seem to have a memory of having it on the LP player around the same time as the first While Lion LP Fight to Survive

[Cool Chris]

DL was my first "favorite band" and the only artist from that list I ever got in to beyond the radio hits. 

[jammindude]

The only albums from that list I have heard are Rising Force (didn't like it) and the Metallica albums

Don't laugh, but "You Can't Stop Rock and Roll", by Twisted Sister is one of the best metal albums of all time, IMO.

+ 1 .....million

YCSRNR is the best one, but honestly, the first 4 albums are all much better than their “ho-hum” hits would imply.

[EPICVIEW]

Rising Force was obviously amazing  JSS was born and Malm beyond unreal,, it felt like Malm was getting the sound he wanted instead of fitting in on Alcatrazz and Steeler ,,, looking back quite a run of early stuff and singers 

[WildRanger]

1984

1. Queensryche-Warning
2. Waysted - s/t EP
3. Jack Starr-Out Of The Darkness
4. Saxon-Crusader
5. Dio-The Last In Line
6. Iron Maiden-Powerslave
7. Judas Priest-Defenders Of the Faith
8. Armored Saint-March Of The Saint
9. Yngwie Malmsteen-Rising Force
10. Metallica-Ride The Lightning

Are you a fan of the W.A.S.P. debut?

[TAC]

Sure. If I extended this to a Top 20, it'd land in the 16-20 range.

Rising Force was obviously amazing  JSS was born and Malm beyond unreal,, it felt like Malm was getting the sound he wanted instead of fitting in on Alcatrazz and Steeler ,,, looking back quite a run of early stuff and singers 

Marching Out is a Top 5 Vocal for me. It's hard to believe it's the same guy in SOA.